Edit Registry to Eliminate Driver Installation for Multiple IdenticalUSB Devices

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My understanding is that when I plug a new USB device into windows xp,
the device's serial number is polled and(if found), a series of
registry entries are created. Later when I install the driver for
this new device, the driver is associated with the serial number of
the device. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I have over 100 USB devices with unique serial numbers. Each time I
connect a new one, I'm required to re-install the driver. My intent
is to gather the serial numbers from the manufacturer and replicate
the registry entries created by a single driver install, for all the
other USB devices. Can this be done? Is there a better way?

Thanks in advance,
-Kevin
 
Re: Edit Registry to Eliminate Driver Installation for Multiple Identical USB Devices

Yes it can be done by editing the inf file but only if each device uses the
same driver.


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"kevincw01" <kevin@netkev.com> wrote in message
news:845ee2ed-488c-447e-8155-2e2b7b103abe@x1g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> My understanding is that when I plug a new USB device into windows xp,
> the device's serial number is polled and(if found), a series of
> registry entries are created. Later when I install the driver for
> this new device, the driver is associated with the serial number of
> the device. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I have over 100 USB devices with unique serial numbers. Each time I
> connect a new one, I'm required to re-install the driver. My intent
> is to gather the serial numbers from the manufacturer and replicate
> the registry entries created by a single driver install, for all the
> other USB devices. Can this be done? Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Kevin
 
Re: Edit Registry to Eliminate Driver Installation for Multiple Identical USB Devices

In article <ttKYj.9352$nl7.4571@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com>, pcbutts1
@leythosthestalker.com says...
> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been
> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.
>
Advanced towards you? HA HA HA - you create and post links about me and
others, filthy pornographic links, on YOUR WEBSITE, you even stalk me by
creating a domain name about me, and you claim I'm stalking your sorry
little person?

The fact is that your a sad little man, one that strongly appears to
pirate code from other people/vendors and then edit it to show your name
and then you take credit for the works and never give the real authors
credit for it.

The fact is that you are completely shunned by the anti-malware
community, you are looked on as a thief and pirate by all reputable
people in the community, you have posted links to your website that
contain filthy pornographic materials that you have proudly claimed you
created (which appear to also have been stolen from sites).....

Not one reputable person will come to vouch for you, and you want to
claim I made "advanced" towards you.... More of your delusional crap
Chris.

The link to the site that shows the links you've posted to Usenet are in
my Sig for all to see, links that YOU POSTED taking claim for the
content that is very nasty.

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Re: Edit Registry to Eliminate Driver Installation for MultipleIdentical USB Devices

how would i modify the inf to do this? The inf never changes, only
the ID on the usb device. Every hardware device is identical and uses
the same driver.

On May 20, 5:59 pm, "pcbutts1 [MS MVP]"
<pcbut...@leythosthestalker.com> wrote:
> Yes it can be done by editing the inf file but only if each device uses the
> same driver.
>
> --
> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been
> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.
>
> "kevincw01" <ke...@netkev.com> wrote in message
>
> news:845ee2ed-488c-447e-8155-2e2b7b103abe@x1g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > My understanding is that when I plug a new USB device into windows xp,
> > the device's serial number is polled and(if found), a series of
> > registry entries are created. Later when I install the driver for
> > this new device, the driver is associated with the serial number of
> > the device. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> > I have over 100 USB devices with unique serial numbers. Each time I
> > connect a new one, I'm required to re-install the driver. My intent
> > is to gather the serial numbers from the manufacturer and replicate
> > the registry entries created by a single driver install, for all the
> > other USB devices. Can this be done? Is there a better way?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> > -Kevin
 
The date and time was 5/20/2008 3:25 PM, and on a whim, kevincw01
pounded out on the keyboard:

> My understanding is that when I plug a new USB device into windows xp,
> the device's serial number is polled and(if found), a series of
> registry entries are created. Later when I install the driver for
> this new device, the driver is associated with the serial number of
> the device. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I have over 100 USB devices with unique serial numbers. Each time I
> connect a new one, I'm required to re-install the driver. My intent
> is to gather the serial numbers from the manufacturer and replicate
> the registry entries created by a single driver install, for all the
> other USB devices. Can this be done? Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Kevin

Hi Kevin,

If I understand your issue correctly, this may help. Look for my thread
"same USB printers cause new hardware detection" on 5-21-08. I had an
issue on a network where the same identical printers were causing a New
Hardware detection. So I found a way to locate the Pid's (product id's)
& Vid's (vendor id's) have Windows ignore the hardware once the driver
has been installed. The last post describes how I did it. (Note: you
can eliminate locating the Pid's & Vid's in the registry if the USB
device is currently plugged in by right-clicking the active device in
Device Manager.)

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