Re: Can't uninstall Ethernet

Under Ethernet Controller Properties:

Driver Provider: Unknown

Driver Date: N/A

Driver Version: N/A

Digital Sign: Not digitally signed

No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device. To
uninstall ... To update ...

I clicked on Uninstall; everything disappeared and a message came up:

Removed from system

I rebooted, and got:

Found New Hardware, Ethernet Controller

Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard

I clicked on Cancel, went to Device Manager, and there it was again.

I've been through this procedure more than once.I've also used Add/Remove
Hardware, more than once, but no joy there, either. Does anyone know what to
look for in the BIOS that I could get rid of this? It's my understanding
that the EC Properties above are true, i.e., that a driver is built in and
thus not required, nor is one available as a download. The driver is there
all the time, patiently waiting to be called to duty. There is nowhere to go
to get the "correct" driver because it is already there. What I want to do
is to retire it permanently, kill it if necessary.

How do I do that?

Read line 6: No driver files are required or have been loaded for this
device.

"Kurt" <lorentzenkurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12f3ho1fhh6q1d7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you can't disable it in BIOS you have two choices. Download and install
the correct driver, or disable the device in device manager.

...kurt


"Bob Berles" <bobberles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Running Win2KPro SP4.

I set up a network with my Win95 box about a year ago but it was more
trouble than it was worth, so I uninstalled everything that I had
installed.
A while later I was in Device Manager for a different reason and
discovered
the yellow ? on Ethernet AND HP Deskjet 940C.

I can't find anything wrong with the HPDJ, but also cannot get rid of
the
warning. That doesn't bother me for the time being because it works OK,
and
doesn't nag me.

But I would like to get rid of the Ethernet because I don't need it,
since
I
have only a 26.4 dialup connection. And if I uninstall the driver, the
next
time I boot I get a message to reinstall the Ethernet.

A friend told me to disable it in the BIOS. I have a KT6 Delta MS-6590
(v2.X)
ATX Mainboard with an American Megatrends v07.00T 04/02/01 BIOS, but
cannot
find anything in the manual regarding the disabling of Ethernet or the
LAN.

This may be a trivial thing but I do not like to be nagged, especially
by
a
machine - even if it is smarter than I am.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob




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