I recently added 512MB of Ram which seems to be fine, but discovered
all USB devices quit working, while trying to resolve found that device
manager shows no devices, any thoughts/soultions would be greatly
appreciated.

Rob wrote:
> I recently added 512MB of Ram which seems to be fine, but discovered
> all USB devices quit working, while trying to resolve found that device
> manager shows no devices, any thoughts/soultions would be greatly
> appreciated.

USB Help sites:
http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575

Troubleshooting for USB drives
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

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Joe =o)

type services.msc in run and then click ok and in servives window look for
plug and play service and start it and then u shud get devices in device
manager

"Elmo" wrote:

> Rob wrote:
> > I recently added 512MB of Ram which seems to be fine, but discovered
> > all USB devices quit working, while trying to resolve found that device
> > manager shows no devices, any thoughts/soultions would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> USB Help sites:
> http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm
>
> General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575
>
> Troubleshooting for USB drives
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>

To create a shortcut to the Device Manager, to see if it works from your
desktop:

Go to Start/Run and type in: devmgmt.msc. If the Device Manager opens,
create a shortcut to this file C:\WINDOWS\system32\devmgmt.msc

If Device Manager is having problems:

Restore the Device Manager (Line 107) Right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Other suggestions:

For Pro

Go to Start/Run and type in: mmc /a. Go to File and choose Add/Remove
Snap-in. Click Add then scroll down to Device Manager, Add. Save it to
devmgmt.msc in %windir%\system32.

If the Device Manager is empty:

Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Services. Scroll down to Plug and Play
Service and stop and restart it. Once done the Device Manager will populate
again.

Added info:

To extract: Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in the command below: (Substitute
C and D accordingly).

C:\>extract d:\i386\devmgmt.ms_ c:\windows\system32
\devmgmt.msc

where d: is your CD rom Drive with your windows XP CD.
Whatever your CD rom drive letter is then substitute it in
the command line.

Or:

Restore the Device Manager (Line 107) Right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm




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"sumit" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> type services.msc in run and then click ok and in servives window look for
> plug and play service and start it and then u shud get devices in device
> manager
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> Rob wrote:
>> > I recently added 512MB of Ram which seems to be fine, but discovered
>> > all USB devices quit working, while trying to resolve found that device
>> > manager shows no devices, any thoughts/soultions would be greatly
>> > appreciated.
>>
>> USB Help sites:
>> http://www.usbman.com/WinME%20USB%20Guide.htm
>>
>> General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575
>>
>> Troubleshooting for USB drives
>> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html
>>
>> --
>> Joe =o)
>>