Driver Not loaded, Try Running as Admin

Hello all,

I have an interesting problem. I cannot figure this out myself so I am hoping you all can help me out.

When I start up my computer and log in, I am greeted with this:


I have no idea what is causing it. I have not installed any new hardware in weeks!

I suspect it is my KB driver, because every now and then, the keyboard will not work when it starts up, and same with the mouse...

Help!!!!

~Lordbob

P.S. This is posted in the Driver forums originally, but I received no answer, and I know this forum is read more, so forgive the double post or delete the old one. Thanks!

Hello Lordbob,

Have you alread tried uninstalling and reinstalling the keyboard and mouse drivers to see if that may help? Sometimes they may just get corrupted by something.

Also check to see if there may a newer driver version available for them that may address this issue.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

*Bashes head on KB*
Thank you Brink. Should have thought of that....

My only concern is that I dont know which driver it is that is buggy.
But I will try the aforementioned solution.

~Lordbob

You can take a look through Device Manager when you get this error to hopefully see a device that has been flagged as not working properly since the driver was not loaded.

I would suspect like you that it may be the keyboard also since it will not work sometimes.

Just curious.... Has your auto windows update changed the driver? I found this to be a problem with the driver for my Internet connection. It really bugged me until I figured out that Vista auto updated without me realizing it.

Whoops I forgot to say what happened!

Ok, so Brink, I reinstalled and updated all the mouse and KB drivers, and when I restarted, the same error popped up. So I went to here to let you guys know, and I realized the KB was off!! So I had to restart twice... This is not a major issue, but it is bugging the HELL outta me!!

~Lordbob

EDIT: I forgot, I looked in Device Manager, and the Mouse was listed correctly, but the keyboard was listed as a working HID interface device. The KB and mouse are made by the same company, but the Razer Lachesis (mouse) is shown correctly but the Tarantula (KB) is the HID device.....?

lordbob, I kinda have the same problem, in the Device Manager, my Logitech G15 appears only as an HID Keyboard Device (actually, I have two instances of it there). Now, my G7 at least appears as a Logitech HID-complient Cordless Mouse but the names of each one are not there.

I don't have the pop-up error that you have but I know they don't work 100% with Vista. Blaming MS or Logitech seems moot (sp?) at this point, I just live with it.

Hope you do get to at least get rid of that pop-up though.

AstaLaVista said:

Hope you do get to at least get rid of that pop-up though.

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Thats what I'm hoping for.

~Lordbob

Lordbob,

It appears that the KB driver file is trying to run at startup as an administrator which would get blocked by default, or you have to click on Continue at startup, in Vista. As a test, look in MSCONFIG to see what file is being loaded for the KB driver, then see if creating a task in Task Scheduler for the KB driver file to run as startup instead. You can use OPTION ONE (Method Two) in this tutorial to help show you how to. Afterwards, disable the KB driver from starting in the normal startup program list to test the new task one instead.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

Brink, now that I think of it, I had UAC turned off until just recently. I turned it back on, and I think that is when this started..... The KB would still turn off randomly, but now I'm getting the warning?

~Lordbob

Lordbob try this and see if you still get the error.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.html?filter

mansrm81 said:

Lordbob try this and see if you still get the error.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.html?filter

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Thanks, I will let you all know.

~Lordbob

Well, thanks for all the efforts, but the error still occurs, though my KB has worked the last couple times I restarted...

~Lordbob

LordBob,

Have you tried creating a task for it to see how it runs with it instead at startup?

http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/208976-driver-not-loaded-try-running-admin.html#post962186

lordbob, this may not help you but is worth a shot if you have not already done so. I just install the latest setpoint for my g7 mouse and when I restarted it, vista blocked the mouse as it wanted to start on my Startup, as soon as I deleted the instance from the started the pop up went away...

Again, it may not be your problem.

Brink: yes I did try that. It didn't seem to do anything at all...

AstaLaVista: I will try that and let you know.

~Lordbob

Ok, so it appears that turning off the startup drivers didn't work. Though it appears that both the KB and mouse drivers load successfully, as they both appear in my tray as they are supposed too......

Also, if I unplug my keyboard, then plug it in when it is not working, then it turns on. So maybe the USB is having trouble initializing? It is a new mobo, so I would not think that would be the problem (and they are all on the mobo).

I am out of ideas. I guess I could just turn stuff off at startup and see when it stops coming up....

~Lordbob

Lordbob,

You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for all of your devices may help in case you have one that has gotten corrupted.

Brink said:

Lordbob,

You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for all of your devices may help in case you have one that has gotten corrupted.

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Not a bad idea, I will try that when I get the chance. Might take a little while, but hopefully it will help... I was going to try disabling each different item at startup to see if I could pinpoint the problem. Will try that first.

~Lordbob

I have an old HP Laserjet Printer (parallel Port) that I converted to USB. Everytime I unplug the usb cable and I plug it somewhere else, Vista starts to want to install almost everything and I have a hard time installing the printer again.

What I would do if I were you, I would unplug every USB device I have plugged in (aside from KB & Mouse if you don't have ps2 KB/mouse), let vista make the official installation of those drivers, then disconnect the mouse, wait a few secs, connect it back and let Vista find it or install new drivers, do the same with the mouse. After all that, start plugging the usb devices and let vista install. Restart and see what happens after that.