LeadTek WinFast TV 2000XP "data is invalid!".

[HaloEighty8]

hey all, I'm having a serious problem here.. everytime I try to install the drivers for this card on my system I get a "data is invalid" error at the end of the driver install. So basically it wont install.. Appreciate any tips or help! Thanks..

 

[DrVos]

Have you tried redownloading the drivers? It sounds like they may be corrupt...

 

[TiberianGold]

You know what.....I had the same problem with other hardware. So let me tell you how to fix it:
1)go to Start, Run... and type REGEDT32.EXE to run the Registry Editor
2)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".
3)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.
4)HIGHLIGHT THE ENTRY "VEN_xxxx" for that device and select 'SECURITY'-'PERMISSIONS' FROM THE WINDOW TOP MENU and then tick "Allow" for "Full Control". Close REGEDT32 and then continue with the installation of your device.


I hope this helps you as much as it did me.

 

[HaloEighty8]

thanks for the tip.. I had to email leadtek and they new exactly what I was talking about. apparently this is a common error, there advice to me was basically the same, thanks again! 🙂

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I had the same thing with putting my new radeon card in.I was told by ATI techs that there is a post on the Microsoft site that with win2k and xp if you do too many upgrades you have to reinstall the OS. After I did that it took the drivers and everything and worked just fine. So if the other suggestion does not work try doing what I was told to do.