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From: James on 13 Dec 2009 22:39 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.
From: JD on 13 Dec 2009 23:19 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. Does it give you any indication of what it's trying to update? What happened when you let it update for the new hardware? Have you run any malware, spyware or anti-virus scans lately to make sure your computer is clean? -- JD..
From: James on 14 Dec 2009 18:32 On Dec 13, 11:19 pm, JD <J...(a)example.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. > > Does it give you any indication of what it's trying to update? > > What happened when you let it update for the new hardware? > > Have you run any malware, spyware or anti-virus scans lately to make > sure your computer is clean? > > -- > JD..- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - No it gives no indication why it appears and when I let it run it disappears when it is through, but just appears again when the computer is started. But I will try running Malwarebytes-Anti Malware and my AVG Antivirus. James
From: philo on 14 Dec 2009 18:35 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
From: James on 14 Dec 2009 21:22
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 |