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Old 5th January 2006 | 19:33
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Keef

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Excuse me for butting in...

The device manager is one of those things you need to know the way to...

Start - Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager.

You'll see the offending device in there, with a yellow or a red flag.

Click on the device, click the "wrong" mouse button, and select "Update Driver".
If that gets you into hostile territory, then ditto but "Uninstall".

Then restart the machine. Often, that's enough to persuade it to see things your way.

If that fails, there will be further questions...
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