re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 12:20 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jcw
(5100 messages posted)
And you have performed steps 6 through 9 of the possible fixes? In doing steps 6
& 9, did you find anything unusual? Did you download and use the aproposfix.exe
in step 8?
Does your device manager properly display devices when you are in safe mode?
Does your network connections window properly show your connections when you
are in safe mode?
You said your network connections window is also empty. I assume your network
connection(s) is working OK? You might want to take a look at this post, which turned
out not to be apropos-related, but registry corruption.
--> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1133980151
Finally, I recall a poster who had removed Microsoft Update 905749, and in desperation
after trying other things, re-installed that update, and then device manger populated
properly. As a last resort, only after when you have tried everything else, might
want to try reinstalling that Update 905749.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 4:44 am, MatrixCow wrote:
>I'm using xp pro with sp2.
>The device manager is entirely blanc.
>i don't get any errors.
>I can connect a usb stick but i can't connect my webcam.
>I don't think that i had installed something. It just went blanc.
>I'm running mcafee antivirus, spybot s&d and adaware.
>The network connections are empty too. I don't have any other problems.
>I already uninstalled the update.
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