Unable to Uninstall Network Adapter

**Ryan21** · 27-10-2009

Hi,

I have a windows Xp machine. My problem is that I cannot uninstall my network adapter devices. Whenever I try to do it through the device manager I get a message " Failed to uninstall. May be required to boot computer". It tells me that the system cannot load the device drivers because the drivers may be corrupted or missing. I can disable them, but not uninstall them. Anyone know how I can remove all network drivers, as I want to reinstall the drivers for the network card?

**Dammit** · 27-10-2009

Have you tried in safe mode?? Be specific about exactly what the devices that need to be uninstalled. In most cases there is no need to install any special software to use cable internet, if your computer is ready for the network. Try doing it manually.

**TX-Snakebyte** · 27-10-2009

There are probably remnants of the device files left on the computer. Use a registry cleaner, free of the cost has been recently RegSeeker, many here have used and works well. Also, before the reboot, check the Windows Explorer to the left over files and folders on those devices.

**Rasdasa** · 27-10-2009

you may not be able to remove a network adapter using the remove button in Control Panel\Network. If this happens you can remove the registry keys for that adapter.

1. Start Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
2. From the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
subtree remove the following subkeys:
* \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\adapter
* \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\# (If only one adapter is loaded, # will be 1)
* \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\adapter
3. Quit Registry Editor and reboot.