re: Solution to 'What do I do with ''unknown'' devices in Device Manager?'
Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 4:35 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jerry
(1 messages posted)
After removing the questionalbe PCI device from Device Mgr., I now keep getting a
pre-startup msg. wanting me to reload it. How do I get rid of this msg.?
On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:36 am, Steve wrote:
>Here is a solution to What
>do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?:
>Quite often, Windows (95, 98, others?) fails to determine what devices are the first
>time around, but can later succeed. To make Windows try again, "delete" all
>of the unknown devices from your system, and reboot.
>
>This is necessary because Windows will not try to identify a device that is already
>flagged as "unknown".
Windows fails to detect some devices upon initial installation
>of the OS, possibly because the support files for the device aren't loaded yet.
Also,
>devices such as sound card sub-devices or USB devices may not be properly identified
>if the devices which they depend on (such as the base sound card drvier or the USB
>root hub) are not yet installed. So always try deleting the devices and rebooting;
>sooner or later you will get all of the device drivers installed in the right order.
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