Mike,

It is quite normal not to see an entry in Add/Remove Programs for drivers
such as a those for a PCI Ethernet Controller. Rather than removing the
controller (although why not simply enable it and install the drivers even
if you are not on a network, it's not as if it will cause any problems)
make it unavailable in this hardware profile. You will find this an
option on the General tab for the controller in the Device Manager.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



ms wrote:

Starting a new thread, hope to solve this:
PCI Ethernet Controller, does not appear in Add/remove.

In Device Manager, I saw PCI Ethernet Controller, question mark, no
driver installed, so I removed it.

When I rebooted, now I see a screen " New Hardware Found", windows
wants to find the driver for this- even after I removed it.

How to kill this message?