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Driver is Invalid error - additional possibilities to check?
How do you get into the BIOS on the XP
-----Original Message----- I've read a number of past posts where people got the "Driver is invalid" message with Windows XP when trying to install a driver, and have been through Google (and other) searches that turned up information on registry permission problems and reseting the driver.cab file (e.g. at http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2567, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;810882, and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810509). However, none of those seem to work for my particular case, so I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on other possibilities. The exact error message received is: Cannot install this hardware. There was a problem installing this hardwa Media An error occurred during the installation of this device. The data is invalid Sometimes instead of "Media" above, it gives the specific driver name I'm trying to install (either the MOTU PCI GSIF driver or the MOTU PCI Wave Driver, for an MOTU PCI Audio device where the basic driver installs and works fine in ASIO mode, but these additional driver protocols, which seem to ride on top of the base driver won't install properly). I should note that things were working just fine until a couple of weeks back, when I did a system disk replacement (by backing up files and system state information with NTBACKUP, then installing the OS, which is WinXP Home here, installing SP1, then restoring the files and system state information) for the purposes of gaining more disk space. Most everything else on the system seems to be working fine, but there is the problem with installing these specific drivers. While it is possible there may indeed be a registry permissions issue involved, it may be that the multiple parts of the MOTU driver make this a more complex issue than a similar problem with, say, an Ethernet adapter or video card. One suspicion on this is that there may be some other part of the registry beyond the PCI section of the hardware enumeration section that comes into play. In fact, I noted that an MotuAW section gets added into the hardware enumeration area, and seems to be the place where the GSIF and Wave drivers would go, so I tried a similar thing with permissions on that thread, but that also did not seem to make a difference. But perhaps there are still more areas that come into play? In my research on this issue, I also learned that attempts at installing a device create entries in a file called C:\Windows\setupapi.log. What appears to be the lines corresponding to my most recent attempt to install the GSIF driver are as follows: [2003/05/15 00:25:35 748.201] #-198 Command line processed: "C:\WINDOWS\System32 \mmc.exe" C:\WINDOWS\system32\devmgmt.msc /s #I060 Set selected driver. #-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): motuaw\mawgsif #I022 Found "MotuAW\MAWGSIF" in C:\WINDOWS\inf\mawgsif.inf; Device: "MOTU PCI GSIF Driver"; Driver: "MOTU PCI GSIF Driver"; Provider: "Mark of the Unicorn"; Mfg: "Mark of the Unicorn"; Section name: "DriverInstall". #I087 Driver node not trusted, rank changed from 0x00000000 to 0x00008000. #I023 Actual install section: [DriverInstall.NT]. Rank: 0x00008000. Effective driver date: 01/01/1601. #-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): motuaw\mawgsif #-124 Doing copy-only install of "MOTUAW\MAWGSIF\0000". #W334 Failed to verify catalog when scanning file queue. Error 1168: Element not found. #E366 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "c:\windows\inf\mawgsif.inf" for driver "MOTU PCI GSIF Driver" will be installed (Policy=Warn, user said ok). Error 1168: Element not found. #W187 Install failed, attempting to restore original files. #E362 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "c:\windows\inf\mawgsif.inf" for driver "MOTU PCI GSIF Driver" will be installed (Policy=Warn). Error 1168: Element not found. #W187 Install failed, attempting to restore original files. #-188 Restoring File: "C:\WINDOWS\system32 \drivers\portcls.sys" from "C:\WINDOWS\Temp\OLD7.tmp". #E243 Exemption obtained for protected system file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\portcls.sys". #-188 Restoring File: "C:\WINDOWS\system32 \drivers\stream.sys" from "C:\WINDOWS\Temp\OLD4.tmp". #E243 Exemption obtained for protected system file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\stream.sys". #I060 Set selected driver. #I125 Installing NULL driver for "MOTUAW\MAWGSIF\0000". #I121 Device install of "MOTUAW\MAWGSIF\0000" finished successfully. I am particularly wondering about the lines that include the message, "Error 1168: Element not found." Those seem to come at the point where some kind of failure is detected, but it isn't clear to me what specifically is failing there, and the searches I did on the net didn't seem to turn up anything useful. That is really all I know with respect to the symptoms and the little I know of the actual problem. If anyone has any ideas on other things to try, I'd greatly appreciate them as I am mostly out of ideas at the moment. Rick -- ========================================== Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Lake Forest, California E-mail: Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~rickpaul MP3s: http://rickpaul.iuma.com "Ho Ho Ho Spice" (benefit Christmas CD for HOSPICE): http://www.cdbaby.com/hohohospice ========================================== . |
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... : How do you get into the BIOS on the XP I'm not sure I understand the relevance of the question, but I think the answer is you don't get into the BIOS under XP, but rather under whichever motherboard you are using. On mine (IWILL KK266plus), it is simply hitting the DEL key at a certain point early in the bootup sequence. Different motherboards may use different key sequences to do that. Rick -- ========================================== Rick Paul Closet Cowboy Music (ASCAP) Lake Forest, California E-mail: Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~rickpaul MP3s: http://rickpaul.iuma.com "Ho Ho Ho Spice" (benefit Christmas CD for HOSPICE): http://www.cdbaby.com/hohohospice ========================================== |
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