Old Network card still exists after upgrade - how to remove

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From: Roger Haxby (roger.haxxxby_rem2x_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 11:33:21 +0100

Windows XP Pro SP1.
I have just installed a new motherboard and processor. The existing XP
installation was left on the HD. All worked fine
(the automatic update of all the drivers was very impressive).
The old motherboard had a build in network device (device 1) , and also had
a PCI network card (device 2)
The new motherborad has a built in network device (device 3) , and I am
using the same PCI card (device 2)

When I upgraded, all network settings were lost. Both network cards appear
in the network properties, and I reconfigured them.
When I cofigured the build-in one (device 3) to the same fixed ip address as
I used before (its used for a network printer), I got
an warning saying that there was existing card that was not physically in
the machine (device 1), that was using the same address; the message also
said the device was hidden because it was not in the machine.

The question, is, how do I remove the old card (device 1) completely - the
device can never be physically on the machine
because it was on the old motherboard. The old card is no longer in the
hardware devices for the machine, and its not in network properties.
There is a KB article on thisfor Windows 98, but I cannot find one for XP.

Thanks in advance, Roger Haxby
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