Re: USB Expert Required!!

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From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:32:10 -0700

I can't really answer that directly, but you should be able to add just
about any USB device that XP supports natively without having to install
any extra software. Now if you have to install Software for it, that
may be where you are being blocked. It also depends on what kind of
policy the administrator has set up.

Basically, all USB devices use a Vendor ID for the device (this is how
XP recognizeses the devices at the driver level). It may be possible
that some VID's are blocked, but since I have never used a user account
(not an admin account), I have never tried. 

----
Nathan McNulty
Darran wrote:
> Does anyone know what USB devices can be installed on a XP build without any 
> admin rights? Things like mice, keyboards etc seem to go on ok for all people 
> but it seems to get more confusing when we start talking about modems and 
> memory sticks. Is there a definative list of devices or is it too random 
> becuase of the many different types of devices on the market? At what point 
> does the machine decide if rights are or are not needed?
> 
> No prize for a nice conclusive answer unfortunately but it would as always 
> be extremely grateful!
> 
> D

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