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Recently, I've ran into a problem regarding the Hamachi network driver which just wouldn't install. I thought it was a hamachi specific problem but turns out I can't install any other driver either, I've tried updating my video drivers, sound card drivers and network adapter drivers, all of which fails, but the older drivers were removed. I had to boot into safe mode in order to be able to install these drivers.

Maybe it's some kind of virus? I don't have the option to format this PC, because my windows 7 instalation disc is miles away and this internet connection is too slow.

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  • Its entirely possible its a virus. Have you verified the intrigity of your system image? Its very likely you will need that disk to solve this problem. Any solution to this problem requires that disk
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 10, 2013 at 18:41

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Follow the steps in this post to verify your system is clean. - How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?

It may be a good idea to run SFC (system file checker) to verify the integrity of Windows files.

After all that, try installing the drivers by launching them from the context menu (right click) with Run as Administrator.

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  • After trying everything I could possibly think of to fix this problem, I gave up and went the format/re-install windows 7 route. Someone brought my disc :]
    – Delta
    Commented Sep 11, 2013 at 22:38
  • For clarification, did you try the suggestions in this answer before formatting?
    – CharlieRB
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 13:56
  • Yes I did, I ran a couple of anti-malware/rootkit tools and my avira antivirus which found and removed some infected files. This system file checker didn't find anything missing or whatever. The problem persisted
    – Delta
    Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 2:24

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