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From: James on 14 Dec 2009 22:00 On Dec 14, 9:22 pm, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > James wrote: > > > On Dec 11, 12:23 am, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On Dec 10, 7:01 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > > > >>> James wrote: > > >>>> I wonder why the "Found New Hardware Wizard" comes on my screen > > >>>> everytime I start my computer, when I haven't added any new hardware > > >>>> lately? This is annoying, so does anyone have a fix for this? > > >>>> James > > >>> Just let it run and install whatever the heck it thinks it needs to do... > > >>> then you'll be done with it. > > >>> Sometimes it's triggered by plugging a USB device into a different port > > >>> from which it was originally installed > > >> Thank You Philo, I followed you instructions and the next time I start > > >> the computer that will probably fix that, if not I will post again. > > > >> James > > > > I tried letting and it still appears on the screen at startup, so > > > what am I to do now-I haven't downloaded any new hardware lately. > > > Assuming all your hardware is working > > > have a look in device manager and see if *any* device has a yellow > > exclamation mark... > > then opt to disable it. > > > I've occasionally had "phantom" devices such as audio components give > > the problem you've described. > > In some cases once the phantom device was disabled... > > it disappeared entirely after the next boot- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - > > I'll try that, philo, I ran Malwarebytes and AVG and when I restarted > it appeared again. > > James- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I looked at the Device Manager and there was a yellow question mark in front of "Other Devices", one in front of "Base System Device"-and "Network Controller"-with what looks like a black exclamation mark in the center of the last two I named. Could that be my problem? James
From: philo on 15 Dec 2009 07:49 James wrote: > On Dec 14, 9:22 pm, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> James wrote: >>>> On Dec 11, 12:23 am, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> <snipped for brevity> to disable it. >>> I've occasionally had "phantom" devices such as audio components give >>> the problem you've described. >>> In some cases once the phantom device was disabled... >>> it disappeared entirely after the next boot- Hide quoted text - >> - Show quoted text - >> >> I'll try that, philo, I ran Malwarebytes and AVG and when I restarted >> it appeared again. >> >> James- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I looked at the Device Manager and there was a yellow question mark in > front of "Other Devices", one in front of "Base System Device"-and > "Network Controller"-with what looks like a black exclamation mark in > the center of the last two I named. Could that be my problem? > > James Very possible first off, if your machine is working ok then those devices are apparently not needed for however your machine is being used. try disabling those devices with the yellow exclamation mark then reboot
From: James on 15 Dec 2009 10:39 On Dec 15, 7:49 am, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > James wrote: > > On Dec 14, 9:22 pm, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: > > >>> James wrote: > >>>> On Dec 11, 12:23 am, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > <snipped for brevity> > to disable it. > > > > > > >>> I've occasionally had "phantom" devices such as audio components give > >>> the problem you've described. > >>> In some cases once the phantom device was disabled... > >>> it disappeared entirely after the next boot- Hide quoted text - > >> - Show quoted text - > > >> I'll try that, philo, I ran Malwarebytes and AVG and when I restarted > >> it appeared again. > > >> James- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > I looked at the Device Manager and there was a yellow question mark in > > front of "Other Devices", one in front of "Base System Device"-and > > "Network Controller"-with what looks like a black exclamation mark in > > the center of the last two I named. Could that be my problem? > > > James > > Very possible > > first off, if your machine is working ok > then those devices are apparently not needed for however your machine is > being used. > > try disabling those devices with the yellow exclamation mark > > then reboot- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I did as you said and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" didn't appear on reboot-thank you philo! James
From: philo on 15 Dec 2009 13:05
James wrote: > On Dec 15, 7:49 am, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >> James wrote: >>> On Dec 14, 9:22 pm, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, philo <ph...(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >>>>> James wrote: >>>>>> On Dec 11, 12:23 am, James <jamo1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> <snipped for brevity> >> to disable it. >> >> >> >> >> >>>>> I've occasionally had "phantom" devices such as audio components give >>>>> the problem you've described. >>>>> In some cases once the phantom device was disabled... >>>>> it disappeared entirely after the next boot- Hide quoted text - >>>> - Show quoted text - >>>> I'll try that, philo, I ran Malwarebytes and AVG and when I restarted >>>> it appeared again. >>>> James- Hide quoted text - >>>> - Show quoted text - >>> I looked at the Device Manager and there was a yellow question mark in >>> front of "Other Devices", one in front of "Base System Device"-and >>> "Network Controller"-with what looks like a black exclamation mark in >>> the center of the last two I named. Could that be my problem? >>> James >> Very possible >> >> first off, if your machine is working ok >> then those devices are apparently not needed for however your machine is >> being used. >> >> try disabling those devices with the yellow exclamation mark >> >> then reboot- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > I did as you said and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" didn't appear on > reboot-thank you philo! > > James Glad I finally came up with an idea that worked LOL |