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    GenJerDan
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    Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

    We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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      Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

      We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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      Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
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      Windows 10 is a magician, it be like, "Ta-da!".

      The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

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        Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

        We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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        Lost User
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        Relax, in case you like to disable the hardware, don't power on your pc/Laptop. Grrr. All I expirienced with W10 was really ok. No paranoya on this end ;)

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          Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

          We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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          FIorian Schneidereit
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          Did you try to leave the drivers installed? Or disable automatic driver updates from Windows Update? BTW what's the reason for disabling it (just curious because you said you need it for other OSs, so obviously it's not a hardware issue I guess)?

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            Did you try to leave the drivers installed? Or disable automatic driver updates from Windows Update? BTW what's the reason for disabling it (just curious because you said you need it for other OSs, so obviously it's not a hardware issue I guess)?

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            GenJerDan
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            Despite it working with EVERY other program on the computer, if I leave it there and try to run Cakewalk Sonar, the OS goes into never-never land and I get a DPC_WATCHDOG_EXCEPTION. Even if I'm not using the sound card with Sonar. Just being there kills it. I'l try the no automatic updates thing, but I think it's more of a found-new-hardware thing.

            We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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              Despite it working with EVERY other program on the computer, if I leave it there and try to run Cakewalk Sonar, the OS goes into never-never land and I get a DPC_WATCHDOG_EXCEPTION. Even if I'm not using the sound card with Sonar. Just being there kills it. I'l try the no automatic updates thing, but I think it's more of a found-new-hardware thing.

              We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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              Brisingr Aerowing
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              What kind of sound card is it? There may be updated drivers available from the manufacturer that aren't available through Windows Update. I just updated my laptop's graphics and audio drivers using an updater provided with the system when I bought it (the notices are non-intrusive, a simple notification in the lower right hand corner that vanishes after a few seconds.)

              What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                What kind of sound card is it? There may be updated drivers available from the manufacturer that aren't available through Windows Update. I just updated my laptop's graphics and audio drivers using an updater provided with the system when I bought it (the notices are non-intrusive, a simple notification in the lower right hand corner that vanishes after a few seconds.)

                What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                GenJerDan
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                It's an old SoundBlaster X-Fi. Just noticed they have FINALLY made a Win10 driver. I'll see if it works with Sonar.

                We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                  It's an old SoundBlaster X-Fi. Just noticed they have FINALLY made a Win10 driver. I'll see if it works with Sonar.

                  We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                  Brisingr Aerowing
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                  Well, did it work?

                  What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                    Well, did it work?

                    What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                    GenJerDan
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                    Yes...but I changed over to using sfx in Sonar, rather than loading the SoundFonts into the card itself. :)

                    We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                    • G GenJerDan

                      Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

                      We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                      Philippe Mori
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                      I think that if you uninstall a driver, it is essentially completly removed including information about being disabled and thus it would get reinstalled next time if the driver still exist (which is probably often the case). So to prevent it from being reinstalled, you have to leave it disabled (and not uninstall it).

                      Philippe Mori

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                        Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

                        We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                        Dainim
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                        Remove the files that are associated with the driver package from the driver store and Delete the binary files of the driver package.

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                        • G GenJerDan

                          Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

                          We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                          mukul chadhaa
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                          Hello, Had the same issue, it is caused by a bad driver, usually provided by default in Windows 10. It is better to install the last working driver for 7/8.1, since there are other problems as well. Thanks. Sukhbir singh badal

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                            Anyone know how to permanently disable a hardware device in Windows 10? Soundcard. I disabled it. I uninstalled the drivers. On next reboot, there it was, back again. I multi-boot and other OSes need the card, so I can't just take it out. They need to put the hardware profiles things back in the OS. Grrrr.

                            We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                            Munchies_Matt
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                            You can install a 'null inf' file on the device. It ties up the vid/pid to no service which makes the PnP system think it is installed.

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