Re: Cannot install device drivers (Cannot find the file specifed)

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When did this start? Did you make any changes to the server? In a lot of
cases where this happens it is a permission problem where the installer
can't read/write a folder. I would also search for a log file.

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Claus
"cjpro01" <cjpro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Feb 6, 8:26 pm, "Claus" <cjo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Error 2 only means that the OS couldn't find the file. It doesn't tell us
anything specific. Did you check the event logs for further clues?

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Help!

My installation of SBS2003 SP2 will not install device drivers. I get
"Driver Install Fail. Error 2 - Cannot find the file specified"

I have manually copied the (inf, cat, & sys) files to the
system32\drivers directory and tried a driver install no help.
Anti-Virus software has been removed - no help.
the setupapi.log file reports this error. This seems to occur on any
device I try to perform a driver update/install. this problem seems
very similar to another post on this group dated Jan 28 (I can't
install anything).

This symptom is the same for signed and unsigned drivers.

Thanks,
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Yeah, the big question is why it can't find the file it should be able
to find the file. It actually copies the *.sys file and then reports
that it can't find it. The installer can't find any file for any
device attempted to be installed - even the default driver files
located in system32/drivers directory. If I try to change any driver
for any device on the system the result is a null driver installed and
then an error code 28 (drivers are not installed for this device). If
I leave the original driver file in place and reboot, the system will
reload the old driver on boot up.

Nothing in the event logs.

Thanks,
Chris


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