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    Clearing XPs record of USB devices

    For some reason XP on my laptop doesn't like the two IcyBox IDE drive cases i have. They used to work perfectly, but i think a day of connecting and disconnecting them confused something. They work perfectly well on another PC, the USB port is OK too everything else still works on it fine, same with the hub i'm using.

    How do i clear XPs log of which USB devices have been used before?

    When you connect a device for the first time you get all those balloons in the corner etc. I'm guessing it will be a registry hack, but i don't know where to start looking.

    thanks

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    Have a look at this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539/en-us

    It will allow you to show all devices (in device manager) that have ever been connected to your laptop, you can then uninstall the driver for your IDE boxes.

    Jon

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