Error installing Network driver

windows-7 networking drivers

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After having the same issue while trying to install NL I found the following info, which solved my problem.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/21/windows-7-service-pack-1-fails-with-error-code-0x8004a029.aspx

Option 1

Windows 7 is hard coded to allow 14 filter drivers, but the following registry sets the limit to 8 by default. You can adjust the amount up to 14 or delete this key and it will be set to max of 14.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\MaxNumFilters

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Simon Carpentier

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Simon Carpentier over 1 year
I'm tring to install NetLimiter 3 (3.0.0.10, x64) on my Windows 7 x64 machine.

At the driver installation step, I'm getting an error:
```
Error 0x8004a029: Couldn't install the network component. (InstallNdisIMDriver)
```
UPDATE 2010-09-20: I received a response to my support request:

Hi Simon,

It seems that problem is rather on your system than in NL3. Too many networking applications (VPN, Virtual computers) are installed on your machine and they are preventing NL3 from proper installation. In order to install NetLimiter 3, try to disable/temporarily remove these apps. Several users had the same problem and shuffling with adapter and networking software helped them. Please, let us know which action helps you (if any).

Sincerely, Jan Bilek

Any thoughts on this?
- Joe_Rose over 13 years
  
  What version did you download?
- boot13 over 13 years
  
  There are separate downloads for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Simon Carpentier over 13 years

Yes, I'm using the most recent x64 version and I already emailed them about the issue. I have not received a response from them yet.
Moab over 13 years

Did you try running the installer as Administrator?
Simon Carpentier over 13 years

Yes, the installer asked for admin privileges right at the beginning.
Simon Carpentier almost 13 years

Thanks for the taking the time to post here! At first I thought something like this might be the issue but couldn't find anything about it. I indeed had a LOT of filter drivers installed at the time.
karafior over 10 years

I have had this exact same problem installing Shrew Soft VPN Client, and this solution resolved it.
Holistic Developer over 9 years

Also helpful for resolving an issue installing Windows Virtual PC when I already had VirtualBox and a third-party VPN. Thanks for the link!