IIRC it works but it is an overkill. I want and need to know about USB errors except this one which isn’t real error at all. As Don pointed out, the problem is silly software which doesn’t check if it is even possible to fix the “error”. My main machine has only 1.1 ports, too, and also bugged me when I attached USB flash drive.
Instead, try right click on taskbar | Properties | Customize, find “This device can perform faster” nonsense and change from “Hide when inactive” to “Always hide”. It works until some ghost changes it back which doesn’t happen too often. In such a case it is necessary to repeat the procedure.
(BTW, both Dell Technical support oxymoron and their great advice are really funny 
Best regards,
Michal Vodicka
UPEK, Inc.
[xxxxx@upek.com, http://www.upek.com]
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com[SMTP:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] on behalf of Doron Holan[SMTP:xxxxx@windows.microsoft.com]
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:57 AM
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Subject: RE: [ntdev] the external USB 2.0 HUB enumeartion problem
I don’t know if the checkbox controls the speed error reporting, but
open up device manager and for each USB controller, open the properties.
Under Advanced, check the Don’t tell me about USB errors checkbox.
d
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From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Don Ward
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:44 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: RE: [ntdev] the external USB 2.0 HUB enumeartion problem
As an “unhappy customer” I too would like to know the answer to this. On
one
of my Dell systems, the device that could be connected faster is the
root
hub, not an external hub. It happens quite often after the machine
(running
XP pro) comes back from standby.
Dell Technical support (add that to your list of oxymorons) advised me
to
reinstall the O/S. The machine was about one week old. Needless to say,
I
ignored them and put up with the aggravation of deleting the device and
performing a “scan for hardwrae changes” in the device manager if I
actually
want to use the usb port. It would be nice to know how to fix it though.
On a separate, but related, topic; does anybody know how to suppress the
“device can perform faster” message once and for all? It’s really
irritating
to see this message when you plug a USB2 device into a machine that
hasn’t
got any USB2 ports. When you “click here” it tells you what you know
already: there are no suitable ports. Why can’t the software check
before
putting up the dialog box?
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
> [mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Sent: 20 January 2005 22:07
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] the external USB 2.0 HUB enumeartion problem
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The situation: there are two HID USB 1.1 devices connected to
> the system thru the external USB 2.0 HUB. The external HUB is
> enumerated as a High-speed device under USB\ROOT_HUB20,
> proprietary (unsigned) drivers are installed for HID devices,
> everything is fine and dandy.
>
> But sometimes, under unclear circumstances, the external HUB
> is enumerated as a Full speed device under USB\ROOT_HUB with
> a message “This device can perform faster if you connect it
> to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. For a list of available ports
> click here”; and, as a result, HID devices are re-installed
> with standard drivers, customers are unhappy
>
>
>
> What the problem here? Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Andrew
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