Recent content by mjwiech

Hi, I was a little busy with some other things and missed two recent replies. Thanks for your time! 1. The event viewer says nothing relevant. Everything is ok. 2. Yes, I used USBDeview a lot, mainly to uninstall USB devices and then install them again to check whether the unnecessary "Add new...

Reinstalling Windows is not a major problem. It simply takes time and you have to download and install updates, service packs, drivers etc. Then - to reinstall all programs I use (and there is quite a few of them), trim their settings... I don't know. Perhaps I must learn to live with that...

Thanks for your comment, BadBigBen. I had already set "Driver Signing" to "Ignore". Now I changed also the policies, as directed by the article you referred to. Nevertheless nothing has changed. Still the unnecessary "New Hardware Wizard" appears, still it asks where to find drivers, warns...

Ben, thanks for the tip on "CatRoots'. This MIGHT be the best tip. I will try it and send a message here. Sorry for my English. I will try to reformulate myself. The drivers (in particular USB drivers) which normally are signed, become "unsigned", which means that some information went lost...

I did not try this yet. I am scared of having to go through the "Add new hardware wizard" with all its questions, warnings and creating restore points for each and every discovered USB port... But maybe I should try anyway.

1. I user sigverif to verify the drivers. 2. Each time I insert a new USB pendrive or another USB device (which should install itself seamlessly and automatically) I get a lot of annoying questions and warnings from "Add new hardware wizard". Besides, a restore point is created. Then the USB...

I noticed that many files in \windows\system32 directory became "unsigned" while they ought to be "signed" (I checked them on another machine runnnig the same version of XP). Among them are, e.g.: usbmon.dll usbui.dll usb8023.sys usb8023x.sys usbcamd.sys usbcamd2.sys usbccgp.sys usbd.sys...