re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED 100%!!
Friday, January 14, 2005 at 5:04 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Flo
(3 messages posted)
Hi, I had the same problem for the last few days, but I've finally found the solution
to the problem. I think this is definitely a glitch in the Win XP OS because we all
came across the same problem through different actions. I wasn't installing any new
software, hardware, or was even on the internet, for that matter. All I did was scan
for adware and viruses and BAM! -- it happened.
The root of the problem is that for some reason Win XP thinks it'd be funny to
disable all the services that make up the backbone of the OS, which is why Windows
XP suddenly has no ability to connect to any hardware or that it looks like Windows
2000 and not the sleek XP. And what's really annoying about this glitch is that it
erases all the system restore points you ever saved in the past, so there's no way
you can ever go back to normal. As some people mentioned in previous posts, yes,
Plug and Play was disabled, but you can't fix this problem through the BIOS Setup
Screen because Win XP has its own way of enabling P&P, for some stupid annoying reason.
So how to fix this damn problem... Go to START --> RUN --> "services.msc" (sans
quotes). Here is a list of all the services that XP disabled on its own. Go through
it an enable all of them (some you can skip if you know you won't use it) and don't
forget to start them as well, or else they won't work. (right click on service-->"start")
I have all of hardware back, including sound, and Win XP looks sleek and nice
again, but there are still problems here and there. First of all, you'll never get
those system restore points back because Win XP is a jackass. Second of all, I'm
having trouble starting my firewall or connecting to the internet (wi-fi, 56k), but
I don't know if that's because I'm not at my house where I have LAN, or if I need
to re-install some applications or services from my recovery disk. And finally, there
are still some services that after enabled cannot be started for some odd reason.
Windows error says that the device or service connected to the said service is not
enabled, but that doesn't make sense since I've enabled all of them, so there are
still glitches in the system.
I hope this helped some, and if anyone can figure out the rest of the glitches, please
reply! Thanks.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 8:10 am, Tye wrote:
>PLZ PLZ RESCUE ME.
>My computer has a Windows XP OS and the Device Manager is empty.
>The modem is there on com port 3 but the only com port available is com port1.
>So I am unable to load the modem driver and re-install the modem so I can get connection
>to the internet.
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- Empty Device Manager (Tye: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 8:10 am)
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