WDL Profile String Causes Wrong Driver to Be Installed

 Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q84976
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

The OEMSETUP.INF file, dated 4/8/92, for the Windows Driver Library (WDL) for Windows version 3.1 has an incorrect profile string that causes the wrong resolution ET4000 driver to be installed.

The first time you install the following driver 

   ET4000 800 x 600 65535 colors (Small fonts)
the following driver is actually installed: 

   ET4000  640 x 480 65535 colors

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem:

  1. Edit the OEMSETUP.INF with a standard ASCII text editor, such as Notepad.

  2. Change the profile string for the ET4000 640 x 480 65535 colors driver from SVGA466 to SVGA446. For example:

    Before: 

          svga466  = ?:vga446.drv,"ET4000  640x480 65535 colors"...

    After: 

          svga446  = ?:vga446.drv,"ET4000  640x480 65535 colors"...

  3. Install the ET4000 800 x 600 65535 colors (Small fonts) driver.

MORE INFORMATION

The profile string for the ET4000 640 x 480 65535 colors driver should be SVGA446 and not SVGA466.

Below is the section of the OEMSETUP.INF showing the error: 

 svga444  = ?:vga.drv,   "ET4000  640x480    16 colors"...
 svga448  = ?:vga448.drv,"ET4000  640x480   256 colors"...
 svga443  = ?:vga443.drv,"ET4000  640x480 32768 colors"...
 svga466  = ?:vga446.drv,"ET4000  640x480 65535 colors"...
 ...
 lvga466  = ?:vga466.drv,"ET4000  800x600 65535 colors (Large fonts)"
 svga466  = ?:vga466s.drv,"ET4000  800x600 65535 colors (Small fonts)"
 ...
For a complete listing of the WDL's contents and instructions for obtaining the WDL, query on "Q82006" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

KBCategory: kbother kbprb
KBSubcategory: windrvr win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 tseng TSEN1A.EXE TSEN1B.EXE
TSEN1C.EXE TSEN1D.EXE TSEN2A.EXE TSEN2B.EXE TSEN2C.EXE TSENG1.EXE
TSENG2.EXE TSENG3.EXE TSENG4.EXE

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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