My neighbor just called me wanting to know why the delete function in his
registry, windows 2000 pro, is greyed out. He was told to delete a certain
registry key to be able to reinstall a device. Does anyone know how to
correct this or is it a serious problem? Is there an administrative setting
some where that could cause this? Thanks for any help.
--
Wayne

To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
Save the following two lines as a file then execute.

--------------------------setdev.bat---------------------
set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
start devmgmt.msc
---------------------------------------------------------

Then, View|Show Hidden Devices to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do
not edit the registry.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Wayne" wrote:
> My neighbor just called me wanting to know why the delete function in his
> registry, windows 2000 pro, is greyed out. He was told to delete a certain
> registry key to be able to reinstall a device. Does anyone know how to
> correct this or is it a serious problem? Is there an administrative
> setting
> some where that could cause this? Thanks for any help.
> --
> Wayne

Thanks for your help Dave, I will give this information to my neighbor so he
can troubleshoot his computer...
--
Wayne


"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices not
> attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom" devices)
> Save the following two lines as a file then execute.
>
> --------------------------setdev.bat---------------------
> set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
> start devmgmt.msc
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Then, View|Show Hidden Devices to remove or reconfigure these devices. Do
> not edit the registry.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Wayne" wrote:
> > My neighbor just called me wanting to know why the delete function in his
> > registry, windows 2000 pro, is greyed out. He was told to delete a certain
> > registry key to be able to reinstall a device. Does anyone know how to
> > correct this or is it a serious problem? Is there an administrative
> > setting
> > some where that could cause this? Thanks for any help.
> > --
> > Wayne
>

You're welcome.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Wayne" wrote:
> Thanks for your help Dave, I will give this information to my neighbor so
> he
> can troubleshoot his computer...
> --
> Wayne