Re: Satellite A660 - Windows 7 update killed Tuner Driver

I have the Satellite A660 type psaw3a-07T00R
The last Microsoft update stopped my internal TV tuner from working with MS media watch tv program thing.
I've tired removing then reinstalling Yuan DVB-T ATSC Tuner Drivers, but nothing works.
the internal USB unit keep coming up as a STK770D.
Anyone have any ideas??
Thank you

Its very strange that some MS update affected the TV tuner functionality.
> The last Microsoft update stopped my internal TV tuner from working with MS media watch tv program thing.
Can you post some details? I mean do you see an error message or whats wrong exactly?
Generally you should be able to roll back system and the installed updates.
So in case this issue is related to the Windows update, the system roll back should fix it.
Of course its not really a solution because Windows system should be updated if updates are available but for the first time it should bring more light in this case.
By the way: how did you try to reinstall the driver? Did you uninstall the driver firstly in device manager?

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