Converting an RTX Device to a Windows Device

RTX provides a method for converting an RTX device back to a Windows device.

To give control of an RTX device back to Windows:

Open the RTX Properties Control Panel.
On the Hardware tab, click the Settings button under RTX devices. You'll see a list of the current Plug and Play devices on your system. If Show filtered list is checked, only the most common devices are displayed; if it is unchecked, all devices are displayed. To update the device information, click the Refresh button.
Right-click the device to convert back to Windows, then click Remove RTX INF Support.
Click Apply. RTX automatically edits the RtxPnp.inf file to no longer support this device.
Click Device Manager to display the Windows Device Manager.
On Windows 7:

Expand RTX Drivers, right-click the device you removed RTX INF support from in step 3 and then click Uninstall. If asked to confirm the uninstall, click Yes.
From the Action pull-down menu, choose Scan for hardware changes.

The driver now appears under the appropriate category in the Device Manager window; it no longer appears under RTX drivers.

The changes may take several seconds to occur and the screen may refresh. If changes don't appear, you may need to reboot your system to ensure changes are complete.

Hints and Tips

Windows 7 Device Files

On Windows 7, when a device is installed, the following files are created:

oem<SEQ>.inf
oem<SEQ>.PNP

Where <SEQ> is the next sequence number.

These files, also created when a device is converted from Windows to RTX use, describe driver information for the device. To see all of the files used as driver options for Windows 7, type the command:

pnputil.exe -e

Example

As an example, after converting a network interface card for RTX use, the pnputil command might return the following results:

C:\Windows\inf>pnputil -e
Microsoft PnP Utility
   .
   .
   .
Published name :            oem5.inf
Driver package provider :   IntervalZero, Inc.
Class :                     Rtx Drivers
Driver date and version :   09/01/2008 9.0.0.0
Signer name :

When a device is removed from RTX use, and returned to Windows control, these files are not automatically removed. To gracefully remove the files, use the command:

pnputil -d oem<SEQ>.inf

Where <SEQ> is the sequence number of the .inf and .PNP files you wish to remove.

If you choose not to remove these files, then the next time you convert a file from Windows to RTX use, multiple driver options will appear when selecting a driver during device installation.