Universal Serial Bus controllers.

[Catarina Valente]

In Device Manager - If I were to uninstall the Driver of a USB Root Hub
would the Driver re-install itself after re-booting the pc?
TIA

 

[philo]

In Device Manager - If I were to uninstall the Driver of a USB Root Hub
would the Driver re-install itself after re-booting the pc?
TIA

yes, it should

 

[Catarina Valente]

philo, should it or will it?

yes, it should

 

[Roy Smith]

In Device Manager - If I were to uninstall the Driver of a USB Root Hub
would the Driver re-install itself after re-booting the pc?

Yes if it's connected to the USB port it will.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

In Device Manager - If I were to uninstall the Driver of a USB Root
Hub would the Driver re-install itself after re-booting the pc?

yes, it should

philo, should it or will it?

That is a philosphical question. There is no correct answer.

Since nothing happens (whether or not it was guaranteed or not) without the
possibility of failure - "should" is the proper answer. ;-)

Specific to your question, the removal of any driver of an existing hardware
device in Windows XP (Home, Professional, etc) should trigger (upon reboot
after said removal) Windows XP to try and install the driver. *If* the
device is properly functioning, nothing else is wrong with the installation
of Windows XP, a proper driver is still available for device manager (in
Windows XP) to utilize and who knows how many more supposedly
insignificant-until-they-go-wrong variables are lined up - this will happen
all automagically. If anything is awry - it may require manual intervention
and/or may fail completely and/or not even occur.

What I would do is remove said driver, reboot aand whether it worked or not
(automatically or otherwise) I would have downloaded and then proceded to
install the latest driver from the manufacturer's web page (motherboard
chipset in most people's cases, separate USB card in others.)

 

[Mick Murphy]

You are obviously trying to fix a problem with it.
So, what do you have to lose!

 

[Catarina Valente]

Thanks Shenan, I've never done this before and just wanted to be certain.
Rgds

 

[Catarina Valente]

Yes, you're right. I'm going to take the plunge now

 

[Catarina Valente]

Thanks for re-assurance.

Yes if it's connected to the USB port it will.

 

[Lil' Dave]

In Device Manager - If I were to uninstall the Driver of a USB Root Hub
would the Driver re-install itself after re-booting the pc?
TIA

How about a back-pedal?
How does windows "find" hardware, and, associate a hardware driver file or
files with that specific hardware, determine whiich is best, then install
such as a result?
Why would you want to associate a hardware driver file with hardware that
has malfunction problem, the hardware driver file will not change as a
result in reinstalling that driver as you insinuate here? The registry
entries may or may not change, that may or may not result in functional
working of the hardware. That is, if that is exactly the source of the
problem, a botched registry entry. If you have more that one driver file
for USB root hub, then you're playing even more of guessing game. Broaden
the scope, remove the entire errant hardware entry in device manager and
reboot and let XP find all and assocate and assign again.

 

[Catarina Valente]

Thanks for detailed information.
Rgds.

How about a back-pedal?
How does windows "find" hardware, and, associate a hardware driver file or
files with that specific hardware, determine whiich is best, then install
such as a result?
Why would you want to associate a hardware driver file with hardware that
has malfunction problem, the hardware driver file will not change as a
result in reinstalling that driver as you insinuate here? The registry
entries may or may not change, that may or may not result in functional
working of the hardware. That is, if that is exactly the source of the
problem, a botched registry entry. If you have more that one driver file
for USB root hub, then you're playing even more of guessing game. Broaden
the scope, remove the entire errant hardware entry in device manager and
reboot and let XP find all and assocate and assign again.