matth90

>>I'm trying to research this a bit for you during my downtime today... Thanks I appreciate your help >>How often do you use Windows Update? All the time, its set to automatically download and install updates. >>I'm not sure how different it would be, but have you tried downloading the PA Driver (Zip File) from the >>Downloads section here in the forums and using that instead of the one at the previous link? Unfortunately I have already tried that and it does't work.

>>Does the HiMD appear in your Device Manager at all? Possibly with some sort of exclamation point or question mark? Yeah it appears in the Device Manager when connected but with the yellow exclamation mark. >>If so, you may want to try uninstalling the unit through the device manager before installing the PA Driver. Have tried this and everytime when you connect again it installs the drivers and comes up with the same error message. >>Also be sure that the unit is disconnected when you install the drivers. Yeah have been doing this as well. >>Oddly enough it sounds like it's trying to install drivers that weren't designed/tested for XP... Is that possible? Yes I agree with you, the drivers aren't digitally signed but that should not make a difference. I used to have an older MD player which I used with earlier versions of sonic stage but I uninstalled all the software as per the instructions on this forum before installing the latest version of Sonic Stage. I think there is still something conflicting .... maybe rements of the older driver, but I can't test on another machine as the monitor for my desktop isn't working else I would install and test on there.

Thanks, but I have already tried that and still no joy.

I downloaded the driver installed and rebooted but when I connect the device it still gives the same error message after installing.

Can anyone help? I have just bought a Sony MZ-NH1 HI-MD player, I have installed the Software Sonic Stage 3.2 using Sonys webinstaller and this installed fine no problems. But when I try to connect the MD player to the laptop it goes through the process of installing the driver but at the end I get an error message and the driver doesn't install. Error Message: Cannot Install This Hardware There was a problem installing this hardware: HI-MD An error occured during the installation of the device A service installation section in this INF is invalid Has anyone seen this before or know of away to fix it? WinXP Pro SP2 Acer 1300 Aspire Laptop [attachmentid=921]