[pchelpers] Re: Device manager problem

Hi PcCowboy,

Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 9:45:43 PM, you wrote:

P> Thought of that, but he had system restore turned off

Whack him upside head. Continue until system restore is re-enabled. :)

I use system restore relatively frequently, every couple of months.


>>P> I can unistall everything but the Standard IDE/ESDI Controller.
>>P> There is no uninstall option for it.

>>Must be done in safe mode.

P> tried safe mode. there is no uninstall option. It is not listed as an
P> option.

The DELete key doesn't work?


>>You should normally only see these in safe mode or when you select
>>View->Show Hidden Devices.

P> I did see them in safemode. My concern was that he connects to the
P> internet by LAN by ICS.
P> He has nothing to dial out.

Maybe he did at one time?, and those are leftovers?  That's not
uncommon.


P> I wonder if any of this could be happening because two weeks ago he
P> bump the computer with a beach ball and crashed it. Window won't
P> start because of a corrupted HAL file. I replace it with the HAL
P> from sp1 because the one from the cd won't start the computer.

Did you try reinstalling Windows?

--Scott.


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