Microsoft KB Archive/282755

= Signed Drivers May Appear as Unsigned During Setup =

Article ID: 282755

Article Last Modified on 2/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q282755



SYMPTOMS
During the Text-mode portion of Setup, if you press F6 to install a third-party driver, the driver files are copied, but Setup may act as if the driver is unsigned during the GUI-mode portion of Setup even if the driver is signed.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if press F6 to install third-party mass-storage driver at the start of the Text-mode portion of Setup. The Text-mode portion of Setup copies the Oemsetup.inf, .cat, and .sys files to the \Oemdir folder. However, legacy code is still being called; this code copies the Oemsetup.inf file to the \Inf folder and scoem01.inf, etc. When Plug and Play processes the files during the GUI-mode portion of Setup, it cannot tell which .inf file to trust.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version        Size     File name ---  09/19/2000  05:54p  5.0.2195.2305  380,048  Setupdd.sys



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp2fix KB282755

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