network controller and wireless card driver not found and wont ins

Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
--
thanks

azreal,

If your wireless is a USB device, then some folks have had good luck
resolving USB device recognition issues like you have by deleting the
INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
built-in Security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.

--
freddy


"azreal" wrote:

> Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
> i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
> that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
> automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
> fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> --
> thanks

Have you tried downloading the Vista driver for your Belkin card? Starting
here:

http://www.belkin.com/support/browse/?lid=en

Start by choosing Networking Products > Wireless > etc. Make sure you chose
a Vista compatible driver, after finding your model, and, under Software &
Updates, clicking on Driver...

"azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:197C456B-8428-4BF4-80DB-D364E033A00D@microsoft.com...
> Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it
> installed
> i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message
> saying
> that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try
> to
> automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all
> was
> fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> --
> thanks

ok tried that but to no avail seems to be the internal network controller
rather than the wireless card. cheers for responding any way.
--
thanks


"freddy" wrote:

> azreal,
>
> If your wireless is a USB device, then some folks have had good luck
> resolving USB device recognition issues like you have by deleting the
> INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
> you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
> INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
> likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
> built-in Security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
> click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
> Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
>
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "azreal" wrote:
>
> > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
> > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
> > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
> > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
> > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> > --
> > thanks

cheers i have done that but still no joy it seems to be the network
controller rather than the plug in wireless card. thanks for you response any
way.
--
thanks


"dean-dean" wrote:

> Have you tried downloading the Vista driver for your Belkin card? Starting
> here:
>
> http://www.belkin.com/support/browse/?lid=en
>
> Start by choosing Networking Products > Wireless > etc. Make sure you chose
> a Vista compatible driver, after finding your model, and, under Software &
> Updates, clicking on Driver...
>
> "azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:197C456B-8428-4BF4-80DB-D364E033A00D@microsoft.com...
> > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it
> > installed
> > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message
> > saying
> > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try
> > to
> > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all
> > was
> > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> > --
> > thanks
>
>

azreal,

Can you post the name of the item in Device Manager where the driver is
missing? That is , if you can connect with a wire, then the network
controller must be working. More specifics may (or may not) be helpful.
--
freddy


"azreal" wrote:

> ok tried that but to no avail seems to be the internal network controller
> rather than the wireless card. cheers for responding any way.
> --
> thanks
>
>
> "freddy" wrote:
>
> > azreal,
> >
> > If your wireless is a USB device, then some folks have had good luck
> > resolving USB device recognition issues like you have by deleting the
> > INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
> > you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
> > INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
> > likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
> > built-in Security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
> > click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
> > Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
> >
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >
> > "azreal" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
> > > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
> > > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> > > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
> > > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> > > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> > > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
> > > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> > > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> > > --
> > > thanks

Do you mean your CardBus Controller under PMCIA adapters? In Device Manager
double-click on the problem device, and on the Driver tab, choose Roll Back
Driver. If that's grayed out, try Update Driver. Click on "Browse my
computer for driver software," then "Let me pick from a list of device
drivers on my computer". Choose something other than what you currently
have.

You could also try going to your computer manufacture's web site and
download the Controller for your notebook model.

"azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FD05F3FF-1476-4FD7-A504-D26842B43844@microsoft.com...
> cheers i have done that but still no joy it seems to be the network
> controller rather than the plug in wireless card. thanks for you response
> any
> way.
> --
> thanks
>
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried downloading the Vista driver for your Belkin card?
>> Starting
>> here:
>>
>> http://www.belkin.com/support/browse/?lid=en
>>
>> Start by choosing Networking Products > Wireless > etc. Make sure you
>> chose
>> a Vista compatible driver, after finding your model, and, under Software
>> &
>> Updates, clicking on Driver...
>>
>> "azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:197C456B-8428-4BF4-80DB-D364E033A00D@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it
>> > installed
>> > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message
>> > saying
>> > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it
>> > says
>> > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i
>> > try
>> > to
>> > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed
>> > the
>> > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook
>> > wireless
>> > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday
>> > all
>> > was
>> > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
>> > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
>> > --
>> > thanks
>>
>>

Yer thats what I thought but it is under other devices as network controller
with the device tower icon that vista has with a yellow triangle and a
exclamation mark with it.it is pci bus 3. my belkin card also is in this
other devices subsection as unknown device i know that it is my card because
i had it recognised a few times when i am wired in but this is intermittent
and not recognised now when i remove the wire i get the yellow triangle over
the network icon and no matter what i try it wont connect. i had a similar
problem recently with my dvd drive and it involved deleting some regestry
files to sort it from what i remember. i have tried every possible way to
update the drivers but no joy. i also note that all system restores up untill
today have gone. which i find a bit odd.


