Can't uninstall USB Driver

I installed a USB driver for a Sony memory stick drive (MSAC-US1). Vista
initially couldn't install it and suggested installing it under recommended
settings. That seemed to work, but the is not recognized, and basically the
hardware installation failed.

However, the Sony USB driver is displayed in "Control Panel | Programs and
Features". When I try to unistall it, and InstallShield wizard starts and
then reports "USB driver cannot be installed in the current version of
Windows".

How do I uninstall the driver, or, at least, bring up the window that talks
about proceding under recommended settings?

Thanks

Robert M. Lincoln wrote:
> I installed a USB driver for a Sony memory stick drive (MSAC-US1). Vista
> initially couldn't install it and suggested installing it under recommended
> settings. That seemed to work, but the is not recognized, and basically
> the
> hardware installation failed.
>
> However, the Sony USB driver is displayed in "Control Panel | Programs and
> Features". When I try to unistall it, and InstallShield wizard starts and
> then reports "USB driver cannot be installed in the current version of
> Windows".
>
> How do I uninstall the driver, or, at least, bring up the window that talks
> about proceding under recommended settings?

My guess: open the hardware manager and see if there is some device
marked with the yellow ! and see if you can 'update' the driver. That
usually works with XP, but I haven't tried it on Vista.

I have no yellow marks.

Robert M. Lincoln wrote:
> I have no yellow marks.
>
This was posted in response to a similar question:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925528

Thanks, but the situations described in that article don't seem to apply to
my situation.


>> I have no yellow marks.
>>
> This was posted in response to a similar question:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925528

I have a similar problem with a NEW notebook Acer TM8215 wlmi (Vista
Ultimate with 2 gigabyte of ram ) and all sort of usb devices. Hard disk or
pen drives work randomly
(also if they are usually shown in the device manager as mass storage).
Often Win searchs for
the driver without being able to install it. The system is not able to remove
them properly (the light keeps on flashing).
There are a lot of threads about Vista and usb problems. The Microsoft patch
did not help. Some times the devices work but with a lot of errors. I can
not believe it (Vista is very expensive). I do not think my problem is
hardware related. Any solutions?

its times like this we demand anwsers from bill gates! you know ive had all
kinds of stuff happen on vista its just wrong! i really think vista looks
good!,but proforms crap,to many bugs in vista.never had this kind of stuff
with XP.
"luca" <luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E0E3D3A-F87C-4175-A174-55E8164AFAF2@microsoft.com...
>I have a similar problem with a NEW notebook Acer TM8215 wlmi (Vista
> Ultimate with 2 gigabyte of ram ) and all sort of usb devices. Hard disk
> or
> pen drives work randomly
> (also if they are usually shown in the device manager as mass storage).
> Often Win searchs for
> the driver without being able to install it. The system is not able to
> remove
> them properly (the light keeps on flashing).
> There are a lot of threads about Vista and usb problems. The Microsoft
> patch
> did not help. Some times the devices work but with a lot of errors. I can
> not believe it (Vista is very expensive). I do not think my problem is
> hardware related. Any solutions?