fun fact in windows if you add a bluetooth device with one bluetooth usb dongle and then lose that dongle and start using a different one you can no longer remove the devices that were paired with the first single and they remain listed in your computer forever
@mavica_again i'm sorry what
no. why
@PsyChuan when you install a driver on windows it's associated with the combination of device descriptor and bus connection i guess
if you change it it'll take the same drivers you already installed so it's hands-free but it goes through the whole driver song and dance in the background
that's what ends in "your device is set-up and ready to use" notification
@mavica_again ough. awful.
@mavica_again And if you dual-boot Linux and Windows, setting up a dongle on one prevents you from setting up that same dongle on the other.
[though I think there's a workaround that involves copying and pasting an ID in the configs, not sure.]
@mavica_again Should have saved this one a week. Perfect horrifying Halloween post. 🙀
@Vordus gonna turn it into a 9 minute youtube essay titled "GHOST devices are haunting YOUR computer!!!!!! Here's why"
brought to you by the people who need to reinstall the HID drivers whenever you change your mouse's USB port