yes, even for identical machines. you are not allowed to manipulate the
enum key outside of the OS in any way in any context

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"kevincw01" <kevin@netkev.com> wrote in message
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> On May 21, 2:28 pm, "Doron Holan [MSFT]" <dor...@online.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>> no, you cannot do this. if you are refering to the keys under
>> hklm\system\currentcontrolset\enum\... then the layout of these keys are
>> private and undocumented and are not portable from one machine to the
>> next.
>>
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>> "kevincw01" <ke...@netkev.com> wrote in message
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>> news:59b34621-0052-43c9-aff0-8aa6c272e9d1@c19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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>> > My understanding is that when I plug a new USB device into windows xp,
>> > the device's serial number is polled and(if found), a series of
>> > registry entries are created. Later when I install the driver for
>> > this new device, the driver is associated with the serial number of
>> > the device. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> Even if the machines are identical and installed using a ghost image
> of the same windows xp installation?
>>
>> > I have over 100 USB devices with unique serial numbers. Each time I
>> > connect a new one, I'm required to re-install the driver. My intent
>> > is to gather the serial numbers from the manufacturer and replicate
>> > the registry entries created by a single driver install, for all the
>> > other USB devices. Can this be done? Is there a better way?
>>
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > -Kevin
>