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Offline DiTBhoTopic starter

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Windows XP, how to clean register from unused USB devices?
« on: June 04, 2022, 01:45:25 pm »
so, I have to use a USB-sniffer on a Windows XP machine in order to understand how an abandoned USB device works.
But before attaching the USB-sniffer I need to clean out all the unused but registered USB-devices.


The list is toooooooooooooooooooo long. You attache an iPod? Windows XP registers its VID:PID somewhere.

How to clean?  :o :o :o
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Offline Ian.M

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Re: Windows XP, how to clean register from unused USB devices?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2022, 01:57:14 pm »
Nirsoft USBDeview
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
You can sort by connected status, then select multiple devices by shift or ctrl clicking and bulk uninstall them.
 
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Re: Windows XP, how to clean register from unused USB devices?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2022, 03:37:21 pm »
There exists GhostBuster to delete all unplugged USB devices.
https://bitbucket.org/wvd-vegt/ghostbuster/src/master/

Especially helpful when you've run out of all 256 COM ports.
 
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Re: Windows XP, how to clean register from unused USB devices?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2022, 05:53:37 pm »
At a command prompt enter the following line

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
devmgmt.msc

The device manager applet will open, click the view menu tab and select show hidden devices.
Scroll down to the USB devices and delete anything/everything that has been "greyed out"
 
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