Re: “Scan and fix” USB device dialog box

On 9/12/09, the entity Richard Fangnail wrote this:
> I just fed my Nikon camera into my newer Vista computer and it said
> something might be wrong, and do I want to scan and fix the drive?


> I found some articles on Google and realized that this is because of
> the way Vista keeps track of the way you last used the device. Since
> this is the first time I used this device with Vista, it gave me this
> annoying box.


> I’m glad I resolved the problem, but you shouldn’t have to look up
> articles to find out what’s wrong. It just shouldn’t have been
> designed this way. Microsoft should have thought about the first time
> users use a device with Vista. Remember a lot of users are not
> technical and want to use their ipods, flash drives etc. without this
> happening.


> Also, XP had not been designed this way.

Could you provide a URL?

I have just ignored that message (cancel or click the red x) when it
appeared. I didn’t trust the offered fix…


Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com

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