ghost drivers

[kalifaye]

hi people

ghost drivers...

what is it?
what causes it?
and more importantly, what symptoms (errors) would appear if you had them??

need to know in order to troubleshoot current pc problem...
thanks again... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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[UPENDRA UPADHYAY]

Please post the problem firstly.Then we talk about ghost

[BigBlue66]

Hey,

Problems from ghost drivers can be erratic. Programs won't load correctly, devices won't initialize correctly, and the list goes on.

If you are experiencing any problems whatsoever, ghost drivers are one of the first places to look.

Those drivers are the result of changing hardware components in the system without fully removing the prior components. For example, let's say you install a new soundcard. If you don't fully remove the old soundcard and the drivers and software associated with it, then those drivers will appear as ghost drivers in Device Manager in Safe Mode.

In Normal mode, Device Manager will only show the current hardware and drivers being used.

In order to see the ghost drivers, you must boot in Safe Mode and then go to Device Manager. Continuing with the soundcard example above, this is when you would see references to the old soundcard.

It's always best to remove ghost drivers whenever you change a hardware component. With the soundcard example, having a new soundcard with its own drivers and the ghost drivers from the old soundcard would typically result in sound problems. Video card ghost drivers equals video problems. You get the idea.

Cheers,

Big Blue 66


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[kalifaye]

thank you for your response bigblue... i posted my pc problem at the advise of upendra and based on your answer, i may have a ghost problem... i'll wait and see what others suggest my problem might be... and then take the appropriate course of action...

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