unknown hardware

[Headtheball]

on boot xp says that it has found new hardware but it says that it is
unknown, how then would I know where and how to install the software for a
device that I dont know?

 

[Guest]

Check System>Hardware>DeviceManagers in ControlPanel for devices possibly marked with a question mark

 

[Mary Sauer]

The New Hardware Wizard May Detect the Printer Device After Every Restart of the
Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298370&Product=winxp

 

[Unknown]

Why do you want to install software for an erroneous 'found new hardware'
message?.