winNT hardware detect

[ahmed]

i·ve instaled win NT4 workstation on an IBM netvista computer, with a touchscren monitor atached to the unique serie port com1, a PCI network card, an USB port(free), and a parallel port (free), a mouse, and a keyboard.
all work corectly. but all the time booting the system apears a message "windows has detected a new hardware......" , i can·t identify the hardware
as all is intaled.
all i want is not to see the mesage.
I·ve disabled the plug and play in the bios but the message still apears.
with the best regard

[Ghost_Hacker]

NT is detecting the touchscreen monitor on Com1 during the bootup process. This process is for finding serial mice but instead it is discovering your monitor. To disable this feature follow these steps. Note: you'll proably only want to disable com1 detection


SUMMARY
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This article explains how to modify the Boot.ini file to disable the detection
of devices on COM ports.

When you start Windows NT, NTDETECT searches for the pointing device (usually a
mouse). In the course of this process, data is sent to the serial (COM) ports.
If a serial mouse is detected, Windows NT disables the port so a device driver
for the mouse can load instead. If a device is not detected, Windows NT disables
the port. A disabled COM port does not display any information in Control Panel
Ports.

MORE INFORMATION
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To disable the detection of devices on COM ports in Windows NT:

1. Make a backup copy of the Boot.ini file.

2. Remove the hidden, system, and read-only attributes from the Boot.ini file.

3. Using a text editor (such as Notepad) open the Boot.ini file.

4. Add the /NoSerialMice option to the end of each entry in the [operating
systems] section of Boot.ini. See the example below for more information.

5. Save Boot.ini and quit Notepad.

6. Restore the hidden, system, and read-only attributes to the Boot.ini file.

7. Shutdown and restart Windows NT.

The following is a sample of the Boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT3 5

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35="Windows NT Workstation
Version 3.51" /NoSerialMice

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35="Windows NT Workstation
Version 3.51 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos /NoSerialMice

NoSerialMice Syntax
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/NoSerialMice - Disables the detection of serial mice on
all COM ports.

/NoSerialMice:COMx - Disables the detection of serial mice on
COM x, where x is the number of the port.

/NoSerialMice:COMx,y,z - Disables the detection of serial mice on
COM x, y and z.

NOTE: The /NoSerialMice option is not case sensitive.


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[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 03-28-2001).]

[ahmed]

Originally posted by Ghost_Hacker:
NT is detecting the touchscreen monitor on Com1 during the bootup process. This process is for finding serial mice but instead it is discovering your monitor. To disable this feature follow these steps. Note: you'll proably only want to disable com1 detection


SUMMARY
=======

This article explains how to modify the Boot.ini file to disable the detection
of devices on COM ports.

When you start Windows NT, NTDETECT searches for the pointing device (usually a
mouse). In the course of this process, data is sent to the serial (COM) ports.
If a serial mouse is detected, Windows NT disables the port so a device driver
for the mouse can load instead. If a device is not detected, Windows NT disables
the port. A disabled COM port does not display any information in Control Panel
Ports.

MORE INFORMATION
================

To disable the detection of devices on COM ports in Windows NT:

1. Make a backup copy of the Boot.ini file.

2. Remove the hidden, system, and read-only attributes from the Boot.ini file.

3. Using a text editor (such as Notepad) open the Boot.ini file.

4. Add the /NoSerialMice option to the end of each entry in the [operating
systems] section of Boot.ini. See the example below for more information.

5. Save Boot.ini and quit Notepad.

6. Restore the hidden, system, and read-only attributes to the Boot.ini file.

7. Shutdown and restart Windows NT.

The following is a sample of the Boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT3 5

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35="Windows NT Workstation
Version 3.51" /NoSerialMice

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT35="Windows NT Workstation
Version 3.51 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos /NoSerialMice

NoSerialMice Syntax


think you for this nice reply
only i·ve a question:
i·ve removed the hidden and read-only atributes, but it·s not possible or i don·t know how to remove the system atribute of the boot.ini file, as it does not appears.

[sleddog]

Open a command prompt window.

At the DOS prompt type:

attrib -r -h -s c:\boot.ini

This removes the read-only, hidden and system attributes.

After you're done put the attributes back by typing:

attrib +r +h +s c:\boot.ini



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