Windows 10: USB Midi keyboard not recognised by Windows 10

Hello!


For a while my computer running Windows 10 has problems recognising a specific USB audio device. The device is a M-audio Keystation Mini 32 Mk1 and it is class compliant which means I can't download a specific driver from the manufacturer.


I've been troubleshooting this on and off since the issue started. Last time it worked fine was sometime in the beginning months of 2020.


In the Device Manager i get the following error:


"[Code 43]


A request for the USB device descriptor failed."


The device works flawlessly on another Win 10 computer that I have at home. What i've found is that the device gets different drivers assigned to it on the different computers.


On the computer where it doesn't get recognised, usb.inf is used. On the computer where it works fine, wdma_usb.inf is used.


I also have another USB audio device Akai LPD8 which is also class compliant, and that device works flawlessly on both computers. This device also gets wdma_usb.inf assigned as a driver on both computers.


My thought is that Windows for some reason assigns the incorrect driver to the M-audio device. What I am wondering is if I could manually change what driver is used for a specific device.


Maybe i need to wipe some string in Regedit for Windows to try and reassign the other driver?


Thanks in advance!

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Hi, I'm running Windows 10 on a Lenovo Yoga 920.

Disclaimer: I am no computer Guru, but I can read and follow instructions, so here's the story:

I've recently gotten more into composing and making music, and decided to purchase a MIDI keyboard. The keyboard I got is a simple MIDIPLUS AKM320 keyboard. It was a cheap one on Amazon that I thought would be a great first purchase to try something new.
The keyboard says it requires no drivers, and should be plug-and-play and compatible with Windows or iOS. However, when I plug it in, windows registers only for a brief second that I have a USB device connected, and then it disappears. If I go to device manager,
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I have tried updating the drivers with Windows, and it says the latest/recommended drivers are installed. I have also tried downloading drivers from the manufacturer, but they seem to be outdated (for previous versions of Windows) so I tried running them
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Then, I started doing some research, thinking I'd buy a better one, but that I had better find out whether it was Windows 10 compatible or not. Here's where the frustration really started; Every single MIDI Keyboard I found had reported issues with Windows
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the drivers will not run on Windows 10, or in compatibility modes. This might be because MIDI Keyboards are not making drivers for Windows 10, but isn't that the point of plug-and-play? Shouldn't the latest version of Windows run a MIDI keyboard EASILY?

So now I have 3 questions:

1. Has anyone run into this issue and actually fixed it?

2. Can anyone explain to me in more detail what exactly is going on with Windows and MIDI Controller Devices?

3. Do any of you use a MIDI Controller with Windows 10, and if so what have you found that actually works. I don't want to buy a new one only to have the same problem.

Thanks!