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[QUESTION]: USB View providing information about a USB is used for wireless devices
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Description
Currently Windows OS and Intune don't have any information about if a USB device is actually a wireless dongle / used for wireless devices.
Generally, the only case a user can know it is to hope that the info is inside the Device Description.
Mostly for wireless keyboards and mice, in Windows they are generically mentioned as "HID Keyboard Device" or "HID-compliant mouse" but there are not information about being wireless or not.
Can USB View show this information in some manner for these cases?
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Research direction
Start by locating the USB View sample and reviewing how it currently obtains and displays USB device descriptions. Determine whether the Windows USB or HID information available to it can identify wireless dongles; done means applicable keyboard and mouse dongles are clearly identified, with unavailable information handled explicitly.
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- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 4/5
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- Needs clarification
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