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by jwebfoot2togo 1 view

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Does anyone have an idea on how to keep Vista's embedded Atheros driver from loading? I have disabled and removed through device manager. At the next boot will automatically install it again even if I cancel installation. It is only a 54mps driver and I sure would like to use the 108 Trendnet PCI card I have in the PC. And I cant even find a registry key for the Atheros in the registry but it won't go away. Do I need an exorcist to remove this demon?

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by Former member

You will have to go into your wireless router and make sure that your wireless card is found (you might need to set up a password in the router). When it is done you will see your computer saying "found new connection", from then on you will be able to set as default.

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

by the scummy one

or the Atheros SW

If you want to keep wireless off, go into Network and
disable the wireless

If you want to keep the Atheros SW from running, I am
unsure on Vista, but on XP you can delete these 2 keys

HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversions\run\
acu_qsb & acu

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