fubz Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Whenever i try to uninstall the the driver for my network card the device manager just freezes and does nothing.Yes i've tried it in safe modeyes i've done spyware/virus scans and all that good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Did you try disconnecting the Ethernet cable first? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Didn't work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Boot into the Bios and make sure Wake on LAN isn't enabled. If that doesn't work shut the computer off, unplug it then remove the Ethernet card from the computer. Plug the computer back in and start it in Safe Mode. Try removing the drivers then. Edited April 5, 2007 by TheTerrorist_75 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fubz Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Wake on lan is off and the nic card is integrated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Wake on lan is off and the nic card is integratedYou could disable nic in the bios, that is like removing it, but it will no longer show up in the device manager, so I don't know how you would be able to remove the drivers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CurlingSteve Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Have you tried just installing the new driver (I assume you want to replace/overwrite the old one you're trying to delete) ?---------I'm just guessing, but perhaps trying to delete the only driver on the "stack" is causing the hang.---------Disconnecting cables (or removing a card for that matter) doesn't uninstall/remove the driver, it just might not load.---------How long did you wait to consider it a "freeze"?---------(Just a guess) would a "Repair" style reinstall help? Edited April 5, 2007 by CurlingSteve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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