major problems - device manager doesnt see any devices

[Guest]

Hi everyone i hope someone can help!
as the subject says my device manager on windows xp home edition does not
show any of my devices at all, nothing comes up at all. I have recently
noticed the problem because i disabled my network connection and when i went
to enable it again i found the device manager showed nothing. The only
explanation i can think of is that i ran adaware se and avg virus scanner
recently which both picked up viruses causing popups and i deleleted the
files. I have been trying to fix it for sometime now and got no where, some
people have said that it happens when the plugandplay drivers arent started
for some reason, but i checked in services and msconfig and they are running
fine, Is there any way of fixing this without a full re-intall?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check that the 'Plug and Play' service is running. Check Event Viewer for
errors.

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| Hi everyone i hope someone can help!
| as the subject says my device manager on windows xp home edition does not
| show any of my devices at all, nothing comes up at all. I have recently
| noticed the problem because i disabled my network connection and when i
went
| to enable it again i found the device manager showed nothing. The only
| explanation i can think of is that i ran adaware se and avg virus scanner
| recently which both picked up viruses causing popups and i deleleted the
| files. I have been trying to fix it for sometime now and got no where,
some
| people have said that it happens when the plugandplay drivers arent
started
| for some reason, but i checked in services and msconfig and they are
running
| fine, Is there any way of fixing this without a full re-intall?

 

[rdawg101]

Hey David there is actually a easy fix on this. Just go to this url.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14678998

Good Luck
Rykdawg

 

[Guest]

Rykdawg,
I am having the same issue. When I clicked on the link posted I get to the
Broadband reports site and I do a search for 14678998 and I get a message
"Post » No permission to read post " . How can I get the fix for this. Thanks