"The data is invalid" (An error occurred during installation...)

Hello! I need to post this problem because i found out that many users out
there like me have this problem that says "THE DATA IS INVALID" after
installing or reinstalling driver. This topic refers to add-on cards such as
video card, sound card, capture card, usb card, etc. Specifically mine is
video capture card (hauppage wintv-hvr 1250).

This is what I have done so far:
1) Downloaded the latest driver from the vendor and reinstalled
unsuccessfully. They even have the solution for the exact problem I have
which is changing permission in the registry -
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.......ENUM\PCI. This is useful to some but not to
me and to some.
2) I have tried a different motherboard with same harddrive (luckily, it
booted fine) and showed same problem. Drivers won't finish installing.
3) I tried another video capture card of a different brand and showed the
same problem. Also tried on different PCI slot with no luck.
4) Updated chipsets and BIOS, and retried again things mentioned above.
5) I tried resetting the permissions to default state in the entire registry
and tried reintalling driver again without success.

It seems that the problem lies in my machine, probably in the registry
because some users tried REFORMATING AND REINSTALLING their Windows XP
machine, reinstalled the driver and works. But this solution is not the real
solution. So if anyone out there has a real solution or advice, please post
it, and I thank you in advance.

Allen wrote:
> Hello! I need to post this problem because i found out that many users out
> there like me have this problem that says "THE DATA IS INVALID" after
> installing or reinstalling driver. This topic refers to add-on cards such as
> video card, sound card, capture card, usb card, etc. Specifically mine is
> video capture card (hauppage wintv-hvr 1250).
>
> This is what I have done so far:
> 1) Downloaded the latest driver from the vendor and reinstalled
> unsuccessfully. They even have the solution for the exact problem I have
> which is changing permission in the registry -
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.......ENUM\PCI. This is useful to some but not to
> me and to some.
> 2) I have tried a different motherboard with same harddrive (luckily, it
> booted fine) and showed same problem. Drivers won't finish installing.
> 3) I tried another video capture card of a different brand and showed the
> same problem. Also tried on different PCI slot with no luck.
> 4) Updated chipsets and BIOS, and retried again things mentioned above.
> 5) I tried resetting the permissions to default state in the entire registry
> and tried reintalling driver again without success.
>
> It seems that the problem lies in my machine, probably in the registry
> because some users tried REFORMATING AND REINSTALLING their Windows XP
> machine, reinstalled the driver and works. But this solution is not the real
> solution. So if anyone out there has a real solution or advice, please post
> it, and I thank you in advance.

In this post, there is mention of copying a "driver.cab" from the
Windows CD. KB810882

http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...f?dmode=source

Paul

"Paul" wrote:

> Allen wrote:
> > Hello! I need to post this problem because i found out that many users out
> > there like me have this problem that says "THE DATA IS INVALID" after
> > installing or reinstalling driver. This topic refers to add-on cards such as
> > video card, sound card, capture card, usb card, etc. Specifically mine is
> > video capture card (hauppage wintv-hvr 1250).
> >
> > This is what I have done so far:
> > 1) Downloaded the latest driver from the vendor and reinstalled
> > unsuccessfully. They even have the solution for the exact problem I have
> > which is changing permission in the registry -
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE.......ENUM\PCI. This is useful to some but not to
> > me and to some.
> > 2) I have tried a different motherboard with same harddrive (luckily, it
> > booted fine) and showed same problem. Drivers won't finish installing.
> > 3) I tried another video capture card of a different brand and showed the
> > same problem. Also tried on different PCI slot with no luck.
> > 4) Updated chipsets and BIOS, and retried again things mentioned above.
> > 5) I tried resetting the permissions to default state in the entire registry
> > and tried reintalling driver again without success.
> >
> > It seems that the problem lies in my machine, probably in the registry
> > because some users tried REFORMATING AND REINSTALLING their Windows XP
> > machine, reinstalled the driver and works. But this solution is not the real
> > solution. So if anyone out there has a real solution or advice, please post
> > it, and I thank you in advance.
>
> In this post, there is mention of copying a "driver.cab" from the
> Windows CD. KB810882
>
> http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...f?dmode=source
>
> Paul
>
Hello! First of all, thanks for your quick response Paul. I tried the 2
resolutions shown in the microsoft webpage you stated, and no success. I
thought the first one will fix the problem because it was last reviewed last
16th of June 2008 which is very recent. I am familiar with the 2nd one which
is exactly my vendors supposedly solution to this problem and the most
popular tweak in every forum regarding this topic.