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Paul W. Van Dyke

strange question

I have had (2) different interfaces for my K-3 from Elecraft.
And now the new one is starting to lock up on my Windows 7 machine.
What is a good way to delete both sets of drivers, and then reload the
correct one that is in use now.
Is there a quick and dirty way?

I hope to get some good news
thank you - reprepping the portable

Paul - KB9AVO

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John Ragle

Re: strange question

Paul...

This can most easily be done using Device Manager. There are lots of
ways to get into DM, so I leave that to you. In DM find the device(s)
you wish to deactivate [e.g. "Ports (COM and LPT) or whatever],
RIGHT-click on the particular device and select uninstall. That's it.

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On 7/11/2011 12:26 AM, Paul W. Van Dyke wrote:

> I have had (2) different interfaces for my K-3 from Elecraft.
> And now the new one is starting to lock up on my Windows 7 machine.
> What is a good way to delete both sets of drivers, and then reload the
> correct one that is in use now.
> Is there a quick and dirty way?
>
> I hope to get some good news
> thank you - reprepping the portable
>
> Paul - KB9AVO
>
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Nr4c

Re: strange question

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I seem to remermber that Prolific has a driver "Remover" on their
website. Try google "PL2303REMOVER". But, first try to use
Windows/CONTROL PANE/Add_Remove Software app, then if that doesn't work,
go to Prolific.

Good luck

...bill nr4c

On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:26:33 -0400, Paul W. Van Dyke wrote:
> I have had (2) different interfaces for my K-3 from Elecraft.
> And now the new one is starting to lock up on my Windows 7 machine.
> What is a good way to delete both sets of drivers, and then reload
> the
> correct one that is in use now.
> Is there a quick and dirty way?
>

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Guy, K2AV

Re: strange question

Have to remember how Win 7 does these things. REMOVE the USB
device(s) from the computer until you are done, and DO NOT reinsert
them until after you are successful and have installed the correct
drivers. What you call install and what happens the first time the
drivers are called for are two separate things. Best way to describe
this is that what you are doing is DELIVERING the drivers to the Win
7, and the first time a USB device calls for the drivers, the Win 7
PLUGS THEM IN. They then are turned on any time the device is
present.

Doing the uninstall using the add/remove programs of Win 7 is the best
way. Only go to the strange stuff if you are having desperate
problems, and then only after letting a really PC savvy teenager work
on it first. There are registry issues that need to be cleaned up
that are taken care of in the Win 7 function, that will cause you
trouble forever if you skip steps or use "hacks" from web sites.

Good Luck!

Guy.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:13 AM, nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I seem to remermber that Prolific has a driver "Remover" on their
> website. Try google "PL2303REMOVER". But, first try to use
> Windows/CONTROL PANE/Add_Remove Software app, then if that doesn't work,
> go to Prolific.
>
> Good luck
>
> ...bill nr4c
>
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:26:33 -0400, Paul W. Van Dyke wrote:
>> I have had (2) different interfaces for my K-3 from Elecraft.
>> And now the new one is starting to lock up on my Windows 7 machine.
>> What is a good way to delete both sets of drivers, and then reload
>> the
>> correct one that is in use now.
>> Is there a quick and dirty way?
>>
>
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Tony Estep

Re: strange question

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]>wrote:

> ...There are registry issues that need to be cleaned up
> that are taken care of in the Win 7 function...

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Right. Uninstalling an executable requires more than just deleting the file.

The Windows uninstaller relies on the installed program to make an info log
of associated .dlls, registry entries, data files, etc. that accompany it,
so they can be cleaned up. However, many programs, especially those written
by hobby programmers, are not too meticulous about their uninstall info.
There are some purpose-built uninstallers (e.g. Revo) that reputedly do a
more thorough job of cleaning up after a program or driver that does not
properly document itself. You can get much more info about this by googling
around on uninstallation, uninstall, etc.

Here's a link to the Revo freeware version, which has a blurb asserting
their claims to doing a better job. I have used it a couple of times and
have no complaints, but can't give any definitive comment.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,66703-order,4/description.html

Tony KT0NY
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