NIC Installation - Service name already in use error

[Julie J]

I installed a Linksys NIC the other day and Windows XP
keeps giving me an error of "Service or service name
already in use" when I try to load the driver for this
NIC.
I "disabled" the NIC and tried to uninstall - I can
disable it, but not uninstall it. I get a different error -
"Windows cannot uninstall because this device is needed
during the boot-up process" and the computer will not
uninstall the NIC

I went to the Services screen, but could not find anything
that looked like it was related to the Linksys NIC.

I took the NIC out of the computer and re-booted the
system.

The NIC did not show up in the "Device Manager"

Then, I re-inserted the NIC and restarted the computer.

Windows XP acknowledged that new hardware had been
installed.
Then, it tried to load the drivers for this NIC and came
up with the same error from before "Service or service
name already in use"

What am I missing?

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Try getting newer drivers from Linksys and installing them.

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Ken Wickes [MSFT]
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"Julie J" <janowak@uwm.edu> wrote in message
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> I installed a Linksys NIC the other day and Windows XP
> keeps giving me an error of "Service or service name
> already in use" when I try to load the driver for this
> NIC.
> I "disabled" the NIC and tried to uninstall - I can
> disable it, but not uninstall it. I get a different error -
> "Windows cannot uninstall because this device is needed
> during the boot-up process" and the computer will not
> uninstall the NIC
>
> I went to the Services screen, but could not find anything
> that looked like it was related to the Linksys NIC.
>
> I took the NIC out of the computer and re-booted the
> system.
>
> The NIC did not show up in the "Device Manager"
>
> Then, I re-inserted the NIC and restarted the computer.
>
> Windows XP acknowledged that new hardware had been
> installed.
> Then, it tried to load the drivers for this NIC and came
> up with the same error from before "Service or service
> name already in use"
>
> What am I missing?