here is the problem: when I plug in an USB device, windows will install the driver for the device automaticlly if:
1. the driver comes with the system.
2. the device driver has been installed.
I wanna stop windows installing driver automatically but ask me the location of the driver when I plug in a device every time. How do I do that?
Is there any way in XP to install a device driver manually. I've tried using update driver in the device manager but it tells me I already have the best driver. If I unistall the driver, when I use the add hardware wizard, windows automatically installs its own driver.?
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there are a few programs that automatically start when I start up my computer. Now ive run acrossed it before but now I can't find it and I was wondering how I get those things from automatically starting.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI use earthlink DSL and the offered a clean up system for free (PC finetune) so I tried it because my computer was a little slow. Well, after installing and rebooting up dates came up. I let in automatically install updates. I know 'stupid'. I now have it set to notify me before installing. Anyway, one of the updates was some version on windows explorer. It is always attempting to Install. It doesn't say what what it is installing. I look on the internet and one told me how to find out what it is attempting to install. It came back as "3.1.400.5512" I'm think that is internet explorer 3.1 not sure. It slows my computer, won't let me go online because it interfers with the sign on window pop up.
View 10 Replies View RelatedRecieved this error, STOP : 0x0000000A, 0xFEFD7000, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804FA497,Memory tested fine with mem86.I am suspecting a defective Video Card?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI install Server 2003 Standard SP1 downloaded and installed on a PII 400, 256Mb RAM with IIS, ASP.Net 2.0, SQL server 2000 SP4, Mysql 5, and PHP5, and all without a single hitch...too good to be true. I went ahead and tried on what will be my server PIII600, 512 MB RAM, First try, Server 2003 couldn't find a file when installing, retried and it worked. Downloaded SP1 and when I was extracting it said "file is corrupt", downloaded 4 more times with same result. reformatted and reinstalled 5 more times and cannot get past "file is corrupt" on SP1 and sometimes extracting the .Net 2.0 installer got the same error. I swap all hardware with PC from first try (except RAM, Mobo, CPU, CDROM) with no change. Win98 and XP installed fine on the second PC just can't get server 2003
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy motherboard is an ASUS P4V8X-MX with on-board audio, C-Media AC97 version CMI9761A. The latest version of the driver and operating software from the C-Media website is dated December 2004.I have two hard drives, both the exact same type (Western Digital WDC 3200JB, 320 GB), both with Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed. On my second hard drive, I continue to be able to play DVDs on any of my DVD player programs that I wish, with no problems. However, on my primary hard drive, I have run into problems. Some time ago, I don't remember anything about what might have caused it, both Windows Media Player 11 and InterActual Player 2.6 (http://www.interactual.com/) stopped playing my DVD's. I could still use InterVideo WinDVD or my ATI Radeon X700's DVD playing software, with no problems, but WMP and IAP stopped playing them. WMP would give me an error that, when I clicked "Web help," said it was related to my Sound driver. I went to Windows Update and downloaded the following update:
Windows XP C Media Electronics Incorporation - Sound - C-Media AC97 Audio Device Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Windows Update.But this only made the problem worse, not better-- now when I try to use WMP or IAP to play a DVD, my computer screen just up and suddenly goes dark and I hear the unmistakeable sound of my computer simply up and shutting down, and then it does a total system reboot. After the reboot I get a popup saying the computer has recovered from a Stop Error, caused when a Device Driver suddenly "stops" the operating system.This is a very serious problem because a number of my DVD's are specially optimized to work with InterActual Player and automatically start it up when I put the DVD in the drive. If I try to uninstall the program, then the next time I put one of those DVD's in the drive it absolutely absolutely ***ABSOLUTELY*** forces my computer to reinstall the software immediately.
i had winxp installed on my partition:d,on my partition c:just were boot files,and i had e: and f: partitions,and a had linux in another partition.
I deleted the linux partitions,and i tried to reinstall xp, but i cant do this. When setup copies files and reboots automatically, the setup doesnt continuous, cause the setup starts from the beginning,formatting,copying seup files again,etc
I'm getting pretty frequent shutdowns with the below information. When the box re-boots, the message says device driver but never can point which device driver. Can anyone have a look at this and give me some advice?
View 7 Replies View RelatedWhen I start PC, it automatically takes me to the startup options part to reboot in safe mode, safe mode w/ networking, safemode w/ prompt, last known good config, & normal startup. Getting Stop c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file) SystemRootSystem32Config
View 11 Replies View RelatedI was informed today that our home computer has been freezing over the last day or so. I logged on and looked up some info on the error i was described, then perhaps fortunately, i got the vile BSOD. This is what was contained:Then it began a memory dump.It claims a device driver error, but i do not recall installing anything recently. the windows report proved less than helpful (surprise).
