PCbanter - View Single Post - Getting rid of that f**king ethernet card

**J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]** · November 26th 17, 12:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

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On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:33:42 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:05:52 -0600, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 06:45:46 -0500, Paul wrote:

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When I bought a computer, it came with an ethernet card installed. It
also had XP pro Sp3 installed. Whoever installed XP apparently never
needed that ethernet card, so they never installed the drivers for it.
I've owned this computer for at least 3 years, and everytime I boot it,
I have to face a message telling me i need to install that card, asking
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Why the hell cant XP just accept the fact that I dont want to install
the drivers for that card and shut the f**k up. However, I just had the
case open, and decided it was time to rip that goodamn card out. I'm
tired of f**king with the hassle.
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That computer is not connected to the internet, and wont be. It's my
safe storage machine. So I cant let it go online to DL the driver like
is keeps wanting to do. But I can DL the driver (on this computer) and
use a floppy or flash drive to copy it over there.

Paul has found one for you.
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You should be able to disable it on the control panel and it will
leave you alone.

I thought I accomplished that several times. It seems to always come
back to haunt me. Maybe I dont know the real trick to doing it???

I think it's something like "disable this device"; it's in Device
Manager, anyway. But it's possible (though I think unlikely) that the
message is coming from something before Windows.

Leaving it unplugged is probably the best, I imagine all cards do use
some power, so I may be savihg a few cents on my electric bill without

It's absence would probably also improve ventilation and so on, and
having it there (even _with_ the correct drivers) might still impede the
machine's operation, though in practice by an imperceptible amount.

it, but If I cant find a way to fasten it inside the computer case, I
may as well toss it in the trash, cuz I'll never find it at a later
date, if I just toss it in a box.

(Well, don't toss it: give it away if you must discard it.) If this is a
tower system, then - heresy as it may be - you could just lay it on the
bottom of the case (inside), assuming you'd remember it was there; the
case is a metal enclosure.

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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Widdecombe), Radio Times, 2-8 July 2011.