"Richard_C" <Richar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0D9585C-BA68-43CD-BD0B-EA789B154F07@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone help me please? I bought a wireless network kit from D-Link and
> installed the SW and Router on my wife's laptop PC. I loaded the SW for
> the
> Wireless adaptor on my desktop PC and inserted the wireless adaptor into
> the
> USB port and bingo, everything worked perfectly for a couple of weeks.
> After
> 1 week on holiday, I came home, switched on my desktop PC but could not
> establish a connection to the router. I double clicked on the DLink Icon
> for
> the network connection wizard, got an hourglass for 4 seconds, but the
> application failed to run. I uninstalled the sw and re-installed it but
> there
> was no change.  I tried again, still no change. I started to click around
> a
> bit to try and find out what was going wrong and got one message that
> indicated that the driver was missing.
> I used the windows update driver facility and selected a driver from the
> application CD (one of four options - took best guess). I got an error
> message saying that installation had failed. This error message "An error
> occurred in the installation of this device. The name is already in use as
> either a service name or a service display name.  Got another brief
> message
> that the Wireless adaptor was faulty. Returned it to store and obtained a
> replacement (adaptor only as router is working OK on  wife's laptop).
> Re-installed sw but each time results in error message "failed to load
> driver" I searched the net, found this page
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823771/en-us and followed steps after
> uninstalling sw again. Found no registry entries associated with DLink.
> Installed sw  again, same result, failed to load driver. If I try and
> reload
> the driver directly, I still get the "An error occurred in the
> installation
> of this device. The name is already in use as either a service name or a
> service display name.” error message but I can’t determine what this
> message
> means and how to fix the problem.
>

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> Try to disable switch off Windows Wireless Zero Configuration,
> http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html
> Get rid of Ghosts (if any) in the Device Manger,
> http://www.ezlan.net/faq.html#ghost
> Load again the Card's Utility and Drives together.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Richard_C" <Richar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E0D9585C-BA68-43CD-BD0B-EA789B154F07@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone help me please? I bought a wireless network kit from D-Link and
> > installed the SW and Router on my wife's laptop PC. I loaded the SW for
> > the
> > Wireless adaptor on my desktop PC and inserted the wireless adaptor into
> > the
> > USB port and bingo, everything worked perfectly for a couple of weeks.
> > After
> > 1 week on holiday, I came home, switched on my desktop PC but could not
> > establish a connection to the router. I double clicked on the DLink Icon
> > for
> > the network connection wizard, got an hourglass for 4 seconds, but the
> > application failed to run. I uninstalled the sw and re-installed it but
> > there
> > was no change.  I tried again, still no change. I started to click around
> > a
> > bit to try and find out what was going wrong and got one message that
> > indicated that the driver was missing.
> > I used the windows update driver facility and selected a driver from the
> > application CD (one of four options - took best guess). I got an error
> > message saying that installation had failed. This error message "An error
> > occurred in the installation of this device. The name is already in use as
> > either a service name or a service display name.  Got another brief
> > message
> > that the Wireless adaptor was faulty. Returned it to store and obtained a
> > replacement (adaptor only as router is working OK on  wife's laptop).
> > Re-installed sw but each time results in error message "failed to load
> > driver" I searched the net, found this page
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823771/en-us and followed steps after
> > uninstalling sw again. Found no registry entries associated with DLink.
> > Installed sw  again, same result, failed to load driver. If I try and
> > reload
> > the driver directly, I still get the "An error occurred in the
> > installation
> > of this device. The name is already in use as either a service name or a
> > service display name.” error message but I can’t determine what this
> > message
> > means and how to fix the problem.
> >
>
>