View 1 Replies View RelatedInstalling windows on a pc built for my friend and it comes up with a stop code.
stop d1. driver_irql_not_less_or_equal then it states
acpi.sys
address fc40d3b4 base at fc3fb000
which i think refers to a stop a1 as well.
ive tried using 2 different type of memory on the m-board and still get the same error.
there are no other hardware besides a cdrom and hdisk, mosue and keyboard. i did have an old logitech mouse but swapped that as i read that can cause problems too.
i dont know how to go about fixing this as their is a hotfix for acpi problems but thatr equires u to actually have windows on teh pc in teh first place i.e safe mode.
i can get into bios and it performs POST no problems. the only other thing is it boots fromcdrom but it says no emulation.
I received the following Stop screen error code after installing SP 3 to my XP Home Edition OS.
Stop:0X0000007E (0XC0000005, 0XF781C756, 0XF79F7430, 0XF79F712C)
I had to reboot in safe mode and uninstall SP3 to get back to normal, which is Service Pack 2. The PC is an HP Compaq SR1520NX with 1GB Ram and 160GB HD with plenty of room. The only hardware I had a bit of trouble with was an Nvidia AGP card which they helped me with updating the driver several months ago. I don't seem to have any problems otherwise with it. Also, I installed a Pinacle USB TV
Tuner. I've had some problems getting it to recognize the tuner occasionally. Sometimes when I unplug it and re-plug it, it works.
How can I tell (from the error code) what is causing the stop screen?
Now when you visit some sites they will install some program onto your computer.
View 3 Replies View RelatedEvery time I try to install Windows XP x64 on my newly assembled computer I get 0x000000A stop scripts (mostly 0x0000003b)
The farthest ive gotten in the Windows installation was 17 minutes left for completion.
can this be something to do with BIOS? (BIOS is updated)
Computer hardware includes:
-ASUS A8V-E Deluxe motherboard
-AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Processor
-Sapphire ATI Radeon x800 pro Video Card
-Corsair Dual Channel 1gb DDR 400 PC 3200 Memory
-Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Over the last two weeks, I've reinstalled Windows five times. I'm literally at my wits end. Here's my problem...
Whenever I try to install almost anything, I get Stop error 0xF4, which is the termination of a system-critical process or thread. Sometimes it happens for no reason, but for the most part, it's usually just when I'm installing something. Unfortunately, I don't have all the parameters of the stop error, but according to the Overclockers Forum, my first parameter (0x03) denotes that it is a process that is being terminated.
There are sometimes when the sfc /scannow command can temporarily fix the problem (that is, to run it before installing an app, then install the application once it is finished) but that's not always the case.
It should also be noted that there are some instances when I get a 0x7A error, but this is seldom. I merely included it in the event that it may prove to be helpful.
I'm running Windows XP Home, with an ASUS A8N-VM-UAYGZ motherboard. I'm sure you guys need more specs than that, and if so, please tell me. Also, I intended to include the Stop error message in it's entirety, but I neglected to write it down (odd, since I've seen it 40+ times). So I will write a follow-up with the Stop error and ...
The windows installer on my computer keeps popping up every now and then wanting to install a program I had downloaded on the net but do not want anymore. I have deleted the downloaded program file but windows installer still keeps popping up wanting to install the program.
How can I stop windows installer from popping up?
Recently I bought a very cheap Acer Aspire M1640-E1150 which came with an MSI motherboard, an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200, 2 GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 320 GB HDD from Hitachi. The system came with Vista initially installed on it, and needless to say, it was very slow! I decided to do the right thing and go to XP, so I found all the drivers required and I proceeded to install Pro from a disc that I have from a previous computer. As soon as the screen booted up and the system was being checked by the program, the system gave me an error message, before I even got to partition anything, it was initial. I tried to restart, took one of my RAM sticks out, but nothing was working. I even tried to format the HDD through an external drive, but nothing was working.
The error message is "Stop: 0X0000007B" and something about a virus or a software or a hardware being the problem. The system was running smoothly on Vista, and I even formatted the C drive, and I am sure that there were no viruses.
