Network card details locked to card slot

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John

When I move a network card from one slot to another, XP thinks I have
introduced a second card and continues to associate the original slot
with the card that has been moved.

I find that after moving a card and entering the fixed dns address
that I choose to use, xp warns me that I am duplicating the dns
address of 'another' card.

When I try to remove all details of the 'first' card from the
registry, regedit won't allow it.

This is not an operation-stopping condition but it seems perverse of
xp to allow the details of a removed card to take over a slot for all
time.
 
Dear John,

Please remove/uninstall your LAN card from Device Manager and then re-boot
your machine. Insert the second card and on restart it will configure it
automatically. If not then you have to provide the right drivers. Also
please note that you might get a message to activate your copy of Windows XP
after the HW change in your machine.

Taimur Mughal [MSFT]

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