Re: Phantom Hardware found
From: Ron Lowe (ron-msng_at_{d.e.l.e.t.e.}lowe-family.me.uk)
Date: 12/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:11:40 -0000
"Loris" <Loris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using Windows XP Home and at startup it finds "New Hardware" in the
> form
> of a modem which I removed long ago as well as a "PCI Simple
> Communications
> Controller." I've tried removing them through the Device Manager, but
> they're right back at startup again. Is there some reference in the
> Registry
> that needs to be deleted perhaps or some other solution?
If it keeps getting re-detected, the it's some item of hardware still in the
machine. Perhaps its something built onto the motherboard? Go intothe BIOS
and disable it there if that's the case.
-- Best Regards, Ron Lowe MS-MVP Windows Networking
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