Hello all,
How can I disable a device in Device Manager in Windows 2000?
My cousin's kids have an HP computer (Celeron 700Mhz) that they do their homework on. To boost it's performance I recently put in an old Voodoo3 3000 video card that I had hanging around (thier video was on-board with a *whopping* 1MB alotted shared memory). The install went OK, but Win2K keeps detecting and reinstalling the on-board video card.
Unfortunately, there is no option to disable the video card in the BIOS (**** HP!). A friend of mine's computer had the exact same issue and we disbaled the on-board video using the Device Manager (Windows XP) by doing Right-click --> Disable
Now I have the same thing on my cousin's computer, but Windows 2000 doesn't give me the option to Disable, only an option to Uninstall. Obviously, after I uninstalled it, it re-installed itself on the next boot-up.
So far the two video cards have coexisted without any conflicts, but I'd like to elimiate the possibility of a future conflict.
Without option to disable through the BIOS, how can I disable the on-board video in Windows 2000? Thanks!
Viken K.
How can I disable a device in Device Manager in Windows 2000?
My cousin's kids have an HP computer (Celeron 700Mhz) that they do their homework on. To boost it's performance I recently put in an old Voodoo3 3000 video card that I had hanging around (thier video was on-board with a *whopping* 1MB alotted shared memory). The install went OK, but Win2K keeps detecting and reinstalling the on-board video card.
Unfortunately, there is no option to disable the video card in the BIOS (**** HP!). A friend of mine's computer had the exact same issue and we disbaled the on-board video using the Device Manager (Windows XP) by doing Right-click --> Disable
Now I have the same thing on my cousin's computer, but Windows 2000 doesn't give me the option to Disable, only an option to Uninstall. Obviously, after I uninstalled it, it re-installed itself on the next boot-up.
So far the two video cards have coexisted without any conflicts, but I'd like to elimiate the possibility of a future conflict.
Without option to disable through the BIOS, how can I disable the on-board video in Windows 2000? Thanks!
Viken K.