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Dennis
How can I tell what the speed of my USB ports are on my system? Can I do
an inquiry using the Device Manager?
Thanks,
Dennis
an inquiry using the Device Manager?
Thanks,
Dennis
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Jerry
The manual that came with the system or motherboard has that info.
D
Dennis
I think there's got a be a better way. Some of the systems I encounter
have very little information with them. Certainly no motherboard booklet.
Isn't there some way to simply see if the ports are high speed and which are
not? Some little utility, some API, something?
Thanks,
Dennis
have very little information with them. Certainly no motherboard booklet.
Isn't there some way to simply see if the ports are high speed and which are
not? Some little utility, some API, something?
Thanks,
Dennis
G
Galen
In Dennis <[email protected]> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Line 330 - Right hand side...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
That should do it for you...
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
Sherlock Holmes
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I think there's got a be a better way. Some of the systems I
encounter have very little information with them. Certainly no
motherboard booklet. Isn't there some way to simply see if the ports
are high speed and which are not? Some little utility, some API,
something?
Thanks,
Dennis
Line 330 - Right hand side...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
That should do it for you...
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
Sherlock Holmes
G
Gene K
Yes. Open the Device Manager/expand "Universal Serial Bus Controllers"/look
down the list, you will see the word "enhanced" on at least one Controller
if you have USB 2.0 speed available.
Gene K
down the list, you will see the word "enhanced" on at least one Controller
if you have USB 2.0 speed available.
Gene K
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All Things Mopar
Today Dennis spoke these views with conviction for everyone's
edification:
specs, that'll tell you what the changes are, how to tell which
you might have, and when the higher speed version first became
available.
As a hint, if you've only got two ports, it's most likely USB
1...
edification:
How old is your mobo? You might try Googling for the USB 1 and 2How can I tell what the speed of my USB ports are on my
system? Can I do an inquiry using the Device Manager?
specs, that'll tell you what the changes are, how to tell which
you might have, and when the higher speed version first became
available.
As a hint, if you've only got two ports, it's most likely USB
1...
A
All Things Mopar
Today Galen spoke these views with conviction for everyone's
edification:
I've used many of these, but not this one.
For them that don't know more about XP than I do, and I'm not a
total newbie, I would /highly/ recommend settting a RP prior to
using any Kelly's Korner tweaks. Most I've installed or
referenced work as advertised, to which I am most grateful to
Kelly for, but I've had serveral that required some work to back
off without a RP.
edification:
I've used many of these, but not this one.
For them that don't know more about XP than I do, and I'm not a
total newbie, I would /highly/ recommend settting a RP prior to
using any Kelly's Korner tweaks. Most I've installed or
referenced work as advertised, to which I am most grateful to
Kelly for, but I've had serveral that required some work to back
off without a RP.
M
milsabords
Search Google for USBVIEW.EXE, an USB device viewer utility from Microsoft.
Fred
Fred
H
Homer J. Simpson
For them that don't know more about XP than I do, and I'm not a
Most of the stuff on Kelly's page are just simple .reg files or VBS scripts
that manipulate a few registry entries. You can tell what entries are being
affected (and how) just by reading the file's content.
The one in this particular case (verifying whether the system supports USB
2.0 or not) simply looks for the existence of a particular key--there is no
change whatsoever being done, and it's *absolutely* pointless to create a
restore point.
total newbie, I would /highly/ recommend settting a RP prior to
using any Kelly's Korner tweaks. Most I've installed or
referenced work as advertised, to which I am most grateful to
Kelly for, but I've had serveral that required some work to back
off without a RP.
Most of the stuff on Kelly's page are just simple .reg files or VBS scripts
that manipulate a few registry entries. You can tell what entries are being
affected (and how) just by reading the file's content.
The one in this particular case (verifying whether the system supports USB
2.0 or not) simply looks for the existence of a particular key--there is no
change whatsoever being done, and it's *absolutely* pointless to create a
restore point.
G
Galen
In Homer J. Simpson <[email protected]> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I was going to say something similar but I felt that they were entitled to
their opinion and opted to not say anything. Having known Kelly for years
and having used and recommended a great number of her tweaks I can't think
of an instance where I had to restore anything. This may be due to my being
able to read what she has there and reverse it if need be without the need
of restore but then, again, I can't recall an instance where I've needed to
do that. Kelly's reputation is immaculate and her tweaks have always worked
as advertised.
I think the reason that I didn't say anything is that there's no reason ever
to not backup you system. I don't care if you've woken up and your PC is
completely clean and you're not even going to go online at all that day.
Backing the drive's content up is a good idea and while System Restore is
not to be mistaken for a backup utility it's saved my bacon more than once.
I suppose a malware infestation, corrupt download, etc? Those could give
cause to a problem with the scripts she uses but I've yet to see that
happen. A SR point to go to before the app was installed might be
beneficial. So, I can understand the logic behind the idea of leaving
yourself a good point for restoration I can't honestly say that I've ever
needed one from having used one of Kelly's tweaks.
It was a few years back when I first met her and the gang. I'm fully
convinced that there's not a single script in place on her site that hasn't
been tested for functionality as designed and if there was a problem with it
(or the potential for one) that a means or circumventing that problem would
also be posted. That is based on feelings and experience and thus it's not
objective. So, after much thought - including a mostly typed out response -
I opted to not respond because there's no way I can sit there and say
there's ever a bad time to set a restore point.
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
Sherlock Holmes
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Most of the stuff on Kelly's page are just simple .reg files or VBS
scripts that manipulate a few registry entries. You can tell what
entries are being affected (and how) just by reading the file's
content.
