
(This isn't strictly necessary but it sorts the list and makes it less likely that you'll accidentally disconnect any USB keyboard/mouse in use.)ĥ. Click on the word Connected at the top of its column. and - more importantly for your purposes - which port the device was connected to.)Ĥ. (This is important as USBDeview needs elevated rights to remove entries from the USB history list that shows device name/manufacturer/serial no./capability, etc. Right-click on the UsbDeview.exe file and select the Run as administrator. Remove any devices plugged into the *front USB ports.ģ.

Make sure you choose the correct 'bitness' for your system (which is most likely using a 64-bit version of Windows).Ģ. You can test for this easily (and fix it temporarily) by using Nir Sofer's small, free, portable USBDeview utility.ġ.

Sounds like you've run into the longstanding Windows enumeration bug (since Vista) whereby if you plug/unplug multiple USB devices into different ports each time then eventually the registry hits an enumeration limit, hence the 'unknown device' message.
