Re: Does anyone know how Windows XPe enumerates network adapters?

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Good idea. I'll check. But, I suspect its something else. On the same
machine, 'new' hardware is sometimes detected when the machine is powered
on, but sometimes 'existing' hardware is found. 'Existing' hardware is
always found when restarting the machine,

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<dferencz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark,
>
> An XPe build may re-install a PCI device driver if your cloned hardware
> has a different revision device than your FBA hardware. (I've had this
> happen with display adapters, wreaking havoc with my settings). Check
> your Setupapi.log -- it will contain the original device install
> (during FBA) and possibly a second install. Check the device revision
> at the end of the PCI device identifier string (e.g.,
> "ven_10de&dev_0181&subsys_00000000&rev_a2").
>
> I'm not sure what the correct solution would be for network devices.
> Disabling PnP might work; I needed to keep PnP active, so I created a
> service which resets my video settings at every boot (and thus fixes
> things if PnP decides to reinstall.) You might be able to craft a
> similar solution. A more obvious solution would be to use the same
> hardware rev in FBA...
>
> -- Don
>


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