Help - Software Installer Freezes now!?

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dmcgibbo · #1 Post by **dmcgibbo** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:53 pm

i updated a few things on IBM's device matrix for my T42p including to the new software installer.

anyway, when i try to use software installer now, it freezes and won't finish searching the driver folders.

what gives? it got stuck on C:\drivers\WXP\Display\video.tpi so i removed the display folder and then it would just get stuck on another .tpi in another folder...

JaimitoBond · #2 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:18 am

Yeah, that exact thing happened to me too. So I uninstall it, and reinstalled the older version. I wouldn't bother with the new one, until IBM releases an updated one.

#3 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:00 am

The new version of Software Installer was hanging on the Wireless NIC folder on my machine (IBM 11/a/b/g card). IBM issued a revised Wireless NIC driver and the problem went away. I should say that IBM has been revising many of their drivers (apparently to comply with SP2 for XP). I have been downloading and applying those drivers as well (including Video). So Software Installer is working fine, but over half the drivers are all new. ... JDHurst

dmcgibbo · #4 Post by **dmcgibbo** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:59 am

well i installed the new IBM a/b/g driver and it fixed my network connectivity problems it seemed (see my other thread about it not connecting to my netgear router) but then i just downloaded a bunch of the drivers including that same a/b/g and used software installer to update everything and it's not working again. haha oh well.

juancferrer · #5 Post by **juancferrer** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:45 am

My software installer is also freezing on VIDEO.TPI, so how do we get rid of this new sofware installer, and get the old version?? I can't find the old version on IBM's website, and trying to downgrade from within the software installer itself also freezes on VIDEO.TPI

dmcgibbo · #6 Post by **dmcgibbo** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:03 am

luckily i had saved the old install file but otherwise, where do you find older install/drivers? software installer has ability to roll back to older installed versions, but not if the drivers have been overwritten over the last install (which they almost always are). i guess you should download and save all the files on the device matrix on ibm's site? hmm...

btw, the old software installer works find and my ibm a/b/g works too. very curious...

epigram · #7 Post by **epigram** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:22 am

dmcgibbo wrote:i updated a few things on IBM's device matrix for my T42p including to the new software installer.

anyway, when i try to use software installer now, it freezes and won't finish searching the driver folders.

what gives? it got stuck on C:\drivers\WXP\Display\video.tpi so i removed the display folder and then it would just get stuck on another .tpi in another folder...

i have all the ibm website drivers in c:\website\drivers\... and i renamed c:\drivers and c:\ibmtools to c:\drivers_x and c:\ibmtools_x.

and the installer works properly now - i think the new installer was choking on the older *.tpi files that were shipped with the machine

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