USB detection

[RaKKeR]

Hi,

Our company uses USB drives to distribute new software updates for our machines. The problem with the USB drives on the XP embedded systems is that they are either detected very slow (I guess the driver installation is taking long...) or even not detected at all. In the first case we want the user to see a message to be patient while the USB drive is being installed. Can anyone give me a hint how to implement this feature?

Thx in advance,

RaKKeR

 

[jlshelton]

Perhaps you could describe what's happening in more detail. Who plugs in the USB drive? User or technician? In either case, why not tell the user, via instructions, to be patient?

Is USB Drive the best way to distribute new software? Are all the machines on a common LAN?

 

[cdogg]

And don't forget that the average transfer rate on even the fastest USB 2.0 hard drives is barely over half of a standard ATA/100 hard drive.

~cdogg
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[bcastner]

I know of no way to provide a screen display or other visible display of the initialization.

Have you tried using only USB 1.1 compliant devices?
I am not sure for embedded XP what version release of USB is being used. I know for XP SP1 (non-embedded) several hotfixes addressed this problem; e.g.:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810090

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;822603

 

[wooglin]

Other way around, set a 'process/update completed' message and tell the users to plug it in and not remove it until they see the message.

idea?