I was installing nvidia perf hud and in the process it uninstalled my video
driver so it could install an instrumented video driver. That failed, and I
am now not able to install any driver. It appears to work (thru manual update
driver or find new hardware) but gets to the end and says

cannot install this hardware "access is denied".

i looked thru the setupapi.log and nothing there is enlightening.

I've got full admin rights....anyone?

HOW TO Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;313222
Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to
repair file and registry permissions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx
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"Pweeks" wrote:

> I was installing nvidia perf hud and in the process it uninstalled my video
> driver so it could install an instrumented video driver. That failed, and I
> am now not able to install any driver. It appears to work (thru manual update
> driver or find new hardware) but gets to the end and says
>
> cannot install this hardware "access is denied".
>
> i looked thru the setupapi.log and nothing there is enlightening.
>
> I've got full admin rights....anyone?

Maybe open device mgr,uninstall nvidia (all),close out when thru,shutdown pc.
XP will reinstall on restart + you should be able to update software to where
you want to be...

"Pweeks" wrote:

> I was installing nvidia perf hud and in the process it uninstalled my video
> driver so it could install an instrumented video driver. That failed, and I
> am now not able to install any driver. It appears to work (thru manual update
> driver or find new hardware) but gets to the end and says
>
> cannot install this hardware "access is denied".
>
> i looked thru the setupapi.log and nothing there is enlightening.
>
> I've got full admin rights....anyone?

And if that allso uninstalls chipset drivers?

"Andrew E." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A2633819-D2A8-43AF-B4F1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Maybe open device mgr,uninstall nvidia (all),close out when thru,shutdown
> pc.
> XP will reinstall on restart + you should be able to update software to
> where
> you want to be...
>
> "Pweeks" wrote:
>
>> I was installing nvidia perf hud and in the process it uninstalled my
>> video
>> driver so it could install an instrumented video driver. That failed, and
>> I
>> am now not able to install any driver. It appears to work (thru manual
>> update
>> driver or find new hardware) but gets to the end and says
>>
>> cannot install this hardware "access is denied".
>>
>> i looked thru the setupapi.log and nothing there is enlightening.
>>
>> I've got full admin rights....anyone?