Port I/O device driver error

[David McFarlane]

Thanks Mich, you said it better that I 
could.  Yes, definitely "Continue Anyway".

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


>Come on, live on the edge, install that unverified driver!
>
>No, the deal is, companies can get Microsoft to 
>verify a certain driver, which they will do 
>after testing it a lot, which, of course, 
>doesn't come cheap. I'm sure most drivers are 
>'unverified', but what is more remarkable, is 
>that in certain cases, windows xp (perhaps an 
>old version, I think in Dutch) will tell you 
>'this driver is not digital', which we always 
>thought was a most interesting phenomenon.
>
>Anyway, if you're really scared, back up your 
>system, press "OK anyway" and run!
>Best,
>Mich
>
>
>Michiel Spapé
>Research Fellow
>Perception & Action group
>University of Nottingham
>School of Psychology
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: e-prime at googlegroups.com 
>[mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of sofia laureano
>Sent: 13 October 2009 13:14
>To: E-Prime
>Subject: Re: Port I/O device driver error
>
>
>Hi David,
>
>Thank you so much for your great reply!
>
>I've done what you've recommended, but when I try to run the
>PortDriverInstaller.exe I get this Warning:
>
>The software you are installing for this hardware: PST Port I/O Driver
>has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with
>windows XP.
>Continuing your installation of this software may impair or
>destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or
>in the future. Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this
>installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has
>passed Windows Logo Testing.
>
>Continue Anyway / STOP installation
>
>What do you reckon I should do?
>
>Many thanks,
>Sofia
>
>On Oct 12, 8:49 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> > Sofia,
> >
> > First, just to be sure we are talking about the same thing, open up
> > the Windows Device Manager (using your favorite method) on both
> > computers.  Look down the tree to a branch labelled "Other
> > devices".  Open that branch.  You should see a branch labelled "PST
> > Port I/O Driver" on both computers.  If you do not see that on the
> > troubled computer, then it does not have the driver installed.
> >
> > Anyway, you probably need to repair or reinstall the Port I/O
> > driver.  As it turns out, this error message and several other common
> > ones are listed in PST Knowledge Base article #3000, a good reference
> > for us all to look at first in the future (you will have to log in as
> > a registered E-Prime user).  I don't think PST will mind if I just
> > post the entry for your error, so I will spare you the trouble in
> > just this case:
> >
> > "The port driver is needed for read/write port calls and for using
> > the Port Device. Try running a repair on your E-Prime installation
> > (via the Add/Remove Programs utility in Windows Control Panel), and
> > also run the PortDriverInstaller.exe file to install the port driver.
> > You can download the PortDriverInstaller.exe from the User's Area by
> > clicking the Download/Misc links. Then restart your machine and try
> > running again (note this file will not work under Windows 98/ME)"
> >
> > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
> >
> > >Hi there,
> >
> > >I have been getting this message everytime I am running a task and
> > >want to send markers through the parallel port:
> >
> > >Run-time Error (Line 654) 10055: Unable to communicate with the port I/
> > >O device driver
> >
> > >Error: 0x00000000
> >
> > >Please ensure the Port I/O device driver is installed
> >
> > >The task works perfectly on a similar computer (same model).
> > >In the windows XP device manager, the port is listed as "working
> > >properly", and all the settings are equal to those on the computer
> > >where the task runs without errors.
> >
> > >Any ideas would be more than welcome!
> >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Sofia


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