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re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 3:45 am Posted by Jurgster (3 messages posted) the install process of windows involves only the win folder of the cd. the remainder of the cd is just extras provided by MS like a demo and drivers. after installation of windows it will be required 2 install drivers that are needed by yr system that are not supported by install.if all driver were 2 be installed during setup u could be lookin at a takeup of .5 - 1GB in hardspace with useless PNP drv´s. tell me if im wrong pro´s. Jurgster_is@hotmail.com On Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 2:03 am, Tom Adams wrote: >I have a question about Troubleshooting >Driver Problems: >In the Device Manager, clicking on a device, then properties--drivers, shows a list >of driver files. Some file names are in parenthesis. A friend showed me that these >drivers have not been installed but can be extracted from the Win98 CDROM into windows/system >folder and the parenthesis disappears. Further, the files can then be found to be >in place using the FIND process in the Start menu. My question is twofold: Why >don't the drivers get installed to begin with? And should this be messed with if >there is no problem? I went through the entire Device Manager and "corrected" all >the .vxd and .dll files which were in parenthesis and see no difference, unless >that is why my system hangs frequently. I plan to do a complete reinstallation to >correct some bugs but cannot find any reference to the drivers having parenthesis >around them. Any help would be great. Thanks from a Newbie. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 4:09 am Posted by Bobstur (2225 messages posted) The fact of the matter is that all those drivers in parentheses have been installed. They are shown in parentheses to indicate they were built into the file VMM32.VXD when Windows was first installed. In fact, every computer's VMM32.VXD file is unique to that particular computer. Your friend doesn't know what he's talking about. Bob Sturtevant  http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/ Please reply in the forum and let us know. [Reply or follow-up to this message] if it aint broke don't fix it... Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 4:31 am Posted by Colin (190 messages posted) Have you a particular problem you were trying to resolve, or were you just bored one day? > >And should this be messed with if >there is no problem? I went through the entire Device Manager and "corrected" all >the .vxd and .dll files which were in parenthesis and see no difference, unless >that is why my system hangs frequently. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems' Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 2:48 pm Posted by Tom Adams (2 messages posted) Thanks to all. Your answers help me and, hopefully, others to understand the way things work. Colin, I wasn't really that bored, I'm just trying to make most of my mistakes before I do a complete makeover on a very fussy PC. 1st mistake was buying it from someone who "gave" me all his software installed. I'm now trying to get a clean system. Slow but sure, I'm getting there. Again, Thanks. Tom [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: if it aint broke don't fix it... Friday, January 31, 2003 at 3:58 pm Posted by darlene (1 messages posted) Colin, I followed your old message about driver problems I have been having an intermittent print problem since I loaded MS's service packs for my Win98 system. I've deleted and readded my printer (HP laserjet 4L) several times. Under "system info, components, problem devices" it doesn't show any (but it did earlier, before the readd of the printer). Under "system info, components, printer" it says that GENDRV.DLL is not installed. I don't know if this always was there, but I can't find a source for this driver. I've tried HP's site and MS's site. This is maddening. I can't print anything. Appreciate any help. On Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 4:31 am, Colin wrote: >Have you a particular problem you were trying to resolve, or were you just bored >one day? > > >And should this be messed with if >there is no problem? I went through the entire Device Manager and "corrected" all >the .vxd and .dll files which were in parenthesis and see no difference, unless >that is why my system hangs frequently. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: if it aint broke don't fix it... Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 12:32 pm Posted by Donald (2 messages posted) THIS IS NOT REALLY A REPLY. I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DID YOU EVER FIND IT. AND IF SO WHERE. I WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. On Friday, January 31, 2003 at 3:58 pm, darlene wrote: >Colin, I followed your old message about driver problems > >I have been having an intermittent print problem since I loaded MS's service packs >for my Win98 system. I've deleted and readded my printer (HP laserjet 4L) several >times. > >Under "system info, components, problem devices" it doesn't show any (but it did >earlier, before the readd of the printer). Under "system info, components, printer" >it says that GENDRV.DLL is not installed. I don't know if this always was there, >but I can't find a source for this driver. I've tried HP's site and MS's site. >This is maddening. I can't print anything. Appreciate any help. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum