Hi, When I was updating my second video card's drivers, this problem appeared: If I upgrade the drivers by pressing right button >>> install on .INF file, it installs something and tells me "Installation Failed" and asks me to reboot. When I reboot and go to the device manager, my video card shows an error and is disabled. If I upgrade the drivers from windows device manager, I get "File not found" error at the end of installation. The result is the same after reboot. I'm using Win2k Server, and this error has nothing to do with the drivers I was installing because I used them without any problems before. I also uninstalled the previous drivers before upgrading. Does anyone know why this happens? Is there a solution for this problem without reinstalling Windows? Computer: Intel Celeron 433Mz ATI Traveller 8 MB - VIDEO CARD with no 3D support Dimond Monster 3D II - 3D video card addon (secondary video card) connected through PCI port, Voodoo2 compatible. 128 MB + 32 MB RAM 40 GB Western Digital HDD P.S. The problem is not in the drivers (I used FastVoodoo2 v3.0) because I used these drivers before with no problems. I think that the installation process damaged one of Windows components, but I have no idea which one. I have removed everything about my DM3DII/Voodoo2 video addon from windows registry, uninstalled all of the drivers, removed all of the devices (Voodoo2 multimedia device + 3 nonPnP devices). I'm a newbie to the computers, but I have no idea why these errors appear and why the drivers don't get installed. I've looked at some log files, heres what setupapi.log says about the whole installation: --------START-------- Munged cmdline: .\install.exe EXE name: C:\DOCUME~1\HOME~1.MOZ\LOCALS~1\Temp\RarSFX0\Driver2k\install.exe Set selected driver. Searching for hardware ID(s): pci\ven_121a&dev_0002&subsys_00000000&rev_02,pci\ven_121a&dev_0002&subsys_00000000,pci\ven_121a&dev_0002&rev_02,pci\ven_121a&dev_0002,pci\ven_121a&dev_0002&cc_040000,pci\ven_121a&dev_0002&cc_0400 Searching for compatible ID(s): pci\ven_121a&cc_040000,pci\ven_121a&cc_0400,pci\ven_121a,pci\cc_040000,pci\cc_0400 The file (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) is not digitally signed, ignoring driver date. Found PCI\VEN_121A&DEV_0002 in c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf; Device: 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP; Driver: 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP; Provider: 3dfxzone.it; Mfg: 3dfxzone.it; Section: voodoo2 Decorated section name: voodoo2 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV. Selected driver installs from section voodoo2 in c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf. Changed class GUID of device to {4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. Set selected driver. Selected best compatible driver. Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES. Doing copy-only install of PCI\VEN_121A&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&60. Installing section voodoo2 from c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\fxgpio.sys to C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\fxgpio.sys. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\fxptl.sys to C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\fxptl.sys. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\ntremap.sys to C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ntremap.sys. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\3dfxspl2.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxspl2.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\3dfxspl3.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxspl3.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\3dfxv2ps.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxv2ps.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\3dfxvgl.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxvgl.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\csh.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\csh.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\fxoem2x.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\fxoem2x.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\glide2x.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\glide2x.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\glide3x.dll to C:\WINNT\system32\glide3x.dll. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf to C:\WINNT\INF\voodoo2.inf. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Copying file c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\3dfxv2ps.hlp to C:\WINNT\help\3dfxv2ps.hlp. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS. Co-Installers Registered. Device install function: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES. Installing section voodoo2.Interfaces from c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf. Interfaces installed. Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE. Doing full install of PCI\VEN_121A&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&60. An unsigned or incorrectly signed driver (c:\docume~1\home~1.moz\locals~1\temp\rarsfx0\driver2k\voodoo2.inf) was installed for 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 3.0 XP. Error 0xe000022f: The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information. Device required reboot: "Reboot" in section: voodoo2. Device install finished with error Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. Completed class-installer, error: Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. Set selected driver. Installing NULL driver for PCI\VEN_121A&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&60. Device install finished with error Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. --------END-------- during the installation process, setup replaced the file "riched20.dll" with its own version. This is the only file that is still left intact. I have a copy of the previous version, but does it affect this problem in any way?

I have removed everything about my DM3DII/Voodoo2 video addon from windows registry - I think that's the trouble - you've deleted a standard windows entry that just happens to refer to your GFX card. I suggest you do a repair/install to replace any missing files and/or reg entries.

