detecting usb devices

[yawnmoth]

I have a desktop that has a built in 8-in-1 card reader. The device
can be disconnected via the USB Manager, but once it is disconnected, I
can't really reconnect it, since it is built-in. Since Windows seems
only to "activate" USB devices once it thinks they're connected, is
there a way to trick Windows into thinking this?

I tried doing "Scan for Hardware changes" in the Device Manager and it
took me to the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" part. I double click
on that and I can disable the device, update the driver, roll back the
driver, or uninstall the driver. I don't want to do any of these
things!

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

I have a desktop that has a built in 8-in-1 card reader. The device
can be disconnected via the USB Manager, but once it is disconnected, I
can't really reconnect it, since it is built-in. Since Windows seems
only to "activate" USB devices once it thinks they're connected, is
there a way to trick Windows into thinking this?

I tried doing "Scan for Hardware changes" in the Device Manager and it
took me to the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" part. I double click
on that and I can disable the device, update the driver, roll back the
driver, or uninstall the driver. I don't want to do any of these
things!

Any suggestions?

Plug in a usb device to the reader?

Flamer.

 

[yawnmoth]

yawnmoth wrote:

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Plug in a usb device to the reader?

I tried pluggin in an SD card (ie one of the devices it can read) and
it didn't make a difference.