Archive for 9 December 2007
No More Corrupt INFCACHE
9 December 2007 in Root & Updates and Fixes | Comments (0)
I have previously had problems with Vista and especially getting new (and old) hardware to find their own drivers. The problem was previously caused by a corrupt INFCACHE and was only recently fixed by Microsoft in an fix related to knowledge base article 040199:
“When you try to install a new hardware device on a Windows Vista-based computer, Windows Vista cannot install the driver for the hardware device successfully. Additionally, you may sometimes receive the following error message:
Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device. Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it.
Device_Name
This problem occurs if the Infcache.1 file that is in the %Windir%\System32 folder is deleted or corrupted.”
I haven’t gotten the update via Windows Update just yet, but only via Problem Reports and Solutions feature in Vista. You can,however, download the update yourself for 32-bit Vista or 64-bit Vista. In conclusion, I think it is safe to say that it seems like someone at Microsoft has been reading those 80-something problem reports that I’ve been sending in relation to the corrupt INFCACHE problem. Which is a good thing, of course. 