How to remove 'Lost' hardware

[Guest]

I had a webcam installed in usb1(webcam), when I unplug and plug in to usb2,
it recongise as a new device. hence i got 'webcam #2'. I uninstall 'webcam
#2' from usb2 and plug it back to usb1 but it does not show as 'webcam',
instead, I get 'webcam #2' again using the usb1. I tried all others usb port,
but seem that all port gave me 'webcam #2'. Seem like my previous 'webcam' is
'lost'

How to get it back and remove 'webcam', uninstall doesnt help.

OS : Win XP Home

 

[smlunatick]

I had a webcam installed in usb1(webcam), when I unplug and plug in to usb2,
it recongise as a new device. hence i got 'webcam #2'. I uninstall 'webcam
#2' from usb2 and plug it back to usb1 but it does not show as 'webcam',
instead, I get 'webcam #2' again using the usb1. I tried all others usb port,
but seem that all port gave me 'webcam #2'. Seem like my previous 'webcam' is
'lost'

How to get it back and remove 'webcam', uninstall doesnt help.

OS : Win XP Home

This is the major draw-back of the Plug and Play (Pray) system in
Windows XP. The problem is "really" with the poorly written driver.
As far as I know, your can not "easily" revert back to webcam. Webcam
#2 "seems" to the default setting now for your system.

 

[Guest]

This is the major draw-back of the Plug and Play (Pray) system in
Windows XP. The problem is "really" with the poorly written driver.
As far as I know, your can not "easily" revert back to webcam. Webcam
#2 "seems" to the default setting now for your system.

LOL, thats a good one. Now I just lost another. '#2' seems lost. I got a
'#3' after rebooting. Any expert to explain the strange behaviour? What could
it be that causes that? The webcam is working fine with my Vista Home
Premium. I mean, it's still working fine with XP except that it keep getting
'lost' after I unplug and plug it back in again.

 

[Guest]

Anyone can help or do I need to reformat my harddisk to get everything to the
normal state. Or is it the hardware issue?

 

[smlunatick]

Anyone can help or do I need to reformat my harddisk to get everything to the
normal state. Or is it the hardware issue?

If the "components" are working and the only problem is the number (#)
added to the device, I would not consider a "re-format" yet. The
device(s) will work correctly.