A user with a strange problem of "PC recognizes wireless keyboard as toaster" has appeared on the bulletin board

Super UserIs a computer-related specialized overseas version that answers questions of computer users posted by PC by PC enthusiasts and advanced usersYahoo! ChiebukuroIt is a site like. With such Super User, "Why does Windows recognize my wireless keyboard as a toaster?"This question is raised, and this unusual problem is greatly excited.

Device manager - Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster? - Super User
http://superuser.com/questions/792607/why-does-windows-think-that-my-wireless-keyboard-is-a-toaster

Posted a question "YdaetskcoR"The user was using the old Windows 7 equipped PC received from the girlfriend 's father, but while I'm setting up the printer one day, my PC is a bit strange Discovered that. This is the screenshot, the icon of "USB Wireless Keyboard" displayed in the "Devices" (device list connected to PC) field is the one of the toaster.


So, ydaetskcoR posted the following two questions to Super User to resolve the doubt.

Question 1: Why does Windows recognize my wireless keyboard as a toaster?
Question 2: Why does Windows have a toaster icon in the device menu in the first place?

The answer to question 1 is "MicrosoftToaster driver sampleAnd since there is a line Toaster.ico in this, the keyboard manufacturer used by ydaetskcoR would have used this as it is.

On the following page in Microsoft's official page, sample data of DeviceInfo XML Data is released. Based on this sample data, it is common for manufacturers such as keyboards and printers to create their own XML data, but manufacturers who manufacture wireless keyboards used by ydaetskcoR copy and paste this sample data It seems that I forgot to change the icon while doing, and as a result, the toaster icon of the sample data which should not be used is displayed as the icon representing the wireless keyboard. In other words, as answer to Question 2, it seems appropriate that "Toaster icons happened to be prepared for XML data samples".

Sample DeviceInfo XML Data (Windows Drivers)


As for the second question, "There is a hole to put bread cut on the back of the keyboard ......", which is also answered, ydaetskcoR says "There really was a slot for bread insertion!" I am replying. In the worldPlaystation toaster combining toaster and playstationBecause there are mud scientists who will create, perhaps ... ....