"Don" <don195702@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Scott wrote:
>> Captain,
>>
>> I have allowed Windows to install the driver from local computer and
>> Windows Update without success. Vista supposts to be better system than
>> Windows XP and for such simple item, it does not to a normal user. Any
>> other guidance to fix it or where the drivers are?
>
> Yes, this is certainly a Vista bug and will eventually be fixed. Try
> deleting \windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 which may be corrupted. You will need
> to edit its file permissions to give full control to the Users group
> before you can delete the file.
>

And if deleting INFCACHE.1 doesn't work? Are there other steps to try to get
USB mass storage devices to work?

I read elsewhere that possibly copying usbstor.inf and usbstor.sys from an
XP machine might help, but Vista cannot recognize/install those drivers.

Any other workarounds or suggestions?