Slimming Down Windows Xp Part 8: Unnecessary Drivers Options

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Slimming Down Windows XP: The Complete Guide PART 8

Unnecessary Drivers


Many drivers are universal on all XP systems, but every XP system setup needs different drivers.

Some drivers are there because of third-party programs we have installed. Some drivers are there because of the particular hardware on our system. Everybody is going to have something different installed, and system hardware completely different than the next person. So I can't tell you which drivers you personally need. I only know the drivers my system needs.

I can however point you in the right direction to finding out which drivers your system doesn't need...

Look inside the Layout.ini file within C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. Here you can see listed the drivers which are potentially important to your system. It is a safe place to begin when deleting drivers. Because you can delete any file NOT LISTED in your Layout.ini file, including drivers, and your system will at least still reboot to Windows.

This isn't meant to imply that you can just simply delete any file not listed in your Layout.ini file because your system doesn't need those particular files. It means only this: you will at least be able to reboot your computer to Windows even if you delete every file not listed in the Layout.ini file. It doesn't mean that you won't be experiencing problems because of deleting some of those files not listed in the Layout.ini file. This would be a pretty simple guide if that was the case.

A WORD OF CAUTION about this Layout.ini trick: All your essential drivers may or may not be listed in your Layout.ini file.

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To make things simple for myself, I delete all my drivers from the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers here in PART 8 all at one time.

You may notice that many of the drivers listed below are also listed in other parts of the guide under a particular feature. For example, nmnt.sys...(Netmon NT Driver) is also listed in PART 10 under Network Monitor, the feature it belongs to. So next to the nmnt.sys listing below, I placed Also see PART 10 under Network Monitor. I did this so you would have a better understanding what each driver I delete here in PART 8 is used for, to help you make better decisions about whether to keep or remove them. If you happen to keep Network Monitor installed on your system, I doubt if you will want to delete nmnt.sys.

Some drivers listed below do not have corresponding features in other parts of the guide. Others that don't should, but I haven't as yet included them.

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One additional thing I do here in PART 8: in Device Manager I either disable (where applicable) or uninstall (where applicable) any device that corresponds to the drivers I remove.

We'll get to that below, after we delete these drivers.

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These Drivers are not listed in my Layout.ini file so I delete them:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

acpiec.sys......ACPI Embedded Controller Driver
amdk6.sys.......Processor Device Driver
amdk7.sys.......Processor Device Driver

arp1394.sys.....(IP/1394 Arp Client). Used with IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Devices. The IEEE 1394 standard defines a high speed serial interface that can be used to connect peripheral devices, for example, printers, scanners, and cameras, to your computer. To use all the capabilities of the IEEE 1394 standard, your computer must have an IEEE 1394 adapter installed. If your computer has a FireWire adapter, the adapter is IEEE 1394 compatible.

asyncmac.sys....MS Remote Access serial network driver
atmarpc.sys.....(IP/ATM Arp Client). Also see PART 10 under Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

atmepvc.sys.....(ATM Ethernet Encapsulation Intermediate Driver). Also see PART 10 under Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

atmlane.sys.....(ATM Lan Emulation Driver). Also see PART 10 under Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).
atmuni.sys......(ATM UNI Call Manager). Also see PART 10 under Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

bridge.sys......MAC Bridge Driver

cbidf2k.sys.....CardBus/PCMCIA IDE Miniport Driver
cinemst2.sys....CineMaster C 1.2 WDM Main Driver
cpqdap01.sys....Compaq PA-1 Player Driver
crusoe.sys......Processor Device Driver

cxthsfS2.cty....(Windows Modem Setup File). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).

diskdump.sys....Crash Dump Disk Driver
dmboot.sys......NT Disk Manager Startup Driver
dmio.sys........NT Disk Manager I/O Driver
dmload.sys......NT Disk Manager Startup Driver

fastfat.sys.....Fast FAT File System Driver
fdc.sys.........(Floppy Disk Controller Driver). Also see PART 9 under Floppy Disk Drive.
flpydisk.sys....(Floppy Driver). Also see PART 9 under Floppy Disk Drive.
fsvga.sys.......Full Screen Video Driver

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gm.dls..........Microsoft Interactive Music Control

Per Microsoft:

Microsoft Interactive Music Control is an optional Internet Explorer component that you can use to create Web pages that play music, and to listen to those pages. To install the control:

Install the control from the Internet Explorer 4.0 Component Download Web page. To do so, click Product Updates on the Help menu in Internet Explorer.

