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Windows xp automatically finds driver (which is the wrong driver) after uninstalling the driver...!

How can I remove the driver completely from my system.

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"You can look at c:\windows\setupapi.log to see precisely which inf/pnf files are causing the problem, then just remove those files from the c:\windows\inf folder.

The problem arises when Windows thinks that an incorrect driver is a better match than the correct one. The setupapi.log file will take you through the decision process, showing which drivers it considered (and their associated pnf files) and what ranking it gave to each driver. Windows will install the lowest ranked driver, and even attempting to manually install a driver from a specific path doesn't override this behaviour. By removing the inf and pnf files for the lower ranked drivers, you can force Windows to install the correct one."