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Old August 21st, 2004 Top | #1
 
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Question New Hardware Found
whenever i start my windows 98 system ...i see the messsge showing as "NEW HARDWARE FOUND" ......if press ESC key..
i can see the same messge evry time i start the machine ..
if i press YES for the hardware addition...
i can see

unknown hardware
unknown device driver in the hardware list(installed in the system)
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maybe some usb device?

Look in device manager for any device the a exclamation mark next to it.
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Then right click the exclamation & disable it. (you can re-enable if it isn't the problem)Might be onboard sound which you don't need if you have a sound card.
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its hus having a question mark ???


quoted as UNKNOWN DEVICE
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Originally Posted by Hipster Doofus
Then right click the exclamation & disable it. (you can re-enable if it isn't the problem)Might be onboard sound which you don't need if you have a sound card.
Do this. Replace exclamation with question mark. Reboot. Did it stop it popping up?
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