USB Device Not Recognized On a Windows 11/10 computer you may see the following message: The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it.

If you receive a message Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer (Code 45), on your Windows computer, then this post will help you troubleshoot the issue.

I went to the device manager and it shows "unknown device". I uninstall it but it immediately tries to install the driver again for a device I do not have plugged in. Win7 64bit intel I5.