re: Empty Device Manager Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 4:59 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by John (2 messages posted) I just had this problem with my XP Device Manager being blank. Removing KB05749 didn't do the trick for me. The culprit in my case was a nasty adware that was installed on my system. It's called apropos. Not sure how I got it. Probably some shareware I installed had this adware included in the installation. Sneaky! It was constantly popping up ads when I'd surf the net with IE. It drove me nuts! Adware and Seek & Destroy couldn't see it. I finally found it was on my system using a trial version of Spy Sweeper. I'd have Spy Sweeper remove it, but the darn thing would be back again after the next reboot! I finally found a utility that removes apropos once and for all at DSLReports.com, in this thread... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14678998 see the message by CalamityJane. It has the link to download the AproposFix and installation instructions. The fix must be run in XP Safe Mode as apropos has registry settings that allows itself to be reinstalled upon reboot. I think it evens runs as a service. The fix worked great. Apropos is gone finally. And guess what? My device manager is now showing everything again. Before you run this apropos fix, I suggest downloading the trial version of Spy Sweeper from www.webroot.com Do the system scan and it'll tell you if you have apropos on your system. If you do, download and run that Aproposfix. Hope this helps... Written in response to: Empty Device Manager (Tye: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 8:10 am) Responses to this message: re: Empty Device Manager (johnlee: Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 5:13 am) re: Empty Device Manager (glenn: Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 5:31 am) re: Empty Device Manager (JohnF: Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 10:40 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Bob W.: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 12:21 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Dylan E. Munson: Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 1:16 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Empty Device Manager (Tye: Wed, Apr 30, 2003, 8:10 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Steve: Wed, Apr 30, 2003, 8:16 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Tye: Mon, May 5, 2003, 6:19 am) re: Empty Device Manager (gman: Thu, Aug 14, 2003, 7:56 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Carlos: Fri, Sep 5, 2003, 6:28 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Dave D: Thu, Sep 11, 2003, 4:43 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Dave D: Sat, Sep 13, 2003, 9:19 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (david: Mon, May 1, 2006, 4:38 am) Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Wayne Smith: Fri, Nov 19, 2004, 7:55 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Don: Sat, Jan 1, 2005, 8:57 am) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (KimberTech: Thu, Jun 16, 2005, 8:07 am) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Chris Koloszar: Sun, Jul 31, 2005, 7:42 am) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Kathy Doolittle: Sat, Aug 13, 2005, 3:52 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Lisa Reid: Thu, Sep 1, 2005, 6:28 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Darren Madden: Wed, Aug 16, 2006, 4:31 am) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Tony Cox: Sat, Feb 3, 2007, 12:57 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed (Gary Stevens: Thu, Feb 15, 2007, 11:11 am) re: Empty Device Manager (charlie romarez: Sun, Aug 19, 2007, 12:23 am) re: Empty Device Manager (gman: Mon, Oct 27, 2003, 5:14 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Sayantan Datta: Mon, Oct 13, 2003, 4:58 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Sajith: Sun, Nov 2, 2003, 10:50 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Sayantan Datta: Mon, Nov 17, 2003, 11:46 am) re: Empty Device Manager (ganesh: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 8:26 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Sayantan Datta: Sat, Feb 7, 2004, 2:14 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (JG: Sun, May 2, 2004, 12:53 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (kenneth: Fri, Sep 3, 2004, 2:43 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Patrick Mckay: Mon, Oct 10, 2005, 10:29 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Cynthia: Thu, Dec 14, 2006, 9:53 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (marc: Wed, Jan 24, 2007, 9:04 am) re: Empty Device Manager (SavedByRegedt32: Thu, Jan 25, 2007, 2:37 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (liskris: Sun, May 31, 2009, 2:56 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Avinash Tauro: Fri, May 28, 2004, 6:48 am) re: Empty Device Manager (ashfaq: Sat, Sep 11, 2004, 9:36 pm) Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out (Girsh: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 3:17 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out (Michael: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 5:01 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out (Ron: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 10:27 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out (David: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 4:46 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out --- WORKS!!!! (JW: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 