I don't think thats the problem because the error appeared before I started tweaking with the registry. Anyway... If I do "scanreg /fix", will it restore the missing keys? And if I do windows repair, will that affect my currently installed programs?

:( can't even use scanreg, it seems microsoft didn't include it in win2k package. It was a nice tool in 98... I was thinking installing Win98 SE on drive E, it will be only for gaming and I'm wondering if it will create a lot of problems between win98 and win2k (replacing each-other's libraries, etc.) btw... I really don't understand why "Installation Failed" appears. Even Voodoo2Uninstaller.inf doesn't work, it does some stuff and then says an error at the end.

I suggest you get Filemon to monitor the install. It'll produce a lot of output, but you'll only be interested in the point where the "file missing" message appears.

thanx, it will help a lot...I hope it will

I ran the program and tried to install the drivers. The program helped, I filtered out all mmc.exe calls (win installer) and found lots of errors, some of them about files that I don't think I ever had. Well... here are the errors only (each repeats several times at different instances during the installation) 19:13:11 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN E:\sasha\voodoo\voodoo2.PNF FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\Documents and Settings\home.MOZG\CATADMIN FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\INF\voodoo2.inf FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\INF\ NO MORE FILES FileBothDirectoryInformation 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\INF\oem0.inf ACCESS DENIED MAIN\Home 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\INF\oem3.inf FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 CREATE C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\ NAME COLLISION Options: Create Directory Access: All 19:13:12 mmc.exe:1324 CREATE C:\WINNT\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE} NAME COLLISION Options: Create Directory Access: All 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY E:\sasha\voodoo\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: voodoo2.cab 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\fxgpio.sys FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: fxgpio.sys 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\SET16C.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\fxptl.sys FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: fxptl.sys 19:13:13 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\SET16D.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ntremap.sys FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: ntremap.sys 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\DRIVERS\SET16E.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxspl2.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: 3dfxspl2.dll 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxspl3.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: 3dfxspl3.dll 19:13:14 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET170.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:15 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxv2ps.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:15 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: 3dfxv2ps.dll 19:13:15 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\3dfxvgl.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:15 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: 3dfxvgl.dll 19:13:15 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET172.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\csh.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: csh.dll 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET173.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\fxoem2x.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: fxoem2x.dll 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET174.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\glide2x.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: glide2x.dll 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET175.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\glide3x.dll FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\system32\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: glide3x.dll 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET176.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:16 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\system32\SET176.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:17 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\INF\SET177.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:17 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\help\3dfxv2ps.hlp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:17 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\WINNT\help\ NO SUCH FILE FileBothDirectoryInformation: 3dfxv2ps.hlp 19:13:17 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\WINNT\help\SET178.tmp FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All 19:13:25 mmc.exe:1324 DIRECTORY C:\Documents and Settings\home.MOZG\Application Data\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My CANCELLED Change Notify 19:13:48 mmc.exe:1324 OPEN C:\DOCUME~1\HOME~1.MOZ\LOCALS~1\Temp\devmgmt.col FILE NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: All ********************************************* If you want to look at the full log file, you can go here: http://al-piv.fatal.ru/voodoo2log.txt ********************************************* Also... here's the list of all of the driver files: 02:14 1,105,408 3dfxSpl2.dll 02:21 1,105,408 3dfxSpl3.dll 14:43 590,336 3dfxV2ps.dll 14:22 1,297,920 3dfxVGL.dll 16:41 50,176 Csh.dll 10:01 47,104 fxoem2x.dll 10:02 226,304 glide2x.dll 03:13 327,680 glide3x.dll 11:36 18,023 3dfxV2ps.hlp 18:48 5,580 voodoo2.inf 12:17 5,472 fxgpio.sys 12:18 6,880 fxptl.sys 12:16 6,336 NTREMAP.SYS 13 File(s) 4,792,627 bytes 2 Dir(s) 20,919,631,872 bytes free You can get the drivers I used at 3fxzone.it (newest win2k/xp drivers for voodoo2) or here: http://al-piv.fatal.ru/voodoo.zip ********************************************* I'm going to try to figure this stuff out, but I don't think I can correct all of those errors (I don't have file called voodoo2.pnf anywhere)