XP auto install feature

[sillymofo]

As more and more hardware are produced in Taiwan and are not "winduh logo tested", XP sometimes try to install the software for a device automatically (not necessarily a right driver). Sometimes it won't even let you manually install the driver. Any one know how to disable this automatic installation of driver from XP?

 

[tboneuls]

dont think you can change that setting, but you can go to the devices properties in the device manager and manually change the driver

 

[stevewm]

If XP has the drivers for some hardware, it will always automatically install them.

If you want to use your own driver just open the Device's property page in Device Manager and click Update Driver. It will let you manually choose which driver to use...

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: stevewm
If XP has the drivers for some hardware, it will always automatically install them. If you want to use your own driver just open the Device's property page in Device Manager and click Update Driver. It will let you manually choose which driver to use...

May be I should be a little more concise. I do know how to install hardware, but if you reinstall windows with a non windows compliance hardware inplace, for some reason, the hard ware is then defined by the OS as something else. This hardware then will not accept the manufacture's software (even manually), because it's identified as something else.

More often than not, I see windows install software for hardware that it knows absolutely nothing about. I know it's a way for micro(monopoly)soft to make more money.

My question is if you guys would know if there's anything in the registry that I can manipulate to change this behavior, or at least return my "non windows compliance" hardware to it's undiscovered stage.

 

[EeyoreX]

I have never seen this happen. I have installed Windows (2000 and XP) on dozens of PCs. Several of them had hardware that Windows didn't recognize. It called these items "Unkown devices" and wanted drivers. Perhaps if you were more specific and told us what hardware you are having trouble with, we could help better. Another solution would be to remove the offending hardware and install Windows first, then install the hardware.

More often than not, I see windows install software for hardware that it knows absolutely nothing about. I know it's a way for micro(monopoly)soft to make more money.

I don't like everything Microsoft does, I'll grant you that. However, how is your problem related to this? Is Windows not recognizing your esoteric TV tuner card, installing the wrong drivers, not letting you install the right drivers, and then saying "You must by a Microsoft TV tuner card"? This is not necessarily Microsoft's fault. And, even if it is the fault of Microsoft/Windows, I hardly see how installing bad drivers is a way for Microsoft to "make more money".

\Dan