Hi Noel
I have done what u said.
Nothing now showing as error in either SM or NM. Nothing showing more than
once except IRQ Holder for PCI Steering...that shows 7 times in SM, but not
at all in NM. I did remove all instances of it when in SM first time ( I
wasn't sure if u meant for me to do that). Ive expanded all branches both in
NM and SM and I cant see any duplicates or any errors.
hwinfo now just reports one item as an error in red:
Class: System
This Device Has a Problem: Code=22 (0x16)
This device is disabled.
DeviceDesc: IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\PCI\IRQHOLDER\6A
Hardware Resource Section
Inst1 resources:
Alloc resources:
None
Extra Registry information Section
Driver Information section
Driver: System\0021
DriverDate: 06/08/2000
This aft, i was also looking at the DirectX diagnosis program. When I tried
the sound/music/tests ...it said:
Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request
failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were
already in use by another caller.)
Also, I do have a TV/video card installed. Sorry, I should have thought of
trying that before but i rarely use it. When I switched this on this aft, I
got loud background hissing sound. The arial is not connected at present so
I wouldnt get any channels but it seemed like this would have worked. This
is the only time I have had even the slightest sound.
I only guessing but are u going to tell me to remove that card from the PC??
Has it "kind of" taken over the sound card?
Thanks for all ur time on this, I am very grateful. I wont do anything until
I hear from you, if u have the time to reply.
Kind Regards
Nigel
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Those problems should have shown up in DM in Safe Mode!
Unless your webcam/digicam are plugged in when you reboot, then windows
shouldn't attempt to reinstall the drivers for them.....
Power down
Unplug both cameras from the PC
Boot to Safe Mode,
Remove ALL 'Other Devices'
Remove ALL error-flagged Devices (yellow '!', red 'X', green '?') - you'll
have to expand the tree completely to be able to check them
Remove ALL instances of duplicated or non-existent devices
Uninstall your HP printer
Reboot to Normal Mode - what attempts to install now?
rerun hwinfo - what shows?
Reboot to Safe Mode - - what show as errored?
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