Re: Remove network cards

What are the "problems" you are referring to? I have at least one server
with the same messages....

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

"John J. Hughes II" <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23OP3HIWhFHA.3656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for the response Hank,
>
> The problem was in the course of the last few month two of the cards died
> and had to be replaced. Basically they were no longer in device manager
> after booting.
>
> Then to make matters worse I inserted the new cards, had a cabling problem
> so I had move them to different PCI slots, so of course Windows considers
> them new cards. Guess I should have removed them from device manager
> then...
>
> It's looking more and more like I am going to have to reformat, yi gad...
> so much for reduced cost of ownership :(
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> "Hank Arnold" <rasilon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uqL9D4ShFHA.3448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Don't have the answer off the top of my head, but in general, you should:
>>
>> - Remove the adapter from the Device Manager
>> - Power off the machine
>> - Remove the old adapter
>> - Install the new adapter
>> - Power on and install drivers.
>>
>> This should avoid phantom network connections....
>>
>> BTW, I must confess that I seldom remember to do this.... ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Hank Arnold
>>
>> "John J. Hughes II" <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eCBix%239gFHA.1612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have changed network card for several reason over the ages in my Win2k3
>>>EE server. The problem is windows seems to remember them even if they
>>>are not longer in the system. To complicate matter Windows seems to
>>>consider a network card moved from one slot to another as being a
>>>different card and wants to remember the old one. I have selected the
>>>option to view hidden devices but the system still does not show the
>>>cards.
>>>
>>> Is there a way of removing the remnants of the old cards from the
>>> system?
>>>
>>> The reason for this is when I change setting on the cards that are
>>> currently in the system I am getting warnings about cards that are no
>>> longer in the system. I also feel that several of my problems are being
>>> caused by the cards that are not there.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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