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Re:Why doesn't Windows recognize a USB device plugged into a... by ackalker on Friday June 26, 2015 @09:46AM (#9784269)
I'm wondering why Microsoft didn't add the unique serial number requirement to its WHQL driver testing, allowing vendors who realize too late that their shipped devices don't have a unique serial number to add the "magic registry key" (for ignoring the serial number) to their next WHQL driver candidate.
Re:Why doesn't Windows recognize a USB device plugged into a... by talmand on Friday June 26, 2015 @10:38AM (#9784648)
If the WHQL driver testing didn't exist at the beginning of USB then I imagine it would be for backwards compatibility.