re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device Friday, December 21, 2001 at 11:28 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Lord Fog (1 messages posted) Here is the solution for this issue, it worked perfectly for me : Why do I get the message "data is invalid" when installing a device driver? This error appears to be due to a protection problem in the Windows registry and can occur with a variety of drivers (sound cards and SCSI drivers have been reported). To fix this problem, go to Start, Run... and type "regedit" without the quotes to run the Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ENUM\PCI and you will see a number of keys of the form "VEN_xxxx", where xxxx are strings like "1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_00011103&REV_04". Under each of these folders will be another folder with a long numerical name. Open each folder and look for the "DeviceDesc" which matches the hardware you are trying to install. Right Click on the "VEN_xxxx" for that device and select 'Permissions' and then tick "Allow" for "Full Control". Close Regedit and then continue with the installation of your device. Written in response to: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Invalid!: Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 1:46 pm) Responses to this message: re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Tim: Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 10:50 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (DaveMac: Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 12:57 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Onceler: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 3:35 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Andrei Sharko: Friday, February 7, 2003 at 1:45 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (mick: Friday, March 28, 2003 at 12:39 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Milos: Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 4:33 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Lodewijk: Friday, September 19, 2003 at 11:47 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (James Anoviejo: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 6:03 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Invalid!: Thu, Nov 8, 2001, 1:46 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Ricky Tan: Thu, Nov 8, 2001, 5:35 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (blujay: Sun, Dec 16, 2001, 3:23 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Lord Fog: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 11:28 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Tim: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 10:50 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (DaveMac: Thu, Mar 28, 2002, 12:57 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Onceler: Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 3:35 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Andrei Sharko: Fri, Feb 7, 2003, 1:45 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (mick: Fri, Mar 28, 2003, 12:39 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Milos: Thu, Jul 31, 2003, 4:33 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Lodewijk: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 11:47 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (James Anoviejo: Mon, Nov 10, 2008, 6:03 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install device (Chris Raisin: Thu, Nov 5, 2009, 9:27 am) data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (leperMessiah: Mon, Mar 4, 2002, 8:34 pm) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (seasdale: Thu, Mar 7, 2002, 1:43 am) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (ion: Tue, Sep 16, 2003, 11:52 pm) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (lancasts: Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 2:46 am) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (Edward Gold: Tue, Mar 12, 2002, 4:00 am) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (Michael Jackson: Wed, Mar 13, 2002, 9:07 am) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (angela morgan: Tue, Jun 18, 2002, 10:57 pm) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (obithrice: Thu, Apr 24, 2003, 4:56 pm) re: data is invalid - answer is here for win2k (Canada Jim: Sat, Oct 4, 2003, 9:59 am) data is invalid: XP Reinstall fixed the problem. (Bill Bevan: Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 4:28 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Obie: Sun, Mar 24, 2002, 5:31 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Eddie Wang: Thu, Apr 11, 2002, 12:59 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Barry: Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 6:44 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Jeff: Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 8:54 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (duong: Wed, Apr 2, 2003, 9:21 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Allan Carhart: Sun, May 4, 2003, 5:11 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (flashaustin: Thu, May 15, 2003, 6:00 pm) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Ray: Mon, May 19, 2003, 1:49 am) re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Pat: Thu, Aug 7, 2003, 7:21 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum