VISTA Driver Store / TV Tuner Problem

[lloydkuhnle]

Hello


What is up with this thing called the VISTA Diver Store"?
My system is a DELL XPS-410 Running VISTA Home Premiun (SP1)
2 G RAM, 2 GHz Dual Core Processor.

I recently bought a PlusTV HD PCI 120 video card, (Model VS-ATSC120)


The instructions say to install the drivers from the disc, and do not let WINDOWS update find, and install them.

In Advance System Settings, I checked the box to "Never check for drivers when I install a device"


I then try to install the driver from the disc that came with the video card, but WINDOWS automatically locates a driver, and installs it for the "PCI ATSC Hybrid DTV Device"

I assume that is the TV tuner, which does not work. When I connect the cable source, no signals are found.

However, when I connect a Video Source, the PCI Hybrid Video Device works fine. (With drivers WINDOWS installed, not from the disc, since WINDOWS won't let me load drivers from the disc.


When I go to Device Manager, Sound and Video Game Controllers, PCI ATSC Hybrid DTV Device, and click properties, it says "No drivers are installed for this device".

However when I click driver, it says "Driver Version 5.8.413.0"


I've done repeated uninstalls of this device, and restarts, to no avail. WINDOWS still locates a driver that doesn't work, even though I have the "Never check for drivers when I install a device" check box checked.
Therefore I can't install the drivers I want to, VISTA just installs the ones it wants to!


I also learned, that in Windows VISTA, uninstalled drivers go to the “Driver Store”, where, in the event that you uninstall a device, VISTA will find and install the driver from the driver store, and not let you install the unsigned driver, that will work. What's that all about? I have the drivers that will work, but just can't get them installed!


What I have in the end, is a card that works fine for Video, but NO TV TUNER, which is what I wanted.


Can anyone help me with a work around for this issue, such that I can use the TV tuner on this card?

(I'm sure I would have no problems if I were running XP)


WHAT IS UP WITH THIS?
I kind of know my way around computers, even VISTA, but this one is killing me. Iwill never give up!

Lloyd