Subj : Re: Why does XP keep doing the "Found New Hardware".......
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From: "JT" <JT@spam-me-not.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why does XP keep doing the "Found New Hardware".......
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 02:15:04 +0000 (UTC)
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james@nospam.com wrote:

> Why does XP keep doing the "Found New Hardware" thing for every new
> flashdrive I plug in? Even if it's an identical flash drive, it does
> that. For example I bought two IDENTICAL SanDisk 32gb drives. XP had
> to go thru this process for BOTH drives, not just the first one. WHY?

Each flash drive has a unique identifier. Even if they're the exact
same

make and model. I assume you do not get the "Found New Hardware" with 

subsequent insertions of the flash drives, just the first time... 

correct?

If you see that message every time then something else is wrong.

HTH

JT

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