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Troubleshooting USB 2.0 Device Drivers

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 === Microsoft USB Instability Fix for Intel Chips ===Microsoft Technical Staff Fix: USB Flakey Connection.  According to Microsoft there's a problem with the Intel USB chipsets going flakey.Step 1: Remove Hidden Devices# Open a Command Prompt.# Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.# Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1" (without quotation marks) and Press Enter.# Type "start devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) and click press Enter.# Click View. Click Show hidden devices. # Click "+" to expand devices, Unknown devices and USB devices. # Are there any devices and unknown devices (including grayed out devices)? If so, please right click it and click Uninstall them.Step 2: Remove all oem*.inf files# Click start and click run then under the run line type in the command "cmd" (without the quotation marks)# In the command line, type in the following and press enter after each command: cd \windows\inf ren infcache.1 *.old ren oem*.inf *.old del C:\windows\setupapi.log exitStep 3: Removing all entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Enum/USB that start with VID using REGEDIT.Removing the VID entries from the registry will cause them to be redetected at restart.CAUTION: If you have a USB keyboard, mouse, scanners, and other things you know are working, do not remove the VID entry for these devices, otherwise, Windows may not restart correctly.# Click Start and click Run. Type regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window will open. # Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB. # Highlight and delete all the VID_.... entries for usb devices that you cannot identify. Remember not to delete the entries mentioned above.! Make a backup of the registry entries you are about to delete.You may not have permssion to delete keys, do the following.Permissions may be set allowing the deletion of the VID_ entries by following the steps below: ::a) Right-click the key to be deleted, and then click Permissions. The VID_... Permissions window will open. ::b) With Everyone highlighted in the Group or User name section, select Full Control in the Permissions section. ::c) Click Apply, and then click OK. : 5. Restart your computer.Step 4: Reconnect the USB device that was not previously working. Windows should automatically rerinstall the drivers. 
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