devices incorrectly identified

[wendy]

I use XP out on a ship and have a number of instruments
connected via an Edgeport USB-connected multi-serial
board. These instruments include a GPS, fathometer (depth
reader), and digital compass. When the boat gets underway
and all instrumentation and the computer are on, XP sends
up a little balloon stating that "New hardware has been
detected" and "Installing new hardware". The problem is
that it installs a serial ballpoint mouse, not any of the
navigational instruments I actually use. I have tried
unplugging the serial board and disabling this rogue
driver using device manager but once the serial board is
plugged in again, XP merely detects another serial mouse
and my problems begin anew. Any thoughts on how to get
around this? How dangerous is it to my system to disable
plug and play?

Thanks,
Wendy

[Adm C]

First of all, if everything works fine with the "rogue" driver (serial
mouse), then I wouldn't bother.

IF you have a specific driver for the serial board, go to the device manager
and update the driver to the one you have for that device.

That should fix it. Of course, you may receive a warning that the driver
for the serial board is not "signed" by microsoft and may make your system
unstable. Go ahead and take a chance.

C

"wendy" > wrote in message
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I use XP out on a ship and have a number of instruments
connected via an Edgeport USB-connected multi-serial
board. These instruments include a GPS, fathometer (depth
reader), and digital compass. When the boat gets underway
and all instrumentation and the computer are on, XP sends
up a little balloon stating that "New hardware has been
detected" and "Installing new hardware". The problem is
that it installs a serial ballpoint mouse, not any of the
navigational instruments I actually use. I have tried
unplugging the serial board and disabling this rogue
driver using device manager but once the serial board is
plugged in again, XP merely detects another serial mouse
and my problems begin anew. Any thoughts on how to get
around this? How dangerous is it to my system to disable
plug and play?

Thanks,
Wendy