On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:38:05 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<ejgct2p8hsn3dfbjtt6dfasetujum1b6nv@4ax.com>:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:50:54 GMT, "spamlet"
><spam.morespam@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>>The "AI" stands for auto install
>
>Groan. New and improved. Welcome to the wrong end of the learning
>curve. I recently bought some Sandisk USB flash dongles that included
>software by U3 for auto installing their drivers (for running
>applications from the flash drive). It shows up as a CDROM under "My
>Computer". Worked fine for W2K and XP. Hung horribly on WinME and
>Win98 (not SE). When I downloaded and ran the U3 removal tool, it
>magically now works on WinMe. I haven't tried all the combinations of
>operating system, USB 1.1/2.0, USB chipset, or autostart options, but
>suspect that there's a connection with the hang problem. Unforunately,
>there doesn't seem to be a way to remove the virtual cdrom drive and
>it's friend the auto installer.

Groan indeed! This kind of software "auto install" has proved to be a
nightmare for many users. The first thing I do when encountering it is
to completely erase it, which can be a bitch in some cases.

>Otherwise, try:
> Control Panel -> Add/remove Hardware
>and display a list of drivers. The Buffalo driver should be in there
>along with literally every device that was ever plugged into the
>computer.

But may not be visible, even if you View Hidden drivers -- it could be a
Phantom driver, which can only be viewed and removed with a special
procedure. (I'll dig up the KB article if anyone asks.)

>Also, download and extract (no install) the latest MS Process
>Explorer:
><http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx>
>and see if there's something that says Buffalo still running.

Great tool -- I use and recommend it.

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