Manual installation mess

[r0k]

Hey Thomas, don't panic. I've read thos two threads in a row you answered

I've just reinstalled WinXP and ran a scan. Of course i had a number of outdated drivers. Some of the suggested drivers auto-installed perfectly, but some of them didn't (some "system" drivers and audio drivers). After reading the other threads i installed them by right-clicking the inf file. But DD doesn't detect those drivers as updated. I also had an error installing the driver for my ethernet controlled and i had to manually run the installer. This one isn't seen as updated by DD either.

I restarted windows but it didn't help. I tried installing using the windows wizard (start menu-> Right click on System) but it tells me i already have the latest driver installed when i point to the download location. DD on the other hand still lists thos 20 drivers as outdated. Oh, and since i deleted the old download from the dowloads window (in order to check that maybe some new ones would show), DD tells me i already have the drivers downloaded, while they are no longer present. There is no way to re-download them.

And BTW, i have 20 drivers, but i scan twice, DD tells me i have 220 outdated drivers. Another scan and i have 2220 of them

Anybody knows how i can cure this mess?

[Thomas]

We didn't see such combination of problems yet (Thomas fighting the panic attack.) Thank you for the report, hopefully it will be useful while testing the new version of Device Doctor.

I'd suggest to use the Device Doctor Portable version from http://www.devicedoctor.com/device-doctor-builds.php instead.

Or you can uninstall the existing installation, then check and delete the data folders (in your application data folder, which might be something like C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\, you might see one or two folders, Device Doctor and DeviceDoctorSoftware, you can delete both). Then reinstall the standard version and try to run it whether it makes any difference.