5:06 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out --- WORKS!!!! (D.E.Bates: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 11:26 pm) re: Permanent Solution!!!! Try it out (Tony: Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 12:28 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Gary Lee: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 11:33 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Jose Almeida: Fri, Apr 20, 2007, 6:10 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Nita in Philly: Sat, Aug 25, 2007, 7:20 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (pradeep kumar moses: Wed, Sep 17, 2003, 10:46 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Khong How Yu: Mon, Jun 21, 2004, 6:59 am) re: Empty Device Manager - it worked!!! (James Norio: Mon, Jul 5, 2004, 6:10 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - it worked!!! (BIK: Wed, Sep 15, 2004, 6:12 am) re: Empty Device Manager - it worked!!! (Roberto Grande: Fri, Apr 1, 2005, 10:17 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - it worked!!! (pete: Fri, Jan 11, 2008, 6:52 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - It also worked for me (Carol: Thu, Sep 18, 2008, 5:34 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - It also worked for me (phoenixphlox: Tue, Oct 28, 2008, 6:01 am) re: Empty Device Manager - It also worked for me (steje: Sun, Dec 28, 2008, 3:38 pm) re: Solved The Device Manager Crap In A Sec (David: Wed, Nov 30, 2005, 4:59 pm) re: Solved The Device Manager Crap In A Sec (meakin: Wed, Nov 30, 2005, 9:19 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Tom: Wed, Sep 1, 2004, 11:50 am) re: Empty Device Manager (ananth: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 6:11 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Andrew: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 6:39 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (kenny: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 7:08 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Nandgopal: Sun, Sep 21, 2003, 7:43 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (MicroMan: Sat, Apr 3, 2004, 5:05 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Sean: Mon, May 24, 2004, 3:39 pm) Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (vicejesus: Thu, Jun 3, 2004, 4:22 am) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (Bulldog: Sun, Jun 13, 2004, 8:45 am) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (vicejesus: Mon, Jun 14, 2004, 11:35 am) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (auja123: Sun, Jul 4, 2004, 11:17 am) HELP nothing worked!!! (Inge Mueller: Thu, Aug 5, 2004, 8:57 am) re: HELP nothing worked!!! (Matt: Tue, Sep 14, 2004, 12:27 pm) re: HELP nothing worked!!! (jusid: Wed, Oct 20, 2004, 11:51 am) re: HELP nothing worked!!! (Lee Fastenau: Thu, Nov 18, 2004, 8:34 pm) re: HELP nothing worked!!! (AHarter: Wed, Dec 22, 2004, 8:41 am) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (anthony: Fri, Jun 17, 2005, 10:30 pm) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (Brina: Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 11:58 am) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (Jay: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 12:55 pm) re: Empty Device manager, nothing so far has worked (Cam: Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 12:27 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Dan: Mon, Oct 4, 2004, 11:00 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Sid: Mon, Nov 8, 2004, 8:42 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Ait'al: Thu, Nov 10, 2005, 8:50 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Ait'al: Thu, Nov 10, 2005, 9:02 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Coyt Phillips: Fri, Nov 18, 2005, 9:34 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (vardhan: Mon, Oct 15, 2007, 1:44 pm) Empty Device Manager (chawal: Thu, Nov 15, 2007, 2:24 am) re: Empty Device Manager (dave: Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 8:10 am) Many many thanks Dan! (re: Empty Device Manager) (Nicolas: Thu, May 5, 2005, 9:51 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Arvind: Wed, Jun 22, 2005, 7:44 pm) re: Empty Device Manager fix gives error box. (Evil Man: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 2:31 pm) re: Empty Device Manager fix gives error box. (Lou Kurrelmeyer: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 4:06 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Pepin Marshall: Sun, Apr 2, 2006, 12:11 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (JB: Sat, Feb 17, 2007, 4:53 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (sffuji: Sun, May 25, 2008, 7:01 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Peter: Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 4:10 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Not Fixed (gahelton: Tue, Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am) re: Empty Device Manager - Fixed Now ! (gahelton: Wed, Jan 2, 2008, 6:29 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Grigory Morozov: Sun, Nov 7, 2004, 6:39 pm) re: Empty Device Manager XP Home - No Com ports (Fritz Newton: Thu, Dec 9, 2004, 4:27 pm) Device manager empty, no programs work at all...ahhhhhhh (Jim: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 6:07 pm) re: Device manager empty, fixed! (Ron Malloy: Wed, Jan 5, 2005, 7:36 am) re: Device manager empty, fixed! (Catherine: Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 4:16 am) re: Device manager empty, fixed! (paul Davidson: Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 