When you install the control, the Gm.dls file is placed in the Multimedia Files\Music\Interactive Music folder.

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gmreadme.txt....Rolands Corporation copyright statement to the gm.dls

hidclass.sys....Hid Class Library
hidparse.sys....Hid Parsing Library
HSFBS2S2.sys....(HSF_HWB2 WDM driver). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).
HSFCXTS2.sys....(HSF_CNXT driver). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).
HSFDPSP2.sys....(HSF_DP driver). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).
http.sys........HTTP Protocol Stack

imagedrv.sys....NERO IMAGEDRIVE SCSI miniport
imagesrv.sys....Nero Image Server
ip6fw.sys.......(IPv6 Windows Firewall Driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
ipfltdrv.sys....(IP FILTER DRIVER). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

ipinip.sys......(IP in IP Encapsulation Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

ipnat.sys.......(IP Network Address Translator). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

irenum.sys......(Infra-Red Bus Enumerator). Also see PART 2 under Wireless Zero Configuration.

mcd.sys.........Medium changer class driver
mdmxsdk.sys.....(Diagnostic Interface DRIVER). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).
mf.sys..........Multifunction Enumerator
modem.sys.......(Modem Device Driver). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).
mrxdav.sys......(Windows NT WebDav Minirdr). Also see PART 2 under WebClient and PART 9 under WebFldrs XP.
mrxsmb.sys......(Windows NT WebDav Minirdr). Also see PART 2 under WebClient and PART 9 under WebFldrs XP.
MSKSSRV.sys.....MS KS Server
MSPCLOCK.sys....MS Proxy Clock
MSPQM.sys.......MS Proxy Quality Manager

ndisuio.sys.....NDIS User mode I/O Driver
netbios.sys.....NetBIOS interface driver

nic1394.sys.....(IEEE1394 Ndis Miniport and Call Manager). Used with IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Devices. The IEEE 1394 standard defines a high speed serial interface that can be used to connect peripheral devices, for example, printers, scanners, and cameras, to your computer. To use all the capabilities of the IEEE 1394 standard, your computer must have an IEEE 1394 adapter installed. If your computer has a FireWire adapter, the adapter is IEEE 1394 compatible.

nikedrv.sys.....(NikeDrv Usb Driver). Also see PART 9 under Windows Portable Media Devices.
nmnt.sys........(Netmon NT Driver). Also see PART 10 under Network Monitor.

nwlnkflt.sys....(NWLINK2 Traffic Filter Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

nwlnkfwd.sys....(NWLINK2 Forwarder Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

nwlnkipx.sys....(NWLINK2 IPX Protocol Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

nwlnknb.sys.....(NWLINK2 IPX Netbios Protocol Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

nwlnkspx.sys....(NWLINK2 SPX Protocol Driver). Also see PART 2 under Routing and Remote Access (Dial-up Server for Windows).

oprghdlr.sys....ACPI Operation Registration Driver

p3.sys..........Processor Device Driver
pcmcia.sys......PCMCIA Bus Driver
processr.sys....Processor Device Driver
psched.sys......MS QoS Packet Scheduler

rawwan.sys......Raw WAN Transport
rdbss.sys.......Redirected Drive Buffering SubSystem Driver
rdpcdd.sys......(RDP Miniport). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).
rdpdr.sys.......(Microsoft RDP Device redirector). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).

rdpwd.sys.......RDP Terminal Stack Driver (US/Canada Only, Not for Export). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).

rio8drv.sys.....(Rio8Drv.sys Usb Driver). Also see PART 9 under Windows Portable Media Devices.
riodrv.sys......(RioDrv Usb Driver). Also see PART 9 under Windows Portable Media Devices.
RMCast.sys......Reliable Multicast Transport
rndismp.sys.....Remote NDIS Miniport
rootmdm.sys.....(Legacy Non-Pnp Modem Device Driver). Also see PART 9 under Modem (SoftV92 Data Fax Modem).

scsiport.sys....SCSI Port Driver
sdbus.sys.......SecureDigital Bus Driver
secdrv.sys......System file
sffdisk.sys.....Small Form Factor Disk Driver
sffp_sd.sys.....Small Form Factor SD Protocol Driver
smclib.sys......Smard Card Driver Library
sonydcam.sys....(1394 Desktop Camera Driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
sr.sys..........(System Restore Filesystem Filter Driver). Also see PART 2 under System Restore Service
srv.sys.........Server driver
stream.sys......(WDM CODEC Class Device Driver 2.0). Realtek AC'97 asks for this file when installing audio drivers.

