i recently bought a webcam. during installation, this error msg appeared, i ignored the message and continued installation. after rebooting my pc, all i can see on my desktop is my wallpaper (no icons, no start button, nothing). so i thought the webcam's software might have caused that problem. i re-installed windows and everything went back to normal. ive tried to re-install the software but the same error msg appeared. now im scared to install it. what should i do? what does that message mean? help. im really a novice when it comes to computers.
2006-08-21 03:31:05 · 8 answers · asked by yiana 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Nothing is wrong.
The company didn't pay MS for a Windows Auth. and signature.
nVidia doesn't do this also but you know you can trust their drivers.
This is not an error message.
As for the wallpaper problem. Boot in Safe Mode and restore to a day before installing the web cam.
Maybe it had a corrupt driver.
2006-08-21 03:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by uqlue42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the link below. Might be of some help but basically what it is saying is that the cam you brought will not work with windows that you have. You might can over ride it but there will be some issues with your system if you do this.
I did this once with a cam and a printer and windows did not like it. I had to re install it all the time. All I can say is do not install it any more.
2006-08-21 03:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by ReeseNe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This merely skill that the applying supplier hasn't been via the Microsoft certification technique. It does not inevitably mean it won't artwork. some distributors elect to no longer undergo Microsoft certification for fairly some motives. while this happens you in many situations get a on the spot that supplies you the choice to "set up besides" - on your case, however, it sounds as tho your device directors have particularly blocked installation of non Microsoft qualified application. is this a artwork laptop or a house laptop? If a house laptop be sure you're logged in because of the fact the Administrator or as someone with Admin rights. If its a artwork laptop, you will could desire to talk to the IT dept.
2016-12-11 12:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"this software did not pass windows logo testing" meaning it did not qualify the "Made for XXX" icon on some of the retail packaging you see in stores. XXX in this case is Microsoft Windows, either the webcam is too new in its design to put in request for Microsoft testing or they decided to bypass this marketing step entirely. You can just see if you can use the device without installing that piece of software and if the same desktop screwup appears, CTRL-ALT-DEL, modern Windows is showing Task Manager instead of reboot.
2006-08-21 03:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It essentially means that the vendor of the device did not submit it to Microsoft for testing. Therefore Microsoft cannot guarentee that the device will work properly with Windows.
2006-08-21 03:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just say yes it ok nothing bad will happen, happened with my old nvidia geforce 2 graphics card, it was old for windows xp but it still works
2006-08-21 04:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you can ignore it, as it means MS neither made it or tested it for compatibility.
2006-08-21 03:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your copy of window is not validated or in other words your copy of windows is a pirated one.
2006-08-21 03:39:52 · answer #8 · answered by vishal 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