re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device
Thursday, July 31, 2003 at 4:33 pm
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Posted by Milos
(4 messages posted)
Thank you ! Thank You! Thank You! when my motherboard died and I had to change It
for newer one, XP got crazy and I could not install any of the PCI bridges, devices....
Do you know if there is somewhere documentation what the permissions suppose to be?
Except Bill's drawer ...
Thank you again
Milos
On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 11:28 am, Lord Fog wrote:
>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.
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