Ghost of a former network card won't go away!

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Paul E

I have a CNET PRO200WL network adapter (Dell computer) in an XP Pro system.

I used to run ICS and thus I also had a D-Link DE-528 network card.

That is no longer in the computer and is not listed in the Device Manager.
I booted into Safe Mode and did not find it listed in the Device Manager.

Yet, when I run Network Diagnostics, it reports on the card as "FAILED"

Where would the reference to this card still be hanging around my computer?
I searched the driver/ETC folder and the INF folder with no luck ...

I attach a small bit of the Network Diagnostics output if that helps.

Thanks,

Paul

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Network Adapters FAILED
+ [00000001] CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (PASSED)
...

- [00000004] D-Link DE-528 Ethernet PCI Adapter (FAILED)
ArpAlwaysSourceRoute = (empty)
ArpUseEtherSNAP = (empty)
Caption = [00000004] D-Link DE-528 Ethernet PCI Adapter
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
DeadGWDetectEnabled = (empty)
+ DefaultIPGateway = 192.168.1.1(Same Subnet) (PASSED)
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=0
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
DefaultTOS = (empty)
DefaultTTL = (empty)
Description = CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DHCPLeaseExpires = 8:01:44 AM 27/03/2002
DHCPLeaseObtained = 8:47:54 AM 21/03/2002
 
Paul E said:
I have a CNET PRO200WL network adapter (Dell computer) in an XP Pro system.

I used to run ICS and thus I also had a D-Link DE-528 network card.

That is no longer in the computer and is not listed in the Device Manager.
I booted into Safe Mode and did not find it listed in the Device Manager.

Yet, when I run Network Diagnostics, it reports on the card as "FAILED"

Where would the reference to this card still be hanging around my computer?
I searched the driver/ETC folder and the INF folder with no luck ...

I attach a small bit of the Network Diagnostics output if that helps.

Thanks,

Paul

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Have a read of this:

Device Manager Does Not Display Devices That Are Not
Connected to the Windows XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315539

You might like to use this article to force Device Manager to show the
nonpresent devices.
The nonpresent ghosts should now reveal themselves.
You could then delete the nonpresent network adapters from device manager.
 
Wow, I never found that KB item on "showing devices that aren't there" ;)

My sincere thanks ... that has solved a number of problems that the "ghost"
network card had created for me over the last year.

Paul
 
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