My computer is so messed up right now, I can't think of a proper title.

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Bill N.

Alrighty... to begin, I'm running on an HP computer. I
did a non-destructable System Restore, which I have done
before and never had problems. This time, though, when I
did the restore, it seemed to not restore all of the
things that originally came with the computer. Things I
need to basic things such as "Notepad."

This is the first time I've done system restore with my
new Video Card, which also had problems when I did this.
I have a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, and when I did the
restore, it's saying it's having a problem installing the
card. Specifically, in Device Manager, it says:

"This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)"

When I try to install it, it gives me this:

"There was a problem installing this hardware:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
An error has occured during the installation of this
device.
The parameter is incorrect."

On top of all of this, when I try to install the drivers
from the disk they gave me, it acts as if it never
installed it. When I try to make any changes in the
settings of anything, it acts as if I never tried to
change it(this includes desktop background and
screensaver, etc.)

This is really bugging me, and I think the only thing I
could do, which won't nessassarilly work, either, is to
put the old videocard back in, do another System Restore,
and then after all that, try to install this videocard.

Any suggestions on what's wrong and what to do?
 
Bill said:
Alrighty... to begin, I'm running on an HP computer. I
did a non-destructable System Restore, which I have done
before and never had problems. This time, though, when I
did the restore, it seemed to not restore all of the
things that originally came with the computer. Things I
need to basic things such as "Notepad."

This is the first time I've done system restore with my
new Video Card, which also had problems when I did this.
I have a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, and when I did the
restore, it's saying it's having a problem installing the
card. Specifically, in Device Manager, it says:

"This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)"

When I try to install it, it gives me this:

"There was a problem installing this hardware:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
An error has occured during the installation of this
device.
The parameter is incorrect."

On top of all of this, when I try to install the drivers
from the disk they gave me, it acts as if it never
installed it. When I try to make any changes in the
settings of anything, it acts as if I never tried to
change it(this includes desktop background and
screensaver, etc.)

This is really bugging me, and I think the only thing I
could do, which won't nessassarilly work, either, is to
put the old videocard back in, do another System Restore,
and then after all that, try to install this videocard.

Any suggestions on what's wrong and what to do?
Click to expand...

When using the "restore CD" that comes with some computers - it does not
INSTALL Windows XP, but restopre an image of the computer from pre-ship
date. What this means is that if you change hardware, the image is no
longer valid.
 
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When using the "restore CD" that comes with some computers - it does not
INSTALL Windows XP, but restopre an image of the computer from pre-ship
date. What this means is that if you change hardware, the image is no
longer valid.
Click to expand...

Roger, Shenan. So if I change the hardware back, with it
revalidate this image? ...or is my computer completely
kaput unless I reinstall windows XP?

Thanks for this info.
 
Bill said:
Alrighty... to begin, I'm running on an HP computer. I
did a non-destructable System Restore, which I have done
before and never had problems. This time, though, when I
did the restore, it seemed to not restore all of the
things that originally came with the computer. Things I
need to basic things such as "Notepad."

This is the first time I've done system restore with my
new Video Card, which also had problems when I did this.
I have a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, and when I did the
restore, it's saying it's having a problem installing the
card. Specifically, in Device Manager, it says:

"This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)"

When I try to install it, it gives me this:

"There was a problem installing this hardware:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
An error has occured during the installation of this
device.
The parameter is incorrect."

On top of all of this, when I try to install the drivers
from the disk they gave me, it acts as if it never
installed it. When I try to make any changes in the
settings of anything, it acts as if I never tried to
change it(this includes desktop background and
screensaver, etc.)

This is really bugging me, and I think the only thing I
could do, which won't nessassarilly work, either, is to
put the old videocard back in, do another System Restore,
and then after all that, try to install this videocard.

Any suggestions on what's wrong and what to do?
Click to expand...
When using the "restore CD" that comes with some computers - it does
not INSTALL Windows XP, but restopre an image of the computer from
pre-ship date. What this means is that if you change hardware, the
image is no longer valid.
Click to expand...
Roger, Shenan. So if I change the hardware back, with it
revalidate this image? ...or is my computer completely
kaput unless I reinstall windows XP?

Thanks for this info.
Click to expand...

Well, I cannot say for sure if just powering down and inserting the original
card into the machine would fix anything.

My instinct tells me "No" and that you would have to put the original card
back in, restore the image, get that thing patched (after turning on the
firewall and THEN connecting to the internet - NOT BEFORE THE FIREWALL IS
ON) and cleaned up the way you want it..

THEN power down, insert the new video card, install the latest driver from
the manufacturers web site and go from there.
 
Roger, Shenan. So if I change the hardware back, with it revalidate
this image? ...or is my computer completely kaput unless I reinstall
windows XP?
Click to expand...

Try booting in safe mode. This should force the use of very basic video
drivers that will work. Then you can install the new drivers and boot
normally. If you can't make this work, try uninstalling the video card
and letting Windows reinstall it.
 
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