ntx710i Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Every time i try to install a program, for instance nvidia's graphic drivers,on my desktop, I always get a corrupt installation on the installation. I tried redownloading the application and installing it countless times but to no avail. But, when I download it from the same site with my laptop and transfer it using a thumbdrive, I can install it perfectly. The only difference between the desktop's installation file and the laptop's installation file is that my desktop's installation file, when i double-clicked it, is that the UAC will prompt that the installation file shows an "unspecified publisher" while my laptop's installation file displays "Nvidia Corporation". I also tried to reinstall my OS, which is Vista Home Premium, but the problem still exists. How can I remove this problem? I hate having to transfer files between my laptop and my desktop frequently. Also, is this a hard disk problem? Quote
RandyL Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 This makes no sense at all. Especially on a clean install. This is not how UAC works. What is the make, model and number of your PC? How did you reinstall? What exactly does it say on your Windows disk? This is not a disk problem. Are you looking for a work around of some sort? Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
ntx710i Posted February 27, 2009 Author Posted February 27, 2009 (edited) Well my desktop was home-built, so i do not know any model or such. The details are as follows: Motherboard: MG-0630I-7159(XFX nforce 630i/geforce 7150) Graphic Card: Nvidia GTX260 896MB RAM:Fatal1ty 4GB RAM(Two slots of 2 GB) HDD: 1. Hitachi 160GB(Primary) 2. Maxtor 70GB (Secondary) And since my Vista Home Premium was a upgrade type, I deleted my primary(Hitachi one) partition and installed Windows XP Home on it. After installation was done, I immediately installed the Vista Home Premium. Edited February 27, 2009 by ntx710i Quote
RandyL Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 So the two files are exactly the same. You transfered the working one and didn't just run it from the thumb drive. So in essence there is absolutely no difference in the files. Yet you get a UAC unspecified publisher message on the direct download one. Check the properties of the corrupt file. Does it have a publisher? If you got this problem immediately after the install there should be no malware relation. After the install of Windows Vista did you get all of the Windows Updates? Vista Home Premium was a upgrade type Did you use a disk? Was it a CD or DVD? Where was it purchased? Did you choose the "clean install" when you you ran the upgrade to Vista? I know that's a lot of questions but this is an obscure problem and I don't know where to start or what direction to look. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
ntx710i Posted March 8, 2009 Author Posted March 8, 2009 I am a Singaporean so I bought it from Challenger. It was a DVD. And yes, I chose the clean install button while installing the OS. After installing the OS, I allowed it to install all updates(Sp1 included) and drivers before backing it up with Norton Ghost 14.0. If you want a complete procedure of how I installed my OS, here it is: Install Vista Install all relevant drivers(I used my motherboard disk to install drivers) and updates(SP1 included) BackUp with Norton Ghost Install all applications that I need BackUp Install Anti-virus That's what I did after I installed Win Vista. Quote
RandyL Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 I deleted my primary(Hitachi one) partition and installed Windows XP Home on it. So I'm assuming that Windows XP was previouvsly loaded on the Primary drive and that you then installed XP from a disk? After that you used the Vista Upgrade disk and chose the Clean Install option. At this point I would like to know exactly what it says on the XP and Vista disks that you bought from this company as they may not be the correct versions. This is important. Immediately after the installation of the drivers did downloads work ok before you installed anything else? Install all relevant drivers(I used my motherboard disk to install drivers) and updates(SP1 included) What I don't understand is the SP1 updates for Vista. That might have been included with the Vista disk but not on a motherboard driver disk. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
Match Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Hi Just reading through your thread did your problems start after you installed your Anti-virus? if so have you tried disabling it then installing? also I know its a daft question but are you logged in as an administrator? Quote
ntx710i Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 I finally found the solution! I used my brother copy to install Vista(to try) and see if downloads work. He also got the academic version. I tried the downloads and they worked perfectly! The downloaded application installation went smoothly and the UAC shows the specific publisher! Then I returned my copy of Vista and they(Challenger) helped me test my copy before giving me a new one. Now, all the downloads worked perfectly! I thank you guys for all the advice! Quote
RandyL Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Thats good news. Thanks for letting us know what the problem and solution was. Good luck from here on. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
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