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windows\temp\direct.b1
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Posted by Rosi
(33 messages posted)
I want to bang my head of the wall
In my devise manager I have 2 ! marks one is for PCI multimedia driver and one is
for pci universal usb. When I try to updated it it states that I need to download
windows\temp\direct.b1 however it is not letting me download it. Here is what I
get
Do you want to install and run
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\direct.b1
The publisher cannot be determined due to problems below.
The object to be verified is unknown to the Trust Provider.
I click yes and it will not install, how can I install that file so I can have this
computer running correctly? Please help
Rosi
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re: windows\temp\direct.b1
Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
It's obvious that you made an effort, but here's how your post looks:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1250989097
The first 2 paragraphs here are worth reading:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1217046552
Rosi wrote:
|In my [device] manager I have 2 ! marks
|one is for PCI multimedia driver and one is for pci universal usb.
|When I try to updated it...
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The "Update Driver" button in Windoze is a steaming pile.
Trusting M$ software to make decisions for you leads to disappointments.
In addition, see "vendor support" (below.)
|...it states that I need to download windows\temp\direct.b1
|however it is not letting me download it.
|Here is what I get
|Do you want to install and run C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\direct.b1
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The error message you are getting is gibberish.
\Windows\TEMP\ is a location ON YOUR MACHINE.
There is no reason to "download" something that is *already* local.
direct.b1 is a mechanism of the driver wizard.
The wizard is now talking in circles and is useless to you.
Again: "Update Driver" button == crap
It's time to switch to MANUAL mode.
The easiest way to install a device driver (succesfully)
is to have the driver install file(s) on removable media.
(It's harder for Windoze to screw up a CD.)
Do you have the disks that came with your computer/card(s)?
The 2nd-easiest way to do this
is to go to the device manufacturer's site with your browser
and download the driver from there for your device/model (and your OS).
Again, getting the file(s) onto removable media is best.
Caveat: When dealing with a 10 - 11 year old payware OS,
you often find that vendor support became non-existant long ago.
(Putting your device type into Google sometimes turns up a useful driver site.)
If you don't know what device(s) you have, you need a "SysInfo utility":
cache of http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000017.htm
When you have the the replacement driver's install file(s),
Remove the damaged device driver using Device Manager.
Restart the computer.
Windoze will pitch a fit about a missing driver and offer to reinstall that.
Just point Windoze at the location of the driver; your CD-ROM drive is likely D:
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re: windows\temp\direct.b1
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 2:18 am
Posted by Lee
(172 messages posted)
Someone has written an installation inf file wrongly and pointed the installer to
an improper location for installation files, namely windows\temp\direct.b1. Find
out who makes the widget under Properties of either or both PCI device(s), google
them, and get their installation files for it.
OR remove the offending device and be done with it.
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