Add New Hardware Wizard

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"Ray Lewis" <RayLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Do you know if there is some way to disable the Add New Hardware Wizard
> feature in Win98SE? I have a driver issue to which I have assigned a low
> priority, but every time I boot up I get this idiotic prompt to install
the
> software for the hardware in question. I really want to suppress this, it
is
> more of a hindrance than a help. Do you know of any way to do this?

It seems unwise to disable this Wizard (in case a
component you require becomes disabled on reboot).

E.g. my PC main board includes Ethernet components
for high speed broadband connections, unavailable where
I live: so I disabled this feature in BIOS. The New Hardware
Wizard remains available but reboot no longer prompts me
to instal Ethernet components.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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If the device is installed and operational, in Device Manager:
Double click the device to bring up its properties and select the "Disable
this....." ( may differ ).

If not installed, install it and disable it in DM.

--

Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"Ray Lewis" <RayLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:155F537A-5CD1-42FA-9783-5632A1AF2D83@microsoft.com...
> Do you know if there is some way to disable the Add New Hardware Wizard
> feature in Win98SE? I have a driver issue to which I have assigned a low
> priority, but every time I boot up I get this idiotic prompt to install the
> software for the hardware in question. I really want to suppress this, it is
> more of a hindrance than a help. Do you know of any way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Ray
> --
> RJL