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Why is it that Windows needs to reinstall a device if you merely move it to another port?

This is so it can handle you having more than one of a device. Not everything has a serial number built into it and even if it does, usually isn't part of the USB detection.


Any reason it takes so long? A good example to demonstrate this, though a bit strange, is to plug in a keyboard and mouse into a USB hub attached to a USB hub attached to another hub then finally the ports on the PC. Windows takes forever and a day to finally get the keyboard and mouse working. Linux and OS X, nearly instant no matter where the keyboard and mouse are in this chain or what root port the chain of devices gets attached to.

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Get ready for the Mac people!


*sigh*