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More info?)
BINGO! I was not aware of the "hidden device" view under the Hardware
window. I found the entry for Via AGP Bus Filter and removed it. Reboot
and no error! It was only a nit, but I figured that it couldn't be good to
always fail to load something.
Thanks again
Ron
"Mercury" <me@spam.com> wrote in message
news:d2vg9k$gdb$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> The msconfig program (start, run, msconfig <enter>) lists all startup
> items. You can selectively disable one or more and test out new settings.
> Check the system and win.ini files for RUN= or LOAD= entries - these are
> unlikely.
>
> In device manager (Start, ControlPanel, System, Hardware) you can click
> Show Hidden devices on the view menu. It is often helpful to View / By
> Connection to see currently non running devices. There may be many greyed
> out entries (not running). In general, don't remove (press DEL key) them
> unless you know the device is causing an issue. EG you may have a sony
> camera USB & 4 USB ports. There could then be 4 occurrences of the sony
> camera USB connection - 1 for each port.
>
> Report back...
>
>
> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
> news:nospam-0504051620510001@192.168.1.178...
>> In article <Twv4e.727$lP1.259@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "no_one"
>> <no_one@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. The way I have transferred this system was
>>> exactly
>>> what you described; repair install followed by MB chipset driver
>>> installation. All the P4C800 functionality appears to be good, this
>>> viaagp
>>> thing just bugs me because its not quite right.
>>> BTW, I do find mobo's that I like; they occasionally die a dreadful
>>> death
>>> and require replacement and I move the disks to preclude reinstallation
>>> of
>>> all the application software that has built up over the years.
>>> Otherwise I
>>> would be tempted to do a fresh install and lose this viaagp thing
>>> entirely.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>
>> I have no idea if this will help, or is even on the right track.
>> You could have a look around for info on this. Assuming the VIA
>> thing is a startup item. If the VIA thing was an ordinary driver
>> that was triggered by the presence of enumerated hardware, I
>> doubt you would be seeing it right now.
>>
>> (Keywords: MSCONFIG - System Configuration Utility -
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run )
>>
>>
http://groups.google.ca/groups?threadm=e1ZPy7DxEHA.2568%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>>
>> As the thread suggests, the uninstaller is the first thing to try.
>> Manual alteration of the registry or system files is just
>> asking for trouble - if you have had experience and success
>> with doing stuff like that in the past, then go for it.
>>
>> One reason for me suggesting this, is I'm not at all sure that
>> a repair install will remove any "startup items". The repair
>> install would likely assume a startup item is part of the
>> users applications installs.
>>
>> Paul
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