Windows not allowing ANY updates or driver installs.
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Hello, and I hope you can help me with this. I recently updated my motherboard drivers using a program named Driver Detective. I had used this before, and without any problems, but this time, I had some serious ones. My first attempts to update resulted in my computer only semi starting; it would get to the Windows loading screen with the scrolling bar, then go black.
I managed to get Windows running again after some trouble and working with the Windows CD, but ever since then Windows has been acting oddly. It recognizes but is unable to load my wireless keyboard and mouse, claiming a fatal error loading the drivers. It also keeps running Windows Update, but is unable to actually perform any of the updates, stating they were unable to be loaded. I'm also having some trouble with the drivers for my network, notably the Wan Miniport (IP) and Packet Scheduler Miniport #5.
All of these problems seem to hinge on Windows having some kind of trouble loading drivers or updates. The computer has been working fine otherwise, giving me no undue problems. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what might be causing this, and what can be done to fix it? Previous searches into the subject seem to suggest a corrupted file, but I don't feel safe rooting around in sensitive files without some directions.
Re: Windows not allowing ANY updates or driver installs.
I had a similar issue with Windows Update on a customer PC the other day. The fix I got from Microsoft was long, but it worked. Here's what I had to do:
Re: Windows not allowing ANY updates or driver installs.
You can rename the files anything, you are just trying to prevent windows from using the old data. The .bat file can be named anything, and yes, all you have to do is create a text doc and save it as a .bat. Then you can execute it from the cmd promt or just by double-clicking it.
Hello,and I hope you can help me with this. I recently updated my motherboard drivers using a program named Driver Detective. I had used this before, and without any problems, but this time, I had some serious ones. My first attempts to update resulted in my computer only semi starting; it would get to the Windows loading screen with the scrolling bar, then go black.
I managed to get Windows running again after some trouble and working with the Windows CD, but ever since then Windows has been acting oddly. It recognizes but is unable to load my wireless keyboard and mouse, claiming a fatal error loading the drivers. It also keeps running Windows Update, but is unable to actually perform any of the updates, stating they were unable to be loaded. I'm also having some trouble with the drivers for my network, notably the Wan Miniport (IP) and Packet Scheduler Miniport #5.
All of these problems seem to hinge on Windows having some kind of trouble loading drivers or updates. The computer has been working fine otherwise, giving me no undue problems. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what might be causing this, and what can be done to fix it? Previous searches into the subject seem to suggest a corrupted file, but I don't feel safe rooting around in sensitive files without some directions.
Dracos,
Please tell us which OS(Operating System) are you using?
Did you download this software "Driver Detective" from internet and than installed it in your
computer? It is always preferable to use the Motherboard CD that came along with your Computer when you purchased it from a vendor.
Re: Windows not allowing ANY updates or driver installs.
My OS should be listed in my system profile, but it's Windows XP Professional, Service pack 2.
The system was built, so the motherboard came separate from the rest.
And Driver Detective was downloaded from online after the computer was assembled. The problem with the program, as far as I've been able to determine is that it refers you to install different drivers for things that all run under the same driver, which causes conflicts. At least that seems to be the trouble. As I said, I used it a few times to see if any of my drivers were in need of updating, and it worked fine; this happened when I tried to use it to update drivers for the more critical parts of my computer.
I would never actually use it now other than as an indicator of a driver being out of date, so I knew to go look for a newer version.
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