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by ed_williams

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After installing nt4 on a dell latitude laptop, I tried to install video drivers. They have since been installed, but after boot up, i get a dialog box "NEW HARDWARE FOUND." How can I get rid of this message?

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by computerdude

This usually has to do with the mouse device driver. Are they using a PS2 mouse instead of the touchpad? If so see if the mouse device driver is installed and started under devices in the control panel.

Dave

by rkelly

This is usually to do with installing drivers that were designed to work with Windows 9x. If you have installed one of these (probably for your Video Card) then you will have to trawl through the registry underneath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software

Look for the manufacturer of your video card and remove the subtree.

You may also have to go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Services

You may well see something to do with your video card - delete this subtree as well.

Onceyou've done these you will need to reboot, then install the NT version of the drivers.

Obviously before trying any of this make a backup of the registry and update your Emergency Repair Information.

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