Problems uninstalling wireless network adapter

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Over time, I have ended up with multiple (Linksys WUSB11) wireless network
adapter entries in my Device Manager (when I include hidden devices). I want
to clean things up, but am not able to uninstall any of the duplicate
adapters. I get the following error: "Failed to uninstall the device. The
device may be needed to boot up the computer." I've tried to log in as
Administrator and do a clean boot, but get the same result. Any suggestions
for troubleshooting steps?

Thanks!
 
PeterE said:
Over time, I have ended up with multiple (Linksys WUSB11) wireless network
adapter entries in my Device Manager (when I include hidden devices). I want
to clean things up, but am not able to uninstall any of the duplicate
adapters. I get the following error: "Failed to uninstall the device.
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Start REGEDIT.EXE and scan for the name of the network adapter as it
shows up in the Device Manager. You will find an entry in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet for it. Delete the branch.
 
Thorsten Matzner said:
Start REGEDIT.EXE and scan for the name of the network adapter as it
shows up in the Device Manager. You will find an entry in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet for it. Delete the branch.
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Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I guess I'm still a little confused about why
uninstalling from the Device Manager doesn't work... I contacted Linksys,
and they said it sounded like an OS issue.
 
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