Device Driver Not Recognized on Hardware Installation

From: Pam (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:07:35 -0700

I too am having the same problem with my Linksys Wusb11
wireless usb adapter. Windows XP will not detect the
driver. It also worked fine on my Win2000 pc. I have
contacted Emachine and Linksys and both say it is a OS
issue. Has anyone got any answers for this?!!!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>I am installing linksys hardware, but I have called them
>and run through their technical support and they have
>come to the conclusion that the following issue is
>software/OS related rather than device related.
>
>Please help me in any way possible - I have been owrking
>on this issue for 3 days with nothing yet but failure -
>Thank You in advance!
>
>Hardware/Software involved:
>WinXP Pro
>WUSB11 v3.0 Linksys wireless Adapter (NOT ABLE TO
INSTALL)
>WMP54G Linksys Wireless PCI Adapter (NOT ABLE TO INSTALL)
>CNET Ethernet PCI Adapter (INSTALLED)
>
>The two wireless adapters work great on other computers,
>but on this one I am having trouble.
>
>Since they have been installed/uninstalled frequently,
>here is something I have noticed in the device manager:
>
>There are "Packet Scheduler Miniport" Listings that only
>show up if I show the hidden items in the device
>manager. The actual hardware listing is gone, but these
>listing still remain. I believe this is a symptom of
>whatever the problem is.
>
>I have used the linksys install utility that you are not
>supposed to use on XP, in an attempt to get around the
>problem with it not recognizing the drivers for the
>hardware, but it installed a WLAN monitor and the driver
>independant of the actual hardware - the hardware would
>still be listed as unknown.
>
>I have only tried one wireless adapter at a time, and I
>have also tried switching PCI slots and USB ports
>depending on which adapter I'm trying to use.
>
>I have uninstalled the WLAN monitor, as XP does not need
>it. However, There are the several listing of the
packet
>scheduler miniports left in device manager, which lead
me
>to believe that there are files left behind or registry
>entries somewhere I need to remove.
>
>I am using the most recent and the correct drivers, and
>the devices work properly on my other machines. I have
>tried the whole rebooting/uninstalling the hardware on
>the list, ETC, but it all ends in the same problem.
>
>When I attempt to uninstall the packet scheduler
>miniports, I recieve the following error message:
>
>---------------------------
>Device Manager
>---------------------------
>Failed to uninstall the device. The device may be
>required to boot up the computer.
>---------------------------
>OK
>---------------------------
>
>I have attempted to disable these listings, and
uninstall
>on the next boot or in safe mode, but this also fails.
>
>Thank You again in advance for your help, and I hope to
>hear from you all soon! Please if you do not know the
>solution, please forward me to a place that would hold
>the answers, or a place I should be posting in that I
>would probably get an answer from.
>
>THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
>
>Benjamin
>.
>

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