How can I manually install a device driver?

[Guest]

Whenever I plug a new usb device into the usb port windows xp home asks to
install a device driver (e.g. USB game device) but fails to find the driver.
However, there is a file driver.cab in my windows/i386 directory and the
devices are standard devices where the manufacturer (e.g. casio, trust)
claims that xp supports their device.

Does anyone know how to install drivers without relying on the usb wizard?
Thanks,
ICtag

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Whenever I plug a new usb device into the usb port windows xp home asks to
install a device driver (e.g. USB game device) but fails to find the
driver.
However, there is a file driver.cab in my windows/i386 directory and the
devices are standard devices where the manufacturer (e.g. casio, trust)
claims that xp supports their device.

Does anyone know how to install drivers without relying on the usb wizard?

Can you give the exact models and such of the devices?

 

[Vanguard]

Whenever I plug a new usb device into the usb port windows xp home asks to
install a device driver (e.g. USB game device) but fails to find the
driver.
However, there is a file driver.cab in my windows/i386 directory and the
devices are standard devices where the manufacturer (e.g. casio, trust)
claims that xp supports their device.

Does anyone know how to install drivers without relying on the usb wizard?
Thanks,
ICtag

Get the driver software from whomever manufacturers the device (which you
chose to not mention). We can't be more specific because you weren't. Find
the web site for the product maker and get *their* driver software for it.
There is no such thing as a universal USB device. The USB port merely
provides a communications channel to the USB-connected device. The OS still
needs an interface to a particular device to know how to use it. There are
LOTS of different types of USB devices. You need to install the driver
software for each.

It is possible that Windows XP came with included drivers for your device.
That doesn't mean they will work or work as well as the driver you get from
the product maker. If the product maker refuses to provide their own driver
(which they would have had to provide to Microsoft anyway so it got
included) then you'll need to follow their instructions on how to identify
WHICH device to load a driver for it. That means you need to select their
driver from a drop-down list of makers and device names.

 

[Guest]

Sorry - I didn't meen to be evasive.

The latest problem is cuased by a Trust steering wheel -silly me for
giving a pc accessory as a birthday present :-(

GM-3100R

I'm using a Targa 2700 PC with OEM Windows XP home edition SP2 with
automatic updates enabled.

When I asked Trust about providing a driver (there was no CD in the box)
they responded:
"Windows XP must be able to a standard driver for this steering wheel, if not
the system could faulty or not able to load an implemented in XP driver."

That's why I wanted to try to load it manually.

 

[Chuck]

You may be running afoul of an old OEM practice. Not providing all the
drivers included in the "gold" or retail versions.
The first question is what driver is needed. Then how to get it installed
once you have it. Once the correct driver is installed, there are usually
registry entries associated with it that are created during the install
process.

A not so wild assumption might be that the drivers for the microsoft
steering wheel are what is needed.

Control Panel > Game controllers >Add - Steering wheel(which ever suboption
seems appropriate)

 

[Guest]

Hi Chuck,
Thanks for the good suggestion.
Unfortunately when I try to add the steering wheel driver ('add' button)
windows claims striaght away that the gameport or gamedriver is not properly
configured.

I couldn't find anything wrong in the list of drivers (no yellow question
marks or red crosses) so the next step is to try the diagnosis wizard.

I'll report back when I've tried this.
ICTag

 

[Guest]

I tried this without success so I ended up formatting the c disk and
re-installing windows.

 

[Vanguard]

Sorry - I didn't meen to be evasive.

The latest problem is cuased by a Trust steering wheel -silly me for
giving a pc accessory as a birthday present :-(

GM-3100R

I'm using a Targa 2700 PC with OEM Windows XP home edition SP2 with
automatic updates enabled.

When I asked Trust about providing a driver (there was no CD in the box)
they responded:
"Windows XP must be able to a standard driver for this steering wheel, if
not
the system could faulty or not able to load an implemented in XP driver."

That's why I wanted to try to load it manually.

According to http://www.trust.com/service/download/drivers.aspx?artnr=13153,
it looks like they are relying on a generic driver for a steering wheel
device type. You said that you already tried to select that in the Game
Controller applet. Did you try any other steering wheel drivers besides the
generic one? Did you go into Device Manager, delete the device (disable
it), and do another hardware detect (or reboot to do one) to see if it then
found the appropriate driver? Since you are connecting it using USB instead
of, say, a game port, did the device ever list itself under the USB hub
controller in Device Manager?

Did you follow the instructions in their manual
(http://drivers.trust.nl/manuals/getmanual.asp?file=13/13153-uk-pm-2.pdf)?
Did you have the device already attached to a USB port when you powered up,
or did you let Windows startup fully and then plug in the device so it would
go through the new detection procedure?