Were the main-board drivers put in before you installed the card drivers?
Also, try running the system file checker from START>RUN & type: sfc /scannow - you will probably need your XP CD.
Do you have any cards, memory sticks in the card reader when booting? If yes remove them and reboot. If this cures the problem and you have more than one memory card,
try substitution until you find the problem device.
As the problem occured after you installed the card reader, is there a shortcut to the card reader in the system tray? You may be able to uninstall the card reader and do a custom install keeping control of the start process; or, if the card reader is a usb device, only plug it in when required.
Yes, I did see the progress indicator, but it was going VERY slowly... I'm talking maybe a few millimeters per minute. It probably took hours to complete.System File Checker runs through the files and just goes off the screen without any notification or message - while it's running, a box with a progress indicator does show.
Did you see the progress box? There is a space required after sfc and before the slash: sfc /scannow - as you have written it above, it would not run.
Other than that, have you tried diagnostic start-up?
START>RUN type msconfig> OK and check the relevant box, then re-start.
Also, Device Manager for any yellow alerts?
I have uninstalled the card reader from Device Manager, then shut down and unpolugged the reader from the mobo. The long system boot and shutdown time persists. Is there some way that I can access the recently installed drivers and manually delete them somewhere?You should then try uninstalling and see if it is exactly that as it seems.
The delay and error on shutdown and logon is due to some data belonging to something not being released out of the RAM when told to do so and this is usually when there's drivers conflicting.
Ahhh! It means the system is picking it up as already installed in fault, from a previous attempt you had. The "INF" file mentioned is where all the setup data is kept and checked before anything further is done. It also means that the card reader is not installed yet...."There was a problem installing this hardware: USB2.0 Card Reader. An error occurred during the installation of the device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid."
Run DriverGuide Toolkit and look for any flags or warnings next to a driver. Also look for the car reader driver if present and its name/location.I have uninstalled the card reader from Device Manager, then shut down and unpolugged the reader from the mobo. The long system boot and shutdown time persists. Is there some way that I can access the recently installed drivers and manually delete them somewhere?
Not at this stage, no.Also, do any of you think that a Hijack This log might help with diagnosis?
Startups slowing down are due to services loading. The card reader most likely will have a service installed in Start>Run>type: services.msc and hit enter. The service looks to be at fault here.I tried the Diagnostic Startup. It still took the same long amount of time to boot up (the Windows logo flies by, but the blue screen with "Windows is starting" or whatever takes forever, and it still gave me the "choose safe mode, last known..., start windows normally" prompt before booting).
Yes it means your processes are fine.Does this tell you anything about what may be wrong, and how to go about fixing it?
Now thats a known OS corruption. Its also not repairable unless it be a repair or complete install carried out.I entered Computer Management, and tried to view the logs in Event Viewer. When I click on the listings (Application, Intrnet Explorer, Security, and System), it does not pull up a list of messages. Instead, it pops up a notification stating "Unable to complete the operation on "Application/Internet Explorer/Security/System". The interface is unknown". Strange, eh?
The article applies to Windows Server 2003-based computers. You don't need to follow it as its not aimed at XP users and might cause extra problems.EDIT: I just looked up that error message, and found this entry on MS's website: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888189. I made those changes, and I will see if I can view the logs after rebooting. But why would this all of a sudden become an issue? I am set up as Computer Administrator, and the Guest account is turned off.
I installed it from the supplied CD after hooking up the device. This was after the initial driver-free installation failed.What is the driver that you have installed, and where did it come from?
Tried this last night. I receive the message "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver." whenever I click the "Reinstall Drivers" button and it runs through the driver install routine. It even pops up the "not windows certified, install anyway?" dialogue, which always gets my hopes up that it is working.It maybe that you have a different model, but the instructions I looked at on the Linkskey site state that you plug in the reader and then follow the prompts to install a generic driver?
Try uninstalling the current driver from the programs menu, restart, then plug in the reader and see what happens. Make sure you have no other programs running when following any prompts to install a driver.
I ran DriverGuide Toolkit. The only flags I saw were two yellow exclamation point triangles, next to NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator and WD bridge Controller (has to do with my external WD HD). However, when I view their properties, it says that they are both installed correctly.Hi hockey2112,
Ahhh! It means the system is picking it up as already installed in fault, from a previous attempt you had. The "INF" file mentioned is where all the setup data is kept and checked before anything further is done. It also means that the card reader is not installed yet.
Run DriverGuide Toolkit and look for any flags or warnings next to a driver. Also look for the car reader driver if present and its name/location.
I looked through all of the services, and the only one that I thought was somewhat suspicious was this one:Startups slowing down are due to services loading. The card reader most likely will have a service installed in Start>Run>type: services.msc and hit enter. The service looks to be at fault here.
I might try a Windows repair with my XP disk tonight. I tried to uninstall SP2 last night, in the hopes of reinstalling it this morning, but I received an error stating that it could not find certain files, and could not uninstall (even though I selected the option to allow me to roll back to SP1 during SP2 installation). Do you think that this was a good idea to try, and if it was, do you think that I could accomplish the same thing by running the SP2 exe again?Now thats a known OS corruption. Its also not repairable unless it be a repair or complete install carried out.
Ah, darn, I must not have seen that. I have reverted these options back tom their original state.The article applies to Windows Server 2003-based computers. You don't need to follow it as its not aimed at XP users and might cause extra problems.
