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andy455

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Since: Oct 16, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:15 am
Post subject: USB notification alert not working
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I have a system, Dell D-600 with WinXP (SP2) that no longer gives an alert
message when a USB device is plugged in the second time. i.e. the first time
a new device is plugged in I get a notificaton ballon with text about the new
device and a sound is generated. Howver the next times the same device is
plugged in I only get the sound but no message text or icon in the tray to
tell me it is there. It shows up in the device manager USB area and is
listed in the "Safe to remove device" applet, just no written message that it
has enumerated. Is there a place in WinXP that this feature is turned on or
off?

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smlunatick

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Since: Dec 1, 2008
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:32 am
Post subject: Re: USB notification alert not working
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On Oct 16, 4:15 pm, andy455 wrote:
> I have a system, Dell D-600 with WinXP (SP2)  that no longer gives an alert
> message when a USB device is plugged in the second time.  i.e. the first time
> a new device is plugged in I get a notificaton ballon with text about the new
> device and a sound is generated.  Howver the next times the same device is
> plugged in I only get the sound but no message text or icon in the tray to
> tell me it is there.  It shows up in the device manager USB area and is
> listed in the "Safe to remove device" applet, just no written message that it
> has enumerated.  Is there a place in WinXP that this feature is turned on or
> off?
> --
> andy455

That is usually normal not to have a notice that the USB device is re-
connected.

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M.I.5

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Since: Dec 3, 2008
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:42 am
Post subject: Re: USB notification alert not working
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"andy455" wrote in message

>I have a system, Dell D-600 with WinXP (SP2) that no longer gives an alert
> message when a USB device is plugged in the second time. i.e. the first
> time
> a new device is plugged in I get a notificaton ballon with text about the
> new
> device and a sound is generated. Howver the next times the same device is
> plugged in I only get the sound but no message text or icon in the tray to
> tell me it is there. It shows up in the device manager USB area and is
> listed in the "Safe to remove device" applet, just no written message that
> it
> has enumerated. Is there a place in WinXP that this feature is turned on
> or
> off?
> --
>

It is behaving entirely as designed. Once the device has been installed,
it doesn't need to be installed again.

However, if you plug it into a different port, it will be reinstalled as a
new device *unless* it contains an electronically readable serial number.
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Uwe Sieber

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Since: Oct 20, 2008
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:50 am
Post subject: Re: USB notification alert not working
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andy455 wrote:
> I have a system, Dell D-600 with WinXP (SP2) that no longer gives an alert
> message when a USB device is plugged in the second time. i.e. the first time
> a new device is plugged in I get a notificaton ballon with text about the new
> device and a sound is generated. Howver the next times the same device is
> plugged in I only get the sound but no message text or icon in the tray to
> tell me it is there. It shows up in the device manager USB area and is
> listed in the "Safe to remove device" applet, just no written message that it
> has enumerated. Is there a place in WinXP that this feature is turned on or
> off?

For getting a balloon each time you need a 3rd party
software as my USB drive letter manager.
[URL="http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html"]http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html[/URL]


Uwe
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