4:00 pm) re: Device manager empty, fixed! (Ron: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 9:11 pm) Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (jreese: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 9:35 pm) Re: AproposFix.exe... Thank You (astronke: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 3:38 pm) re: Re: AproposFix.exe... Thank You (Marty: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 5:20 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (robert240: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 7:20 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (Tim: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 5:23 am) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (charliezim: Sun, Nov 27, 2005, 9:16 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (Diane: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 9:39 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (David Sharp: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 2:05 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (Andrew: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 9:09 pm) re: Solution seems to be AproposFix.exe... (Sven2000XP: Mon, Dec 12, 2005, 10:12 am) re: Device manager empty SOLUTION! (Catherine: Thu, Jan 13, 2005, 4:42 am) re: Empty Device Manager XP Home - No Com ports (Howard A: Thu, Jun 30, 2005, 1:37 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED 100%!! (Flo: Fri, Jan 14, 2005, 5:04 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED 100%!! (Monie: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 8:40 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED 100%!! (chris: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 9:03 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED 100%!! (chris: Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 6:23 am) STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (Enigma: Fri, Jan 21, 2005, 12:25 pm) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (JoeMeister: Wed, Feb 2, 2005, 10:33 am) Maybe there is no ONE answer (Larrybum: Thu, Feb 3, 2005, 8:34 pm) device manager problem (Karthik: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 8:58 am) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (clif: Fri, Feb 18, 2005, 5:36 am) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (Kent Givitout: Sat, Apr 16, 2005, 8:27 pm) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (Ryan: Tue, May 17, 2005, 7:54 am) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (Steven: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 10:06 am) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! (Aistis: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 11:21 am) re: STILL No One Has the Real Answer!! Empty Device Manager (king_georgebush: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 2:33 pm) The Ultimate Answer: (Miles Prower: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 1:17 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Tyson: Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 10:30 pm) ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (Joe Sullivan: Sat, Jul 16, 2005, 3:09 pm) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (mark: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 8:42 pm) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (Rrose: Thu, Oct 20, 2005, 5:48 am) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (William Magness: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 7:02 am) Microsoft Security Update KB905749 WAS THE DOG!!!!! re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (yushikaneda: Tue, Nov 1, 2005, 1:27 am) re: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 WAS THE DOG!!!!! re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (Fish: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 4:32 am) re: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 WAS THE DOG!!!!! re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (doug forest: Sun, Nov 6, 2005, 8:39 pm) [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (Monte: Sun, Nov 13, 2005, 8:58 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (Cpt CryBaby: Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 5:56 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (Monte: Mon, Nov 14, 2005, 6:14 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (Cpt CryBaby: Tue, Nov 15, 2005, 8:28 am) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (Monte: Tue, Nov 15, 2005, 5:13 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (CalderMunroe: Wed, Nov 16, 2005, 3:48 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749(Interesting Update) (Pete: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 7:37 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749(Interesting Update) (Kenneth Hedges: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 8:08 pm) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749(Interesting Update) (Nathan: Thu, Sep 21, 2006, 8:51 am) re: [SOLVED] by removing KB905749 -- FINALLY, SUCCESS!! (Cliff: Mon, Mar 13, 2006, 10:45 am) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (shiver: Thu, Mar 16, 2006, 10:40 am) re: [SOLVED] by removing: Microsoft Security Update KB905749 (TX_TRINITy: Fri, Mar 24, 2006, 6:34 am) For crying out loud! The thread is three years old and already huge enough (Kiwi: Fri, Mar 24, 2006, 7:20 am) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (andy: Sun, Nov 6, 2005, 2:54 pm) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (mark: Mon, Nov 7, 2005, 7:27 am) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (andy: