re:re: problem with device manager
Friday, October 27, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Howard Stolle
(1 messages posted)
I've been on about 6 service calls for this problem and the reason has always been
the same. A registry scanner mis-identifed the .dll file that controls
C:\windows\system32\devmgmt file which controls device manager, defragment and administrators
console under control panel. If you catch it you can use the registry scanner back-up
to restore the missing .dll and incrementally manually delete registry errors until
the offending deletion is isolated and made to be ignored in future scans.
If it's been too long the only solid fix is to get a bootable disk and use DOS in
command prompt to transfer another copy of the file. If you're successful the configuration
screens will re-appear as if your doing a full operating system install and you'll
have to re-configure all your hardware.
You CANNOT take a copy from a buddy's machine unless he has the EXACT same hardware
you have and this is unlikely. If you do you'll be wondering why all your drives
are acting very strangely. No 2 people have their machines configured the same.
A good analogy would be a fingerprint...each one has ridges and lines and grooves
but no 2 are identical.
If you cannot get a new copy the only true fix is to format the hard drive, remove
all partitions and do a complete clean install where Windows reads that the hard
drive is "raw" and is seeing it like it would see a new hard drive.
Hope this helps..........
Howie..........Eastern PC Plus@aol.com
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