Can't install network protocols or services

[tviman]

Am trying to add a network protocol but when I click on the Install button, I get this error:

Could not add the requested component. The error is: The specified path does not contain any applicable device INFs.

I get this same message when I try to add a service or client, too. Nothing has changed except for a recent SP2 upgrade.

Any clues??? (Yes, the INF files are in the INF folder...)

Thanks...

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[electronicsfreak]

Put your system disc in, close any windows it load. Go to start, run, type cmd and hit enter. Now type sfc/scannow and let it scan. When it finishes restart and give the network protocol a try again. Let us know the results

 

[alidabiri]

elec....,
just a reminder, (you may already know this)typing run /cmd produces different behavior than starting command prompt from "start/programs/accessories/command prompt in windows-xp-home.
cmd from run, seems not to be able to handle long file/folder names and files with space(s) in file/folder name.
example:
for program files, you must type progra~1.
putting "program files" results in error.

but
command prompt from programs/accessories, handles both progra~1 and "program files" properly.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Actually it should matter, right click on your command on the start menu, if you notice its a shortcut that is going to "cmd.exe" which is the same thing you open at run. So if your having programs id say its your end.

 

[alidabiri]

i know they point to the same target, but they behave differently, at lease in xp-home.