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Asked: 2021-11-11T02:48:59+00:00 In:

Problem With Installing Leadtek TV Tuner

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Hi i was having trouble installing my previous tv tuner card after a fresh install of XP so i thought i should just pull it out and get rid of the software then buy another device. It gave me headaches before plus it is just anologue anyway. I routed it through the stb and everything used to be fine then i got the blue screen of death and i though better to start again.
Anyway i bought a Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle Gold. When i use the software driver it installs but the last thing the system tells me is that the driver is not installed properly and may not work. You know one of those yellow bubbles that happens in the sytray. Anyway i try to use the software anyway that has installed from the cd and i get an error saying thatwmvcore.dll is missing. So i download it i think from the site ‘missing-dll’s” , Not sure of the name now as that was hours ago. After several reboots i still have the same problem. The other thing i noticed is that there is no light showing ont he dongle. Not sure if this is normal or not as i have never had a usb tv tuner before only pci’s. I also removed and reinstalled the driver….or tried to several times. No progress there as far as i know or is the dongle faulty?

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    1. Hello, again !

      You MUST follow the installation instructions.

      Most “drivers” installations are not just the drivers – there is usually other software that must be installed properly along with the actual drivers.

      E.g. these things usually apply…

      DO NOT plug in the device into a USB port until AFTER you have installed the software for the device, unless the instructions tell you otherwise !

      DO NOT install drivers for the device when Found New Hardware pops up for the device, BEFORE you have installed the software for the device, unless the instructions tell you otherwise !

      If you DID do either of those things, and if the instructions DID NOT tell you otherwise, then you need to un-install the software for the device and install it again the right way !
      ,,,,,,,,,,

      If you DID follow the installation directions….

      It is a VERY good idea to DISABLE the resident module(s) (a component that runs all the time in the background looking for suspicious activity) from running of all anti-malware software or third party software firewalls you have installed BEFORE you install software yourself, because sometimes the resident module interferes with the proper installation of the software, and you usually get no indication of that having caused the problem(s) while installing the software or after you have attempted to install the software.
      When you’re sure the software you have installed is working properly, enable the resident moldule(s) again.

      Never have the resident module(s) for more than one anti-malware or third party software firewall program running at the same time, otherwise they are likely to clash with each other and cause you problems . Some anti-malware software has a software firewall built into it – e.g. the paid version or trial version of AVG 2011. Some anti-malware software behaves like a software firewall – e.g. AdAware and Spybot.

      You may need to plug the device into a diifferent USB port.

      Troubleshooting USB device problems including for flash drives, external drives, memory cards.
      See Response 1:
      https://computing.net/answers/ha…

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