The one in this particular case (verifying whether the system
supports USB 2.0 or not) simply looks for the existence of a particular
key--there
is no change whatsoever being done, and it's *absolutely* pointless
to create a restore point.
I was going to say something similar but I felt that they were entitled to
their opinion and opted to not say anything. Having known Kelly for years
and having used and recommended a great number of her tweaks I can't think
of an instance where I had to restore anything. This may be due to my being
able to read what she has there and reverse it if need be without the need
of restore but then, again, I can't recall an instance where I've needed to
do that. Kelly's reputation is immaculate and her tweaks have always worked
as advertised.
I think the reason that I didn't say anything is that there's no reason ever
to not backup you system. I don't care if you've woken up and your PC is
completely clean and you're not even going to go online at all that day.
Backing the drive's content up is a good idea and while System Restore is
not to be mistaken for a backup utility it's saved my bacon more than once.
I suppose a malware infestation, corrupt download, etc? Those could give
cause to a problem with the scripts she uses but I've yet to see that
happen. A SR point to go to before the app was installed might be
beneficial. So, I can understand the logic behind the idea of leaving
yourself a good point for restoration I can't honestly say that I've ever
needed one from having used one of Kelly's tweaks.
It was a few years back when I first met her and the gang. I'm fully
convinced that there's not a single script in place on her site that hasn't
been tested for functionality as designed and if there was a problem with it
(or the potential for one) that a means or circumventing that problem would
also be posted. That is based on feelings and experience and thus it's not
objective. So, after much thought - including a mostly typed out response -
I opted to not respond because there's no way I can sit there and say
there's ever a bad time to set a restore point.
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
Sherlock Holmes
A
All Things Mopar
Today Galen spoke these views with conviction for everyone's
edification:
I said as much already. Still, a few - which I /did/ read
first - caused some deliterious side-effects and needed to be
backed out. Out of 400 tweaks, I don't think that a "few"
glitches is out-of-line, considering the wide variability in
people's systems, particularly incantation of XP, other
hardware/software installed, yadda, yadda.
This is exactly my point. "Let the buyer beware" is still
alive and well in the complex Windoze world, and no one can
guarantee success everytime an update or tweak is attempted.
I thought of that, also. So, I printed out the reg scripts or
VBS scripts, verified what they were doing, then looked in my
Registry to ensure they'd been installed correctly. If there
was still a problem, I rolled back a RP and there was no harm
done.
My whole point in putting my head in the lion's mouth was that
the OP sounded like they were perhaps a newbie and might not
know the dangers involved in messing with the Registry without
taking precautions.
Microcrap has /thousand/ of in-house wonks testing everything
and uses hundreds of thousands of beta testers, and still
regularly steps on their you-know-what. So, how could Kelly,
whom I also greatly respect, possibly be able to verify her
entire suite of tweaks across many years of install of XP,
many of which are corrupt on their own?
edification:
In Homer J. Simpson <[email protected]> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I was going to say something similar but I felt that they
were entitled to their opinion and opted to not say
anything. Having known Kelly for years and having used and
recommended a great number of her tweaks I can't think of
an instance where I had to restore anything. This may be
due to my being able to read what she has there and reverse
it if need be without the need of restore but then, again,
I can't recall an instance where I've needed to do that.
Kelly's reputation is immaculate and her tweaks have always
worked as advertised.
I said as much already. Still, a few - which I /did/ read
first - caused some deliterious side-effects and needed to be
backed out. Out of 400 tweaks, I don't think that a "few"
glitches is out-of-line, considering the wide variability in
people's systems, particularly incantation of XP, other
hardware/software installed, yadda, yadda.
I think the reason that I didn't say anything is that
there's no reason ever to not backup you system. I don't
care if you've woken up and your PC is completely clean and
you're not even going to go online at all that day. Backing
the drive's content up is a good idea and while System
Restore is not to be mistaken for a backup utility it's
saved my bacon more than once.
This is exactly my point. "Let the buyer beware" is still
alive and well in the complex Windoze world, and no one can
guarantee success everytime an update or tweak is attempted.
I suppose a malware infestation, corrupt download, etc?
Those could give cause to a problem with the scripts she
uses but I've yet to see that happen. A SR point to go to
before the app was installed might be beneficial. So, I can
understand the logic behind the idea of leaving yourself a
good point for restoration I can't honestly say that I've
ever needed one from having used one of Kelly's tweaks.
I thought of that, also. So, I printed out the reg scripts or
VBS scripts, verified what they were doing, then looked in my
Registry to ensure they'd been installed correctly. If there
was still a problem, I rolled back a RP and there was no harm
done.
My whole point in putting my head in the lion's mouth was that
the OP sounded like they were perhaps a newbie and might not
know the dangers involved in messing with the Registry without
taking precautions.
It was a few years back when I first met her and the gang.
I'm fully convinced that there's not a single script in
place on her site that hasn't been tested for functionality
as designed and if there was a problem with it (or the
potential for one) that a means or circumventing that
problem would also be posted. That is based on feelings and
experience and thus it's not objective. So, after much
thought - including a mostly typed out response - I opted
to not respond because there's no way I can sit there and
say there's ever a bad time to set a restore point.
Microcrap has /thousand/ of in-house wonks testing everything
and uses hundreds of thousands of beta testers, and still
regularly steps on their you-know-what. So, how could Kelly,
whom I also greatly respect, possibly be able to verify her
entire suite of tweaks across many years of install of XP,
many of which are corrupt on their own?