HELP! I bought a new USB device, plugged it in, got the popup in my Windows tray area saying it was installing the device drivers and then after a long wait it said it couldn't install the device's drivers. Now whenever I unplug and plug the device back into the USB port I hear the plugged-in sound but nothing else happens so I can't re-try to install the drivers for the device! When I unplug it from the USB port I also heat the unplugged sound, so I KNOW my computer is detecting it, it just won't install the drivers.
Please help!
Have you tried to plug it into a different USB port?
Thank you for the suggestion, yes I have already tried that, no joy.
What always works for me when a USB device stops being detected or just won't install the drivers is it look for it in your list of USB devices and manually remove it before plugging it back in again. The easiest way is to grab a free utility from here: USB Device View, and follow these steps ...
Then look through the list of your USB devices ...
The next time you plug the device into your USB port it should re-recognize it and (hopefully) install the drivers properly this time.
That worked! Thank you SOOO much!!
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Have you tried to plug it into a different USB port? Sometimes that works for me.