Remove hidden device error message

I tried to install a Netgear wpn111 wireless USB adapter. The installation
failed. I ran the Netgear uninstallation routine and tried to re-install the
wpn111. XP will not detect the device. I called Netgear - no help. I
noticed that the adapter still appears in the device manager as a hidden
device. When I try to remove it using the device manager, I get the error
message: "Failed to uninstall the device. The device may be required to boot
up the computer." I removed the USB device from the boot list in the BIOS
but the device manager still won't let me delete the Netgear device. I tried
to remove it from the registry and got an error when I tried to delete the
key. I tried this on two machines with the same results.
Is there a way to remove the device so I can try to reinstall it?

Success!! Changing the permissions with Regedt32 did the trick.

Thank you very much.

Mario

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

>
> On 9-May-2007, =?Utf-8?B?bWFyaW8=?= <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I tried
> > to remove it from the registry and got an error when I tried to delete the
> > key.
>
> Have met this myself. I found that you need to use regedt32 and right click
> on the entry, then permissions, the tick everything/everyone, and in
> Advanced Options do the same.
> AFAIR there is an Apply button to click.
> The guy that put me on to this also said use CClean first, which I did,
> but I don't know if the above might have worked without using CClean.
>