"Unknown device" keeps coming back even after I "uninstall" and "disable"

[HeroOfPellinor]

I did a fresh reinstall on my new notebook and want to run very very lean. For that reason I forwent several devices built-in to my notebook including a power management feature that keeps prompting me every time I start Windows to install a driver for it. Even after uninstalling and disabling the device (which shows an an unknown device) in device manager, it comes back after each reboot.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Probably a proprietary device from your notebook maker, my Toshiba had something called TBios, it really is hard to tell with notebooks, what does it say in the device manager "details" tab about it?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

ACPI\IBM0068, which I already found is the IBM Power Management device. Microsoft Update also detects the missing driver and offers an "IBM PM" driver as an optional download. Windows XP's rudimentary power management is sufficient for my needs and it's one less device taking up resources and causing conflicts.

 

[BigPoppa]

I believe theres an option somewhere (I know, real specific) either when it prompts you on startup to install/search for the driver, or accesible in the device manager, that you can set it to no longer prompt you for the install. I know i've seen it before, just don't remember where. I actually have 2 devices on this system without drivers. 1 is the modem, i'll never use it. 2 is the intel viiv service, but i'm running xp pro not xp MCE so its not even possible to install. Neither prompt me to install drivers on a restart.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
ACPI\IBM0068, which I already found is the IBM Power Management device. Microsoft Update also detects the missing driver and offers an "IBM PM" driver as an optional download. Windows XP's rudimentary power management is sufficient for my needs and it's one less device taking up resources and causing conflicts.

Well, if you can just install the driver without any software applications associated with it, should not cause any problems or system resource usage.

 

[mezrah]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
ACPI\IBM0068, which I already found is the IBM Power Management device. Microsoft Update also detects the missing driver and offers an "IBM PM" driver as an optional download. Windows XP's rudimentary power management is sufficient for my needs and it's one less device taking up resources and causing conflicts.

Well, if you can just install the driver without any software applications associated with it, should not cause any problems or system resource usage.

right...or install the driver, and check in msconfig to see if you can just uncheck it from starting with the system

 

[MichaelD]

Why would you not want to load the driver for the notebook's built-in power management? It can't take up THAT much resources. I understand wanting to run lean, but is it worth this headache? Maybe just load the driver and tell it not to live in the system tray. MSCONFIG would take care of that.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Why would you not want to load the driver for the notebook's built-in power management? It can't take up THAT much resources. I understand wanting to run lean, but is it worth this headache?

Well yeah. This is going to be a DAW.

I was hoping this was just something emberassingly easy. If not then, ya, I'll install the driver and see what happens.

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Went with the Microsoft Update driver update rather than the Lenovo driver which comes in a folder with other stuff. No new software loading at startup, but there is now a service running for this which I just disabled. So, all in all, not so painful. Thanks guys.