'Device Wizard' popping up after booting.

[paullie]

The other day I tried installing an HP printer and ran into a world of
trouble that ended with the system freezing, the printer stuck 'on' and
indicating an error state, and requiring me to kill main AC power to end and
shutdown. After re-boot, I completely uninstalled the HP drivers and all
associated folders/files.

The problem is that the HP installation apparently added a Windows Hardware
Driver wizard and an associated toolbar popup that says "new hardware found"
to the registry, and they both appear everytime I boot. VERY annoying.

There is no new hardware. As a system driver check indicates, only the
hardware and drivers that I know about present, and are all working as they
should. A registry check, via Ccleaner, shows no problems such as unresolved
links.

Question is, does anyone know where to find the call to this Wizard in the
registry so that I can find it and fix it manually? Unfortunately, I forgot
about this login issue, and cleaned out all the restore points when I
'thought' everything was fine. Can't do a restore. Any thoughts much
appreciated.

Best, Paul

 

[paullie]

One other thing. At the same time I also uninstalled the Intel Wireless
system from the computer. Is it possible that I'm getting the wizard because
it's looking at the wireless receiver as plugged in but not installed?

 

[Frank-FL]

One other thing. At the same time I also uninstalled the Intel Wireless
system from the computer. Is it possible that I'm getting the wizard because
it's looking at the wireless receiver as plugged in but not installed?

Almost all HP printers, etc. The software must be installed first and then plugged
in when instructed to do so.
Not having the PC in front of me it is hard to say about the wireless. You could try
reinstalling the chipset drivers.

 

[paullie]

Frank,

Well, it wasn't the printer causing the problem. It WAS the wireless
uninstall. I checked 'device drivers', and found the wireless network
connection to be not working(kinda expected this as the driver had been
tossed). Apparently I was correct in thinking that maybe the detection device
is considered hardware, and having no driver was initiating the 'new
hardware found' wizard at boot. As per your suggestion, I reinstalled the
wireless drivers, tested, and no more annoying wizard at logon. Thanks for
the push in the right direction.

Best, Paul