re: uninstalling physically removed hardware

[Iain Buchanan]

I want to 'uninstall' setup for a network card that has
been physically removed from the system, but because the
card is no longer there, the 'local area network' entry for
that card is hidden. All I can see is 'local area
network2' for the new card, and when I try to use the same
IP address I get a warning.

How do I remove this device that no longer exists?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've searched many
websites and knowledge bases, but I can't find anything
related.

Thanks,
Iain

[Jim Macklin]

Try device manager and remove all network card hardware
shown. Reboot and only the stuff that is really there
should be reinstalled.


"Iain Buchanan" > wrote in message
...
| I want to 'uninstall' setup for a network card that has
| been physically removed from the system, but because the
| card is no longer there, the 'local area network' entry
for
| that card is hidden. All I can see is 'local area
| network2' for the new card, and when I try to use the same
| IP address I get a warning.
|
| How do I remove this device that no longer exists?
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've searched many
| websites and knowledge bases, but I can't find anything
| related.
|
| Thanks,
| Iain

[Tony-O]

Put this in a batch file and run...

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd \windows\system32
start devmgmt.msc
exit

Now go to view and choose to display hidden devices, find the offending
(greyed out) entry(ies) and delete away.

Good luck
tonyo

"Iain Buchanan" > wrote in message
...
> I want to 'uninstall' setup for a network card that has
> been physically removed from the system, but because the
> card is no longer there, the 'local area network' entry for
> that card is hidden. All I can see is 'local area
> network2' for the new card, and when I try to use the same
> IP address I get a warning.
>
> How do I remove this device that no longer exists?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've searched many
> websites and knowledge bases, but I can't find anything
> related.
>
> Thanks,
> Iain