October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1104 pages
64h 7m
English
When you remove a Plug and Play device, the BIOS informs Windows 8 that the device is no longer present. Windows 8, in turn, updates its device list in the Registry, and the peripheral no longer appears in the Device Manager display.
If you’re removing a legacy device, however, you need to tell Device Manager that the device no longer exists. To do that, follow these steps:
1. Press Windows Logo+X, click Device Manager, and then click the device in the Device Manager tree.
2. Select Action, Uninstall. (Alternatively, click Uninstall in the toolbar or open the device’s properties sheet, display the Driver tab, and click Uninstall.)
3. When Windows 8 warns you that you’re about to remove the device, click OK.
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