Re: Cannot disable add new hardware wizard

Stranger things, and all, I know. I should, however, clarify that while
doing this final procedure, I closed the 'Add New Hardware' wizard when it
opened, not allowing it to run. The 'device' listed when the Add New
Hardware wizard /did/ run was, lxbu_device.

"All Things Mopar" <useMAPSnet123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns96AA54692A3A7ReplyToken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On this date, lvee extended this wisdom for the consideration
> of other readers...
>
>> I had a similar problem not too long ago. It was the most
>> frustrating thing. Although the 'Add New Hardware' wizard
>> started every time I blinked and the device listed was
>> definitely my printer, a Lexmark, what showed up in Device
>> manager was unknown device, unknown driver, unknown...blah,
>> blah blah.
>> After screwing around with pretty much all the same things
>> you have listed, I finally got it solved. First, let me
>> explain that although I had the option to have the New
>> Hardware wizard not alert me of this new device, I chose
>> not to do that because it was important for me to figure
>> out the cause and not just slap a Band-Aid on it. Besides,
>> the yellow exclamation mark in device manager was NOT
>> acceptable. So, with my printer and all the drivers
>> installed, I put the install cd in, started it, and after
>> it started to install, a screen came up saying that the
>> drivers were already installed but update was recommended,
>> to update, press continue. I had to follow this procedure
>> several times, and finally what it turned out to be was the
>> ELUA had not, for some reason, registered correctly,
>
> I can understand the install/setup program simply refusing to
> start if you don't "accept" their EULA, but once accepted,
> this is the first time I've heard of software /not/ installing
> itself correctly for that reason alone. /Lots/ of reasons why
> installs don't work, often requiring automatic or manual
> uninstalls, registry hacks, etc., but never a EULA issue.
>
> EULAs are interesting animals to me. It's like buying a new
> car and having to agree not to let anyone else drive it before
> /you/ are allowed to start the engine and drive home.
>
> But, that's a discussion best left for another time...
>
>> because after about the 4th or 5th time doing that, the 'I
>> accept' screen came up, and after clicking that, the
>> drivers installed, and since then, I've had no trouble.
>> I should mention that I disabled my virus protection and
>> firewall before I did this, just to make sure there was
>> nothing standing in the way of the install.
>> Also, I was , on every occasion, able to delete the
>> 'unknown device' from device manager, but upon every
>> reboot, it was back, as well as the new hardware wizard.
>>
>> <alegremente@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1123323129.457520.230030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> .
>>> Well start by saying microsoft sucks. The problem I have
>>> been having with the add new hardware wizard has been
>>> around for at least 4 years, and has involved multiple
>>> version of windows and thousands of users judging from the
>>> many results I've found doing internet searches to fix
>>> this problem. Yet after all these years they couldn't be
>>> bothered to add a way to disable their unnessarily
>>> big-brother handholding worthless crap "feature."
>>>
>>> Neither of the two "solutions" or "workarounds" on
>>> microsoft's website worked.
>>>
>>> Trying to install the driver did not work. The driver
>>> files MS wants are not on the printer install CD.
>>>
>>> Going to into the services feature and changing plug and
>>> play from automatic to disabled did work, but it also
>>> disabled my sound card.
>>>
>>> I could not disable plus and play by uninstalling it as a
>>> windows component because it was not listed as a
>>> component.
>>>
>>> Completely unstalling the printer and using the wizard to
>>> install it does not work because the wizard fails to
>>> install it every time.
>>>
>>> I guess I just need to buy an apple. If there is a way to
>>> fix this short of this please advise.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> ATM, aka Jerry


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