SP2 Losing Drivers

[Rusty54]

After installing drivers fir the misi yoke program, SP2 says the drivers
are installed and I must reboot. However, after rebooting the druvers are
not installed.

Having SP2 lose drivers is a common occurance. I often have to remove
USB devices and out them back it because SP2 lost the driver

Mark

[Malke]

Rusty54 wrote:

> After installing drivers fir the misi yoke program, SP2 says the
> drivers
> are installed and I must reboot. However, after rebooting the druvers
> are not installed.
>
> Having SP2 lose drivers is a common occurance. I often have to
> remove
> USB devices and out them back it because SP2 lost the driver
>
> Mark

Usually when this happens it means you have some hardware component
failing. On a healthy system, XP doesn't lose drivers. Do some hardware
testing, as follows:

1) Open the computer and run it open, cleaning out all dust bunnies and
observing all fans (overheating will cause system freezing). Obviously
you can't do this with a laptop, but you can hear if the fan is running
and feel if the laptop is getting too hot.

2) Test the RAM - I like Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org - let the test
run for an extended (like overnight) period of time - unless errors are
seen immediately.

3) Test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from the mftr.

4) The power supply may be going bad or be inadequate for the devices
you have in the system - this isn't applicable to a laptop, of course.

5) Test the motherboard with something like TuffTest from
www.tufftest.com.

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a good local
computer repair shop (not a CompUSA or Best Buy type of store).

Malke
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