Annoying USB problem: ghost device!

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SerGioGio

Hello,

I have an annoying issue with my computer. I mistakenly plugged an USB
device (Creative DiVi CAM) *before* installing the drivers (which the manual
was advising against!). I did install the drivers afterwards though. Since
then however, every time I log on, even when no USB device is plugged, XP
fires a "USB plugged" sound, shortly followed by a "USB unplugged" sound
(some 5 seconds later). Quite annoying. I do not know which device XP
recognizes because no USB "yellowish bubble pop-pup" shows when it does...
and I cannot check in device manager what is appearing / disappearing
because the whole sequence is too fast.

If that's help, here is what I have in my device manager under "Universal
Serial Bus controllers" after a "set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1" (all
devices appear to be "connected" unless stated otherwise)
= (not connected)Bluetooth USB Controller (ALPS/UGX UGPZ6XC02A)
= (not connected)Generic USB Hub
= Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
= Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
= Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
= Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B
= Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265C
= (not connected)USB Composite Device
= (not connected)USB Mass Storage Device
= USB Root Hub
= USB Root Hub
= USB Root Hub
= USB Root Hub
= USB Root Hub
= (not connected)Y-E Data USB Floppy

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Is there a way to have a trace of the
plugged / unplugged devices in XP? Is there a way to compare my current
device manager configuration to an earlier device manager configuration?

Thans in advance for your suggestions and comments!!

SerGioGioGio
 
SerGioGio said:
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Is there a way to have a trace of
the plugged / unplugged devices in XP? Is there a way to compare my
current device manager configuration to an earlier device manager
configuration?
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Thans in advance for your suggestions and comments!!
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If possible, uninstall everything related to the device that you possibly
can and then roll back to a restore point before the misbegotten
installation.

Something like this happened to me once with a HP printer/scanner/fax. I
didn't have a restore point to roll back to so I had to do a "search and
destroy" in the registry. This is something like a root canal only not as
much fun.
 
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