Do I have a faulty hub, or does Windows really need an additional driver?

All the hubs I've come across work with the standard Windows driver. Are you sure you pointed it to the right place on the CDROM?

Mind you, there's no reason why a hub can't contain extra bits and pieces that would make it require a custom driver. If this is the case then it should probably come with a driver.

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Mike Crowe
I may not be speaking on behalf of empeg above :-)