tape.sys........SCSI Tape Class Driver
tcpip6.sys......(IPv6 driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
tdpipe.sys......(Named Pipe Transport Driver). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).
tdtcp.sys.......(TCP Transport Driver). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).
termdd.sys......(Terminal Server Driver). Also see PART 2 under Terminal Services (Terminal Services Core).
tosdvd.sys......TOSHIBA DVD Stream Minidriver
tsbvcap.sys.....WDM Toshiba Tecra Video Capture Driver
tunmp.sys.......Microsoft Tunnel Interface Driver

usb8023.sys.....Remote NDIS USB Driver
usbcamd.sys.....(Universal Serial Bus Camera Driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
usbcamd2.sys....(Universal Serial Bus Camera Driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
usbintel.sys....(Universal Serial Bus Camera Driver). Also see PART 2 under Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).

vdmindvd.sys....CineMaster C WDM DVD Minidriver

wpdusb.sys......(WPD USB Driver). Also see PART 9 under Windows Portable Media Devices.
ws2ifsl.sys.....Winsock2 IFS Layer

WudfPf.sys......(Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Platform Driver). Installed by Windows Media Player 11. Also see PART 2 under Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework.

WudfRd.sys......(Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Reflector). Installed by Windows Media Player 11. Also see PART 2 under Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework.

The Windows Media Player 11 installation creates this subfolder in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers:
Also see PART 9 under Windows Portable Media Devices.

umdf

The umdf subfolder contains these files:

MsftWdf_user_01_00_00.Wdf
wpdmtpdr.dll....Windows Portable Device Media Transfer Protocol Driver

I delete the umdf folder and its contents.

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Additional Drivers I Remove:

Although these drivers are listed in my Layout.ini file, I find I can remove them without problems.

audstub.sys.....AudStub Driver

beep.sys........BEEP Driver

cdaudio.sys.....(CD-ROM Audio Filter Driver).

fltMgr.sys......Microsoft Filesystem Filter Manager

mnmdd.sys.......(Frame buffer simulator). Belongs to NetMeeting. See C:\Program Files\Netmeeting in PART 4, and also Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing in PART 2.

msgpc.sys.......MS General Packet Classifier
mssmbios.sys....System Management BIOS Driver

mup.sys.........(Multiple UNC Provider driver). The Universal Naming Convention (UNC) specifies a common syntax for accessing network resources, such as shared folders and printers. MUP Stands for Multiple Universal Naming Convention Provider. Novell NetWare is a network operating system (NOS) software. mup.sys is used specifically when connecting as a client to a Novell server.

ndistapi.sys....NDIS 3.0 connection wrapper driver
ndiswan.sys.....MS PPP Framing Driver (Strong Encryption)
null.sys........NULL Driver

parport.sys.....Parallel Port Driver
ptilink.sys.....Parallel Technologies DirectParallel IO Library

rasacd.sys......RAS Automatic Connection Driver
rasl2tp.sys.....RAS L2TP mini-port/call-manager driver
raspppoe.sys....RAS PPPoE mini-port/call-manager driver
raspptp.sys.....Peer-to-Peer Tunneling Protocol
raspti.sys......PTI DirectParallel® mini-port/call-manager driver

RTL8139.sys.....(Realtek RTL8139 NDIS 5.0 Driver). I assume this is an old Realtek Ethernet NIC driver before being updating to Rtnicxp.sys.....(Realtek 10/100/1000 NDIS 5.1 Driver).

serenum.sys.....Serial Port Enumerator
serial.sys......Serial Device Driver
sfloppy.sys.....SCSI Floppy Driver

update.sys......Update Driver

wanarp.sys......MS Remote Access and Routing ARP Driver

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Deleting drivers sure can leave behind a mess to clean up. I'll show you what I do and hopefully it will help you.

First I run this reg tweak to "Show Hidden Devices In Device Manager." With the Hardware Device Manager open, I can then click "View" and select "Show hidden devices," and all hidden devices will also appear.

CODE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Show Hidden Devices In Device Manager
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]

"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"="1"

Then I head to the Hardware Device Manager.

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Under Floppy disk controllers

Disable Standard floppy disk controller (fdc.sys)

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After you reboot this may or may not show up as a hidden device.

