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156823 2003-07-02 03:59:00 Hey

How can I uninstall a LAN card in win2k pro? I went into right click My Computer then 'Manage' but failed to find anything useful.

I prefer not to install the card in the slot then choose uninstall. Is there another way. I have pulled one out and replaced it with another.

Thx
N.
nomad (3693)
156824 2003-07-02 04:14:00 Control Panel > System > Hardware, click the Device Manager button and look for the card unde rNetwork Adapters. Double click for properties and choose Disable in the drop down list under Device Usage.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
156825 2003-07-02 04:18:00 It will be in the Network configuration area, rather than the system hardware. You shouldn't have to uninstall the network stuff and reinstall it, but ... Graham L (2)
156826 2003-07-02 04:24:00 Disabling the device under Hardware Device does not uninstall the network protocols AFAIK. You will need to setup/link your new card to the network tho.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
156827 2003-07-02 05:25:00 under device manager - it only list my new LAN card. it does not list the old one. the old one right now is in the cupboard.

under control panel --_> network and under properties --> it only shows one card and that is the one i have installed right now (not the old one).

Any ideas? I do not need to uninstall it. jus clears the junk, my new card is now working fine thru all the networking.
nomad (3693)
156828 2003-07-02 05:41:00 Ahh.. You wouldnt be worried by any chance would you by the fact that when trying to statically assign the SAME IP address as your old card had, it comes up with a warning about sharing the IP, and when the other NIC is enabled etc. etc.

I wouldnt worry about it, pulling out the NIC is enough.. :-)
Chilling_Silently (228)
156829 2003-07-02 09:25:00 i am not gonna worry about it. its working fine :)
not using static IP, just windows to windows network auto IP configure.
nomad (3693)
156830 2003-07-02 09:26:00 no warning messages of any sorts either, infact no messages at all related to LAN... :) nomad (3693)
156831 2003-07-02 10:33:00 Cool. Looks like you solved it yourself along the way, anyway :)

I had an Intel lan card that persisted past its welcome a little but, it never caused an issue. Just the drivers looking for something to do I suspect.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
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