I have an ailian computer with XP Home on it. After installing sp2 my usb ports stoped working. In device manager the usb root hubs and ports say that they are working but the mouse and game controler do not function. I do not get power to my mouse either.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am setting up my new ZT Reliant desktop. When checking on their website for update of drivers, they have:
Chipset 32bit Driver Download
Chipset 64bit Driver Download
Audio 32bit Driver Download
Audio 64bit Driver Download
AllOS RAID Drivers Download
Since my PC is 64, I plan to install only the 64. But is there also some reason to install the 32? Also what about the RAID drivers? I am totally new to 64/RAID. The extent of my knowledge is the ability to say them!
I am trying to install the USB ports on a 2Ghz Celereon system running Windows XP SP2. When Windows starts, it recognizes that the USB ports have been turned on, and then it identifies the make and model of the USB port, but then the system locks. When I go into BIOS and turn off USB, the system runs just fine. What is causing the machine to lock when I turn the USB ports on?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI put everything together, went into bios, changed the time. Made sure everything else was alright, (boot order basically) then put in my XP disc (that ive used for computers before) and restarted. It recognized it, went to the windows blue screen where it tried to load everything. Loaded everything (at the bottom in the gray bar) then the last thing it says is "Starting Windows Setup" (or something close to that) the screen flickers and up comes a blue screen saying "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If is the fi."
Then Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x0000007e (0xC0000005, 0xF78E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF78D9F08)
*** pci.sys - Address F748E0BF base at F7487000 DateStamp 3b7d855c
At the moment i am completely lost, my only thought was to take out the video card and see if that helped (since it said something about video drivers) but everything is brand new, and plugged in correctly (i believe) so i dont understand what is going on!?
Hi.I just bought an Asus P5N-D ATX SLI-ready mobo. Have 512 mb of memory to start with so I figured I would set everything up and make adjustments as I received my new parts. Started with a 250 gig Western Digital SATA 1.5 harddrive, a 600 watt Ultra PSU, 512mb of DDR2 PC6400 800fsb single channel, a P4 Dual Core 3.0 processor, and a Windows XP Home Edition 32bit disk. This isnt even close to the setup I plan to use but I thought it would be nice to tweek this processor to see what it would do before I got my new Wolfdale E8400 3.0 processor which I expect great things from. Its the 45nm series. I also have 2 gigs of DDR2 PC6400 800fsb Dual Channel OC memory in shipment. My problem is during my setup I formatted my harddrive for a clean install and when its close to being done I get this error message on the forbidden blue screen: STOP 0x000000A IRQL-NOT-LESS-OR-EQUAL. So I browsed through my BIOS checking settings and ran into this in PCU settings: cache 2x1024 memory. Assuming this could be changed I browsed some more changing settings and taking note of what I changed and what the original settings were,but never could disable the cache. It doesnt seem to be an option at all. I think this is my problem. I think the sytem is trying to access unaccessable memory to finish downloading XP, but I also took note when I was searching the net that it could be a driver issue. If anyone knows anything that may help me resolve this, or if you are aware of a way to disable the cache before downloading an OS, please let me know.
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View 7 Replies View Relatedi am trying to install winxp on my wifes older computer....now it is older but it does meet all of the winxp hardware requirements for installation....3 times now it has seemed like it was going to take the installation but I keep getting different stop errors....the 3 I have gotten so far are 0x00000024; 0x000000D1; 0x0000008E .....does anyone know what is going on so i can install winxp already.
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe computer uses XP home and is set for automatic updates.Every time I switch off it says it is installing update 1 of 1 even if I have not been connected to the net.When I tried using manual update I was told that the installation of <Windows Installer 3.1> had failed.Is the computer trying to install this same thing every time?If it is how do I get it to install properly or remove it from the list of programs ready to be installed?I think that when I installed the drivers for the motherboard this installer, or an earlier version, was installed by the Intel download.
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When I do, i go through the usual boot through to the windows start up screen (with flag), then I get a blue secreen with "please wait....." after 5 secs the dots stop appearing, then within 30 secs the HD stops. The keyboard etc is frozen. I gave it 5 mins then reverted to last good config, and tried again deleting all previous nvidia drivers, but still get the same result. I also tried a different driver (83. something) and still the same. I had norton disabled during installation
PC with Windows XP Professional Edition 2002 SP2 has no sound.I tried installing Sound Blaster,but this is the error I got: That is the error message I get when I try to Install Setup.exe,which I need to use to install Sound Blaster.My PC won't let me install Sound Blaster without setup.exe it says the setup.exe I have doesn't work, which can't be installed without installing IIS.
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