re: Question about 'Troubleshooting Driver Problems'
Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 3:04 am
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Posted by xpuser
(1 messages posted)
That saved me. I am wondering how you found out that tricky solution.
On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 4:51 am, Keith wrote:
>I have found a solution to my problem so hopefully it will help others.
>
>The windows XP error was due to my not having the rights to add the hardware, although
>I was loged in as the administrator (VIP user)
>
>To change permissions I did the following:-
>
>Run Regedit
>
>Start
>Run
> Regedit
>
>expand; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>expand; SYSTEM
>expand; CurrentControlSet
>expand; Enum
>
>highlight; PCI
>
>right click; PCI
>
>select; Permissions
>
>Change the permissions and save
>
>I was then able to re-install the Network Card drivers
>
>Good Luck
>
>
>On Sunday, March 9, 2003 at 5:51 am, Keith wrote:
>
>>I have just had the same problem with a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
>> NIC.
>>
>>Windows XP reports the following error:- "An error occurred during the installation
>>of the device. The data is invalid"
>>
>>I have tried the solution suggested by the Microsoft Knowlege Base Article - 810882.
>>This did not work for me but did relate to an XP upgrade. (mine is installed on
>a
>>new machine).
>>New drivers from the manufacturer have also made no differance.
>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>
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