Vista driver problems

The upgraded software -- in this case, Vista -- may not be able to properly update the drivers, he said. Thus, permissions may be lost during the SP1 upgrade, or resources moved to different locations.

Of drivers and ass-kickings Drivers were a major bane to Vista in its early months last year. Despite Microsoft's claim that more than 1. Indeed, driver issues had been on the wane. Microsoft has not updated that number since then. But it says that more than 78, hardware products are now supported by Windows Update, up from 34, at launch.

And 17, peripherals and devices have passed one of Microsoft's two rigorous certification programs: Certified for Windows Vista, which requires successful testing by a third party such as QualityLogic, and the more self-reported Works with Windows Vista program, which is more reliant on self-reporting.

In a PowerPoint presentation distributed to media last month, Microsoft was confident enough to state, "Many device and software problems behind us: Nearly all Windows Vista PCs have drivers for every single device installed, available on WU [Windows Update] or from vendor websites.

But Microsoft may have relaxed too soon. Morris says none of vendors that came to QualityLogic for certification of their Vista drivers have returned seeking the same service for SP1. In many cases the answer to this is yes, however in some cases the manufacturers no longer make the Drivers available so you need to use a Driver Update Tool to install the missing Drivers.

The purpose of such as tool is to save you time and effort by automatically downloading and updating the Drivers for you. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on March 1, Thanks Chuck.

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After making these changes, I rebooted plugged in my USB headset, and crossed my fingers. It successfully installed! I checked all my other USB devices and they weren't affected, so my little registry hack job did the trick.

Unfortunately, a few days later a Windows Update undid all my registry changes and changed it back to usbaudio. Curses - foiled again! So I went back into the registry, made about 14 registry replacements and exported each one of these keys as a.