Installing a driver crashes system

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Peter Chatterton

I get the blue screen of death when I try to re-install a driver,
even when the driver is different. KMODE_EXCEPTION

It's the driver for a USB card that's worked before.
The problem started when it wouldn't recognize
the printer.

Any ideas at all?

Thanks,
Peter.

win2K SP 4
 
UPDATE
I should have mentioned that two other ports (mouse, modem)on the USB card
work okay.

I told it to load the USB driver, not the printer.

Twice I specified the driver I got with the card, which I'm pretty sure was
active before. Another time I let it pick another driver it said was a
better fit, in some winnt folder. It always crashed.

I let the dumps go to completion, could that help?
 
Better to ask the hardware manufacturer.

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:
| UPDATE
| I should have mentioned that two other ports (mouse, modem)on the USB card
| work okay.
|
| I told it to load the USB driver, not the printer.
|
| Twice I specified the driver I got with the card, which I'm pretty sure
was
| active before. Another time I let it pick another driver it said was a
| better fit, in some winnt folder. It always crashed.
|
| I let the dumps go to completion, could that help?
|
message
| | > I get the blue screen of death when I try to re-install a driver,
| > even when the driver is different. KMODE_EXCEPTION
| >
| > It's the driver for a USB card that's worked before.
| > The problem started when it wouldn't recognize
| > the printer.
| >
| > Any ideas at all?
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Peter.
| >
| > win2K SP 4
| >
| >
|
|
 
Thanks but I just got it working.

The 'printer' I used must have been setup with the wrong driver,
tho i don't know how. Anyway I used a different one and it
worked. Still don't know about getting the blue screen when
I try and install a driver, but I guess I can live with that.
 
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