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FAIL TO DOWNLOAD NEW DRIVER after upgrading motherboard

trulsi08

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Apr 20, 2016
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I got a new motherboard with cpu and ram, and before i installed it to my pc i recovered all on my pc to factory new. when i finished installing the new parts, i could not download the new driver. It said: T EXCEL.EXE - BAD IMAGE
C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7600.16661_none_ebfb56996c72aefc\COMCTL32.dll is either not designed to run on Windowsor it conatins an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.

Anyone know what to do?

My specs was:
Intel core i5-4670 processor
crucial DDR3 BallistiX Sport 1600MHz 2x4GB
MSI B85M-E45 motherboard
Gainward GeForce GTX 760 2gb PhysX CUDA
Crucial M500 SSD 2.5" 120GB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB

My new motherboard, CPU and RAM is:
ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING
Intel Core I7-6700K Skylake
KINGSTON 16GB 3000MHzDDR4 CL15DIMM Kitof4
 
When you get a new motherboard and CPU you should reinstall windows as all the drivers will be different. Resetting the image to factory and then putting the drive into the PC is just asking for problems, as the drivers installed to for the old motherboard are not going to match what you just installed.

Are you running win 7 as that error applies to win 7.