Lost drivers, reinstall, code 10

Hey guys- this one is really stumping me.

About 2 days ago I seemingly lost my drivers for both my onboard LAN (asus p4p800 deluxe mobo) and my wireless (dlink airplus dwl-g520 wireless pci adapter). I tried reinstalling drivers (downloading them, burning to cd, putting on internet-less computer) to no avail. Every time I install the driver it tosses me the code 10, this device cannot start.

I've changed the pci adapter (we had an identical and working one in another computer) and that didn't install either. I'm begining to wonder if my motherboard is going bad.

Comp specs:
p4 2.4 (running 2.7)
1gig pc3200 ddr RAM
win xp sp2
asus p4p800d mobo
anything else you need that would help, i can supply it.

please point me in the right direction, i'm stumped!

thanks!

 

Definitely tried that- what happens is it searches for the driver, finds it, installs it, and then....

code 10- not working.

i ordered a new mobo, as i really don't know what else it could be.

any other ideas?

 

I kept getting a similar kind of error with a display adapter. I finally corrected it by going into the registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ and deleting about 10 copies of the device, including seven or so of which had no drivers associated. I went as far as replacing the vid card and trying the HDD in a different machine before trying this. Never had any trouble since.

It was much easier with the DISPLAY key that the PCI key is going to be. Browse each subkey of the PCI key. Two keys down is a value called DeviceDesc which tells you what Windows installed the device as.

For example:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1101&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411e6fe&0&C1
DeviceDesc = PCI standard host CPU bridge

Backup the Enum key, then delete any keys that are for the offending device. If your situation matches mine, you'll find several copies, as well as devices which appear to be for generic devices. My display adapter had 5 entries for "GeForce 6600 GT on Samsung 710T" and like 7 entries for " on (Default Monitor)". I deleted all of them, rebooted, reinstalled drivers for my display adapter, and my problems ended.