My windows 7 PC will not install any drivers at all I get the error message windows found driver software but encountered an e

[Dane907]

Need help with driver software

 

[jkhoward]

Can you please post the full error or provide a screenshot?

 

[Dane907]

My windows 7 PC will not install any drivers at all I get the error message windows found driver software but encountered an error while installing it access is denied but I am the admin

 

[jkhoward]

What drivers are you trying to update?

 

[Dane907]

It does that for all of them keyboards jump drives mice receivers anything it doesn't matter right now I need to install a keyboard but it's always the same message

 

[jkhoward]

Do you have an installation disk for these drivers?

 

[Dane907]

No I do not never needed them

 

[jkhoward]

You need them right now. What do you mean you have never needed them?

How are you installing the drivers?

 

[Dane907]

I always just used the Internet

 

[C1ick2Kn0w]

jkhoward, what Dane means is, when he bought his computer everything - including all the device drivers he needed, was already installed and operationational. Where are you from jk? Because even here in small, little, third-world South Africa , we buy fully installed machines. Your devices still arrive in boxes and the drivers are on floppy disks aren't they?

Since Dane bought his pc, he has downloaded the latest drivers using Windows Update and by selecting update driver in the driver tab in properties of each individual device in device manager etc via control panel, and now all update attempts are being denied.

Did I forget anything Dane? Probably not, I had the same problem with driver updates but I found quite a few ways to fix it, depending on your pc and what's on it. Which means I need to know what machine you have, the specs of all the devices you need drivers for and which edition of Windows 7 you running. Then we can start fixing.

 

[Dane907]

I'm not sure which version of Windows 7 it is but all I'm trying to install honestly as a keyboard and none of them work I tried other things but they want to install either i'm running Windows 7 computer with a GTX 460 graphics card I have 8 gigs of RAM on an AMD phenom 2

 

[diadi]

I have the very same problem , on windows 7, when connect a device appear: " Windows found software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install", when it try automatically install the driver. It appear in device manager with a yellow tringle but cannot transfer data on usb memory stick and mp3.
any idea?

when try to install manual the newest driver for any, it appear: "Windows found software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install Acces denied. (Code31).