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Thread ID: 30566	2003-02-23 23:37:00	TV Capture Card & Win2k	caveman (3231)	Press F1

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123457	2003-02-23 23:37:00	I am trying to load the drivers for a Lifeview 3000 tv capture card (pci) onto a win2k (sp1) machine & I keep getting an invalid data message. I have downloaded the latest drivers from the manufacturers website & tried those with the same result. The same problem is happening with a Hollywood Plus MPEG Decoder card. Can anyone help?	caveman (3231)
123458	2003-02-23 23:59:00	spotted this with google. its for XP but i do see someone has been successful with it with w2k. btw u might want to update to sp3. "re: Data is invalid - can't install PCI device Friday, December 21, 2001 at 11:28 am Posted by Lord Fog [find other messages by Lord Fog]] 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\P CI 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. "	tweak'e (174)
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