Re: Want to Fix AutoRun Wizard

Go to Start/Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC , highlight the USB Hub device(s), Action menu, "Uninstall", then restart Windows, to find the
device drivers again automatically.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Edw. Peach" <bogus_addie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fv5oa11be85fr97k89vuqe4jpkekkchkb9@xxxxxxxxxx
> Want to Fix AutoRun Wizard
>
> I have WinXP Pro and have always had problems with the autorun wizard
> picking up memory cards from my cameras. I do a lot of digital
> photography and use four different cards, all different types. About
> a year ago, my autorun wizard stopped popping up when I attached a
> USB cable from my camera to download the images. I went out and
> bought a Lexar multi-card reader and it has worked fine for me. The
> other day, that changed. I had some intermittent 'luck' in getting it
> to 'see' the cards I inserted in the hardware. Now it doesn't work at
> all. I've tried reinstalling the software, reconnect the hardware a
> few times. The other day when this new problem started, I checked
> through MY COMPUTER and saw little red boxes by three of the four
> drives that this unit uses. Those boxes are gone.
>
> Yesterday I got in a live chat with Lexar support and the man was
> trying to walk me through a process of renaming my drives. He took me
> into Control Panel > Admin Tools > Computer Management, and we were
> going to change the Drive letters under Disk Management, but the
> drives for the media reader were not listed. They were listed in
> Device Management.
>
> Just now I checked that same place and noticed a new drive listed. I
> didn't add anything. It's listed as a removable disk, 489 MB FAT,
> healthy and working properly. My main system is set to NTFS. This
> was not listed yesterday and when I look at the properties, it says it
> is a Lexar unit. That's the company that manufactures my card reader.
> I am POSITIVE this was not listed yesterday.
>
> ALL the USB devices I have used include various camera cables until I
> got the multicard reader a few months ago, an Iomega Zip drive, the
> multcard reader, and recently, flash memory device.
>
> As I said earlier, I had issues with this wizard popping up before I
> got the multi-card reader, which when I installed it, seemed to
> straighten out the problem.
>
> Yesterday I downloaded and ran an autorun wizard fix tool from MS,
> when I run it and try to re-enact the event (entering the memory card
> into the slot), the fix wizard runs and does not 'see' the problem I
> get a message saying either the hardware isn't working or the wizard
> cannot determine the problem. When I ran this wizard, I noticed those
> little red boxes by the drives listed. All the drives were on the
> list for the four different card types.
>
> It does work intermittently, where if I enter a memory card, the
> wizard will pop up but if I try it again, the wizard does not
> reappear.
>
> Since I had these problems before I ever installed the Lexar
> multi-card reader, I am thinking my problem is with Windows, not the
> reader.
>
> Have any ideas on this?


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