I am trying to install a WDA-1320 D-Link Wireless Adapter card into my system, Intel Pentium Pro, 200 Mhz, chipset INtel Natoma 82440FX. I have tried installing the software first and then the card, and the other way. The computer finds both the "ethernet card" and the "PCI Serial Port", however, it won't work. Under the device manager, the serial port says "Device not configured correctly" and it can't find any software to make it work anywhere on my computer. The wireless card has drivers installed, but it says "Device cannot start [code 10]. Tec support at D-Link said the problem was I installed the device before the software. I tried it the way they said and it still didn't work. Somehow, after much trying, I got it to work last night for 2 hours. When I restarted the computer this morning, the problem was back all over again and I can't remember what I did to make it work. Please help! I am going crazy! What do I do?

I would suggest removing the device and the software again and trying from scratch. Software first.

To remove the current software besides uninstalling from the program and or Control Panel Add/Remove Programs also go to start search and type in the main program name and delete all residual files. You might also want to check the following locations:

Uninstall Programs Manually

Just because Windows XP has the Add/Remove Programs feature it doesn't mean your application will appear in the list. Furthermore, even if it does appear, it's no guarantee that the uninstall feature will work. When you run across one of these situations the items listed below will help in getting rid of the application. Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.

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Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es, locate and delete the service.
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In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]

If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and delete the entry.

You might also clean the registry after backing it up.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm

RegSeeker

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