--
thanks


"freddy" wrote:

> azreal,
>
> Can you post the name of the item in Device Manager where the driver is
> missing? That is , if you can connect with a wire, then the network
> controller must be working. More specifics may (or may not) be helpful.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "azreal" wrote:
>
> > ok tried that but to no avail seems to be the internal network controller
> > rather than the wireless card. cheers for responding any way.
> > --
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > "freddy" wrote:
> >
> > > azreal,
> > >
> > > If your wireless is a USB device, then some folks have had good luck
> > > resolving USB device recognition issues like you have by deleting the
> > > INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
> > > you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
> > > INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
> > > likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
> > > built-in Security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
> > > click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
> > > Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
> > >
> > > --
> > > freddy
> > >
> > >
> > > "azreal" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
> > > > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
> > > > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> > > > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
> > > > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> > > > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> > > > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
> > > > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> > > > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> > > > --
> > > > thanks

no i have another in there that is working ok. this shows in other devices as
network controller with a exclamation triangle on the device icon. i have
tryed updating from the toshiba website but once again no joy. i had a
similar thing happen to my dvd drive recently but i from what i remember it
involved deleting two files from the regestry then all was ok. i also note
that all my system retore files excluding today are gone...
--
thanks


"dean-dean" wrote:

> Do you mean your CardBus Controller under PMCIA adapters? In Device Manager
> double-click on the problem device, and on the Driver tab, choose Roll Back
> Driver. If that's grayed out, try Update Driver. Click on "Browse my
> computer for driver software," then "Let me pick from a list of device
> drivers on my computer". Choose something other than what you currently
> have.
>
> You could also try going to your computer manufacture's web site and
> download the Controller for your notebook model.
>
> "azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FD05F3FF-1476-4FD7-A504-D26842B43844@microsoft.com...
> > cheers i have done that but still no joy it seems to be the network
> > controller rather than the plug in wireless card. thanks for you response
> > any
> > way.
> > --
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried downloading the Vista driver for your Belkin card?
> >> Starting
> >> here:
> >>
> >> http://www.belkin.com/support/browse/?lid=en
> >>
> >> Start by choosing Networking Products > Wireless > etc. Make sure you
> >> chose
> >> a Vista compatible driver, after finding your model, and, under Software
> >> &
> >> Updates, clicking on Driver...
> >>
> >> "azreal" <azreal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:197C456B-8428-4BF4-80DB-D364E033A00D@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it
> >> > installed
> >> > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message
> >> > saying
> >> > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it
> >> > says
> >> > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i
> >> > try
> >> > to
> >> > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed
> >> > the
> >> > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook
> >> > wireless
> >> > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday
> >> > all
> >> > was
> >> > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> >> > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> >> > --
> >> > thanks
> >>
> >>
>
>

azreal,

From a distance, I'm having problems seeing this in my mind's eye, so to
speak. I would try simply uninstalling those unknown devices in Device
Manager under the Properties of each unknown device. Leave everything
connected and uninstall them. Then reboot to see what happens. Sometimes
Windows fixes these problems when it reboots. That's the idea at least.
Post back on results.
--
freddy


"azreal" wrote:

> Yer thats what I thought but it is under other devices as network controller
> with the device tower icon that vista has with a yellow triangle and a
> exclamation mark with it.it is pci bus 3. my belkin card also is in this
> other devices subsection as unknown device i know that it is my card because
> i had it recognised a few times when i am wired in but this is intermittent
> and not recognised now when i remove the wire i get the yellow triangle over
> the network icon and no matter what i try it wont connect. i had a similar
> problem recently with my dvd drive and it involved deleting some regestry
> files to sort it from what i remember. i have tried every possible way to
> update the drivers but no joy. i also note that all system restores up untill
> today have gone. which i find a bit odd.
>
>
> --
> thanks
>
>
> "freddy" wrote:
>
> > azreal,
> >
> > Can you post the name of the item in Device Manager where the driver is
> > missing? That is , if you can connect with a wire, then the network
> > controller must be working. More specifics may (or may not) be helpful.
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >
> > "azreal" wrote:
> >
> > > ok tried that but to no avail seems to be the internal network controller
> > > rather than the wireless card. cheers for responding any way.
> > > --
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > "freddy" wrote:
> > >
> > > > azreal,
> > > >
> > > > If your wireless is a USB device, then some folks have had good luck
> > > > resolving USB device recognition issues like you have by deleting the
> > > > INFCACHE.1 file, which can get corrupted with bad data and cause issues like
> > > > you have. The file is located at C:\Windows\inf. There, scroll down to the
> > > > INFCACHE.1 file and right click it and select delete. To do this, you will
> > > > likely have to give yourself permission to delete it, because of Windows
> > > > built-in Security. Just right click the file, select Properties and then
> > > > click on the security tab. Let us know whether this procedure does anything.
> > > > Sometimes it does and sometimes not. Post back on the results.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > freddy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "azreal" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi i recently had a automatic vista home basic update and after it installed
> > > > > i have not been able to access my wireless internet. i get a message saying
> > > > > that the drivers cannot be found. i went to the device manager and it says
> > > > > the same and also that my network controller drivers are missing. so i try to
> > > > > automatcaly reinstall drivers but they are not found and i have tryed the
> > > > > disk that came with the laptop and the belkin wireless g notebook wireless
> > > > > card but none of these help. i can connect using a wire but yesterday all was
> > > > > fine the only change i have had is this update. i tryed to do a system
> > > > > restore but now that fails aswell i am a little distresed please help.
> > > > > --
> > > > > thanks