Under Floppy disk drives

Uninstall Floppy disk drive (flpydisk.sys)

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Under Modems

Disable SoftV92 Data Fax Modem (cxthsfS2.cty, HSFBS2S2.sys, HSFCXT.sys, HSFDPSP2.sys, mdmxsdk.sys, Modem.sys)

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Under Network adapters

Disable Direct Parallel (ptilink.sys and raspti.sys)

Disable Wan Miniport (IP) (ndistapi.sys and ndiswan.sys)

Disable WAN Miniport (L2TP) (rasl2p.sys)

Disable WAN Miniport (PPPOE) (ndistapi.sys and raspppoe.sys)

Disable WAN Miniport (PPTP) (ndistapi.sys and raspptp.sys)

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Under Non-Plug and Play Drivers

Uninstall these:

Beep (Beep.sys)

Creative OS Services Driver (ctoss2k.sys) See PART 10 under Creative Live! 24-bit Sound Card Files.

Creative SoundFont Management Device Driver (CTSFM2K.SYS) See PART 10 under Creative Live! 24-bit Sound Card Files.

dmboot (dmboot.sys)

dmload (dmload.sys)

Generic Packet Classifier (msgpc.sys)

HTTP (http.sys)

IP Network Address Translator (ipnat.sys)

mdmxsdk (mdmxsdk.sys)

mnmdd (mnmdd.sys) Belongs to NetMeeting. See C:\Program Files\Netmeeting in PART 4, and also Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing in PART 2.

MUP (mup.sys)

NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol (ndisuio.sys)

Null (null.sys)

RDPCDD (rdpcdd.sys)

Remote Access Auto Connection Driver (rasacd.sys)

Remote Access IP ARP Driver (wanarp.sys)

Remote Access NDIS TAPI Driver (ndistapi.sys)

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Under Other devices

After installing Creative Live! 24-bit Sound Card my system still recognizes Realtek's AC97 Onboard Sound Card.

I Disable Multimedia Audio Controller

I Uninstall any "Unknown device" entries under it.

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Under Ports (COM & LPT)

Disable Communications Port (COM1) (serenum.sys and serial.sys)

Disable Printer Port (LPT) (parport.sys)

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Under Sound, video and game controllers

Uninstall Audio Codecs (audstub.sys)

Uninstall Legacy Audio Drivers (audstub.sys)
Uninstall Legacy Video Capture Devices (audstub.sys)

Uninstall Media Control Devices (audstub.sys)

Uninstall Microsoft Streaming Clock Proxy (MSPCLOCK.sys)
Uninstall Microsoft Streaming Quality Manager Proxy (MSPQM.sys)
Uninstall Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy (MSKSSRV.sys)

Uninstall Video Codecs (audstub.sys)

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Under System Devices

Uninstall Microcode Update Device (update.sys)

Uninstall Microsoft System Management Bios Driver (mssmbios.sys)

Uninstall Terminal Server Keyboard Driver (termdd.sys and kbdclass.sys <--I DO NOT DELETE kbdclass.sys)

Uninstall Terminal Server Mouse Driver (termdd.sys and mouclass.sys <--I DO NOT DELETE mouclass.sys)


After you reboot this may show up as an hidden device under System devices.

Uninstall Printer Port Logical Interface

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At this point I return to Non-Plug and Play Drivers and Uninstall all the entries that pertain to Services I removed in PART 2.

Under Non-Plug and Play Drivers

I Uninstall these:

Application Layer Gateway Service

COM+ Event System
COM+ System Application

Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
DNS Client

Error Reporting Service

Fast User Switching Compatibility

Help and Support

Indexing Service
IPSEC Services

Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network Connections
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
NVIDIA Display Driver Service

Print Spooler
Protected Storage

Remote Access Connection Manager

Secondary Logon
Security Accounts Manager
Security Center
Smart Card
SSDP Discovery Service
System Event Notification
System Restore Service

Task Scheduler
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telephony
Terminal Services

WebClient
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Time
Windows User Mode Driver Framework
Wireless Zero Configuration

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Drivers I Keep


AGP440.SYS.....(440 NT AGP Filter). Needed by Display Adapter.

cdfs.sys.......(CD-ROM File System Driver). Needed by optical drives.
classpnp.sys...(SCSI Class System Dll). <--Needed to boot to Windows.

defrag32.sys...(Defragmentation Support Driver). Belongs to PerfectDisk 6. PerfectDisk 8 installs in its place DefragFs.sys...(Defragmentation Support Driver).

drmk.sys.......(Microsoft Kernel DRM Descrambler Filter). Needed by Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit.
dxapi.sys......(DirectX API Driver). <--Needed to boot to Windows.
dxg.sys........(DirectX Graphics Driver). <--Cannot be deleted manually. Very likely needed to boot to Windows.
dxgthk.sys.....(DirectX Graphics Driver Thunk). <--Needed to boot to Windows.

