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Kremmit:
I don't think you can change the USB ID on any of those.  Many GGG and Ultimarc products can have different USB IDs set, but no consumer products that I know of.  With them all plugging in to the same USB port on the computer (via the hub), you can't adjust things by plugging the cables in to different USB controllers on the mobo (probably can't do this on a laptop anyway), so that's out too.

The only thing I can think of is to plug each device into the hub at a different time.  Always do it in the same order, for example:

1:  Keyboard (leave this plugged in all the time)
2:  Mouse (also leave this plugged in all the time)
3:  Spinner & TB on Apache controller (plug in first after boot)
4:  Act Labs gun for Player 1 (plug in after the Apache has been detected and installed)
5:  Act Labs gun for Player 2 (plug in after Windows finds and installs the first gun)

You might get away with leaving the P1 lightgun plugged in all the time, too.  If you always do it the same way, Windows ought to always assign things the same way.  Keep your fingers crossed, and no warranty, guarantee, or returns, please, all sales final!

whynotpizza:
Hmm, is this what everone else does running a cab? i.e. plug in each USB device whenever their cabinet system (laptop or desktop) is rebooted?

Or is this just a onetime thing?

Seems like lots of others would also experience this issue too.

Maybe people just leave their PC running all the time for their cabinet.

Ah, the joys of the PC world.  :)

Kremmit:
Most people aren't using a laptop.

zelony:
It is because your devices do not have USB Serial Numbers.  If they did Windows would remember them.  Linux behaves the same way, so no blaming Windows here.

The problem results from you using a hub.  Since all of the devices are sharing the same port, Windows has to reassign them each time.  If you had each device plugged into a separate port on your Laptop it would remember them.  That is why most people with a Desktop PC do not have this problem, there are more USB ports on a desktop PC.

One possibility would be to find a port replicator with multiple USB ports.  That might help.

Jeff

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