William Sommerwerck wrote:

Take for example an epson 1680 scanner, or tons of other devices.
Moving it will require a reinstallation of the driver, and you can't
just point Windows at the location of the drivers, which are already
there. Printers are notorious for this bull****, too.

No wonder you're farbissen.

I've never seen this with USB. USB is keyed to the device's description --
not to a specific port.


It sounds like he brings it on himself for buying Epson. They can
screw up anything. Like the original magic Jack. It reinstalled
itself every time the computer booted. Several minutes, with it's
bootloader covering the center of the screen, and in your way. That
wasn't a problem with USB, but the implementation.