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Removing Local Area Connection
I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware)
that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? -- Dennis |
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On 3/17/2013 1:06 PM, Dennis wrote:
I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware) that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? It should be possible to turn off the LAN port in the laptop's BIOS through BIOS setup. Once it is done, Windows no longer sees it. GR |
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:46:16 -0700, Ghostrider " 00 opined:
On 3/17/2013 1:06 PM, Dennis wrote: I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware) that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? It should be possible to turn off the LAN port in the laptop's BIOS through BIOS setup. Once it is done, Windows no longer sees it. Is that F10 when booting? I looked there and under the boot options there was something about the LAN but it was already 'disabled'. -- Dennis |
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From: "Dennis"
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:46:16 -0700, Ghostrider " 00 opined: On 3/17/2013 1:06 PM, Dennis wrote: I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware) that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? It should be possible to turn off the LAN port in the laptop's BIOS through BIOS setup. Once it is done, Windows no longer sees it. Is that F10 when booting? I looked there and under the boot options there was something about the LAN but it was already 'disabled'. It depends on the system how you get into the BIOS. What is the make and moldel ? You can also disable the network interface (NIC) in Device Manager. Uninstalling the drivers is NOT the way to go. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:33:48 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
opined: From: "Dennis" On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:46:16 -0700, Ghostrider " 00 opined: On 3/17/2013 1:06 PM, Dennis wrote: I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware) that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? It should be possible to turn off the LAN port in the laptop's BIOS through BIOS setup. Once it is done, Windows no longer sees it. Is that F10 when booting? I looked there and under the boot options there was something about the LAN but it was already 'disabled'. It depends on the system how you get into the BIOS. What is the make and moldel ? It's a Presario. F10 does bring me to the Phoenix BIOS ... and under System Configuration/Boot Options there is "Internal Network Interface Card" - disabled. I don't remember disabling this, but it was about 4 years ago I had the lightning strike. You can also disable the network interface (NIC) in Device Manager. Uninstalling the drivers is NOT the way to go. If I disable it in Device Manager, it hangs. Same as Uninstall. *** Could it be hanging because it is disabled in the BIOS? -- Dennis |
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From: "Dennis"
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:33:48 -0400, "David H. Lipman" opined: From: "Dennis" On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:46:16 -0700, Ghostrider " 00 opined: On 3/17/2013 1:06 PM, Dennis wrote: I have a Local Area Connection (for the laptop's onboard LAN hardware) that I can't get rid of. The hardware was damaged years ago during an electrical storm, so I use the PC's wireless connection now. When I tried Properties/Configure/Drivers/Uninstall, the operation just hung. When I finally killed it after 10 minutes, I tried to shutdown the PC, but that also hung during "Windows is shutting down". Is there something I can manually try or edit to get rid of this? It should be possible to turn off the LAN port in the laptop's BIOS through BIOS setup. Once it is done, Windows no longer sees it. Is that F10 when booting? I looked there and under the boot options there was something about the LAN but it was already 'disabled'. It depends on the system how you get into the BIOS. What is the make and moldel ? It's a Presario. F10 does bring me to the Phoenix BIOS ... and under System Configuration/Boot Options there is "Internal Network Interface Card" - disabled. I don't remember disabling this, but it was about 4 years ago I had the lightning strike. You can also disable the network interface (NIC) in Device Manager. Uninstalling the drivers is NOT the way to go. If I disable it in Device Manager, it hangs. Same as Uninstall. *** Could it be hanging because it is disabled in the BIOS? Maybe. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:56:41 -0400, Dennis
opined: F10 does bring me to the Phoenix BIOS ... and under System Configuration/Boot Options there is "Internal Network Interface Card" - disabled. Correction - it says "Internal Network Interface Boot" - disabled. I believe this is the Wake on LAN setting. Other than that (and the disable NIC appearing last in the boot sequence), I don't see anything else in the BIOS regarding the NIC. -- Dennis |
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From: "Dennis"
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:56:41 -0400, Dennis opined: F10 does bring me to the Phoenix BIOS ... and under System Configuration/Boot Options there is "Internal Network Interface Card" - disabled. Correction - it says "Internal Network Interface Boot" - disabled. I believe this is the Wake on LAN setting. Other than that (and the disable NIC appearing last in the boot sequence), I don't see anything else in the BIOS regarding the NIC. No, that's a capability assoiciated with Preboot Execution Environment (aka; PXE). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot...on_Environment This will explain WoL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_on_lan -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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