Is there a way to keep track of device IDs as they're assigned by the OS? I'm using Windows 8.1, trying to track mouse IDs in specific. A cursory glance at the System logs turned nothing useful.
To elaborate a little, I'm having issues with my mouse and Wacom tablet, which when it comes to Windows device IDs is also considered a mouse. Both devices stop working after a few Sleep/Hibernate cycles, and I suspect it's due Window's limitation regarding this kind of device: It can only assign 20 of them.
Because both devices are connected to a display that power downs upon hibernating, Windows might be assigning them new IDs upon each wake up until it runs out. There are other clues that suggest this guess is correct, but nothing concrete.
I'd like to track these IDs to confirm this is the cause before going around changing my setup to a less ideal one trying to fix it.
Best Answer
From the Microsoft article Hardware ID:
You device should be in the Device Manager tree under "Mice and other pointing devices".
If you wish to track changes, you could use devcon:
The command to use is DevCon HwIDs that displays the hardware IDs, compatible IDs, and device instance IDs of the specified devices.
Its syntax is:
where ID Specifies one or more devices by using an hardware ID or part of a hardware ID. This way, if there is a common part to all the IDs that are assigned to the devices, you could query on this part.
If you wish to call devcon from a batch file and append its answer to a text file, execute it immediately after wake.
See the article Run Program When Windows Resumes from Sleep or Hibernate.