Found new hardware wizard?

Simple question, is it possible to disable this function temporarily?
Another thing I want to disable if it is possible is the "Safely remove hardware" function. Could I stop both of these functions in my operating system somehow?

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

Well, it is not that simple unfortunately. I have a real problem with drivers on this laptop. Windows seems to have forgotten what to do when it comes to installing drivers. I have tried everything and can not get anything to work.

I will give you some examples:

I have a built in webcam which has become unresponsive, a plug and play usb stick which is not recognized, my CD drive doesn't show up and I also have a compact flash card reader (also plug and play) which is not recognized when plugged in.

The only way I could ever get a device to work is:
I go into device manager > uninstall associated driver for the device> restart laptop with device plugged in > cancel the driver wizard > then it works until unplugged. Then I have to do the same thing again after the device is unplugged.

So it only seems to work when there is no driver, and as soon as windows starts trying to install the driver it breaks functionality. :confused
If I go ahead and let windows install the driver, it always comes up with one of the following errors:

Windows found driver software for your device but encountered a problem trying to install it. There is no driver selected for the device information set or element. (OK windows, so how do I select it!).

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Confusing

So anyway, I want to try a process of elimination by disabling the found new wizard and the safely remove hardware wizard, as I have a hunch these things are causing my devices (or at least my card reader) to not function.

The deletion of the driver worked up until recently for my compact flash card reader, I would do the process above and it would work fine and be readable. But now when I try - I restart and it shows up in the drives panel as before, but when I double click the drive it says: Please insert a disk into drive G, and of course there is a disk, it is just unreadable but I don't know why.

I am getting incredibly annoyed with this now, as I am a photographer and need this to function on my laptop.

I am using 32 bit vista home, with service pack 1.

Thanks for any help, although I would very much like to know the answer to my original question.

Cheers.

 

Hello Major, thanks for the links. I ran the program you linked to and installed all the updates it brought up. I have restarted but nothing seems to have changed regarding my hardware devices.

IT was recommended to me to try deleting everything under universal serial bus controllers, but they have not reinstalled and when I try through device manager, it searches forever and then tells me:


Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while trying to install it.

There is no driver selected for the device information set or element.


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???
(I hate Vista)

The program you suggested now says:

Your system has the latest stable drivers and updates installed.

But evidently this is not the case. Is my computer broken beyond repair?

 

This is what I am dealing with:

I get the error message stated in my previous post (There is no driver selected for the device information set or element) for all of the following devices:

OS: Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic Service Pack 1 (OEM)

Device Tree

(Category name missing)
Other devices

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50L ATA Device

Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: CdRomHL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA T50L________________SC05____

HP Webcam-101 : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VID_064E&PID_A102

HP Webcam-101 : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID:VID_064E&PID_A102&MI_00

ImageMate CF : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VID_0781&PID_9191

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: PNP0C0A

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: Volume

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: VolumeSnapshot

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB20

Unknown device : Unable to Detect, Hardware ID: ROOT_HUB20


:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry

 

Bizarrely it is the same as the compact flash reader in that it only works when the driver is deleted via device manager and the computer is restarted.. It shows up in the drives panel and works with no problem.

But as soon as the wizard kicks in and tries to install a driver the CD drive disappears from the drives panel and is unusable again, same with the CF reader.

How weird is that?

 

Cheers for having a look Major.. yeah, it certainly doesn't seem logical to me.
If anyone has any other suggestions I would be happy to hear, as my computer is lacking in its ability to function.

Maybe I just need a new one. Can anyone spare £1000?

:-D

Cheers bro.

 

Hello David, thank you for the info it is much appreciated.

That is one thing I have not tried yet, I haven't looked in the BIOS or the registry at all - mostly because I do not know what I am doing

I will definitely follow your advice tho as I also think the issue is with plug and play. Plus anything is worth a try at this point.

The USB port is definitely getting power as when I plug in for example my card reader, the light comes on. However it asks for a driver and doesn't show up in dive panel.

Anyway, I will try what you said and get back to let you know if it worked.
Thanks bro.