Driver fix for nook tablet (for when you follow instructions exactly)

---

Alright. This is for people who have followed instructions EXACTLY and cannot see "Nook Tablet" when they plug it in with the little /!\ next to it.
First, make sure that it's not loaded as an android device because generic drivers have taken it over.
Next, be sure to check for USB Mass Storage in Universal Serial Bus controllers. This is where some people have difficulties so I took the liberty to snap a picture from my desktop with what you need to uninstall and put a border around it to get my point across.


All you need to do is uninstall those drivers and you should see "Nook Tablet" /!\ when you scan for hardware changes. I know this because I had to do it.

Actually added in the guide for you folks.

Doesn't work for me. Tried it on two systems.

Did you have the drivers for the Nook Color installed previous to installing the drivers for the Nook Tablet? Now about the development environment for ADK.

I have both of those on my system(s).

I think I will create a new VM and do a fresh install there. Thankfully with a USB install you can install Windows 7 64 in about 10 minutes.

I haven't had Nook Color drivers.

Jerry, when I tried this before I too had troubles. I had to do a System Restore to a state previous to my having plugged in my NT. My thinking was along the same line as yours - once you have any semblance of a "normal" Nook installation (even a Color, it seems) you have to find a way to completely back out of that state. Your VM approach should get the job done. Just be sure to do the runmefirst step and check to make sure the .Android stuff is all done before plugging in the NT.

Here's how i fixed this issue on my system. Download Usbview www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

Disconnect NT, open Usbview, remove all references to Nook and Android. Reconnect NT...as long as auto mount is off Windows will allow you to install the adb drivers.

Originally Posted by yumms

Here's how i fixed this issue on my system. Download Usbview www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

Disconnect NT, open Usbview, remove all references to Nook and Android. Reconnect NT...as long as auto mount is off Windows will allow you to install the adb drivers.

in usbdview, do we "disconnect" or "uninstall" or "disable"? I'm going to try this method, if I can't get it all going I just realized I have a dual boot with WinXP on this machine so I will try doing it there.....Thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to this issue, especially Indirect!!

You need to uninstall the drivers from Usbview.

Originally Posted by yumms

Here's how i fixed this issue on my system. Download Usbview www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

Disconnect NT, open Usbview, remove all references to Nook and Android. Reconnect NT...as long as auto mount is off Windows will allow you to install the adb drivers.

Good find. I created a separate install and it worked fine.

That worked! In Usbview there were like 10 instances of various android and nook which I uninstalled. Also with Usbview, as soon as I connected the Nook Tablet, I could see which mass storage device it was I had to update the drivers on. Perfect. THanks again to everyone. Now I know I will keep the tablet. It is much better deal than the Kindle Fire which I also tried out.