I am having the exact same problem.
And yes, I tried another network card.
There are two built into my motherboard (Marvell and NVidia) and I also
tried a Linksys card.
Any help is appreciated.
I tried to reset the TCPIP stack and resetting all TCPIP registry settings
(using netsh).
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> Hi
> Lucky for you, Network Cards (NIC) are cheaper than Fancy Burger in a common
> Fast Food Joint.
> Example,
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...nd&Order=PRICE
> Try another card.
> http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Rohas" <Rohas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:84E9F427-0E0C-4B86-98BE-3BDD45FDF76C@microsoft.com...
> >I am experiencing a strange problem with my network adapters.Windows can't
> > load the drivers required for the devices. Even though i uninstall them
> > (uninstalling comes up with an error
> > "failed to uninstall the device. the device may be required to boot up the
> > computer."
> > adapters remove from device manager but when they are loading again after
> > a
> > reboot it comes up with the following
> > "An error occured during the installation of the device.The system cannot
> > find the file specified"
> > I am pretty sure that all files are there, but my guess is that there is a
> > problem with the NDIS or Packet Scheduler Miniport. (I have also an error
> > about Packet Scheduler Miniport #4).
> > What can i do to reinstall Packet Scheduler Miniport and NDIS to prevent a
> > clean install of XP ???
>
>