Realtek 8111b Network Card driver problem

technx · 12-10-2008, 09:53 AM

I am using Windows Server 2008 x64. My Realtek 8111B onboard NIC was working fine for over a month with the Vista x64 drivers. I tried to install Outpost Firewall the other day and it froze during setup while installing some sort of network monitoring drivers. So I did a ctrl-alt-del to end the installation process from the task manager.

After that happened, my NIC and other network drivers like the WAN miniport drivers have exclamation marks on them in the device manager and can't use the internet anymore.

The error that I see is code 31 and it says "Could not find the file specified".

I'm afraid I may have corrupted my Windows installation because of stopping the Firewall installation midway. I've tried to reinstall the driver manually many times and that doesn't work. When I look at the driver details it shows the driver file is installed in C:\Windows\System32\ and I checked that the file was actually there, but it still comes up with the ""Could not find the file specified" error

I also have another version of Windows on dual boot that also uses the same Vista x64 Realtek drivers and it works fine, so I don't think the NIC has a physical problem.

I didn't do any backups recently and don't have System Restore available.

Anyone have suggestions how I can solve this without having to do a clean install?

**BCCOMP** · 12-10-2008, 07:36 PM

Is the Nic program (realtek) in ADD/Remove Programs?
Are you able to uninstall the program and reinstall it?
Bill

technx · 12-10-2008, 10:44 PM

Yes, there was drivers in the Add/Remove Programs panel, and I removed it, but I still have the same problem.

12-10-2008, 09:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
technx Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Server 2008	Realtek 8111b Network Card driver problem I am using Windows Server 2008 x64. My Realtek 8111B onboard NIC was working fine for over a month with the Vista x64 drivers. I tried to install Outpost Firewall the other day and it froze during setup while installing some sort of network monitoring drivers. So I did a ctrl-alt-del to end the installation process from the task manager. After that happened, my NIC and other network drivers like the WAN miniport drivers have exclamation marks on them in the device manager and can't use the internet anymore. The error that I see is code 31 and it says "Could not find the file specified". I'm afraid I may have corrupted my Windows installation because of stopping the Firewall installation midway. I've tried to reinstall the driver manually many times and that doesn't work. When I look at the driver details it shows the driver file is installed in C:\Windows\System32\ and I checked that the file was actually there, but it still comes up with the ""Could not find the file specified" error I also have another version of Windows on dual boot that also uses the same Vista x64 Realtek drivers and it works fine, so I don't think the NIC has a physical problem. I didn't do any backups recently and don't have System Restore available. Anyone have suggestions how I can solve this without having to do a clean install?

12-10-2008, 07:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,047 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Realtek 8111b Network Card driver problem Is the Nic program (realtek) in ADD/Remove Programs? Are you able to uninstall the program and reinstall it? Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan

12-10-2008, 10:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
technx Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Server 2008	Re: Realtek 8111b Network Card driver problem Yes, there was drivers in the Add/Remove Programs panel, and I removed it, but I still have the same problem.