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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
I am running windows 98SE. When I use my USB hub I find that if I do
not plug the same device into the exact same USB hub's outlet the hardware add wizard comes up to install the driver. Can I have multiple drivers assigned to the same outlet on the hub? So I can use the same outlet for more than one device? If I want to change and reorder the outlets I use for different devices do I need to uninstall the current driver at that outlet before installing a new driver for a different device? Or when it installs the new driver does it overwrite (delete) the old one? |
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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
"DJW" wrote in message oups.com... I am running windows 98SE. When I use my USB hub I find that if I do not plug the same device into the exact same USB hub's outlet the hardware add wizard comes up to install the driver. Can I have multiple drivers assigned to the same outlet on the hub? So I can use the same outlet for more than one device? If I want to change and reorder the outlets I use for different devices do I need to uninstall the current driver at that outlet before installing a new driver for a different device? Or when it installs the new driver does it overwrite (delete) the old one? As far as I've observed that behavior is normal for any USB port... Why not just color code the ports rather than go through the reinstall software routine? |
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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
On Apr 6, 11:45 am, "philo" wrote:
"DJW" wrote in message oups.com... I am running windows 98SE. When I use my USB hub I find that if I do not plug the same device into the exact same USB hub's outlet the hardware add wizard comes up to install the driver. Can I have multiple drivers assigned to the same outlet on the hub? So I can use the same outlet for more than one device? If I want to change and reorder the outlets I use for different devices do I need to uninstall the current driver at that outlet before installing a new driver for a different device? Or when it installs the new driver does it overwrite (delete) the old one? As far as I've observed that behavior is normal for any USB port... Why not just color code the ports rather than go through the reinstall software routine? I am not questioning whether it is normal or not. I wanted to know if I could use one port for more than one device. And if so will I need to install the driver each time I switch devices for that device. And or if I reorder the devices to the ports do I need to uninstall the current driver before installing the new one? |
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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
As far as I've observed that behavior is normal for any USB port... Why not just color code the ports rather than go through the reinstall software routine? I am not questioning whether it is normal or not. I wanted to know if I could use one port for more than one device. And if so will I need to install the driver each time I switch devices for that device. And or if I reorder the devices to the ports do I need to uninstall the current driver before installing the new one? I know that you do not have to uninstall any drivers as I've been there myself. Not sure about the rest...as I now try to keep the same devices on the same ports |
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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
I've found that once the driver gets installed the first time it's
automatically used subsequently if/when I plug the device into a different port. Once it's been in every port the driver install stops happening. Found this true under XP also btw. It's still just the one driver. Also, no problems using same port for different devices. I plug/unplug without regard to which port I use. This is true regardless of using my 4 port external usb hub on a 98SE pc with only two onboard ports or any of the six onboard ports on my XP pc. "DJW" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 6, 11:45 am, "philo" wrote: "DJW" wrote in message oups.com... I am running windows 98SE. When I use my USB hub I find that if I do not plug the same device into the exact same USB hub's outlet the hardware add wizard comes up to install the driver. Can I have multiple drivers assigned to the same outlet on the hub? So I can use the same outlet for more than one device? If I want to change and reorder the outlets I use for different devices do I need to uninstall the current driver at that outlet before installing a new driver for a different device? Or when it installs the new driver does it overwrite (delete) the old one? As far as I've observed that behavior is normal for any USB port... Why not just color code the ports rather than go through the reinstall software routine? I am not questioning whether it is normal or not. I wanted to know if I could use one port for more than one device. And if so will I need to install the driver each time I switch devices for that device. And or if I reorder the devices to the ports do I need to uninstall the current driver before installing the new one? |
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Win 98SE and USB hub setup
On Apr 9, 2:14 am, "pjp"
wrote: I've found that once the driver gets installed the first time it's automatically used subsequently if/when I plug the device into a different port. Once it's been in every port the driver install stops happening. Found this true under XP also btw. It's still just the one driver. Also, no problems using same port for different devices. I plug/unplug without regard to which port I use. This is true regardless of using my 4 port external usb hub on a 98SE pc with only two onboard ports or any of the six onboard ports on my XP pc. "DJW" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 6, 11:45 am, "philo" wrote: "DJW" wrote in message roups.com... I am running windows 98SE. When I use my USB hub I find that if I do not plug the same device into the exact same USB hub's outlet the hardware add wizard comes up to install the driver. Can I have multiple drivers assigned to the same outlet on the hub? So I can use the same outlet for more than one device? If I want to change and reorder the outlets I use for different devices do I need to uninstall the current driver at that outlet before installing a new driver for a different device? Or when it installs the new driver does it overwrite (delete) the old one? As far as I've observed that behavior is normal for any USB port... Why not just color code the ports rather than go through the reinstall software routine? I am not questioning whether it is normal or not. I wanted to know if I could use one port for more than one device. And if so will I need to install the driver each time I switch devices for that device. And or if I reorder the devices to the ports do I need to uninstall the current driver before installing the new one?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What did you mean when you said btw? "Found this true under XP also btw" |
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