Plug and play wants to install device already installed

>-----Original Message-----
>I just converted from Windows 98SE to XP Professional.
>All my hardware devices are now operating, some with new
>drivers.
>
>Each time I boot into XP, it wants to install an Agfa
>(Studio Star) scanner with a SCSI connection that is
>working properly. Each cancellation of the request to
>install, results in another request...up to 6 before XP
>stops asking.
>
>The device manager shows multiple connections to the

>device, some of which I cannot delete, ("uninstall").
>
>The scanner continues to work OK through all of this
>annoyance.
>
>If there is no solution, is there a way to manually
>(temporarily) disable plug and play?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Allen
>
>.
>You can disable plug and play (not to be confused with