re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions Monday, December 19, 2005 at 1:19 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jcw (5100 messages posted) You have not supplied enough information to provide help.  Questions (be specific in answering): (a)  Which edition of Windows XP do you use - Professional or Home, and do you have either SP1 or SP2 installed? (b)  Is the device manager entirely blank, or partially blank?  If partially blank, what does it display? (c)  Are you getting any error messages when you try to open or use the device manager, either on-screen or in the Event Viewer (Start menu --> Administrative Tools)? (d)  What problems are you having in connecting to devices?  Which devices? (e)  When did the device manager first appear blank, and when it occurred, had you recently installled any new software, devices, or device drivers? (f)  Did you previously have installed Microsoft Windows Update 905749, and have you since uninstalled it? (g)  What scans have you run for vires and "malware"? (h)  Are you having any other problems with the computer's operation?  If yes, describe them. Specifically, other than the blank device manager, is the computer experiencing any of the following? -- different (undesired) home page set in the internet browser -- pop-up ads or windows -- Windows Explorer is slow to display, e.g., after clicking on My Computer -- not all network connections are shown in Network Connections in Control Panel -- problems in connecting to scanners, printers, or cameras -- a prompt to reactivate Windows XP On Monday, December 19, 2005 at 12:09 pm, MatrixCow wrote: > >Hello, > >I have a toshiba tecra S2 (3 months old) and i tried al the sollutions for the empty >device manager problem. But nothing worked. It's getting verry enoying. I need this >computer for school and i'm having problems to connect devices. Can somebody help >me? Please. I don't know what to do anymore. >(sorry for my bad spelling, i'm from belgium) > > Written in response to: re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Monday, December 19, 2005 at 12:09 pm) Responses to this message: re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 4:44 am) All messages in this thread [show all] device manager (emmanuel: Thu, Dec 8, 2005, 3:38 pm) Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Thu, Dec 8, 2005, 6:23 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (Greg Hendren: Sun, Dec 18, 2005, 3:50 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Sun, Dec 18, 2005, 3:59 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (Greg Hendren: Sun, Dec 18, 2005, 4:12 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Sun, Dec 18, 2005, 4:57 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 12:09 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 1:19 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Tue, Dec 20, 2005, 4:44 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Tue, Dec 20, 2005, 12:20 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Thu, Dec 22, 2005, 7:31 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Thu, Dec 22, 2005, 12:38 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 4:46 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Sun, Jan 1, 2006, 5:28 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 6:44 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 8:38 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 10:03 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (MatrixCow: Wed, Jan 18, 2006, 5:27 am) Checked if have permission to delete that sub-key? (jcw: Thu, Jan 19, 2006, 10:54 am) help. None of the solutions work for me. (mj: Thu, Feb 23, 2006, 6:22 pm) re: help. None of the solutions work for me. (jcw: Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 8:54 am) Found corrupt key in registry but won't let me delete (mj: Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 11:12 am) re: Found corrupt key in registry but won't let me delete (jcw: Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 12:54 pm) re: Found corrupt key in registry but won't let me delete (mj: Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 2:26 pm) re: Found corrupt key in registry but won't let me delete (jcw: Sun, Feb 26, 2006, 8:03 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (Deanna: Fri, Jun 2, 2006, 11:20 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (jcw: Tue, Jun 6, 2006, 9:47 am) ahh the ENUM KEY!! (leon: Wed, Jul 5, 2006, 6:49 am) re: ahh the ENUM KEY!! (Annoyed-With-Windows: Wed, Jul 5, 2006, 11:15 am) re: ahh the ENUM KEY!! (MC: Wed, Aug 16, 2006, 2:12 am) Xp SP3 was my problem - found the fix! (Lee Grissom: Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 2:29 pm) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (Luke: Sun, Dec 21, 2008, 6:38 am) re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions (Oki Bayu: Fri, Jan 30, 2009, 8:36 am) 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