Oooooh, one year of difference. Except that it's not. Windows XP SP2 is not from 2001. It's from April 2008.
Hey you’re the one claiming to be MS free for 10 years. Not my fault you don’t actually mean it.
I don't buy Microsoft products. I have access to them through my job, just like any IT person in a sysadmin role would. But I don't buy them, I don't personally use them and I won't recommend them.
ANY device that is not recognized will pop up the New Hardware wizard. That’s what the wizard is for, if XP recognizes it
There you go with your assumptions again. Apparently, XP won't even recognize it.
And that’s why we don’t do hardware testing on virtual machines
I only used the virtual machine as an additional reference to the article (where real hardware was used) and to numerous web forums where users (using real hardware) registered complaints just like his.
Not an assumption EXPERIENCE. If XP can see it, and it can’t automatically install drivers for it, and it hasn’t been told to ignore the fact that it doesn’t know what it is, then there will ALWAYS be a New Hardware wizard. 100% of the time ZERO exceptions. That’s what the New Hardware wizard is for ALL hardware that it can’t recognize.
Now if it can’t see it, like with your virtual machine, that’s a completely different situation. It can’t fail to recognize what it can’t see.