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Question about 'What do I do with
Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am
Posted by mark
(2 messages posted)
I have a question about What
do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have drivers,and
there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 12:51 pm
Posted by Vipers
(590 messages posted)
Update the driver for the device in question, if there is a memory or irq conflict
try to change the settings from resource tab.
// Vipers
On Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark harley wrote:
>I have a question about What
>do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
>to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have
drivers,and
>there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
>working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
>
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 5:05 pm
Posted by Scotterpops
(19 messages posted)
I respectfully
disagree. If Mark is having no troubles, just leave well enough alone.
In fact, what you suggest, Vipers, could potentially initiate hardware related problems.
Just my opinion.
 ;~* ... Scotterpops
On Saturday,
November 24, 2001 at 12:51 pm, Vipers wrote:Update the driver for the device in
question, if there is a memory or irq conflict try to change the settings from resource
tab.
// Vipers
On Saturday,
November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark harley wrote:
I have a question about What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Monday, November 26, 2001 at 5:49 am
Posted by Vipers
(590 messages posted)
Yes it could, but it will say so before you save anything. If you save when you are
in some sort of conflict, then you will have a big problem. Sure you could just leave
it alone if it's not causing any conflict, but if it does, then you have to do something
and that is what i suggested. The choise is for the user to do.
// Vipers
On Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 5:05 pm, Scotterpops wrote:
> I respectfully
>disagree. If Mark is having no troubles, just leave well enough alone.
>In fact, what you suggest, Vipers, could potentially initiate hardware related problems.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>
>
>
On Saturday,
>November 24, 2001 at 12:51 pm, Vipers wrote:Update the driver for the device
in
>question, if there is a memory or irq conflict try to change the settings from resource
>tab.
>
>// Vipers
>
On Saturday,
>November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark harley wrote:
>I have a question about
>target="_blank">What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>
>I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
>to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have
drivers,and
>there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
>working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
>align="center">
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Monday, December 3, 2001 at 12:56 pm
Posted by Bob Hohmann
(91 messages posted)
wouldn't simply backing up the registry before playing with the hardware be a nice
back-up plan?? (no pun intended). If Mark backed up his registry, he should be able
to restore the "original" copy of the registry which would place the operating system
in it's original "pristine" condition...
On Monday, November 26, 2001 at 5:49 am, Vipers wrote:
>Yes it could, but it will say so before you save anything. If you save when you
are
>in some sort of conflict, then you will have a big problem. Sure you could just
leave
>it alone if it's not causing any conflict, but if it does, then you have to do something
>and that is what i suggested. The choise is for the user to do.
>
>// Vipers
>
>
>On Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 5:05 pm, Scotterpops wrote:
> I respectfully
>disagree. If Mark is having no troubles, just leave well enough alone.
>In fact, what you suggest, Vipers, could potentially initiate hardware related problems.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>
>
>
On Saturday,
>November 24, 2001 at 12:51 pm, Vipers wrote:Update the driver for the device
>in
>question, if there is a memory or irq conflict try to change the settings from resource
>tab.
>
>// Vipers
>
On Saturday,
>November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark harley wrote:
>I have a question about
>target="_blank">What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>
>I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
>to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have
>drivers,and
>there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
>working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
>align="center">
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 2:42 pm
Posted by jwally
(1 messages posted)
The problem with this answer, is the person doesn't know what device it is....How
do you install a driver for a device when you have no idea what device it is?
On Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark harley wrote:
>I have a question about What
>do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
>to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have
drivers,and
>there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
>working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
>
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re: Question about 'What do I do with
Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 4:28 pm
Posted by Pete
(3 messages posted)
The other option: if everything is working, ignore it!
On Saturday, November 24, 2001 at 11:52 am, mark wrote:
>I have a question about What
>do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>I have an unknown device in device manager which has only occurred since I upgraded
>to win2000pro. Everything seems to be working ok, and all my known devices have
drivers,and
>there no conflicts. If I click on the icon it says unknown device~this device is
>working ok. should I worry about this? or do anything about it. Many thanks.
>
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