Device Drivers

I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can troubleshoot.
Will that help?

In article , Ty
says...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can troubleshoot.
Will that help?

With WinXP, it's probably your only way out.


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Conor

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K5, just along the corridor. Stupid git. (Monty Python)

ok, thanks

"Conor" wrote:

In article , Ty
says...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can troubleshoot.
Will that help?

With WinXP, it's probably your only way out.


--
Conor

-You wanted an argument? Oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse. You want room
K5, just along the corridor. Stupid git. (Monty Python)

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can troubleshoot.
Will that help?

It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board? Will I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board? Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to reinstall XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board? Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up. It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have to
reinstall Windows.

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"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

First of all see if you can you boot into safe mode (tap F8 repeatedly while
booting) to trouble shoot. Here's some things to try. Some steps may seem
redundant. Look at this to get started http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.htm look
at this article http://tinyurl.com/4z55h
and this http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_dm.htm
It's a step by step presses of elimination.

HTH and good luck


"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

I was concerned about starting the registry thing because the system hasn't
been responding and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle. I'm wondering
if there is a way to figure out which task(s) might be responsible for the
hang. Next step: registry thing.

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have to
reinstall Windows.

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"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

I'm sorry, I assumed you looked for other problems first. You can open task
manager (control+alt
delete) to see if a process is hanging. You can also try
start/run/eventvwr.msc to see if a system event is the problem.

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I was concerned about starting the registry thing because the system hasn't
been responding and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle. I'm
wondering
if there is a way to figure out which task(s) might be responsible for the
hang. Next step: registry thing.

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have
to
reinstall Windows.

--


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NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
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"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to
reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the
system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried
to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it.
After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting
up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Do you have any drives mapped to other systems?

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"Ty" wrote in message
...
I was concerned about starting the registry thing because the system hasn't
been responding and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle. I'm
wondering
if there is a way to figure out which task(s) might be responsible for the
hang. Next step: registry thing.

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have
to
reinstall Windows.

--


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NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
Sharpvision simply the best http://www.seedsv.com



"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to
reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the
system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried
to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it.
After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting
up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

No

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Do you have any drives mapped to other systems?

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NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
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"Ty" wrote in message
...
I was concerned about starting the registry thing because the system hasn't
been responding and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle. I'm
wondering
if there is a way to figure out which task(s) might be responsible for the
hang. Next step: registry thing.

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have
to
reinstall Windows.

--


The best live web video on the internet http://www.seedsv.com/webdemo.htm
NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
Sharpvision simply the best http://www.seedsv.com



"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to
reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the
system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried
to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it.
After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting
up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Thanks. I need to know commands like this because the pointer way doesn't
seem to be working. How do I get to the device screen that shows the
hardware on the system? My device manager button doesn't do anything.

"Jim" wrote:

I'm sorry, I assumed you looked for other problems first. You can open task
manager (control+alt
delete) to see if a process is hanging. You can also try
start/run/eventvwr.msc to see if a system event is the problem.

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I was concerned about starting the registry thing because the system hasn't
been responding and I didn't want to get stuck in the middle. I'm
wondering
if there is a way to figure out which task(s) might be responsible for the
hang. Next step: registry thing.

"pcbutts1" wrote:

Did you try the registry thing? If that fixes it then you will not have
to
reinstall Windows.

--


The best live web video on the internet http://www.seedsv.com/webdemo.htm
NEW Embedded system W/Linux. We now sell DVR cards.
See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
Sharpvision simply the best http://www.seedsv.com



"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to
reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the
system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried
to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it.
After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting
up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?

Thanks I'll check these out.
btw, I tried booting up in safe mode and all I got on the screen was a list
of files, didn't seem to be doing anything.

"Jim" wrote:

First of all see if you can you boot into safe mode (tap F8 repeatedly while
booting) to trouble shoot. Here's some things to try. Some steps may seem
redundant. Look at this to get started http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.htm look
at this article http://tinyurl.com/4z55h
and this http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_dm.htm
It's a step by step presses of elimination.

HTH and good luck


"Ty" wrote in message
...
Thanks, I was able to disable it. My system has been crawling since I
uninstalled the driver and the device itself in control panel. I did a
winsock reset but that hasn't helped. I would hate to have to reinstall
XP.
Any way to figure out what's causing the problem? (e.g opening the system
folder takes over 5 minutes and when I click on device manager nothing
happens)

"Jim" wrote:

Look in your mb manual and see if you can disable the device in
setup/bios.
"Ty" wrote in message
...
It's on the motherboard. What if I just bought a new mother board?
Will
I
have to get a new CPU also?

"Jim" wrote:

Have you tried physically taking the adapter out of your computer?

"Ty" wrote in message
...
I had a problem with my network adapter that didn't have any
services,
protocol, client installed. Whe I ran network wizard, the log
showed
that
these items failed to install and I got errors whenever I tried to
install
them. I decided to uninstall the adapter and reinstall it. After
deleting
the adapter from the device driver section, my system is acting up.
It
takes
forever to respond to instructions and doesn't shut down. I'm
thinking
about
reinstalling Windows to at least get me back to where I can
troubleshoot.
Will that help?