deleted WDDM drivers, can't get them back!

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Tim_Mac

hi,
yes i feel a bit stupid... i was pleased to see Vista had the option to
delete the driver software when you uninstall a driver, so i tried it out on
the Microsoft ATI WDDM driver before changing to the ATI catalyst driver to
see if i could get glass.
the catalyst driver didn't work, and now i can't revert to the WDDM driver
either. what's more, i have extracted the install.wim file from build 5728
and i can see the WDDM drivers there in the
\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\atiilhag.inf_a561f9b9 folder.
i can point the update-driver wizard to this folder, and select my matching
device, X1600 pro, and then click Next, it just says "Windows cannot find
the file specified".

i tried copying the files out of the mounted WIM onto the local disk and
install the drivers from there but got the same result. anyone know how i
can use the WDDM driver again?
many thanks in advance
tim
 
Exactly the same thing happened to me. To be honest, I don't see any reason
to feel stupid :) - ATI recommend that you delete the old drivers before
installing new ones so we were only following instructions.

Luckily, trying the ATI drivers was the first thing I did following the 5728
install so it was quicker to flatten the hard drive and re-install 5728 than
struggle with the video drivers.

Whether there's a problem in Vista when you try to delete drivers for an
"essential service", I'm not sure but I did notice a similar issue with the
network drivers if I tried to delete the Vista-supplied ones while the
network was still connected - namely the Vista drivers tried to re-install
themselves before I had chance to begin installing the new ones.

John.
 
hi John ,
thanks for the reply. seems like a bug if i can't re-install the drivers,
even if i have the files.
does anyone else know if it really is a bug?

thanks
 
i tried copying the files out of the mounted WIM onto the local disk and
install the drivers from there but got the same result.
Click to expand...

Did you try copying the files into their original location on the hard
drive? (ie. System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\atiilhag.inf_a561f9b9)

I had the same problem when I had (manually) deleted the atiihag folder and
then tried to restore it. Originally I just restored it to my desktop and
got the 'cannot find the file' error when I pointed windows to the folder.
Once I put the folder back in it's original location the drivers installed
fine. Well, when I say fine, I mean they installed as well as they ever had
(I'm struggling with the 'code 43' error that others seem to have.)
 
hi Michael,
i did try that, although the original files were still there. i couldn't
overwrite them because i wasn't a member of trusted installers. it's
probably just a group thing i'll add myself to. i'll give it a go and post
here if it works.

thanks
tim
 
I had the same problem with Vista beta 2, so I never deleted or installed
any other drivers in the next installations for my ATI Mobile 9000
videocard.

Regards,

Kikker46
 
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