Can't delete device driver even in Safe Mode

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How can I get rid of an old driver entry which is causing my Windows
Explorer to run slowly?

This is the background ... some time ago I put a (Hauppage) PCI
Television card into my PC but I later took it out.

More recently I noticed that Windows Explorer was running slow and
when I used Regmon (by System Internals) I saw Explorer was
repeatedly calling to a device number (8CAF7FD9-A83D-4D52-89F1-
D7F1D7E81CD) which turned out to refer to the old TV card.

By using Show Hidden Devices in Device Manager I saw the driver is
called "Microsoft TV/Video Connection". But my XP Pro (SP1) won't
let me uninstall it. Even in Safe Mode it prevents me and says:

"Failed to uninstall the device. The device may be
required to boot up the computer."

Device Manager points to C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\NdisIP.sys
version 5.03.0000.0900. As soon as I delete this file, XP
immediately creates a new one.

How can I uninstall the driver entry from XP?
 
Zak said:
How can I get rid of an old driver entry which is causing my Windows
Explorer to run slowly?

This is the background ... some time ago I put a (Hauppage) PCI
Television card into my PC but I later took it out.

More recently I noticed that Windows Explorer was running slow and
when I used Regmon (by System Internals) I saw Explorer was
repeatedly calling to a device number (8CAF7FD9-A83D-4D52-89F1-
D7F1D7E81CD) which turned out to refer to the old TV card.

By using Show Hidden Devices in Device Manager I saw the driver is
called "Microsoft TV/Video Connection". But my XP Pro (SP1) won't
let me uninstall it. Even in Safe Mode it prevents me and says:

"Failed to uninstall the device. The device may be
required to boot up the computer."

Device Manager points to C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\NdisIP.sys
version 5.03.0000.0900. As soon as I delete this file, XP
immediately creates a new one.

How can I uninstall the driver entry from XP?
Click to expand...

I had this card and it came with a "hwclear" program. I remember having to
use a couple of times when i moved that card from one computer to another.
http://tinyurl.com/17a

HTH
 
NdisIP.sys is Mocrosoft's driver for DirectShow or something like this.
It isn't part of the problem and there is no point in deleting it.
Moreover, as you see, it is protected, you can't delete it.
--PA
 
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