Nobody want to help me??

[SavageGirl]

I keep asking for help on this with no reply..

I am trying to install hardware. The hardware wizard won't
let me install anything, saying that there is an
installation in progress and I must wait for that to
finish before beginning a new one. Thing is, there is
nothing being installed. It has been doing this for
months, and the time has come to fix it. I am not in
hibernation mode, and no I can't track what hardware it
thinks is being installed.


help.

 

[Kevin]

You usually see a window that says something like "found simple pci
communications device" or "found new webcam" and so on. You do not see
anything like this? Is it trying to install some hardware on every bootup
and reboot? Have you checked in Device Manager to see if you have any
hardware problems? Are you running a firewall, anti-virus, spyware and/or
adware application(s)?

 

[JBM]

I keep asking for help on this with no reply..

I am trying to install hardware. The hardware wizard won't
let me install anything, saying that there is an
installation in progress and I must wait for that to
finish before beginning a new one. Thing is, there is
nothing being installed. It has been doing this for
months, and the time has come to fix it. I am not in
hibernation mode, and no I can't track what hardware it
thinks is being installed.


help.

Don't know if I'll be able to help, but
What OS are you running?
what hardware are you trying to install?
What hardware do you currently have?
How much memory?
Do you have yellow exclamation marks in device
manager?
The more information the better.

Jim Manning

 

[Stuart]

I only have one suggestion, in device manager remove items one at at time,
rebooting in between, then try again.

Set a restore point first - a system repair would also do it, but it might
be like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.

 

[sjaeger16]

-----Original Message-----
I keep asking for help on this with no reply..

I am trying to install hardware. The hardware wizard won't
let me install anything, saying that there is an
installation in progress and I must wait for that to
finish before beginning a new one. Thing is, there is
nothing being installed. It has been doing this for
months, and the time has come to fix it. I am not in
hibernation mode, and no I can't track what hardware it
thinks is being installed.


help.
.
Try installing the driver from manufacture first and

still no luck try reinstalling the hardware.

ps what type of hardware is it????

 

[Guest]

Start over. Format your machine and start over. Back up
stuff first.

 

[Guest]

does not try to install anything on boot, device manager
says everything is fine, im not running a firewall but i
am running norton anti-virus...no spyware...

 

[Guest]

doesnt matter which hardware i'm trying to install, its
been doing this for months...i've been taking other routes
to install hardware.

 

[Guest]

If at all possible, i would like to avoid reinstalling, i
have tons of hardware on this thing.

 

[Guest]

im running xp, lots of hardware, doesnt matter what
hardware i try to install it still does the same thing,
(its been doing this for months) i have been using
alternate routes to install...device manager says
everything is running fine, plenty of memory

 

[Kathy]

Did you check the Device Manager for any exclamation marks?

 

[Steve C. Ray]

Disable NAV and close all applications before attempting to install any
hardware.

 

[Bruiser]

Same thing happened to me when I tried to re-install my sound card drivers.
I couldn't get to the bottom of it either (it's so maddening when Windows
says "No" to something and you have nothing to go on). I ended up restoring
an image of my C:\ drive. I know this isn't what you want to hear, and
hopefully someone will have the magic answer, but if you don't have an image
handy, than maybe starting from scratch is your best bet.

 

[Malke]

If at all possible, i would like to avoid reinstalling, i
have tons of hardware on this thing.

Listen, you "savagely" demand help, but won't give any details so people
can help you. Your motherboard could be bad. The RAM could be bad. You
could have viruses, bad cables - anything. Frankly, the best advice
would be for you to either 1) strip the machine down to the bare bones
- motherboard and video card and start testing; 2) call a good local
computer repair person to come fix things for you. I think Door #2
would be the best choice for you. Post back with some real information
about your system and the hardware you have if you want some help. If
you can't even be bothered posting the details, how can you expect
help?

Malke

 

[Ron Martell]

I keep asking for help on this with no reply..

I am trying to install hardware. The hardware wizard won't
let me install anything, saying that there is an
installation in progress and I must wait for that to
finish before beginning a new one. Thing is, there is
nothing being installed. It has been doing this for
months, and the time has come to fix it. I am not in
hibernation mode, and no I can't track what hardware it
thinks is being installed.

Please give one specific example of an item of hardware (type of
device, name of the manufacturer, and the specific model number) that
you are unable to install by following the manufacturer's instructions
for installing that particular device on Windows XP.

Here is a procedure you can try.

Boot Windows XP into Safe Mode. In Safe Mode open Control Panel -
System - Hardware - Device Manager and look at the detail entries for
every category of device that is listed.

1. Remove any devices listed that do not actually exist on your
computer.

2. If any devices are listed more than once then delete every repeat
every instance of that device. There is no way of determining which
of the duplicated items is the legitimate one. Note: There can
legitmately be multiple "IRQ holder for PCI IRQ Steering" type entries
in the System Devices category so these do not need to be deleted.

3. Delete every repeat every entry in the "Other Devices" category.

Shut down and restart Windows XP normally. It should now detect and
install a single copy of those devices that you deleted per #2 above.
As the driver files will all be present there should be no problem
with this.

The reason for doing this in Safe Mode is that devices that are not
properly installed for some reason (e.g. the install crashed before
completion) will often only show up in Device Manager in Safe Mode.

To start Windows XP in Safe Mode turn on the computer and start
tappping the F8 key rapidly just as soon as the first information of
any kind shows on the screen. Keep tapping until the Windows XP
startup menu appears and then choose Safe Mode from the menu.

If you cannot get the startup menu to come up with this procedure then
use Start - Run - MSCONFIG and go to the BOOT.INI tab. Click on the
checkbox for /SAFEBOOT to select it.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."