ks.sys.........(Kernel CSA Library). <--Definitely needed...by lots of stuff.

msfs.sys.......(Mailslot driver) <--Needed by PerfectDisk 2008.

npfs.sys.......(NPFS Driver). <--Needed to boot to Windows.
ntfs.sys.......(NT File System Driver). <--Needed to boot to Windows.

pciidex.sys....(PCI IDE Bus Driver Extension). <--Needed to boot to Windows.
portcls.sys....Port Class (Class Driver for Port/Miniport Devices). Needed by Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit.

tdi.sys........(TDI Wrapper). Needed for Internet Connectivity.
tifsfilt.sys...(TrueImage File System Filter). Belongs to Acronis True Image.

udfs.sys.......(UDF File System Driver). Needed by optical drives.
usbd.sys.......(Universal Serial Bus Driver). Needed by USB Root Hubs.

usbehci.sys....(EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver) Needed by Intel® 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD. Under Universal Serial Bus controllers in Device Manager.

usbport.sys....(USB 1.1 & 2.0 Port Driver). Needed by Universal Serial Bus controllers.

videoprt.sys...(Video Port Driver). <--Needed to boot to Windows.

wmilib.sys.....(WMILIB WMI support library Dll). <--Needed to boot to Windows.


These drivers I keep belong to Devices.

You can see which Device each of these drivers belongs to in the Device Manager. Selecting the Properties of a Device -> under the Drivers tab -> click on Driver Details.

Here I'll list them alphabetically. Below I'll show you which Device in Device Manager each is associated with. A few are associated with more than one Device.

acpi.sys........ACPI Driver for NT
aec.sys.........Microsoft Acoustic Echo Canceller
afd.sys.........Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
AGP440.SYS......440 NT AGP Filter
atapi.sys.......IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
cdrom.sys.......SCSI CD-ROM Driver
defrag32b.sys...Defragmentation Support Driver
disk.sys........PnP Disk Driver
DMusic.sys......Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer
drmkaud.sys.....Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler Filter
fips.sys........FIPS Crypto Driver
fs_rec.sys......File System Recognizer Driver
ftdisk.sys......FT Disk Driver
i8042prt.sys....i8042 Port Driver
imapi.sys.......IMAPI Kernel Driver
intelide.sys ...Intel PCI IDE Driver
intelppm.sys....Processor Device Driver
ipsec.sys.......IPSec Driver
isapnp.sys......PNP ISA Bus Driver
kbdclass.sys....Keyboard Class Driver
kmixer.sys......Kernel Mode Audio Mixer
ksecdd.sys......Kernel Security Support Provider Interface
mouclass.sys....Mouse Class Driver
mountmgr.sys....Mount Manager
netbt.sys.......MBT Transport driver
ndis.sys........NDIS 5.1 wrapper driver
ndproxy.sys.....NDIS Proxy
nv4_mini.sys....NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Miniport Driver, Version 81.95
P17.sys.........WDM Audio Minipor
partmgr.sys.....Partition Manager
parvdm.sys......VDM Parallel Driver
pci.sys.........NT Plug and Play PCI Enumerator
pciide.sys......Generic PCI IDE Bus Driver
pcouffin.sys....low level access layer for CD/DVD/BD devices
redbook.sys.....Redbook Audio Filter Driver
Rtnicxp.sys.....Realtek 10/100/1000 NDIS 5.1 Driver
snapman.sys.....(Acronis Snapshot API
splitter.sys....Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter
swenum.sys......Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
swmidi.sys......Microsoft GS Wavetable Synthesizer
sysaudio.sys....System Audio WDM Filter
tcpip.sys.......TCP/IP Protocol Driver
timntr.sys......TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer
usbhub.sys......Default Hub Driver for USB
usbuhci.sys.....UHCI USB Miniport Driver
vga.sys.........VGA/Super VGA Video Driver
volsnap.sys.....Volume Shadow Copy Driver
wdmaud.sys......MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper

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Under Acronis Devices

Acronis True Image Backup Archive Explorer
timntr.sys......(TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer). Belongs to Acronis True Image.

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Under Disk drives

WDC WD 1200JD-00GBB0
disk.sys........PnP Disk Driver
partmgr.sys.....Partition Manager
snapman.sys.....(Acronis Snapshot API). Belongs to Acronis True Image.

