Jason

On May 30, 6:35 pm, prodonjs <prodo...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Well the plot has definitely thickened. Last night I attempted to perform a
> System Restore but I couldn't go back as far as I would have liked. I
> actually had problems with that as it hung when I tried to do it from regular
> mode, it would only work when I went into Safe Mode and ran System Restore.
> So I did all that and now at least myUSBcontrollers are correctly installed
> in theDeviceManager, but still nothing works. In fact, noUSBdevicewill
> work in any of my three ports other than my wireless mouse, and it only works
> in one port, the port I have always used it in. Any otherdeviceI try gives
> me that dreaded "Parameter is Incorrect" error with no further explanation.
>
> What I think I am going to have to do is re-install Vista. I really would
> rather just reinstall overtop of the current platform so I don't lose all of
> my programs and everything, but I highly doubt that'll be possible
>
> It'll probably just be a better idea to start from scratch with a fresh
> install. I would just restore from a backup on my external HDD, but of course
> it'sUSBand that's a no go since it won't berecognizedanywhere. I don't
> have my Vista DVD on me at the moment, it's back at home and I'm at my
> temporary residence where I work during the week, so prior to Friday, does
> anyone have any other suggestions that could let me salvage the system?
>
>
>
> "prodonjs" wrote:
> > I am hoping that someone can help me get to the bottom of this oddly arising
> > error that is crippling my Vista laptop. I migrated to Vista last month with
> > a fresh install and everything was very smooth. I noticed almost zero
> > incompatibilities, with the exception of one 'UnknownDevice' in myDevice
> > Manager that I couldn't put a finger on since all of the things I utilized
> > daily worked properly.
>
> > Anyways, last weekend I went to connect my Creative Zen Micro to transfer
> > some music files and the system correctlyrecognizedthedeviceand began
> > installing the drivers. After a few minutes of trying though, the program
> > crashed out and said that;
>
> > "Windows has found drivers for yourdevicebut they couldnotbe installed"
>
> > "Couldnotinstall drivers for MTPdevice"
>
> > "The parameter is incorrect".
>
> > So I was frustrated and searched around to try and find help for this issue
> > but it didn't appear that anyone else experienced similar problems with their
> > Zen's and Vista.
>
> > At the time though, I assumed myUSBports were all working correctly since
> > I had used my SanDisk flashdrive and WD external HDD with no problems
> > whatsoever. But I hadn't used them since I had tried the MP3 player, and
> > wouldn't you know that when I plugged in my flashdrive yesterday, it acted as
> > if it needed to install drivers (which it shouldn't have) and then crashed
> > out on the install giving me the same message as the MP3 player;
>
> > "The parameter is incorrect"
>
> > Now, thisdeviceworked fine a week ago and gave me no trouble ever, nor did
> > my external HDD. So I thought maybe some of theUSBdrivers became corrupt so
> > I went into Safe Mode, removed allUSBrelated items and restarted expecting
> > me system to re-detect and configure all theUSBcontrollers. Well it
> > detected them, but unfortunately now I cannot install anydeviceat all. I
> > keep getting that same message, "The parameter is incorrect" but
> > unfortunately that message gives me absolutely no other information as to
> > what the parameter is, or why it is giving the system grief.
>
> > There is no other information passed back to me. I am very frustrated with
> > this whole deal because I havenotbeen able to track down any related items
> > anywhere online. I didnotmake any hardware or software configuration
> > changes that would have seemingly lead to this type of behavior. And, as I
> > said the two other devices were working correctly with Vista until I tried
> > connecting the Zen Micro MP3 player.
>
> > My machine has Vista Ultimate on it installed from a clean base, and, on two
> > other partitions I have the beginnings of Linux system that I am building
> > from source, but again, this should have no bearing on my Vista partition
> > since I haven't even installed a boot manager yet for Linux. I have a feeling
> > that this is some type of permissions issue, but none of my permission
> > policies should have changed since the time when I originally used those
> > devices. I'm really hoping someone can offer me some help. I greatly
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Have you tried this yet? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528