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Creative Audigy and windows xp

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Littlehomer

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Im starting to get desperate. I have just installed a new soundblaster audigy card into my system and when windows xp tries to install the drivers it just goes through the motions then says 'this hardware was not installed - reason - 'the data is invalid'. The data from the creative cd is NOT CORRUPTED. It has nothing to do with any hardware fault or cd problem. Windows xp is being crap. So does anyone know hoe to solve the problem. Im totally lost, dazed, confused and pissed off. Please help me, im desperate.
 
Why do I get the message "data is invalid" when installing a device driver under WindowsXP?
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\PCI

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.



Found it. Im sooooooooo Happy
 
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