Blank Device Manager

[joekid48]

Am lost, I have a device manager that has nothing there. I have checked.
plug-and-play, Regedt32 ck ENUM and Started windows in the safe mode and
last good confg plus I went to device manager and ck view to see if it was
hidden .No help still have a blank device manger.Am Lost.
Thanks for you help
Joe

 

[RJK]

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1063864008
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1051715405
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/4510-device-manager-list-empty.html

....I noticed lots of talk about malware being responsible for this effect,
so you might want to do full malware removal procedure !

regards, Richard

 

[tstew]

Hi Joekid48,

I've been fighting a similiar issue for a week. Seems like I did many of the
same things as you. Checked PnP services, looked all through ENUM.... I was
working with Level 2 tech support. Not a lot of help/but very nice guy.
Uninstalled AV and SP3. Reinstalled SP3. Nothing worked. Grrr.

I tried a "registery" repair utility and that fixed it. I normally don't
care to mess with those, but was at wits end. The one I used was Glary
Registery Repair, free from CNET. Worked perfectly since running that.

Good luck,
MS