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Unsigned Driver Installation in SP-2

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by sohohelpdesk

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I know I know, never install an unsigned drive especially after SP-2. Well I did and now I can not get my Windows XP SP-2 Computer to even remove the drive. I Installed the proper driver I had on a CD for my XP Computer for my Creative Sound Blaster Card. This drive worked very well before SP-2. I have recently formated and re-installed XPPro then installed SP-2 everything worked 100% all apps, programs etc. Then I noticed my 5.1 Creative / Cambridge Sound Works system was not working, no driver installed!! So I installed the driver LivDrvUni-Pack.exe version 1.0.0.1 that worked before SP-2 and that was my big mistake, ever since I have tried to remove the driver, with no luck, I have tried to uninstall the software from Add & Remove Programs, it will not let me, the error says, it is corrupt. I have also tried everything in safe mode with no luck as well. I have also tried to system restore to before I installed the driver/software pack. I have not been able to system restore to any of my restore points??? Do any of you have any ideas before I format and reinstall, I have wasted enough time on this all ready???

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by zeealen247

Hello there!
There are other ways besides formatting which as you said happens to be the last resort. You could possibly repair the OS you have. That is you can remove the present Windows files and re-install without formatting your system. Simply act as if you wanted to format, by that I mean that you should:
1) Make first boot device CDrom
2)When u get to the screen that says
"Enter =Insatll windows"
"R = repair"
"F3 = quit"
select "Enter = Install windows"
Then Press the escape key
It will show you the number of partitions u got.
Select the partition one want to perform the action(If there are 2 partitions)
press the enter key to install windows
you cud wish to leave the present file sytem intact or convert.if u choose to leave the current file system intact press "c"
then press "L"
to delete the current windows system files and retain the directory. In that case you will still have all you other files intact. or just follow the on-screen directions

this is to help you avoid formatting.

the reason I say this is that whatever restrictions that are imposed are made by the OS. So if u remove them( I mean the OS files)by the method afore-mentioned, you should be fine.

Plz let me know if it works and your progress.

Thanks

Matt.

by sohohelpdesk

I have been over this site from one end to the other looking and never asked the right question I guess..Thank you

by thechas

Many devices do not have "signed" drivers. In order to get a driver signed, the company needs to pay a fee to Microsoft.

Generally, if the driver is from the device manufacture, there should not be any problems installing un-signed drivers.

Is this sound card more than 2 years old?
If so, there may be a bug in the driver on the CD. The original Creative driver for XP caused a number of system problems.

You need to download and install the latest driver from Creative, and perhaps a patch for the old driver.

Chas

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