re: Blank or Empty Device Manager in Windows XP - A Compilation of Solutions
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 8:38 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jcw
(5100 messages posted)
Keep the back-up copy that you made of:
hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root
Now, make a back-up copy (by exporting) of the entire key:
hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\Enum
Examine it for the LEGACY_MRACOMM sub-key. I will assume you won't find it there
either, but if it is there, let me know what is there. Keep that back-up copy as
well, and be sure to label it so that you won't confuse it with the back-up copy
of the Enum\Root key.
Assuming that the LEGACY_MRACOMM sub-key does not show in the back-up copy of
the entire Enum key that you just made, go ahead and try to delete the LEGACY_MRACOMM
sub-key in the registry editor; if the deletion succeeds, don't reboot, but instead
close the registry editor and open the device manager to see if it is now populated.
If you can't delete that sub-key from within the registry editor, then try doing
so by first booting into safe mode with command prompt, as instructed in my prior
post at:
» http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1135283897
Then reboot normally and see if the registry editor still shows that sub-key
and if the device manager is populated.
On Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at 6:44 am, MatrixCow wrote:
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>i exported hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root and i cant find hklm\system\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MRACOMM
>in the exported file.
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