re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device Monday, November 10, 2008 at 6:03 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by James Anoviejo (1 messages posted) Dear Lord Fog, I have the same exact problem, but it's whenever I try plugging in a USB storage device. Some work. Most do not. I tried your fix but instead of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ENUM\PCI" I tried "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ENUM\USBSTOR". I set all the "Disk&Ven_" to Full Access, restarted (running XP) and I'm still getting the error. Any other suggestions? Much appreciated. 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. Written in response to: re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device (Lord Fog: Friday, December 21, 2001 at 11:28 am) Responses to this message: re: Data is invalid - can't install device (Chris Raisin: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:27 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