Vista recognizes as unknown device

malay.keshav · #1 (**permalink**) 21st Jan 2008, 3:48 am

my new computer with windows vista basic detects my MP4 Player as an unkown device......

What do i do now....
The MP3 player utilities saye no device connected as well...

The device works fine on my friends XP .....

what do i do?

Th3_uN1Qu3 · #2 (**permalink**) 22nd Jan 2008, 2:08 am

You go and install XP, since vista basic is a waste anyway. :P

gaboon · #3 (**permalink**) 22nd Jan 2008, 8:10 am

malay.keshav,,

Windows Vista is a whole new thing..the driver, system, and other things are new..backdated hardware would have many probs connecting with Vista..as Th3_uN1Qu3 says..its better to use windows xp for the moment..

malay.keshav · #4 (**permalink**) 27th Jan 2008, 1:42 am

i just stumbled upon something new....

the device works with USB 1.1 whether Vista or XP but does not work with USB 2.0 whether Vista or XP....

What do i do now....

malay.keshav · #5 (**permalink**) 27th Jan 2008, 2:40 am

Problem Solved

I had to do my own research to solve the problem...
Went to the Microsoft website ,Installed softwares to detct driver,editted system registry,....but no avail(still "unknown device")
Then ureka.....finally i found the problem....
The problem was not Vista to Start with....(Still my Best OS)
The problem was in the USB hardware ....

80% of my friends had player which connected to both USB 2.0 and 1.1...
But the rest 20 % of the players worked only on the USB 1.1.

I had to install USB 1.1 hardware ...

But some softwares also work fine to restrict USB 2.0 to 1.1..