Problem with Win2k video driver install

Has anyone else ever had the problem when trying to update Geforce drivers (or any other boards) that at the end of the install it says An error occured during the installation of the driver,The system could not find the file specified, and then the driver works until you reboot? Also, the video card shows up in de ...

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by halen, 2001-01-23 15:07

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halen

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#37858

2001-01-23 16:07

Has anyone else ever had the problem when trying to update Geforce drivers (or any other boards) that at the end of the install it says "An error occured during the installation of the driver,""The system could not find the file specified," and then the driver works until you reboot? Also, the video card shows up in device manager with a yellow exclamation mark, and so does the monitor for that matter. Thanks, DMA

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LoW_beta

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#37859

2001-01-23 19:53

Happened to me a bunch of times. I don't think it's NVIDIA specific since it also happened when I tried to upgrade drivers for a 3Com NIC card. It always seems to occur after applying Service Pack 1. Sucks that the only quick fix is reformatting.

halen

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#37860

2001-01-23 20:22

True, it seems that it doesn't just apply to one driver type. I have the feeling that if I wanted to update any of the drivers I would have this issue. Should I make the jump to Whistler Beta 1, or should I just reinstall Win2k? Anyone?

LoW_beta

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#37861

2001-01-23 22:54

Reformat. Load all the up to date drivers, updates,etc then once you know it's running smooth apply Service Pack 1. I tried and tried to duplicate this without SP1/SP2 installed but it never happens. Guess it might be an issue that cropped up in the SP.

My 2 cents.

lexluthor

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#37862

2001-01-26 14:58

i have found an intermittent problem with w2k regarding permissions. wasnt fxed with sp1. microsoft support is working on the problem. this has caused the same problems for me as u are describing.

redo all permissions on your drives/folders.
i have had permissions change so that the top admin login doesnt have ANY permissions to certain folders. i eventually had to steal "ownership" on all hd's and redo user permissions

halen

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#37863

2001-01-26 19:54

Ok, I'll give that a try and see what happens. I'll post my results.

Thanks

DMA

halen

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#37864

2001-01-27 04:08

Oops, except I realized that all my drives use FAT32 currently, therefore permissions is not the problem.

halen

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#37865

2001-01-27 07:04

Well, a reinstall of SP1 and an install of DX8a allowed me to finally update the drivers successfully. I tried using the newest Leadtek drivers that conincide with Nvidias 6.66 reference drivers, but they wouldn't allow me to use the 1152x864 mode so I went to the WHQL 6.62 drivers which work ok.