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Originally Posted by multiweb
If you use a hub and plug things in different holes it reinstall the drivers per connection. Try to label your connections and always plug things in the same place. If you lose connectivity just unplug the one hub off the laptop or PC then replug it. Everything after the hub will refresh accordingly.
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My 3G wireless only works in the port it was initially installed in. It refuses to install to another port. A real nuisance if I get paged after somethig important is in that port.
I use a 4 port mini hub - one with an extra uplink cable for power. The mouse transmitter is permanently in one port. Every other port has a COMxx configured because I forget which one I should plug the CCDs and USB-serial cable into. I leave device manager running so I can get ASCOM right first try. (I made the mistake of hibernating the other night with ASCOM running, powered up, plugged the mount into a different port and tried to guide. Immediate blue screen.)
YMMV, but you can clean up the redundant USB devices (eg COM3 to COM14):
unplug all USB devices with multiple entries,
select view hidden in device manager,
right click each one and uninstall,
reboot,
plug them in one by one and reinstall the latest (or best) drivers for each one.
Then as suggested mark each port and plug so you know where to put them next time.