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Thread ID: 39079 2003-10-26 21:55:00 New Drivers not recognised. jiro (4782) Press F1
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186876 2003-10-26 21:55:00 I recently installed a scanner. I first installed the drivers as requested, but when I plugged in the scanner Windows XP (home) gave the message:-

Cannot install this hardware. An error occurred during the installation of the device. The required section was not found in the INF.

I know the scanner works okay, as I've tried it on another machine.
I also have a TV card installed and windows no longer recognises the drivers for this. Any fixes? Or should I re-install windows XP and if so, how do I do this? Thanks.
jiro (4782)
186877 2003-10-27 01:39:00 Try uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware and drivers. When the installation wizard asks for a source for the files or for windows to find choose to select the source and Browse to the installation cd for the correct files, eg, Drivers/Windows/EN/XP or something similar.

HTH Murray P
Murray P (44)
186878 2003-10-27 04:18:00 I have tried re-installing several times with no joy. In the case of my tv card it tells me it cannot locate the drivers even when I tell it where they are.The scanner doesnt even show up in device manager.Could all this be as a result of having had the blaster worm? jiro (4782)
186879 2003-10-27 10:07:00 There's another thread on PF1 today where someojne suggests you need to run the TV cards setup program rather than use the haedware wizard.

I don't think Blaster would have that effect. Is it a USB scanner? if it is check your BIOS setting to make sure your USB is enabled. USB may be found in more than one area of the BIOS.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
186880 2003-10-27 10:43:00 also, please, when installing drivers in xp make sure you are loged in as an administrator, not sure if this is the reason for the errors you are getting but just in case. beama (111)
186881 2003-10-28 08:30:00 Thanks for your suggestions I tried all of these things but nothing seemed to work.Tried system restore but this wont let me restore any points I choose.When I insert the tv card cd it lets me select install and then nothing happens.Should I re-install windows? jiro (4782)
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