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Re: Hardware devices.

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From: KrilliC
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>...
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>Josh B wrote in message <36415F77.CEAE5997@ozemail.com.au>...
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>> 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:
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>Your problem is this:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>> Can anyone think of a better solution?
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>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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Subject: Re: Hardware devices.
Date: 1998/11/05
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