Installing video driver for Intel 855 Centrino Chipset

lexxion said:

Marciton and wolfydog,

I was just thinking. Do you guys use any bootloaders or bios patches for Windows 7?

I am running my Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit RTM without any bootloaders or bios patches and everything works.

Just a thought.

Lexxion

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lexxion please help!

during step 3

Second command you do is:

cacls c:\windows\system32\drivers\vgapnp.sys /G peter:F


i recieve the following error: invalid parameter "/g"

i am using icacls because cacls doesnt work

Did you substitute 'peter' with your username?

lexxion said:

Did you substitute 'peter' with your username?

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yes i did. still not working

If you use 'cacls' command what error do you get?

Did this work ok?

takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\vgapnp.sys

Try pasting the 'cacls' command line from my tutorial and replace the username

It might be case sensitive (the /G )

lexxion said:

If you use 'cacls' command what error do you get?

Did this work ok?

takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\vgapnp.sys

Try pasting the 'cacls' command line from my tutorial and replace the username

It might be case sensitive (the /G )

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takeown suceeds. using cacls returns "no mapping between account names and security ids was done."

Hmm... it looks like the 'cacls' command works ok but the message that you get is weird

Microsoft has something to say about it:

You receive a "No mapping between account names and security IDs was done" error when you edit and then save a Group Policy object in Windows XP Professional

What it means I am not really sure. You might want to scroll to the bottom of that page.

Also, does your account has admin rights? I would suggest logging in with the account that has admin rights or give the current account 'administrator' privileges and then trying again with 'cacls' command

lexxion said:

Hmm... it looks like the 'cacls' command works ok but the message that you get is weird

Microsoft has something to say about it:

You receive a "No mapping between account names and security IDs was done" error when you edit and then save a Group Policy object in Windows XP Professional

What it means I am not really sure. You might want to scroll to the bottom of that page.

Also, does your account has admin rights? I would suggest logging in with the account that has admin rights or give the current account 'administrator' privileges and then trying again with 'cacls' command

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when using Cacls i now receive error: invalid arguments. NOTE: cacls is now deprecated, please use Icalcs.

Hmm... Its hard for me to give you any solution because I did not experience any problems with using 'cacls' command with Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. I know 'icacls' should work the same way.

I would look on the net for the errors you are getting and try to figure out why you cannot use it.

Lexxion, thank you for your solution. It appears to have worked for me. I've got a Dell 700m that I purchased back in 2005 and I am glad that I can use Windows 7 on this machine (sans Aero).

However, I am having an issue, which may or may not be caused by the video driver. After using the laptop for anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, the laptop will simply shut down for no apparent reason. This has happened both when my laptop was plugged in as well as when it was running on battery.

I'm not sure if there's an error log of some sort where I can determine what is causing my computer to randomly shut down. Does anyone know?

Just as an FYI, in addition to the video driver, the only other drivers that weren't automatically found by Windows 7 were by printer driver (a Samsung ML-1740) and a "mass storage controller," which was a Texas Instrument SD card reader. I was able to find the driver for the TI card reader.

I uninstalled and re-installed both the media card and video drivers, so we'll see if I continue having this problem.

However, if anyone can tell me how if there's a way to diagnose my issue so that I know what's causing the random shutdowns, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Again, thanks Lexxion for such a great workaround!

No problem JOL,

I would check your power options and make sure the laptop does not hibernate or sleep. I would put it on ALWAYS on and wait that amount of time to see if it shuts down. If problem persists try some kind of temperature monitoring utility to check temperature. I think when it gets too hot it might shut off by itself.

Just some suggestions.

Thanks- I installed Rightmark CPU Clock Utility to control the laptop's temperature in addition to reinstalling the video and card reader drivers. The laptop's been running for about 7 hours straight so I think that a combination of the two things may have addressed whatever problem I was having.

Can you or anyone else recommend any other temperature monitoring utilities that I should use? I used Notebook Hardware Control but that doesn't seem to work with 7.

Does anyone know why does my Dell 700m ran so hot even when no programs were running? I was having the same issue with Win XP, which is why I started using NHC.

Edit - I found Lavalys Everest as an alternative to monitor my computer's temperature.

I would clean CPU fan and any other vents you have on a laptop. There might be excessive dust in there.

Btw, nice to see that the solution is working for you.

Hey lexxion, I am trying to go through this process with W7 Ultimate x86 (32b) to intall legacy drivers for my ATI Xpress200M in a fujitsu S2110 laptop. All other drivers are working, but like everyone else, the generic vgapnp.sys keep reinstalling itself automatically no matter what I do.

After going through the process and adding an x to the beginning of the file, making the file start with xMZ, the computer will no longer boot into windows in any mode, even safe mode.

When in safemode in hangs while loading PNPCLASS which i think is probably related to loading up vgapnp.sys.

Why do you think this would be happening and is there a way to keep my computer from depending on this driver file while booting?

it's still not possible to use it on my Vaio ... I think I'll have to move back to Vista :-<

Nevermind, I got it working.

aboothby,

What was the problem?

Btw..Nice you got it working

marciton said:

it's still not possible to use it on my Vaio ... I think I'll have to move back to Vista :-<

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I was looking through my Intel Driver Control panel, and there was some information about Sleep/Wakeup etc if it supported by the driver.

Check your Intel Video Control panel. It would either say Supported/ or Not supported

All of these features said 'Supported' for my laptop.

lexxion said:

marciton said:

it's still not possible to use it on my Vaio ... I think I'll have to move back to Vista :-<

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I was looking through my Intel Driver Control panel, and there was some information about Sleep/Wakeup etc if it supported by the driver.

Check your Intel Video Control panel. It would either say Supported/ or Not supported

All of these features said 'Supported' for my laptop.

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:sarc: where is the Intel Video Control panel ??

It should be running in your system tray on the right side (Little blue monitor). Just right-click on it and go to Graphics Properties->Information and look through the tabs.

If you do not see it just do 'run' and type 'igfxtray.exe'. That should put that little blue monitor in your system task tray.

For example, I also have Acer Aspire One 8" netbook with Vista on it. I installed latest graphics driver from Intel for 945GM but it says that Sleep/Wakup is NOT supported.

I do not know if there is anything special with the drivers/Bios/Os that cannot control them. This worked OK with Windows XP and Acer original video drivers.

all it's supported but it's still don't allow sleep :-<