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Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP?

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On 13:35  9 Sep 2016, Paul wrote:

> pamela wrote:
>> How can I re-install an Android driver on WinXP?
>> 
>> In the past, I've attached my Kit Kat tablet (Hudl 2) to XP
>> without any problem.  The tablet shows up as an extra drive in
>> XP and basic file transfer can be done.
>> 
>> Recently, I attached the tablet and this time XP tried to
>> reinstall the driver.  XP correctly detected an Android device
>> was attached and that an MTP driver was needed. but the
>> re-installation failed with the message: "Cannot Install This
>> Hardware ... A service installation section in this INF is
>> invalid".   Now in Device Manager there's now a yellow question
>> mark over the Android driver and the driver details say: "No
>> driver files are required or have been loaded for this device".
>> 
>> I guess the driver is still on the XP system somewhere.  How
>> can I re-assign it to the Android entry in Device Manager?
>> 
>> Is there a way I can get the old driver assigned to Android in
>> XP's device manager without installing some mega pack of
>> Microsoft drivers such as something I found on the web called
>> "MTP Porting Kit Setup".  Whatever that it.  My XP is heavily
>> customised over 10 years and can be a bit fragile when applying
>> packs like this. 
>>
>
> 
> I don't have any MTP devices here to experiment with.
> So all I can point at, is "materials".
> 
> The purpose of posts like this, is to give you "search terms"
> or "breadcrumbs". As without a device to experiment with,
> it might be difficult to identify any extra steps needed.
> 
> The drivers are actually in Windows Media Player installer kit.
> The MTP Porting Kit (I have three copies on disk here), on
> one of them I added the word "useless" to the file name. And
> an examination today confirms this. I can't see a damn thing
> of interest in there. Maybe some earlier version of the Kit
> actually had a driver. I don't see a driver in the version
> I've got. WMP11 should be a good source. (Note - WMP itself
> likes to validate that the OS is genuine, so expect some
> blow-back from using this. When doing "experiments" on
> your computer, you should have a recent backup of C:
> at your disposal!!!)
> 
> *******
> 
> I happen to have this on disk already as well.
> 
> wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe       Date Published:    2010-06-22
>                                    File Size:         25,740,256
>                               bytes 
> 
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/windows-media-
> player-det
> ails.aspx?751be11f-ede8-5a0c-058c-2ee190a24fa6=
> True&a03ffa40-ca8b
> -4f73-0358-c191d75a7468=True 
> 
> Using 7ZIP (7-zip.org), I can see wmfdist11.exe inside it.
> Which could be extracted, or by using "Open inside" you
> can get the stuff out of the inside of it.
> 
> An interesting file in there is wpdmtp.inf . Unlike a lot of
> files of INF type that Microsoft writes, it doesn't have the
> name of the file inside the header of the file. Which implies
> the file does not get renamed in C:\Windows\INF when installed.
> It should still have that name. You probably already have that
> file in your INF (hidden) folder. You can adjust the File
> Explorer viewing properties, to make the folder visible.
> 
> If the Android in Device Manager with the yellow mark is still
> there, you could "Update driver" and point it at wpdmtp.inf
> perhaps. 
> 
> [SNIP INF FILE CONTENTS]
> **************************************** 
> 
> So while the Samsung package is 16,007,072 bytes in size, it
> still manages to have a dependency on outside resources
> (wpdmtp.inf). For that part at least, it's a kind of "stub
> installer". The folder also has a ton of other stuff, so the
> package solves more than just an MTP issue.
> 
> And this is the info Microsoft provides to developers.
> 
> "The MTP Setup Information (.inf) File"
> 
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
> us/library/windows/hardware/ff59768
> 7(v=vs.85).aspx 
> 
> By searching for the specific Android device you've got,
> perhaps you can determine any device specific things
> that need to be done.
> 
> I haven't a clue how the AddService thing could be
> throwing an error. There isn't likely to be a typo
> in there.
> 
> [SNIP LOG]
> 
>     Paul

I tried updating the Android driver using "wpdmtf.inf" from my
hard drive. 

However, XP says that my INF file doesn't list my hardware and
refuses to proceed. 

Do I need a more up to date "wpdmtf.inf"?  I tried to get it here
but the link doesn't provide the file. 

http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-
files_new.php/inffiles/W/wpdmtp
.inf/5.2.0.0/download.html 

I don't want to install MTP Porting Kits or Windows Media Player 
tools which some people refer to.

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How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-09 08:42 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-09 08:35 -0400
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 10:27 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-10 11:37 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2016-09-10 14:33 +0100
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-15 08:36 +0200
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-15 09:16 -0400
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-10 10:00 -0400
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:35 +0100
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:39 +0100
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-12 20:00 -0400
            Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-13 12:54 +0100
              Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-13 11:24 -0400
                Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-23 15:32 +0000
                Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-11-23 17:00 -0500
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:47 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> - 2016-09-10 17:27 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-10 14:01 -0400
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-09-11 14:49 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Chronos <usenet@chronos.org.uk> - 2016-09-12 10:41 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:49 +0100
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Robin <rbw0@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-10 22:26 +0100
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-12 21:33 +0100
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-12 20:12 -0400
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-09-13 13:02 +0100
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2016-09-13 11:36 -0400
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-15 08:36 +0200
  Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-22 15:26 -0700
    Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? pamela <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-11-23 15:24 +0000
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 13:47 -0700
        Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> - 2016-11-23 14:40 -0700
          Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 15:32 -0700
      Re: How to reinstall Android driver on WinXP? Gene Malvern <gmalvern@demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-23 15:49 -0700

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