thanks for the update. can't wait for the next exciting "chapter"
;-)

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:17:44 -0500, coljohnhannibalsmith
<coljohnhannibalsmith.2yjys1@no-mx.forums.net> wrote:

>
>I received another email from "Vivian" at MS last night. She said she
>analyzed the Minidump files I sent her as an attachment and stated that
>"ntoskernel.exe" was the affected OS file. Also, in her reply, she
>instructed me to restart the system in "Clean Boot" mode. This involves
>running "msconfig" and checking "Hide All" on the Services Tab, then
>pressing "Disable ALL;" then pressing "Disable ALL" on the Startup Tab,
>then pressing Apply, OK and restarting the system, also checking "Don't
>Show This Message Again," when I get the msconfig NAG window when
>Windows restarts. I then inserted the SD card and Windows did not detect
>it at all. I then checked Device Manager and found a yellow "Conflict"
>icon next to:"Storage Controllers\ENE PCI Secure Digital / MMC Card
>Reader Controller."
>I then pressed "Scan For Hardware Changes" in DM and the Conflict icon
>remained. Then I opened the Properties window for this device and read
>the following message in the "Device Status" window: "Windows cannot
>load the driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupt or
>missing." I then attempted to reinstall the driver from the "DM
>Properties" window; but the Wizard reported that the device was
>up-to-date, almost immediately, leading me to believe that nothing was
>actually installed, since reinstalling the driver should have taken at
>least a couple of seconds. I then removed the SD Card and pressed "Scan
>For Hardware Changes" again and the Conflict icon remained. I then
>restarted the system in Normal mode and the Conflict icon remained. I
>then instructed DM to uninstall the driver and delete the driver
>software by checking the appropriate box in the confirmation window.
>Windows' "Plug & Play" started immediately and could not find the driver
>software, so I had to manually guide P&P to the correct folder, DM
>installed the driver successfully and the yellow conflict incon
>disappeared. I did not retest the SD card in Normal or Clean Boot mode,
>because I was composing a response email to Vivian at MS and a Blue
>Screen would have caused me to have to log back into Hotmail again.
>Besides, it was after 11:00 pm and I had had enough for one day.
>
>BTW, Vivian also instructed me to run the "Memory Diagnostic Tool" and
>this would not work from either the Startup Search Window or the install
>disk. In both cases I received the message: "Info for the selected entry
>could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt,"
>"boot\memtest.exe," Status: 0xc000000e. I drilled down to the
>appropriate folder and located the application "memtest.exe," Version:
>6.0.6000.16386, Date Modified: 11/2/06 2:51 am, 377 KB. I checked the
>Permissions and System, Administrators, and Users all have Read &
>Execute permissions. These appear to be correct.
>
>Vivian also had me run "MSINFO32" and save the file to the Desktop as a
>compressed file to email to her as an attachment, which I did.
>
>**Please stay tuned for the next exciting installment of: "What the
>$#@!^& happened to my Memory Card Reader."
>
>-John
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Barb Bowman
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