AppendixC Uninstallingthe Hardware and Software
©NationalInstruments Corporation C-5 SerialHardware and Software for Windows
3. Select the NI-Serial software you wantto un install, and click on the
Add/Removebutton. The uninstallation program removesall folders,
utilities,and r egistryentries associated with the NI-Serial software.
4. Shut downWindows Me/9x, turn off your computer, and physically
removethe serial interfaces from your system.
The uninstallation program removes only items that the setup wizard
installed.If you added anything to a directory that the setup wizard created,
theuninstallation program does not delete thatdirectory. Youmust remove
anyremaining components yourself.
Toreinstall the hardware and software, refer to Chapter 2, PCI Serial
Hardware Installation, Verification, and Configuration.
Windows NT
Uninstall the Hardware
Before you physically removethe serial hardware from your system, you
must removethe hardware information. To do so, complete the following
steps:
1. LoginasAdministratoror as a user wh o has Administrator
privileges.
2. SelectStart»Set tings»ControlPanel and double-click on the
niports icon.
3. From the Portslist, select t he port of the board you want to uninstall,
asshown in Figure C-3.
FigureC-3. Selecting an Interface to Uninstall