Long story short - my hard drive was out of space so installed a larger one
and reinstalled XP pro - and all updates and SP2, etc (it was a terrible
fight). Finally got everything working but whenever I pop-in one of those
mini usb drives (Sandisk) the install wizard screen pops up and says an error
occured "One of the filter drivers installed for this device is invalid". But
then all the devices work fine - so the only issue is the annoying error
message. Can this be easily fixed ? And yes, the devices work fine on other
XP pro machines. Sandisk of course says its a porblem with my MS drivers and
they are probably right - thanks for any help !

After reinstalling you installed your chipset & other drivers for your
hardware from the manufacturers sites or cd's or did you rely on default
winxp drivers & MSupdate?

"Roby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2BAA6512-0506-4CD6-907E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Long story short - my hard drive was out of space so installed a larger
> one
> and reinstalled XP pro - and all updates and SP2, etc (it was a terrible
> fight). Finally got everything working but whenever I pop-in one of those
> mini usb drives (Sandisk) the install wizard screen pops up and says an
> error
> occured "One of the filter drivers installed for this device is invalid".
> But
> then all the devices work fine - so the only issue is the annoying error
> message. Can this be easily fixed ? And yes, the devices work fine on
> other
> XP pro machines. Sandisk of course says its a porblem with my MS drivers
> and
> they are probably right - thanks for any help !

Thanks DL - well mostly I relied on the MS xp and updates, SPacs, etc. But if
a device wasn't acting correctly I'd go to the Mfgs. site and get the latest
driver or follow their instructions to get a MS patch, etc. In the case of
the mini USB drives (Sandisk) there are no Mfg. drivers or fixes and they
advise to use the MS USB drivers. Again, the USB devices are working fine -
just the annoying error message. When I use the same mini drives on other xp
pro computers they work fine with no annoying error messages. Thanks for your
help.

"DL" wrote:

> After reinstalling you installed your chipset & other drivers for your
> hardware from the manufacturers sites or cd's or did you rely on default
> winxp drivers & MSupdate?
>
> "Roby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2BAA6512-0506-4CD6-907E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Long story short - my hard drive was out of space so installed a larger
> > one
> > and reinstalled XP pro - and all updates and SP2, etc (it was a terrible
> > fight). Finally got everything working but whenever I pop-in one of those
> > mini usb drives (Sandisk) the install wizard screen pops up and says an
> > error
> > occured "One of the filter drivers installed for this device is invalid".
> > But
> > then all the devices work fine - so the only issue is the annoying error
> > message. Can this be easily fixed ? And yes, the devices work fine on
> > other
> > XP pro machines. Sandisk of course says its a porblem with my MS drivers
> > and
> > they are probably right - thanks for any help !
>
>
>

This is for DL - are you able to assist with a solution for this problem ? Or
any advice from other would be appreciated - thanks

"Roby" wrote:

> Thanks DL - well mostly I relied on the MS xp and updates, SPacs, etc. But if
> a device wasn't acting correctly I'd go to the Mfgs. site and get the latest
> driver or follow their instructions to get a MS patch, etc. In the case of
> the mini USB drives (Sandisk) there are no Mfg. drivers or fixes and they
> advise to use the MS USB drivers. Again, the USB devices are working fine -
> just the annoying error message. When I use the same mini drives on other xp
> pro computers they work fine with no annoying error messages. Thanks for your
> help.
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > After reinstalling you installed your chipset & other drivers for your
> > hardware from the manufacturers sites or cd's or did you rely on default
> > winxp drivers & MSupdate?
> >
> > "Roby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:2BAA6512-0506-4CD6-907E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Long story short - my hard drive was out of space so installed a larger
> > > one
> > > and reinstalled XP pro - and all updates and SP2, etc (it was a terrible
> > > fight). Finally got everything working but whenever I pop-in one of those
> > > mini usb drives (Sandisk) the install wizard screen pops up and says an
> > > error
> > > occured "One of the filter drivers installed for this device is invalid".
> > > But
> > > then all the devices work fine - so the only issue is the annoying error
> > > message. Can this be easily fixed ? And yes, the devices work fine on
> > > other
> > > XP pro machines. Sandisk of course says its a porblem with my MS drivers
> > > and
> > > they are probably right - thanks for any help !
> >
> >
> >

On Sep 14, 11:26 am, Roby <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks DL - well mostly I relied on the MS xp and updates, SPacs, etc. But if
> a device wasn't acting correctly I'd go to the Mfgs. site and get the latest
> driver or follow their instructions to get a MS patch, etc. In the case of
> the mini USB drives (Sandisk) there are no Mfg. drivers or fixes and they
> advise to use the MS USB drivers. Again, the USB devices are working fine -
> just the annoying error message. When I use the same mini drives on other xp
> pro computers they work fine with no annoying error messages. Thanks for your
> help.
>
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
> > After reinstalling you installed your chipset & other drivers for your
> > hardware from the manufacturers sites or cd's or did you rely on default
> > winxp drivers & MSupdate?
>
> > "Roby" <R...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:2BAA6512-0506-4CD6-907E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Long story short - my hard drive was out of space so installed a larger
> > > one
> > > and reinstalled XP pro - and all updates and SP2, etc (it was a terrible
> > > fight). Finally got everything working but whenever I pop-in one of those
> > > mini usb drives (Sandisk) the install wizard screen pops up and says an
> > > error
> > > occured "One of the filter drivers installed for this device is invalid".
> > > But
> > > then all the devices work fine - so the only issue is the annoying error
> > > message. Can this be easily fixed ? And yes, the devices work fine on
> > > other
> > > XP pro machines. Sandisk of course says its a porblem with my MS drivers
> > > and
> > > they are probably right - thanks for any help !- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Installing / updating the motherboard chipset drivers will provide XP
the correct method of accessing the motherboard devices, which include
the USB ports (aka USB root hubs.)

Never rely on Microsoft Updates to provide yoy with the "correct"
drivers. They are usually "outdated" if they successfully install or
at worst will crash your XP.