Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

[Guest UWStudent]

I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win XP, I

go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I reboot

my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could

completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system

restarts?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

 

 

"UWStudent" <UWStudent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win XP, I

> go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I

> reboot

> my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could

> completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system

> restarts?

 

Remove the network adapter.

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

 

UWStudent wrote:

> I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win XP, I

> go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I reboot

> my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could

> completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system

> restarts?

 

If the NIC can't be removed physically, it might help to open Device

Manager, double-click the NIC, and under "Device Usage", select "Do not

use this device (disable)".

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

 

An alternate method is to check the computer's BIOS setup. Usually

the NIC can be disabled as part of the Peripheral Setup category.

 

"Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message

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> UWStudent wrote:

>> I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win

>> XP, I

>> go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I

>> reboot

>> my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could

>> completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system

>> restarts?

>

> If the NIC can't be removed physically, it might help to open Device

> Manager, double-click the NIC, and under "Device Usage", select "Do not

> use this device (disable)".

>

> --

> Joe =o)

[Guest UWStudent]

Re: Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

 

 

 

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> An alternate method is to check the computer's BIOS setup. Usually

> the NIC can be disabled as part of the Peripheral Setup category.

>

> "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message

> news:%23z%23w7cGAJHA.1964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> > UWStudent wrote:

> >> I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win

> >> XP, I

> >> go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I

> >> reboot

> >> my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I could

> >> completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the system

> >> restarts?

> >

> > If the NIC can't be removed physically, it might help to open Device

> > Manager, double-click the NIC, and under "Device Usage", select "Do not

> > use this device (disable)".

> >

> > --

> > Joe =o)

>

>

> I am using an IBM Thinkpad, so it is not possible to remove the network card. If I disable the card from the bios and then try to uninstall the driver would it reinstall itself again after restarting?

[Guest Olórin]

Re: Uninstall Network card driver (Win XP)

 

 

"UWStudent" <UWStudent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "R. McCarty" wrote:

>

>> An alternate method is to check the computer's BIOS setup. Usually

>> the NIC can be disabled as part of the Peripheral Setup category.

>>

>> "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:%23z%23w7cGAJHA.1964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> > UWStudent wrote:

>> >> I want to uninstall my network card driver completely. I am using Win

>> >> XP, I

>> >> go to my device manager and uninstall the driver from there but when I

>> >> reboot

>> >> my system Windows loads the driver again. Is there some way that I

>> >> could

>> >> completely uninstall the driver and it doesn't get loaded when the

>> >> system

>> >> restarts?

>> >

>> > If the NIC can't be removed physically, it might help to open Device

>> > Manager, double-click the NIC, and under "Device Usage", select "Do not

>> > use this device (disable)".

>> >

>> > --

>> > Joe =o)

>>

>>

>> I am using an IBM Thinkpad, so it is not possible to remove the network

>> card. If I disable the card from the bios and then try to uninstall the

>> driver would it reinstall itself again after restarting?

 

No, but just go ahead and try it out to see for yourself! You'd probably

want to uninstall the driver first, then go to the BIOS on next restart to

disable it.