Re: Drivers Gone After SP1 Failure

Is that when you use the start email request button? I am able to get past that so if you have another computer try from it.

"Steve Wade" <SteveWade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F2AF6FF0-AC3E-4821-8BFA-A6E6655FD95C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks COlin. Unfortunately when I try to use this service I get the
following error

An unknown application error occurred. Please try again in a few minutes.
(Been trying for weeks)

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Use the free MS support site for SP1 and see if they can get you going
without having to restore.
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?prid=11274

"Steve Wade" <SteveWade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C2998378-2FCC-4345-80F2-8E3574D4D1FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have an HP Pavillion m8020n desktop with Vista Home Premium. After >trying
> to resolve a number of minor problems HP convinced me to upgrade to > SP1.
> After running for many hours the install failed. After that failure I
> started
> getting prompted to install many different hardware drivers including > my
> HP
> Media Drive, Ieee controller etc. I bypassed these and evything seemed > to
> work so the next time I got asked to install a driver I selected "Don't
> ask
> me this anymore". Well since then Vista will not recognize any new > devices
> including my media drive, printers, MP3 player, wireless keyboard and
> mouse
> or the advanced features of my monitor (sound). I tried to recover the
> drivers using the system restore wizard. Syas everything worked but > still
> no
> devices.
>
> Tried to recover from a restore point but I don't seem to have any.
>
> ANy ideas short of recovering the system to manufacturers defaults (BY > the
> way I also have not been able to run a backup).


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