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Another tip; you can also use softs like http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html. It's useful sometimes to uninstall old drivers and check what's detected. There's a microsoft utility : USBview but I never tried this one. Just my 2c. ben -------------------------------------------------- "kay'lon rushing" <k3zz21@gmail.com> wrote: (07/03/2012 21:55) > Win7 is simply the way to go :) > On Mar 7, 2012 12:32 PM, "Tony K" <bigtonyk@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Vista is notoriously for this. My wife's PC has Vista and she's > > constantly complaining that her camera doesn't show up when she plugs > > it > > in. I never have problems with any of it on WIndows 7 (32 bit and 64 > > bit). > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote: > > > >> I'm continuously pissed off by the way that my various USB midi > >> controllers turn up or don't, or get confused, or disappear, on my > >> Vista > >> notebook. Advice needed!**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> I use Bidule but it isn't Bidule's problem, it is a Windows Vista > >> problem. Does it get better with Window7? are there any tools that I > >> can > >> use to monitor what happens, or to better take care of the USB > >> devices? * > >> *** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> I regularly use two Nanokontrols and a Softstep. Sometimes I use a > >> Nanopad, a Nanokey, and an Axon midi converter. I usually load a > >> Bidulefirst that only consists of Midi monitors so that I can see > >> which devices > >> work and which don't, so that I can unplug/replug them. **** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Some of the symptoms are**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> - the Softstep sometimes disappears. I have to unplug and replug it to > >> come up again. Today it refuses to show up even though Windows makes a > >> recognize sound when I plug it it.**** > >> > >> - the various Nano devices get mixed up often, or don't all show > >> up.**** > >> > >> - when plugging them into different ports, everything gets mixed > >> up**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> This is driving me nuts. I can't believe there is no remedy for this > >> (and > >> no, I don't want Apple products :)**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Michael **** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > -==-=-=- > > Tony > >