where does XP look for drivers?

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MilesG wrote:
: I have a Code 10 problem with a LAN driver. If I uninstall
: and reboot, XP spots the h/ware, finds and loads a driver
: and the error is cleared. On reboot however, the error
: returns.
: I downloaded the latest driver from giga-byte and saved it
: to the D: partition on my hard drive where I keep Data and
: downloads. However pointing XP's Update Driver there has
: no effect - XP isn't interested and says keep the
: original. How do I force XP to use this latest one? When
: there's no driver installed, does it look everywhere for
: the latest date-stamped drivers, including all partitions
: on the HD, or just stop when it finds a matching one, in
: this case on the C: drive I guess, where the original one
: will have been installed?
: Miles
Go to control panel>system>hardware>driver signing and see which option
is selected. Try to update drivers again and carefully look for options
to use the drivers you want.
TonyS

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Thanks for the help Rho_1r and Tony. I'll try again.
Regards
Miles

>-----Original Message-----
>MilesG wrote:
>: I have a Code 10 problem with a LAN driver. If I
uninstall
>: and reboot, XP spots the h/ware, finds and loads a
driver
>: and the error is cleared. On reboot however, the error
>: returns.
>: I downloaded the latest driver from giga-byte and saved
it
>: to the D: partition on my hard drive where I keep Data
and
>: downloads. However pointing XP's Update Driver there has
>: no effect - XP isn't interested and says keep the
>: original. How do I force XP to use this latest one? When
>: there's no driver installed, does it look everywhere for
>: the latest date-stamped drivers, including all
partitions
>: on the HD, or just stop when it finds a matching one, in
>: this case on the C: drive I guess, where the original
one
>: will have been installed?
>: Miles
>Go to control panel>system>hardware>driver signing and
see which option
>is selected. Try to update drivers again and carefully
look for options
>to use the drivers you want.
>TonyS
>
>
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>

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Done it at last. No thanks to Gigabyte's useless
driver "update" site - huge dowloads containing mostly
irrelevant files, installation interface that doesn't work
and old drivers!
Went to Marvell's site and found the crucial little .zip
file that did the business with Update Driver...etc.
I'm grateful for the support here and from MediaMan in
Short-Media forums.
Miles

>-----Original Message-----
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>: Thanks for the help Rho_1r and Tony. I'll try again.
>: Regards
>: Miles
>:
>OK, best of luck Miles.
>TonyS
>
>
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