Prevent driver prompt

[John Faris]

Hi all.

I have uninstalled a particular device on a windows 2000 client. It did not
have a disable option in Device Manager and so I had to click uninstall.
This has solved the problem the device was causing but now each time windows
starts it prompts to put the driver CD in for the device. How can I stop
this from happening? I do not want the device installed.

TIA.

John.

 

[Alan Illeman]

Hi all.

I have uninstalled a particular device on a windows 2000 client. It did not
have a disable option in Device Manager and so I had to click uninstall.
This has solved the problem the device was causing but now each time windows
starts it prompts to put the driver CD in for the device. How can I stop
this from happening? I do not want the device installed.

TIA.

John.

You can either physically remove the device if it's in
e.g. a PCI slot, or, if it's on the motherboard, you can
disable it in the BIOS.

 

[John Faris]

You can either physically remove the device if it's in

e.g. a PCI slot, or, if it's on the motherboard, you can
disable it in the BIOS.

Thanks but cannot remove it as it is a touchpad in a laptop. There is no
option in the bios to disable it unless I also disable the pointing stick,
which is not something I can do.

 

[Alan Illeman]

Thanks but cannot remove it as it is a touchpad in a laptop. There is no
option in the bios to disable it unless I also disable the pointing stick,
which is not something I can do.

What exactly does a 'touchpad' do? (or a 'pointing stick, for that matter?)
....and thus what is the problem with having it installed? If it's a
3rd-party
item, maybe you can get e.g. an outdated driver that doesn't support the
'touchpad' part.

 

[GO]

Is it possible to just disable the device from with Device Manager?

 

[John Faris]

Is it possible to just disable the device from with Device Manager?

No. As I said in the original post, it does not have a disable option.

 

[John Faris]

What exactly does a 'touchpad' do? (or a 'pointing stick, for that
matter?)

...and thus what is the problem with having it installed? If it's a
3rd-party
item, maybe you can get e.g. an outdated driver that doesn't support the
'touchpad' part.

Have you not used a laptop before? Both devices replace the functionality
of a mouse. The touchpad responds to movement of a finger on a touch
sensitive pad and synchs this with the mouse pointer's movements on screen.
The problem is that the device is faulty, and reacts to even light pressure
on the case surrounding the actual pad causing the mouse pointer to go
crazy. The pointing stick provides a raised button within the keyboard that
responds to directional pressure to control the mouse pointer. If we
disable this they cannot control the mouse pointer without plugging in an
external mouse, which is not an option.

 

[Alan Illeman]

Have you not used a laptop before? Both devices replace the functionality
of a mouse. The touchpad responds to movement of a finger on a touch
sensitive pad and synchs this with the mouse pointer's movements on screen.
The problem is that the device is faulty, and reacts to even light pressure
on the case surrounding the actual pad causing the mouse pointer to go
crazy. The pointing stick provides a raised button within the keyboard that
responds to directional pressure to control the mouse pointer. If we
disable this they cannot control the mouse pointer without plugging in an
external mouse, which is not an option.

As you correctly surmise, I've never used a laptop. Can't you get it
repaired?

 

[John Faris]

As you correctly surmise, I've never used a laptop. Can't you get it

repaired?

Nope. We have two identical ones that are out of warranty and both display
the same problem.

 

[Alan Illeman]

Nope. We have two identical ones that are out of warranty and both display
the same problem.

What's 'out of warranty' got to do with having them repaired? As you
have two with the same problem, maybe the manufacturer is aware of
it and has a fix.