How to install native Windows drivers?

[Jason Clishe]

I recently acquired a new Compaq nx9010 laptop with the integrated 802.11g
Broadcom chipset. Out of the box it was using the native Windows XP wireless
NIC driver and worked just fine.

Like I always do when receiving a new PC, I went to Compaq's website and
downloaded the latest and greatest drivers and firmware. The native WinXP
wireless NIC driver was replaced with a Broadcom driver. Everything seemed
to be working fine; I was still connecting to our 802.11b access points at
work with no problem. However, when I got home I discovered that I could no
longer connect to (or even see) my Linksys 802.11b access point at home
(Netstumbler was no longer working either, even though it worked fine with
the native drivers). I tinkered with it a little but couldn't get it to
work. When I got to work the next, I still had connectivity to our access
points at work. When I got back home, I still couldn't see mine at home.

Since the native Windows XP driver worked fine to begin with, I simply want
to revert back to it and call it good. I uninstalled the Broadcom driver,
rebooted, Windows detected new hardware but said that no suitable driver was
found. I searched the Windows XP CD and even extraced the drivers.cab file
and searched it, but it won't find the native WinXP drivers. Of course, I
can re-install the Broadcom drivers that I downloaded from Compaq and it
works just fine, but I don't want to use those drivers; I want to use the
native Windows drivers that were installed when I got the laptop.

Can anyone help me out? TIA

JC

 

[cimex]

Windows "remembers" past drivers for devices, and can roll back to a
previous driver.
Inside of Device Manager, on the driver tab for each device, there is a
button called "Roll back driver."

 

[Jason Clishe]

I guess I forgot to mention, the first thing I did was attempt the driver
rollback feature, it didn't work. Said there was no backup drivers to
rollback to.

Jason

 

[cimex]

Wondering whether your computer set a System Restore point before you
changed drivers? That might do the trick (not 100% sure, but may be worth a
try).

 

[Jason Clishe]

I've installed too much software and made too many other changes since then;
I really don't want to use a restore point.

I can't believe it's this difficult just get a native driver to load!!

JC

 

[Jim Macklin]

Remove the device with device manager and reboot, when it is
detected the native Windows driver will install.To assure
this, you select the driver.


message | I've installed too much software and made too many other
changes since then;
| I really don't want to use a restore point.
|
| I can't believe it's this difficult just get a native
driver to load!!
|
| JC
|
| | > Wondering whether your computer set a System Restore
point before you
| > changed drivers? That might do the trick (not 100% sure,
but may be worth
| a
| > try).
| >
| >
| >
in message
| > | > > I guess I forgot to mention, the first thing I did was
attempt the
| driver
| > > rollback feature, it didn't work. Said there was no
backup drivers to
| > > rollback to.
| > >
| > > Jason
| > >
| > > | > > > Windows "remembers" past drivers for devices, and
can roll back to a
| > > > previous driver.
| > > > Inside of Device Manager, on the driver tab for each
device, there is
| a
| > > > button called "Roll back driver."
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > "Jason Clishe" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
| > > > | > > > > I recently acquired a new Compaq nx9010 laptop
with the integrated
| > > 802.11g
| > > > > Broadcom chipset. Out of the box it was using the
native Windows XP
| > > > wireless
| > > > > NIC driver and worked just fine.
| > > > >
| > > > > Like I always do when receiving a new PC, I went
to Compaq's website
| > and
| > > > > downloaded the latest and greatest drivers and
firmware. The native
| > > WinXP
| > > > > wireless NIC driver was replaced with a Broadcom
driver. Everything
| > > seemed
| > > > > to be working fine; I was still connecting to our
802.11b access
| > points
| > > at
| > > > > work with no problem. However, when I got home I
discovered that I
| > could
| > > > no
| > > > > longer connect to (or even see) my Linksys 802.11b
access point at
| > home
| > > > > (Netstumbler was no longer working either, even
though it worked
| fine
| > > with
| > > > > the native drivers). I tinkered with it a little
but couldn't get it
| > to
| > > > > work. When I got to work the next, I still had
connectivity to our
| > > access
| > > > > points at work. When I got back home, I still
couldn't see mine at
| > home.
| > > > >
| > > > > Since the native Windows XP driver worked fine to
begin with, I
| simply
| > > > want
| > > > > to revert back to it and call it good. I
uninstalled the Broadcom
| > > driver,
| > > > > rebooted, Windows detected new hardware but said
that no suitable
| > driver
| > > > was
| > > > > found. I searched the Windows XP CD and even
extraced the
| drivers.cab
| > > file
| > > > > and searched it, but it won't find the native
WinXP drivers. Of
| > course,
| > > I
| > > > > can re-install the Broadcom drivers that I
downloaded from Compaq
| and
| > it
| > > > > works just fine, but I don't want to use those
drivers; I want to
| use
| > > the
| > > > > native Windows drivers that were installed when I
got the laptop.
| > > > >
| > > > > Can anyone help me out? TIA
| > > > >
| > > > > JC
| > > > >
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > >
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Jason Clishe]

Thanks for the reply, but re-read my original post and you'll see that "I
uninstalled the Broadcom driver, rebooted, Windows detected new hardware but
said that no suitable driver
was found."

JC