Old reg keys that I can get rid of.

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Steven S. Whitlow

Have a server that after performing a bios upgrade and
adding a processor crashed. Got it back up but the are
old Reg keys that I can delete that are causing me great
grief. There is an old reg key for the controllor before
the upgrade and also a key for the tape drive. There are
also keys for the upgrade controllor and the tape drive.
When I go to delete them it says that I can. tried in
both safe mode and reg mode. How can I get rid of these
reg keys. The reason why I know that this is the problem
is because the controllor sees the tape drive in ID 14
and windows sees it on id 5 where it use to be. Even if
I move it to id 5 it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

Thanks
 
To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
From a command prompt;

set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
then
start devmgmt.msc

Then, use Device Manager to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do not edit
the registry.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

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| Have a server that after performing a bios upgrade and
| adding a processor crashed. Got it back up but the are
| old Reg keys that I can delete that are causing me great
| grief. There is an old reg key for the controllor before
| the upgrade and also a key for the tape drive. There are
| also keys for the upgrade controllor and the tape drive.
| When I go to delete them it says that I can. tried in
| both safe mode and reg mode. How can I get rid of these
| reg keys. The reason why I know that this is the problem
| is because the controllor sees the tape drive in ID 14
| and windows sees it on id 5 where it use to be. Even if
| I move it to id 5 it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
|
| Thanks
 
The devices are not there ie tape drive but it keeps
showing up, which keeps the backup software from seeing
the new tape drive.
 
For stability reasons you'll probably want to recut the server.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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| The devices are not there ie tape drive but it keeps
| showing up, which keeps the backup software from seeing
| the new tape drive.
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Have a server that after performing a bios upgrade and
| >adding a processor crashed. Got it back up but the are
| >old Reg keys that I can delete that are causing me great
| >grief. There is an old reg key for the controllor
| before
| >the upgrade and also a key for the tape drive. There
| are
| >also keys for the upgrade controllor and the tape
| drive.
| >When I go to delete them it says that I can. tried in
| >both safe mode and reg mode. How can I get rid of these
| >reg keys. The reason why I know that this is the
| problem
| >is because the controllor sees the tape drive in ID 14
| >and windows sees it on id 5 where it use to be. Even if
| >I move it to id 5 it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
| >
| >Thanks
| >.
| >
 
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