Device Manager Shows Nothing

[Guest]

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.

 

[Elmo]

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 USB Guide.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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Kelly]

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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