Why does Windows 2000 and XP need to reinstall drivers after replugging in USB wireless network adapters?

Hello.

I have a question which is a strange usability. How come Windows XP
Professional SP2 and 2000 SP4 (both OS' with all updates) need to
reinstall the network driver after disconnecting and reconnecting an
USB network adapter? It doesn't matter if I do it when I am in
Windows or when the computer is off.

I see this happened with an old D-Link AirPlus DWL-120+ USB Adapter and
a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D).

Is there a way to avoid this? It becomes a pain to keep doing this and
reset up. Thank you in advance.
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USB drivers are specific to USB ports. So if you install the device in your
first USB port then unplug it and insert it again in your second port, you
will have to reinstall the driver. But once the driver is installed and
associated with a specific port, you should not have to do it again.

This is also true if using a HUB or a switch. everytime you plug it into a
different port on the HUB/Switch you will have to reinstall the drivers...


Robert....


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello.
>
> I have a question which is a strange usability. How come Windows XP
> Professional SP2 and 2000 SP4 (both OS' with all updates) need to
> reinstall the network driver after disconnecting and reconnecting an
> USB network adapter? It doesn't matter if I do it when I am in
> Windows or when the computer is off.
>
> I see this happened with an old D-Link AirPlus DWL-120+ USB Adapter and
> a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D).
>
> Is there a way to avoid this? It becomes a pain to keep doing this and
> reset up. Thank you in advance.
> --
> "When many work together for a goal, great things may be accomplished. It
> is said a lion cub was killed by a single colony of ants." --Saskya
> Pandita
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DLink Guru <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> USB drivers are specific to USB ports. So if you install the device in your
> first USB port then unplug it and insert it again in your second port, you
> will have to reinstall the driver. But once the driver is installed and
> associated with a specific port, you should not have to do it again.

> This is also true if using a HUB or a switch. everytime you plug it into a
> different port on the HUB/Switch you will have to reinstall the drivers...

Hmmm, I did replug in the same plug.


> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:l7GdnT-EIM1ebMvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have a question which is a strange usability. How come Windows XP
> > Professional SP2 and 2000 SP4 (both OS' with all updates) need to
> > reinstall the network driver after disconnecting and reconnecting an
> > USB network adapter? It doesn't matter if I do it when I am in
> > Windows or when the computer is off.
> >
> > I see this happened with an old D-Link AirPlus DWL-120+ USB Adapter and
> > a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D).
> >
> > Is there a way to avoid this? It becomes a pain to keep doing this and
> > reset up. Thank you in advance.
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"DLink Guru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> USB drivers are specific to USB ports. So if you install the device in
> your first USB port then unplug it and insert it again in your second
> port, you will have to reinstall the driver. But once the driver is
> installed and associated with a specific port, you should not have to do
> it again.
>
> This is also true if using a HUB or a switch. everytime you plug it into a
> different port on the HUB/Switch you will have to reinstall the drivers...
> Robert....


Isn't the great idea of USB ports that they are totally interchangeable at
all times, even during runtime?

Henry.

> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:l7GdnT-EIM1ebMvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have a question which is a strange usability. How come Windows XP
>> Professional SP2 and 2000 SP4 (both OS' with all updates) need to
>> reinstall the network driver after disconnecting and reconnecting an
>> USB network adapter? It doesn't matter if I do it when I am in
>> Windows or when the computer is off.
>>
>> I see this happened with an old D-Link AirPlus DWL-120+ USB Adapter and
>> a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D).
>>
>> Is there a way to avoid this? It becomes a pain to keep doing this and
>> reset up. Thank you in advance.
>> --
>> "When many work together for a goal, great things may be accomplished. It
>> is said a lion cub was killed by a single colony of ants." --Saskya
>> Pandita
>> /\___/\
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>
>

nope......

"Henry Hooray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "DLink Guru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> USB drivers are specific to USB ports. So if you install the device in
>> your first USB port then unplug it and insert it again in your second
>> port, you will have to reinstall the driver. But once the driver is
>> installed and associated with a specific port, you should not have to do
>> it again.
>>
>> This is also true if using a HUB or a switch. everytime you plug it into
>> a different port on the HUB/Switch you will have to reinstall the
>> drivers...
>> Robert....
>
>
> Isn't the great idea of USB ports that they are totally interchangeable at
> all times, even during runtime?
>
> Henry.
>
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:l7GdnT-EIM1ebMvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I have a question which is a strange usability. How come Windows XP
>>> Professional SP2 and 2000 SP4 (both OS' with all updates) need to
>>> reinstall the network driver after disconnecting and reconnecting an
>>> USB network adapter? It doesn't matter if I do it when I am in
>>> Windows or when the computer is off.
>>>
>>> I see this happened with an old D-Link AirPlus DWL-120+ USB Adapter and
>>> a Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D).
>>>
>>> Is there a way to avoid this? It becomes a pain to keep doing this and
>>> reset up. Thank you in advance.
>>> --
>>> "When many work together for a goal, great things may be accomplished.
>>> It is said a lion cub was killed by a single colony of ants." --Saskya
>>> Pandita
>>> /\___/\
>>> / /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
>>> | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net (offline)
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>>> ( )
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