replacing sys file in vista! - Nightmare!
osaddict
London, UK
Hey all,
I've followed these instructions:
And yes, eventually my voip phone worked, however, on reboot the file from XP that I had put over the vista one (58k) was replaced by the original vista one (70k)
How the heck do I stop vista from replacing it on reboot?!
I've followed these instructions:
1) Obtain the usbaudio.sys file from a Windows XP machine (in c:\windows\system32\drivers)
2) On the Vista machine, click Start, type cmd in the search box and press Ctrl, Shift & Enter so you get a "root" command shell window
3) Type cd \windows\system32\drivers and press Enter
4) Type takeown /f USBAUDIO.sys and press Enter
5) Type cacls USBAUDIO.sys /G "Your Username":f, press Enter, and Y when asked. (Note the quotes around username)
6) Type del USBAUDIO.sys, press enter
7) Copy the XP version of USBAUDIO.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers
8) Type cd c:\windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wdma_usb.inf_9ce240de, press Enter
9) Type takeown /f USBAUDIO.sys, press Enter
10) Type cacls USBAUDIO.sys /G "Your Username":f, press Enter, and Y when asked. (Note the quotes around username)
11) Type del USBAUDIO.sys, press Enter
12) Copy the XP version of USBAUDIO.sys to c:\windows\system32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wdma_usb.inf_9ce240de
13) Connect the USB audio device that was failing - it should now work
And yes, eventually my voip phone worked, however, on reboot the file from XP that I had put over the vista one (58k) was replaced by the original vista one (70k)
How the heck do I stop vista from replacing it on reboot?!
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Perhaps you could create a batch file to copy the drivers and do everything you need, then put the batch file in the startup folder so it'll run when Windows starts? You'll probably still have to do step 13 every time, though.