I uninstalled a device on accident

I was trying install the setup for Cingular Communication Manager to transfer pics to PC. I think you have to install drivers to go with the program. So I did that. And the drivers didnt install correctly. It didnt fully configure and when USB is hooked up it makes the usual rapid bell ding noise. But about 3 times. Sounded like something was messed up. So I tried to uninstall the drivers. Not sure what to look for I accidentally clicked stop hardware device on something about Sony. Now I cant find it to turn it back on so I can have that hardware device working back again.:?
So 2 questions:

Is there a way to locate it and tell which one I clicked stop on so I can turn it back on?
Also how do I uninstall the drivers that I think were installed from the Cingular program? Im not sure what the drivers were even called.

BTW I had to reboot my PC since I lost my Safely Remove Hardware icon for good. Even after going to custom notifications and checking "always show". I couldnt get it back. Dont know if I might have lost something as far as when I turned off hardware device.

Please Help. And remember I dont know jack about computers. Step by Step please. Thanks

 

I just realized i typed uninstalled hardware for a topic. lol doesnt make sense. sorry

any suggestions?

 

I clicked on all the plus signs in Device Manager. No red Xs and no ? marks.... now what does that mean. and I see nothing related to Cingular. I uninstalled the software reinstalled and went through the hardware device wizard to install drivers with the Cingular software. Still does the unhealthy bell ding. I have some partial drivers or something installed somehwere. Something is going on and I have to remove it before i can reinstall. It wont let me overwrite it.

 

Nobody else has any help?

 

Rebooting should bring up the detection of the hardware.. if it doesn't try manually detecting new hardware via the device manager.

 

thats a negatory. i didnt back up my system. i had no idea this would happen. when i reboot the safely remove hardware icon in tray comes back. also when looking at the device manager i dont see any drivers associated with cingular. although i really dont know what the driver would be titled as. maybe i didnt download the drivers at all. even though it went halfway through the configuration. is this a possibility? if so then how can i just download the drivers over. i tried it again but it did the same thing. so its either
A) the drivers are partially installed....(if such a thing could happen) and it wont override it.
B) the drivers are NOT installed and something is wrong the cingular program

also on another note. i dont believe i removed any hardware by just pressing stop. because i tested a hardware by rebooting and stopping another device. when i rebooted again that same device i stopped was restored and said to be working properly. which means the initial driver i posted about, that i was afraid of removing, i dont think i removed by just "pressing stop device" then rebooting.

so will a system retore clear this up? then try and install driver from cingular again?

 

System restore, unless he turned it off, will automatically back up days for him... there's no need to "Manually back up his files." Go ahead and give system restore a shot (You can get it through Start--Programs--Accessories--System Tools--System Restore) and it should fix your problem

 

It automatically does it about every 3 days, sometimes more if they install new hardware or if they set it that way. It's a pretty handy tool... i use it allllllll the time where I work, works wonders ;-D