"Richard_C" <Richa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06BA2C3A-C92E-4AC1-A87F-E26291342105@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jack,
> Thanks for your help on this problem. Managed to switch off Wireless Zero
> Configuration OK.
> Then went to Device Manager, found yellow exclamation mark against
> Wireless
> Adaptor entry. Uninstalled. Rebooted , reinstalled Application, failed to
> load driver. Checked Device Manager again, yellow mark back again.
> Uninstalled again. Rebooted. Opened Device Manager Window to watch during
> Application Installation. During setup, when asked to insert Wireless
> Adaptor, Device Manager refreshed and showed "Other Devices" with 802.11
> bg
> WLAN underneath, marked with yellow question mark and exclamation mark.
> Continued installation, driver failed to install again, entry in Device
> Manager changed to D-Link DWA-111 Wireless G USB Adaptor #12. I noticed
> that
> the previous instance of this entry was marked #11. Does this mean I now
> have
> 12 rogue installations to deal with? Can you offer any more advice please?
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Try to disable switch off Windows Wireless Zero Configuration,
>> http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html
>> Get rid of Ghosts (if any) in the Device Manger,
>> http://www.ezlan.net/faq.html#ghost
>> Load again the Card's Utility and Drives together.
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>> "Richard_C" <Richar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E0D9585C-BA68-43CD-BD0B-EA789B154F07@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone help me please? I bought a wireless network kit from D-Link
>> > and
>> > installed the SW and Router on my wife's laptop PC. I loaded the SW for
>> > the
>> > Wireless adaptor on my desktop PC and inserted the wireless adaptor
>> > into
>> > the
>> > USB port and bingo, everything worked perfectly for a couple of weeks.
>> > After
>> > 1 week on holiday, I came home, switched on my desktop PC but could not
>> > establish a connection to the router. I double clicked on the DLink
>> > Icon
>> > for
>> > the network connection wizard, got an hourglass for 4 seconds, but the
>> > application failed to run. I uninstalled the sw and re-installed it but
>> > there
>> > was no change.  I tried again, still no change. I started to click
>> > around
>> > a
>> > bit to try and find out what was going wrong and got one message that
>> > indicated that the driver was missing.
>> > I used the windows update driver facility and selected a driver from
>> > the
>> > application CD (one of four options - took best guess). I got an error
>> > message saying that installation had failed. This error message "An
>> > error
>> > occurred in the installation of this device. The name is already in use
>> > as
>> > either a service name or a service display name.  Got another brief
>> > message
>> > that the Wireless adaptor was faulty. Returned it to store and obtained
>> > a
>> > replacement (adaptor only as router is working OK on  wife's laptop).
>> > Re-installed sw but each time results in error message "failed to load
>> > driver" I searched the net, found this page
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823771/en-us and followed steps after
>> > uninstalling sw again. Found no registry entries associated with DLink.
>> > Installed sw  again, same result, failed to load driver. If I try and
>> > reload
>> > the driver directly, I still get the "An error occurred in the
>> > installation
>> > of this device. The name is already in use as either a service name or
>> > a
>> > service display name.” error message but I can’t determine what this
>> > message
>> > means and how to fix the problem.
>> >
>>
>>

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> Ignore the number every time you install it advances but that does not mean
> that there is any other installation.
> Try to log to D-Link support and download the latest drivers, if it doe not
> help it might indicate a faulty card.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Richard_C" <Richa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06BA2C3A-C92E-4AC1-A87F-E26291342105@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Jack,
> > Thanks for your help on this problem. Managed to switch off Wireless Zero
> > Configuration OK.
> > Then went to Device Manager, found yellow exclamation mark against
> > Wireless
> > Adaptor entry. Uninstalled. Rebooted , reinstalled Application, failed to
> > load driver. Checked Device Manager again, yellow mark back again.
> > Uninstalled again. Rebooted. Opened Device Manager Window to watch during
> > Application Installation. During setup, when asked to insert Wireless
> > Adaptor, Device Manager refreshed and showed "Other Devices" with 802.11
> > bg
> > WLAN underneath, marked with yellow question mark and exclamation mark.
> > Continued installation, driver failed to install again, entry in Device
> > Manager changed to D-Link DWA-111 Wireless G USB Adaptor #12. I noticed
> > that
> > the previous instance of this entry was marked #11. Does this mean I now
> > have
> > 12 rogue installations to deal with? Can you offer any more advice please?
> >
> > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >> Try to disable switch off Windows Wireless Zero Configuration,
> >> http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html
> >> Get rid of Ghosts (if any) in the Device Manger,
> >> http://www.ezlan.net/faq.html#ghost
> >> Load again the Card's Utility and Drives together.
> >> Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >>
> >> "Richard_C" <Richar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E0D9585C-BA68-43CD-BD0B-EA789B154F07@microsoft.com...
> >> > Can anyone help me please? I bought a wireless network kit from D-Link
> >> > and
> >> > installed the SW and Router on my wife's laptop PC. I loaded the SW for
> >> > the
> >> > Wireless adaptor on my desktop PC and inserted the wireless adaptor
> >> > into
> >> > the
> >> > USB port and bingo, everything worked perfectly for a couple of weeks.
> >> > After
> >> > 1 week on holiday, I came home, switched on my desktop PC but could not
> >> > establish a connection to the router. I double clicked on the DLink
> >> > Icon
> >> > for
> >> > the network connection wizard, got an hourglass for 4 seconds, but the
> >> > application failed to run. I uninstalled the sw and re-installed it but
> >> > there
> >> > was no change.  I tried again, still no change. I started to click
> >> > around
> >> > a
> >> > bit to try and find out what was going wrong and got one message that
> >> > indicated that the driver was missing.
> >> > I used the windows update driver facility and selected a driver from
> >> > the
> >> > application CD (one of four options - took best guess). I got an error
> >> > message saying that installation had failed. This error message "An
> >> > error
> >> > occurred in the installation of this device. The name is already in use
> >> > as
> >> > either a service name or a service display name.  Got another brief
> >> > message
> >> > that the Wireless adaptor was faulty. Returned it to store and obtained
> >> > a
> >> > replacement (adaptor only as router is working OK on  wife's laptop).
> >> > Re-installed sw but each time results in error message "failed to load
> >> > driver" I searched the net, found this page
> >> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823771/en-us and followed steps after
> >> > uninstalling sw again. Found no registry entries associated with DLink.
> >> > Installed sw  again, same result, failed to load driver. If I try and
> >> > reload
> >> > the driver directly, I still get the "An error occurred in the
> >> > installation
> >> > of this device. The name is already in use as either a service name or
> >> > a
> >> > service display name.” error message but I can’t determine what this
> >> > message
> >> > means and how to fix the problem.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>