Every time this happens repeat the above procedure to arrive at a 'clean' installation w.r.t.
You may have previous installations cached allowing Windows to automagikly reinstall the device. Infrared taught me a very important lesson in driver management, which essentially saved me having to reinstall Windows or find another, cleaner installation. Out With the Old (Unseen Driver Conflicts) Windows very efficiently installed just the driver and none of the bloat, it was a minor device I might have lived without. I activated the offending hardware from device manager and either uninstalled it first or just showed it to my DVD drive (more on this process in just a moment, it is this process that is the crux of this document). It wasn't necessary to use the manufacturer's installer. I dug out my original factory 'drivers and apps' disk and put it in the DVD drive. Only after struggling to connect my phone on a VCOM/COM port did I decide keeping this motherboard device deactivated might be a bad idea. Install Missing Manufacturer / OEM (eg Dell, HP, Acer etc) Driversįor years I put up with an unidentified, but disabled 'Simple PCI communication interface' or 'Simple PCI communication controller'. Then this isn't a problem for you and you can continue to the Out With the Old (Unseen Driver Conflicts) section.
