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From: mario on 9 May 2007 15:17 According to Netgear it was an XP driver. The OS did not detect it when it was plugged back in. This same thing happened on two different computers. The only thing that Netgear could offer was that the adapter was defective. I returned it for a replacement which I haven't received yet. Mario "Pavel A." wrote: > "mario" wrote: > > I tried to remove it in safe mode using both regedit and the device manager. > > I get the same errors. > > Yes, failed driver installation can leave an unremovable "phantom". > It isn't in any way related to bios settings, network boot and so on. > But it is strange that this happens to you on WinXP - this was usual > on win2k, but in XP they fixed this so that phantoms can be easily deleted > in dev. manager (you can't do this with regedit... sorry ) > > Anyway, if the device is plugged again, a phantom usually does > not prevent XP from detecting it. > IMHO your case is pretty unusual, no wonder that Netgear support > can't help. > Have you tried system restore as Lem advised? > Are you sure that this driver is really for XP and not for win98 or win2k? > > Regards, > --PA
From: mario on 9 May 2007 16:45 Another post suggested opening up the permissions on the keys I wanted to delete with regdt32. That solved the problem. I was then able to delete the Netgear keys. Mario "mario" wrote: > According to Netgear it was an XP driver. The OS did not detect it when it > was plugged back in. This same thing happened on two different computers. > The only thing that Netgear could offer was that the adapter was defective. > I returned it for a replacement which I haven't received yet. > > Mario > > "Pavel A." wrote: > > > "mario" wrote: > > > I tried to remove it in safe mode using both regedit and the device manager. > > > I get the same errors. > > > > Yes, failed driver installation can leave an unremovable "phantom". > > It isn't in any way related to bios settings, network boot and so on. > > But it is strange that this happens to you on WinXP - this was usual > > on win2k, but in XP they fixed this so that phantoms can be easily deleted > > in dev. manager (you can't do this with regedit... sorry ) > > > > Anyway, if the device is plugged again, a phantom usually does > > not prevent XP from detecting it. > > IMHO your case is pretty unusual, no wonder that Netgear support > > can't help. > > Have you tried system restore as Lem advised? > > Are you sure that this driver is really for XP and not for win98 or win2k? > > > > Regards, > > --PA
From: Jack (MVP-Networking). on 10 May 2007 10:38 Hi Another trick is to rename the Hidden Devices, then they are easly removed from the Registry and the system. Jack (MVP-Networking). "mario" <mario(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DC13C92E-CDD0-499A-9EB0-A7D1672B98F3(a)microsoft.com... > Another post suggested opening up the permissions on the keys I wanted to > delete with regdt32. That solved the problem. I was then able to delete > the > Netgear keys. > > Mario > > "mario" wrote: > >> According to Netgear it was an XP driver. The OS did not detect it when >> it >> was plugged back in. This same thing happened on two different >> computers. >> The only thing that Netgear could offer was that the adapter was >> defective. >> I returned it for a replacement which I haven't received yet. >> >> Mario >> >> "Pavel A." wrote: >> >> > "mario" wrote: >> > > I tried to remove it in safe mode using both regedit and the device >> > > manager. >> > > I get the same errors. >> > >> > Yes, failed driver installation can leave an unremovable "phantom". >> > It isn't in any way related to bios settings, network boot and so on. >> > But it is strange that this happens to you on WinXP - this was usual >> > on win2k, but in XP they fixed this so that phantoms can be easily >> > deleted >> > in dev. manager (you can't do this with regedit... sorry ) >> > >> > Anyway, if the device is plugged again, a phantom usually does >> > not prevent XP from detecting it. >> > IMHO your case is pretty unusual, no wonder that Netgear support >> > can't help. >> > Have you tried system restore as Lem advised? >> > Are you sure that this driver is really for XP and not for win98 or >> > win2k? >> > >> > Regards, >> > --PA
From: Pavel A. on 10 May 2007 11:17 "mario" wrote: Another post suggested opening up the permissions on the keys I wanted to > delete with regdt32. That solved the problem. I was then able to delete the > Netgear keys. Yes, the install failure can happen because of defective hardware. Of course you can change permission on the enum registry branch and delete the keys, but these keys are not what causes the problem, and they are specially protected by purpose. Be very sure you know what you do there. Regards, --PA > "mario" wrote: > > According to Netgear it was an XP driver. The OS did not detect it when it > > was plugged back in. This same thing happened on two different computers. > > The only thing that Netgear could offer was that the adapter was defective. > > I returned it for a replacement which I haven't received yet. > > > > Mario > > > > "Pavel A." wrote: > > > > > "mario" wrote: > > > > I tried to remove it in safe mode using both regedit and the device manager. > > > > I get the same errors. > > > > > > Yes, failed driver installation can leave an unremovable "phantom". > > > It isn't in any way related to bios settings, network boot and so on. > > > But it is strange that this happens to you on WinXP - this was usual > > > on win2k, but in XP they fixed this so that phantoms can be easily deleted > > > in dev. manager (you can't do this with regedit... sorry ) > > > > > > Anyway, if the device is plugged again, a phantom usually does > > > not prevent XP from detecting it. > > > IMHO your case is pretty unusual, no wonder that Netgear support > > > can't help. > > > Have you tried system restore as Lem advised? > > > Are you sure that this driver is really for XP and not for win98 or win2k? > > > > > > Regards, > > > --PA
From: mario on 10 May 2007 13:25
Thanks for the hint. I hope I never have to use it though. Mario "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: > Hi > Another trick is to rename the Hidden Devices, then they are easly removed > from the Registry and the system. > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > "mario" <mario(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:DC13C92E-CDD0-499A-9EB0-A7D1672B98F3(a)microsoft.com... > > Another post suggested opening up the permissions on the keys I wanted to > > delete with regdt32. That solved the problem. I was then able to delete > > the > > Netgear keys. > > > > Mario > > > > "mario" wrote: > > > >> According to Netgear it was an XP driver. The OS did not detect it when > >> it > >> was plugged back in. This same thing happened on two different > >> computers. > >> The only thing that Netgear could offer was that the adapter was > >> defective. > >> I returned it for a replacement which I haven't received yet. > >> > >> Mario > >> > >> "Pavel A." wrote: > >> > >> > "mario" wrote: > >> > > I tried to remove it in safe mode using both regedit and the device > >> > > manager. > >> > > I get the same errors. > >> > > >> > Yes, failed driver installation can leave an unremovable "phantom". > >> > It isn't in any way related to bios settings, network boot and so on. > >> > But it is strange that this happens to you on WinXP - this was usual > >> > on win2k, but in XP they fixed this so that phantoms can be easily > >> > deleted > >> > in dev. manager (you can't do this with regedit... sorry ) > >> > > >> > Anyway, if the device is plugged again, a phantom usually does > >> > not prevent XP from detecting it. > >> > IMHO your case is pretty unusual, no wonder that Netgear support > >> > can't help. > >> > Have you tried system restore as Lem advised? > >> > Are you sure that this driver is really for XP and not for win98 or > >> > win2k? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > --PA > > > |