Paul wrote:
> Sandy Bartlet wrote:
>> I cannot install my IEEE 1394 controller or a 5-button MS USB
>> Intelli-mouse optical or an HP Laserjet 1100 printer. The hardware is
>> detected and properly identified but the driver install ends with:
>>
>> There is a problem installing this hardware:
>> IEEE 1394 Controller
>> An error occurred during the installation of the device
>> The data is invalid
>>
>> I get the same error for the mouse. For the printer I get:
>>
>> Printer driver was not installed. Operation could not be completed.
>>
>> I am running Windows XP SP3 with all updates installed (same problem
>> when it was SP2). Uninstalling and re-installing does not help.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks...
>
> "The data is invalid" means a small part of the registry is read only. This
> page gives a generic Registry traversal, where the Permissions are
> changed to "Full Control". After you've done that, a driver
> should be installable, to the device you fixed in the registry.
> The first time I heard about this, it was for someone trying to
> install a LAN driver.
>
> http://www.xtra.co.nz/help/0,,6156-1359658,00.html
>
> "Once you have searched through each of the keys and found the
> correct "DEVICEDESC" right click on it, and select "Permissions".
> Place a tick in the box under the word "Allow", next to "Full Control".
> Click on "OK". "
>
> If you search around, using "The data is invalid" and "Full Control",
> you may find other examples of the registry recipe. And in a few
> threads, people claim the fix didn't help them.
>
> Good luck,
> Paul

No luck. Changing permissions did not fix or change the problem. Any other ideas?