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by amendivil

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How does one delete ghost drivers from the Device Manager list? Am using WinXP.

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by tintoman

Select the driver you want rid of
click the uninstall icon at the top of the device manager window
Click ok to uninstall

thats it
if it really is a ghost driver it wont come back when you reboot the machine

by amendivil

tintoman,
Last year I read an article describing a method to detect ghost drivers. From a DOS-like screen, issue a series of commands, and the ghost drivers are identified by their appearance in the device list. They looked "washed" out. One then right clicks it and deletes it as you describe. I guess I should have asked how to identify ghost drivers.
Thanks for the reply. What is interesting is your location. I lived in the village of Oakham for a short while in 1975. Lovely place.
Much obliged

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