Drivers only detected after restart

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For a year or two now, some of the devices I use, like my webcam (HUE HD webcam), will only work if my computer has been restarted. This does not effect any mouse or keyboard, however, only some secondary USB devices. On a regular power-on, a notification will come up to say that the USB device is not recognized. If I unplug it and plug it back in, it will tell me that it could not install the drivers, even though it was working the last time the computer was on. But as soon as I restart the computer, it works again.

So what I do is turn on my computer and then immediately restart it with the restart button on the case. This works fine, but I'd rather fix the problem than work around it. I've attempted mix-matching the USB ports and plugs, and even moving the internal USB hub to the different plugs on the motherboard, but none of it works. I think this problem was present before I installed Windows 7, when I had XP, but I don't remember for sure. The reason I'm finally attempting to fix the problem is that my desktop is now going wireless with a USB wireless card, which happens to be one of these USB devices.

Thank you in advance for your help.

hello and welcome to the forums there is a Microsoft fix it for this type of problem Hardware devices are not working or are not detected in Windows link here :ar: Hardware devices are not working or are not detected in Windows

The Fixit doesn't seem to provide a solution, it only says that the problems are detected. Am I missing something?

check your BIOS for updates is a good idea from your mobo manufacturer

How to Find a BIOS Update :ar: http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7596795_bios-update.html

As far as I can tell, it just auto-restarts itself now, but that takes much less time and doesn't require me to wait around, so I suppose it's fixed. Thank you for your help.

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