How do I disable automatic driver..

When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo

You could try going to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers Folder. Create a new
folder there and move all the
drivers that start with usb, there's about eleven of them into the new
folder. Restart and see if XP allows
you to load your usb drivers.
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When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the
selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo

I've tried that and Windows has File Protection so it moves them back...


"Rich Barry" wrote in message
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You could try going to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers Folder. Create a
new
folder there and move all the
drivers that start with usb, there's about eleven of them into the new
folder. Restart and see if XP allows
you to load your usb drivers.
wrote in message
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When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the
selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo

Christian, did you try renaming the Driver Cache folder?
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When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the
selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo

Yes. I have.
"Rich Barry" wrote in message
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Christian, did you try renaming the Driver Cache folder?
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When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the
selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo

You can temporarily disable the file protection by adding the driver to the
excluded file list in ...system32\Restore\filelist.xml (I don't recall if a
reboot is required). Once the new driver is replaced, removing it from the
excluded list will enable file protection until the next Windows Update.

- Robert -

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I've tried that and Windows has File Protection so it moves them back...


"Rich Barry" wrote in message
...
You could try going to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers Folder. Create a
new
folder there and move all the
drivers that start with usb, there's about eleven of them into the
new
folder. Restart and see if XP allows
you to load your usb drivers.
wrote in message
...
When I plug in my new USB PC Card into my laptop, Windows XP Pro,
automatically installs the drivers for it. However, I do not want to
use
those drivers as the device does not work properlly with them.

How can I have windows ask me what drivers I want to use.

Or, how can I change the drivers already intalled (when I ask it to
roll
back, or update drivers, it says it cannot find new drivers in the
selected
location (cd drive where I have my drivers). (my drivers are older).


Thanks,

Christian Santillo