"The data is invalid" (An error occurred during installation...)

[alan.peredo]

Hello George,
I have basically the same problem. I am one of the many users having a
problem that says "THE DATA IS INVALID" after installing or
reinstalling driver for a device. This refers to add-on cards such as
video card, sound card, capture card, usb card, etc. Specifically mine
is video capture card (hauppage wintv-hvr 1250).

This is what I have done so far:
1) Downloaded the latest driver from the vendor and reinstalled
unsuccessfully. They even have the solution for the exact problem I
have which is changing permission in the registry - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SOFTWARE.......ENUM\PCI. This is useful to some but not to me and to
others.
2) I have tried a different motherboard with same hard drive (luckily,
it booted fine) and showed same problem. Driver won't finish
installing.
3) I tried another video capture card of a different brand and showed
the same problem. Also tried on different PCI slot with no luck.
4) Updated chipsets and BIOS, and retried again what I have done,
unsuccessfully.
5) I tried resetting the permissions to default state in the entire
registry and tried reintalling driver again without success.
6) Finally, I tried the resolution in the 2 articles
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810882 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841567
you mentioned, and problem still persists.

Thank you in advance and I will patiently wait for any resolutions
while I also try search a solution for this.

Respectfully,
Allen

 

[AusAnt]

Hi Alan,

Yes you are not alone, I have experienced the same problem for several (not
sure how long as initial problems I put down to unsigned drivers etc), I have
also been battling with setting up a small home network at the same time and
believe this has complicated things for me.
I have managed to get a couple of devices to install by restting the
permissions for PCI and USB keys in the registry, (the Driver.Cab article did
not seem to resolve any issues on my computer), but the problem does not go
away and the permissions keep resetting, and this solution does not work all
the time.

Most recent issue was in swapping in an old DVD multi drive for another
drive, which should never be a problem under plug and play, I still haven't
got windows to recognise the drive.

I hope the boys from microsoft come up with an answer soon as this is
getting damned frustrating, (Though not as frustrating as a complete clean
install which seems to be the only other option.