How to keep USB drivers from uninstalling?

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Jonathan Sachs

I have long known that Windows XP tends to uninstall the driver when a
USB device is removed, so that when the device is reattached, the
driver must be installed again. I have dealt with this by keeping USB
devices always attached and turned on, but I now have a situation
where that is not an option. How can I make Windows keep a driver
around, so that when the device is reattached the driver does not have
to be reinstalled?
 
Jonathan Sachs said:
I have long known that Windows XP tends to uninstall the driver when a
USB device is removed, so that when the device is reattached, the
driver must be installed again.
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No, this is not what Windows usually does or "tends".
Can be a flaky hardware or some 3rd party "patch".
( not to be confused with case when the device is reattached
to a *different* port/hub, and has no "serial number" ).

" I have dealt with this by keeping USB
devices always attached and turned on, but I now have a situation
where that is not an option. How can I make Windows keep a driver
around, so that when the device is reattached the driver does not have
to be reinstalled?
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Choose devices that have so called "USB serial numbers"
and have signed drivers.
Avoid "hard to resist" priced USB hardware if you can't return it.

Regards,
--PA
 
No, this is not what Windows usually does or "tends".
Can be a flaky hardware or some 3rd party "patch"....
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That's interesting information, but every removable USB device I have
ever used, so far as I can recall, has worked that way.

Perhaps this is due to some piece of third-party software on my
machine. If someone can help me identify that software, perhaps I can
remove it or control it. Otherwise, the theory that "some 3rd party
patch" is at fault is not very helpful.
Choose devices that have so called "USB serial numbers"
and have signed drivers.
Avoid "hard to resist" priced USB hardware if you can't return it.
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I think we're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves here. The
device is a connector for my Nokia cellular phone. Whether it has a
serial number and a signed driver is academic; if it does not, I
hardly have the option of choosing something else.
 
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