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How to disable built in Ethernet on Win2000
My Windows 2000 computer has annoyed me for years with a built in
Ethernet controller. When it boots, it always asks for a driver (New Hardware). Every time I cancel the request. I dont use ethernet or want it, but I dont know how to disable it. I've gone into the settings on control panel and supposedly disabled it, but it comes right back to annoy me at the next bootup. Unfortunately I am not exactly sure what this computer is anymore. I know it's MB is an IBM, with a 1000mhz coppermine Intel Celeron CPU (Using CPU-ID). Over the years I've moved the innards ro another case, and upgraded darn near everything, so not knowing the actual name of the computer, I am not sure how to find the driver online. CPU-ID has more info about the MB, but what info do I need? It does say Model 6341K6U. Could that be the actual model of the computer? Or is that the model of the MB? I also have Win98se on this same computer, (dual boot) which does not annoy me about that driver. Can I steal the driver from Win98 and install it in 2000? -OR- Is there a way to completely disable the ethernet in the computer's Bios? If so, where do I look for that setting? I've had to cancel this annoyance for years, and really want to stop it. Thanks in advance. *I crossposted to the XP newsgroup because the 2000 group appears dead. |
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