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Article #31Re: Hardware devices.
From: KrilliC
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00
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why don't u just go to control panel and click on system and then double click device manager and choose a hardware profile to disable, it should be as simple as that if I understand u right... Rod Speed wrote in message <71rrbg$g4$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>... > >Josh B wrote in message <36415F77.CEAE5997@ozemail.com.au>... > >> Does anyone know where the Windows 95 hardware devices are kept. > >Usually in the case. Some are outside the case. > >> Are they stored in the registry or another place. > >Its a bit more complex than it looks. Win9x does keep track of what has >previously been installed, mainly for the situation where hardware may or >may not be always seen at boot time, particulary with the stuff that can >be powered off at boot time or not be plugged in like with external stuff. > >> My problem is thus: > >Your problem is this: > >> To use my scanner, I have to disable my network card. I can't >> seem to use the both together. I've had long discussions with >> people in both NGs, but I can't work the problem out. > >Did you actually try what was suggested ? Particularly removing something >that uses an IRQ and seeing if it would allocate the resources to both of >those in THAT situation so you can use them both at the same time. > >> So the best I can do is disable either one or >> the other when I need to use one or the other. > >Bet its possible to end up with a better solution than that. > >> I was thinking that if values were stored in a registry, I could >> just make a .reg file and that could change values easily. > >Its more complicated than that because Win9x attempts to >detect what is present at boot time, mainly to cover the situation >where some stuff may not be powered up at boot time etc. > >And you dont need to use .reg files to achieve what you want to do, there is >a hardware profiles system in the device manager which does what you want. > >> Can anyone think of a better solution? > >Fix the fundamental problem so you can get the scanner >and network card working together. That has to be possible. > >If you dont want to do that, use the hardware profiles. > > >
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