re: Corrupted Enum keys make a come back
Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by swapnaja
(1 messages posted)
i have this problem
tryed following..........
pnp automatic,
ENUM permissions,
sfc /scannow,
aproposfix,
hotfix from microsoft,
device manager new registry,
system restore in normal mode,
still device manager is blank
please suggest another options
On Monday, January 14, 2008 at 12:16 pm, Claudia wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I hope somebody can help me with this. Otherwise, I will have to reinstall/repairinstall
>Windows - maybe the best option anyway.
>
>My computer: Windows XP Media Center Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2, Olidata
>S.p.A., Mce 2005 Sp2b German, Genuine Intel CPU, T 2050, 1.60 GHz, 0,99 GB RAM
>
>The symptoms: Most important, the device manager is blank, both in normal and in
>safe mode. No network surrounding, even though my computer works with LAN-cable.
>The wireless net has worked before, at least until last summer, but doesn`t show
>available networks now. The work place is really slow. Internet Explorer does not
>work, neither does Windows Media Player (starting, but no sound). But Mozilla and
>Real Player do work, so that`s why I haven`t done much before. Had some problems
>with system instability, but some updates from Microsoft made the system stable
after
>some time, even though I got every now and then some black outs with blue screen,
>caused by a device driver (I guess it was something sound related).
>Another thing that might be related to the problem is that I had some malware this
>summer, got two programs (Spysweeper and SpywareDoctor) to remove it, but the system
>was never the same again, appearantly because the programs work not well together,
>I experienced also problems with virus programs, changed also there, but this whole
>thing wasn`t good for the system, and I have problems now with virus scanning and
>the firewall. I can go into details if it should be related.
>
>What I have tried: I thought it would be the top priority to get the device manager
>working again and did basically everything I could read on the internet. The best
>overview is probably here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1134095035
>even though I have tried a few variations and extras that where not listed there.
>
>1) Plug & Play is not the problem, it is on, I also tried msconfig.
>2.) Windows updates: has been a problem in the past (autumn 2005), but not now,
and
>on my computer are not the patches described.
>3) Malware: could find anything, neither did Apropos Fix, didn`t have contextplus
>or anything related in my software list, either.
>4) Permissions on Enum are ok.
>5.) Subkeys under Enum ARE corrupted, it is possible to delete them, but they will
>come back when I restart the computer, even if I delete the key above.
>6.) Tried sfc /scannow, works more or less, but in the end I am asked ca. 5 times
>to enter the CD even though I have done everything suggested here:
>http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
>7.) By the way, registry mechanic finds 404 problems, quite a lot of them with high
>priority, but if I want to fix them, I need to buy the program. I have also used
>hijackthis, but couldn`t find any bigger problem with it.
>
>Has anybody any idea how to tackle the problem?
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