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Under Display adapters

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
nv4_mini.sys....NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Miniport Driver, Version 81.95

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Under DVD/CD-ROM drives

LITE-ON DVD SOHD-16P9S
cdrom.sys.......SCSI CD-ROM Driver
redbook.sys.....Redbook Audio Filter Driver

LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S
cdrom.sys.......SCSI CD-ROM Driver
imapi.sys.......IMAPI Kernel Driver
redbook.sys.....Redbook Audio Filter Driver

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Under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers

Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
pciide.sys......Generic PCI IDE Bus Driver

Primary IDE Channel
atapi.sys.......IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Secondary IDE Channel
atapi.sys.......IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

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Under Keyboards

Standard 101/102-Key Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
i8042prt.sys....i8042 Port Driver
kbdclass.sys....Keyboard Class Driver

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Under Mice and other pointing devices

PS/2 Compatible Mouse
i8042prt.sys....i8042 Port Driver
mouclass.sys....Mouse Class Driver

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Under Network adapters

Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Rtnicxp.sys.....Realtek 10/100/1000 NDIS 5.1 Driver

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Under Non-Plug and Play Drivers

AFD
afd.sys.........Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock

Defrag32Boot
defrag32b.sys...(Defragmentation Support Driver). Belongs to PerfectDisk 6. PerfectDisk 8 installs in its place DefragFs.sys...(Defragmentation Support Driver).

Fips
fips.sys........FIPS Crypto Driver

Fs_Rec
fs_rec.sys......File System Recognizer Driver

IntelIde
intelide.sys ...Intel PCI IDE Driver

IPSec driver
ipsec.sys.......IPSec Driver

ksecdd
ksecdd.sys......Kernel Security Support Provider Interface

mountmgr
mountmgr.sys....Mount Manager

NDIS System Driver
ndis.sys........NDIS 5.1 wrapper driver

NDProxy
ndproxy.sys.....NDIS Proxy

NetBios over Tcpip
netbt.sys.......MBT Transport driver

PartMgr
partmgr.sys.....Partition Manager

ParVdm
parvdm.sys......VDM Parallel Driver

TCP/IP Protocol Driver
tcpip.sys.......TCP/IP Protocol Driver

vga
vga.sys.........VGA/Super VGA Video Driver

VolSnap
volsnap.sys.....Volume Shadow Copy Driver

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Under Processors

Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GNz
intelppm.sys....Processor Device Driver

Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GNz
intelppm.sys....Processor Device Driver

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Under Sound, video and game controllers:

Microsoft Kernel Acoustic Echo Canceller
aec.sys.........Microsoft Acoustic Echo Canceller

Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter
splitter.sys....Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter

Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer
DMusic.sys......Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer

Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler
drmkaud.sys.....Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler Filter

Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer
swmidi.sys......Microsoft GS Wavetable Synthesizer

Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device
sysaudio.sys....System Audio WDM Filter

Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer
kmixer.sys......Kernel Mode Audio Mixer

Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver
wdmaud.sys......MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper

Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
P17.sys.........(WDM Audio Miniport). Creative Technology Ltd.

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Under Storage volumes

Generic volume (Under each Generic volume)
snapman.sys.....(Acronis Snapshot API). Belongs to Acronis True Image.
timntr.sys......(TrueImage Backup Archive Explorer). Belongs to Acronis True Image.
volsnap.sys.....Volume Shadow Copy Driver

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Under System devices

Intel® 82801 PCI Bridge - 242E
pci.sys.........NT Plug and Play PCI Enumerator

Intel® 82801EB LPC Interface Controller - 24D0
isapnp.sys......PNP ISA Bus Driver

Intel® 82865G/PE/P/GV/82848 Processor to AGP Controller - 2571
AGP440.SYS......440 NT AGP Filter
pci.sys.........NT Plug and Play PCI Enumerator

Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
acpi.sys........ACPI Driver for NT

PCI bus
pci.sys.........NT Plug and Play PCI Enumerator

Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
swenum.sys.......Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator

Volume Manager
ftdisk.sys.......FT Disk Driver

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Under Universal Serial Bus controllers

Intel® 8201EB USB Universal Host Controller (Under each Intel® 8201EB USB Universal Host Controller)
usbuhci.sys......UHCI USB Miniport Driver

USB Root Hub (Under each USB Root Hub)
usbhub.sys.......Default Hub Driver for USB

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Under VSO Devices

pcouffin device for 32bits systems
pcouffin.sys....low level access layer for CD/DVD/BD devices

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