DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does one remove an old device from the device mangler in XP.
Try booting in SafeMode. You can see ghost hardware and remove it easily.
Best,
al
Thanks Al,
But guess what? Even in SafeMode, I do not get to 'Show Hidden Devices.
I googled for over 2 hours this am and found this:
Article ID 269155, 2/28/07, rev 3.3
Article gives instructions to preset the devmgmt.msc and then run the
devmgmt.msc. Once I did it, the ghost of the old nic
DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Al,
But guess what? Even in SafeMode, I do not get to 'Show Hidden Devices.
I googled
snip
Try this:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yt78ow
I have a reg file that gives hidden devices, should be on thg ftp
phantom devices.reg
fp
REGEDIT4
; This file was automatically generated by Xteq X-Setup (http://www.xteq.com)
;
; HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Before using this file be sure to read the documentation for
; Record
Thanks FORC5,
That reg file is the exact type-in I did to start the process.
Right out of Article ID 269155, 2/28/07, rev 3.3. :)
Long/short, I managed to find the ghost and kill it. When I
rebooted and shutdown perhaps the registry finally got washed.
Installed the new nic, and XP installed
How does one remove an old device from the device mangler in XP.
I have a bunch of nic card remnants that I can disable but not
uninstall. The machine has no nic card installed yet!
XP keeps stopping me with some msg about this device may be needed
to boot the machine.
Stumped I am? Where did
