Device Manager damaged?

[Guest]

Hi,

I recently was running msconfig in order to try to cut down on
resources that I was using since my Toshiba has been running on XP
since 2002, and to my wonder, many devices and the device manager
itself doesn't load (in the hardware manager, under System
Properties).

The other devices/things that aren't running are Sound, USB, printers,
and networking. So I'm somewhat dead in the water. My Toshiba
Recovery CDs don't work, and I had temporarily turned off the Windows
recovery points.

The Device manager window won't even populate any devices. It's as
if my computer doesn't know how to find its old configuration.
Somehow, the A drive and PCMCIA device that reads my flash card work
for transferring files, so I can still work with general programs
not needing Internet/network access.

 

[Guest]

Msconfig isnt the place to do that,run,type:services.msc In msc,double
click on the service,in the properties window,change from auto,to manual
or disable.For youre problem(s),re-open Msconfig,try start-up,and services
tab,re-check if any are blank.

 

[Galen]

In Johann <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Hi,

I recently was running msconfig in order to try to cut down on
resources that I was using since my Toshiba has been running
on XP since 2002, and to my wonder, many devices and the
device manager itself doesn't load (in the hardware manager,
under System Properties).

The other devices/things that aren't running are Sound, USB,
printers, and networking. So I'm somewhat dead in the water.
My Toshiba Recovery CDs don't work, and I had temporarily
turned off the Windows recovery points.

The Device manager window won't even populate any devices.
It's as if my computer doesn't know how to find its old
configuration. Somehow, the A drive and PCMCIA device that reads
my flash card work for transferring files, so I can still
work with general programs not needing Internet/network access.

This is just in addition to the information that the other poster has given
you. This is an EXCELLENT site to check your services against, to see what
is needed, to see what does what, and for finding a few configuration
options.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Galen