Why happen "found new hardware" ...

Why happen "found new hardware" dialog after clicking uninstall the card in
the device manager on vista? It seems automatically scanning. My vista
version is 5600. Can anybody help me? Thank you.

fat_boy
Thu Oct 12 04:50:25 CDT 2006


Candy wrote:
> Why happen "found new hardware" dialog after clicking uninstall the card in
> the device manager on vista? It seems automatically scanning. My vista
> version is 5600. Can anybody help me? Thank you.

This is a Vista 'feature'. Great, isnt it.

Candy
Thu Oct 12 04:59:02 CDT 2006

Can I stop the feature? Thank you.

"fat_boy" wrote:

>
> Candy wrote:
> > Why happen "found new hardware" dialog after clicking uninstall the card in
> > the device manager on vista? It seems automatically scanning. My vista
> > version is 5600. Can anybody help me? Thank you.
>
> This is a Vista 'feature'. Great, isnt it.
>
>

fat_boy
Thu Oct 12 06:09:45 CDT 2006


Candy wrote:
> Can I stop the feature? Thank you.

Not as far as I know.

They might kill it in some later release though.


> "fat_boy" wrote:
>
> >
> > Candy wrote:
> > > Why happen "found new hardware" dialog after clicking uninstall the card in
> > > the device manager on vista? It seems automatically scanning. My vista
> > > version is 5600. Can anybody help me? Thank you.
> >
> > This is a Vista 'feature'. Great, isnt it.
> >
> >

Eliyas
Thu Oct 12 09:21:16 CDT 2006

This is a known behavior (issue). Typically after you uninstall the device,
you have to scan for hardware in the device manager for the device to
reinstall. Vista seems to be little too aggressive on this. We have had some
complaints about this from several customers. If you tell me how it affects
the user experience, I can convey to the PNP team.

-Eliyas

fat_boy
Fri Oct 13 04:30:00 CDT 2006


Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] wrote:
> This is a known behavior (issue). Typically after you uninstall the device,
> you have to scan for hardware in the device manager for the device to
> reinstall. Vista seems to be little too aggressive on this. We have had some
> complaints about this from several customers. If you tell me how it affects
> the user experience, I can convey to the PNP team.
>
> -Eliyas


If you want to uninstall a device, you have to first go and delete the
inf files. Then the sys files. First though you have to claim
ownership of them otherwise you cant. Then you have to go through all
the various places where Windows might have cached the inf or driver
files and delete those too.


If you dont, as soon as you uninstall a device, windows reinstalls it
again. It is a super pain in the but.

Eliyas
Fri Oct 13 08:05:01 CDT 2006

On vista, you can force delete the driver package using pnputil.exe and then
do the uninstall. This will be prevent the driver from being installed again
however your device will still get enumerated whenever the system scans for
new devices and you will get a prompt. You don't have to hand delete files
anymore.

-Eliyas

"fat_boy" <zzebowa@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1160731800.657018.45210@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] wrote:
>> This is a known behavior (issue). Typically after you uninstall the
>> device,
>> you have to scan for hardware in the device manager for the device to
>> reinstall. Vista seems to be little too aggressive on this. We have had
>> some
>> complaints about this from several customers. If you tell me how it
>> affects
>> the user experience, I can convey to the PNP team.
>>
>> -Eliyas
>
>
> If you want to uninstall a device, you have to first go and delete the
> inf files. Then the sys files. First though you have to claim
> ownership of them otherwise you cant. Then you have to go through all
> the various places where Windows might have cached the inf or driver
> files and delete those too.
>
>
> If you dont, as soon as you uninstall a device, windows reinstalls it
> again. It is a super pain in the but.
>

pavel_a
Fri Oct 13 14:49:01 CDT 2006

"Eliyas Yakub [MSFT]" wrote:
> This is a known behavior (issue). Typically after you uninstall the device,
> you have to scan for hardware in the device manager for the device to
> reinstall. Vista seems to be little too aggressive on this. We have had some
> complaints about this from several customers. If you tell me how it affects
> the user experience, I can convey to the PNP team.
>
> -Eliyas

Eliyas,
Yes, please. If we ununstall a device, rather than update driver,
we usually want it to stay in this state.

--PA

fat_boy
Mon Oct 16 02:52:29 CDT 2006


Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] wrote:
> On vista, you can force delete the driver package using pnputil.exe and then
> do the uninstall. This will be prevent the driver from being installed again
> however your device will still get enumerated whenever the system scans for
> new devices and you will get a prompt. You don't have to hand delete files
> anymore.

Yes, I noticed that addition to later Vistas.

It would still be nicer to have control of when the PnP manager runs
though.

>
> -Eliyas
>
> "fat_boy" <zzebowa@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1160731800.657018.45210@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Eliyas Yakub [MSFT] wrote:
> >> This is a known behavior (issue). Typically after you uninstall the
> >> device,
> >> you have to scan for hardware in the device manager for the device to
> >> reinstall. Vista seems to be little too aggressive on this. We have had
> >> some
> >> complaints about this from several customers. If you tell me how it
> >> affects
> >> the user experience, I can convey to the PNP team.
> >>
> >> -Eliyas
> >
> >
> > If you want to uninstall a device, you have to first go and delete the
> > inf files. Then the sys files. First though you have to claim
> > ownership of them otherwise you cant. Then you have to go through all
> > the various places where Windows might have cached the inf or driver
> > files and delete those too.
> >
> >
> > If you dont, as soon as you uninstall a device, windows reinstalls it
> > again. It is a super pain in the but.
> >