Mon, Nov 7, 2005, 11:17 am) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! (gordon mackay: Tue, May 16, 2006, 11:14 am) re: ENUM Permission fix does NOT work! Try this then. (HarryA: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 11:36 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Murxidon: Wed, Aug 17, 2005, 3:22 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Earl_CG: Fri, Aug 19, 2005, 6:39 am) Told you it would work :P (Murxidon: Fri, Aug 19, 2005, 7:03 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Patrick Mckay: Mon, Oct 10, 2005, 11:09 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Mr Croissant: Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 11:56 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (David: Thu, Jun 12, 2008, 2:29 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Jonathan Hays: Tue, Jun 17, 2008, 9:13 pm) Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (Jodi: Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 10:09 am) re: Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (Patrick Mckay: Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 1:52 pm) re: General Solution (Robert Patrick: Sun, Mar 4, 2007, 5:29 pm) Solution (Ed C: Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:04 pm) re: Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (mark: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 8:54 pm) re: Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (Ben: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 9:44 pm) re: Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (mark: Wed, Oct 19, 2005, 10:33 pm) re: Corrupt Registry Keys in the Registry (Andrew Humphriss: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 11:28 am) Finally success! (ARNIE: Sat, Oct 29, 2005, 9:41 pm) re: Finally success! Yes! Yes! Yes! (Muddy Water: Tue, Nov 8, 2005, 7:23 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Jaz: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 11:36 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Jaz: Fri, Oct 21, 2005, 11:49 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Patrick Mckay: Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 11:34 am) re: Empty Device Manager (George Lawniczak: Sun, Dec 4, 2005, 1:30 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (John: Sat, Nov 19, 2005, 4:59 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (johnlee: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 5:13 am) re: Empty Device Manager (glenn: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 5:31 am) re: Empty Device Manager (San: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 9:04 am) re: Empty Device Manager (JohnF: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 10:40 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Bob W.: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 12:21 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Adrian: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 2:34 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Dylan E. Munson: Wed, Mar 1, 2006, 1:16 pm) Thanks, but the thread is already OVERLOADED (Kiwi: Wed, Mar 1, 2006, 1:55 pm) re: Empty Device Manager How I fixed it (New Info) (Sepulchre: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 2:36 pm) re: Empty Device Manager How I fixed it (New Info) (San: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 3:23 pm) Similar problem; previous suggestions not working (Jessie: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 10:55 pm) re: Similar problem; previous suggestions not working (Aistis: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 11:45 pm) Empty Device Manager & no LAN or Highspeed Connections displayed anymore in the Network Connections (Andrea C: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 8:23 am) re: Empty Device Manager & no LAN or Highspeed Connections displayed anymore in the Network Connections (Taylor: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 4:03 pm) re: Empty Device Manager & no LAN or Highspeed Connections displayed anymore in the Network Connections (MrCreosote: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 7:55 pm) re: Empty Device Manager & no LAN or Highspeed Connections displayed anymore in the Network Connections (Aistis: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 11:55 pm) re: Empty Device Manager & no LAN or Highspeed Connections displayed anymore in the Network Connections (G Will: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 3:09 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (thomas: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 7:59 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Paul Woollam: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 12:39 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Andrea C: Mon, Nov 21, 2005, 3:52 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (marlon: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 1:07 am) HAPPY DANCE_ oh yeah! It's FIXED for me! (Andrea C: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 4:41 am) re: Trying to find this "apropo fix" (MrCreosote: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 11:22 am) re: FIXED MINE! (MrCreosote: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 11:55 am) re: FIXED MINE FINALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!! (richardk: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 7:37 pm) re: Trying to find this "apropo fix" (mdoyle: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 7:15 pm) re: Tried everything -- only one oddball thing did it (Fred