HP Firebird 802 - ESA update fails

[DrFyzziks]

I've got an HP Firebird 802 and HP Update is attempting to install the ESA System Tools Application Update (sp40988) which provides control over the onboard LED lighting among other things.

The update fails with the following error:

1488: RegQueryValue: Registry value is a REG_EXPAND_SZ. Use RegQueryExpSz instead. 

On line 84 of W:\Patches\IP\sp40988\install.wbt 

In Routine "uninstallroutine"

b=RegQueryValue@RegMachine,

"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PunkBusterSvc[DisplayName]" 

I've tried installing the update manually with the same results. A search of the forums turned up a similar problem, on a Touchsmart:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/board/message?board.id=TouchSmartPC&thread.id=627

Help! (Based on the PunkBusterSvc reference, my guess is the update & Crysis aren't playing nice ... for whatever reason)

[c0rnel]

Do you have Windows Vista 64bit installed? Because I believe it's only for 64bit Vista.

[DrFyzziks]

I forgot to mention that yes, I have 64-bit Vista installed. It's actually a fresh install (5 hours old when I wrote the original msg) off the HP recovery disks, with only Crysis, Crysis Warhead & Quicken 2008 installed. Stock hardware, aside from a Linksys USB wifi stick.

[Frosty]

Hi there, since the HP Firebird is a Voodoo machine, we offer support for it at The Next Bench:

http://www.thenextbench.com/hpg/board?board.id=Desktops

Message Edited by Frosty on 06-22-2009 01:26 PM