Preconfigured driver installation

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This is driving my insane. Windows used to be able to automatically locate
default drivers and install them quietly in the background. I recently mucked
around with the bluetooth stack and managed to install the WIDCOMM bluetooth
stack. Now, whenever I plug in a new device, the new hardware found wizard
starts, rather than the icon in the system tray simply appearing. When I
choose the option to "Locate and install driver software" nothing happens,
Windows searches a few places and returns saying that it cannot find any
drivers. The only solution I have found is to tell Windows to look in
C:\WINDOWS\System32\* for the drivers. This works however is very
inconvenient. I believe the issue has something to do with the C:\WINDOWS\inf
folder but I am not positive. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am
using Vista Business.

Also, Windows randomly decides that a device will need to be reinstalled,
such as a printer. Any thoughts?
 
Justin,

Some folks have had good luck resolving issues like you have by deleting the
INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
built-in security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
 
Do not reconfigure anyting,

To Delete messages from your "Deleted Message Folder"

Left lick on deleted messages folder
Right click the the message you wanr to delete
Left click on delete message
"Gone"
This way you can only delete one at a time, but I found that you deleted
messages folder may indicate Onle a # after you delete that amount suddenly
the rest are gone.
Try it one at a time

Bob D from Va.
 
Justin, I don,t think you should be messing with to much.

Regarding your deleted mesages folder;
Left click on the delleted messages folder, right click on the message you
wan't to delete
Left click on delete message, when it coms up with "Do wan't to dele
Messgeetc, clik yes.

Message gone.
 
Thank you! That did the trick!

freddy said:
Justin,

Some folks have had good luck resolving issues like you have by deleting the
INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
built-in security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
Click to expand...
 
If it's an older Printer you may have to go to the Printers Website and
download Vista Drivers,I had to do that for two older Printers.I don't think
you neeed to compromise your systom by making any system changes, the problem
with Vista is to muc reconfigurment. The best advice is "Keep it Simple"
 
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