Paskiewicz: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 8:01 pm) re: Tried everything -- only one oddball thing did it (MrCreosote: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 10:25 pm) re: Tried everything -- only one oddball thing did it (Lou Kurrelmeyer: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 7:26 am) re: Tried everything -- ANOTHER TWIST - WORKED FOR ME!!! (scott: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 4:09 pm) re: Tried everything -- ANOTHER TWIST - WORKED FOR ME!!! (Sian Jones: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 4:43 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (mmss: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 1:06 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Adam Kerr: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 1:12 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (mmss: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 1:34 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Adam Kerr: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 1:37 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (mmss: Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 1:46 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (FIXED) (mmss: Fri, Aug 1, 2008, 10:43 am) re: Empty Device Manager - fixed by removing spyware (shade: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 8:37 am) re: Empty Device Manager - fixed by removing spyware (Lou Kurrelmeyer: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 11:21 am) re: Empty Device Manager - fixed by removing spyware (foxhop: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 1:26 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - fixed by removing spyware (david_sim: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 6:42 pm) Empty Device Manager - fixed by removing apropos (julie: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 8:01 pm) APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (Gary: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 12:56 pm) thank you ,thank you...100x (marlon: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 4:31 pm) trouble downloading aproposfix !! (Aron: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 4:44 pm) ARON!!! re: trouble downloading aproposfix !! (Andrea C: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 4:52 pm) re: trouble downloading aproposfix !! (marlon: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 11:02 pm) re: trouble downloading aproposfix !! (raja: Wed, May 28, 2008, 8:42 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (O: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 8:19 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (mdoyle: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 8:50 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (Ah: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 8:51 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (Beerinator: Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 9:55 pm) Apropos - does it work n w2k? (Aron: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 6:57 am) re: Apropos - does it work n w2k? (Lou Kurrelmeyer: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 7:33 am) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (benny: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 12:02 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (F15hii: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 2:40 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!! Details inside..... (Aron: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 5:34 am) re: APROPOS - did NOT run correctly on my W2k OS (Aron: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 8:43 am) re: APROPOS - did NOT run correctly on my W2k OS (Lou Kurrelmeyer: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 9:11 am) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!!GREAT!!! (Rodney Maag: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 5:48 pm) re: APROPOS fix worked fine for me!!!GREAT!!! (GP: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 7:08 pm) APROPOS WORKED Like a Charm!!! thumbs up!!! (malik: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 7:27 am) Using APROPOS fix question (Roy Heyes: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 12:08 am) Registry Scrubbers For the Win. (George: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 12:59 pm) re: Thanks!!!!!! This fix worked for me. (Robert: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 4:13 pm) Thank You Everyone!!!!!! (Motown_Mike: Wed, Nov 23, 2005, 10:55 pm) re: still problematic.. even in safe mode (bla bla: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 12:10 am) Glad to see that apropos fix is working for so many! (John: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 8:43 am) re: Glad to see that apropos fix is working for so many! (Michael: Thu, Nov 24, 2005, 2:28 pm) re: Glad to see that apropos fix is working for so many! (elliot: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 7:38 am) re: context plus removal worked! thanks (samantha: Fri, Nov 25, 2005, 12:12 pm) Apropos modem problem (Jess: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 7:57 am) HELP! I still have no icon for my high speed internet connection (Andrea C: Mon, Nov 28, 2005, 5:16 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Mark: Mon, Nov 28, 2005, 2:33 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (mattyb: Mon, Nov 28, 2005, 5:52 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Bob: Tue, Nov 29, 2005, 2:41 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Bob: Tue, Nov 29, 2005, 3:49 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Bob Petrie: Tue, May 6, 2008, 6:57 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Jennifer: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 6:50 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (meakin: Thu, Dec 1, 2005, 8:00 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Fri, Dec 2, 2005, 6:33 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Jennifer: Fri, Dec 2, 2005, 5:30 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Sun, Dec 4, 2005, 5:33 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 10:29 am) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 10:45 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 1:32 pm) Apropos malware removal... (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 2:14 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (jcw: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 2:57 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 3:49 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (jcw: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 4:42 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Dec 5, 2005, 5:32 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 4:43 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (jcw: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 5:42 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (Ms. Eagle: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 5:52 pm) re: Apropos malware removal... (jcw: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 6:18 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 8:10 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 10:49 am) re: Empty Device Manager (dave: Tue, Dec 6, 2005, 11:03 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 9:35 am) re: Empty Device Manager (dave: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 8:11 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (dave: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 10:55 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 6:15 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 9:08 am) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 10:29 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Wed, Dec 7, 2005, 12:20 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (bla bla: Sun, Dec 11, 2005, 12:26 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Sun, Dec 11, 2005, 4:15 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (shai: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 1:25 am) re: Empty Device Manager (jcw: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 8:19 am) re: Empty Device Manager (F15hii: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 4:32 am) !!Alternate Solution!! (Ron Pierce: Sun, Dec 4, 2005, 2:52 pm) thank you everbody (mike e: Sun, Dec 4, 2005, 7:19 pm) Compilation of Solutions for Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP (jcw: Fri, Dec 9, 2005, 8:37 am) re: Compilation of Solutions for Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP (F15hii: Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 4:48 am) re: Empty Device Manager - ULTIMATE SOLUTION (Miles Prower: Thu, Dec 22, 2005, 12:11 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - ULTIMATE SOLUTION (gordon: Sun, Dec 25, 2005, 9:42 am) Empty Device Manager - FIXED AT LAST! But PC still slow???? (Lovepeaceguru: Wed, Jan 11, 2006, 9:35 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED AT LAST! But PC still slow???? (Steve Hampshire: Tue, Feb 14, 2006, 3:28 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED AT LAST! But PC still slow???? (MsMerry: Sun, Mar 12, 2006, 3:02 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED AT LAST! But PC still slow???? (TX_TRINITy: Mon, Mar 13, 2006, 4:31 am) re: Empty Device Manager - FIXED AT LAST! But PC still slow???? (blackcapsteve: Mon, Nov 13, 2006, 12:13 pm) Empty Device Manager fixed at last! (Jessie: Sun, Nov 26, 2006, 8:02 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Uninstalling KB905749 worked for me (Julie: Mon, May 15, 2006, 4:52 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Uninstalling KB905749 worked for me (Tim Terry: Fri, Sep 1, 2006, 6:59 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Uninstalling KB905749 worked for me (Bronygraig: Thu, Nov 30, 2006, 1:19 pm) re: Empty Device Manager - Uninstalling KB905749 worked for me (ed: Fri, Feb 16, 2007, 7:02 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Chad: Tue, May 30, 2006, 11:11 am) re: Empty Device Manager (Graham: Tue, Jun 27, 2006, 8:11 pm) re: Empty Device Manager (Rene Fennet: Sun, Oct 1, 2006, 2:43 pm) re: The Best of every solution!!!!!! (pepkin88: Sat, Jun 30, 2007, 3:12 am) re: The Best of every solution!!!!!! (Shlomo: Tue, Jul 24, 2007, 9:49 pm) Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (Claudia: Mon, Jan 14, 2008, 12:16 pm) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (swapnaja: Thu, Feb 7, 2008, 10:48 pm) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (Lyle Campbell: Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 1:54 pm) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (Mark Johnson: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 2:28 pm) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (Rafael: Sun, Feb 15, 2009, 4:00 pm) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back -fixed 100% cpu too (Mark: Tue, Sep 29, 2009, 9:12 am) re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back (Tom Johnston: Wed, Jul 2, 2008, 1:04 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum