Re: Hardware Maintenance


"MAVERICK" <MAVERICK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello pvdg42,
I followed your advice and visited the Google web site. I found several
articles
dealing with the device manager problems. However none of them works for
me.
Following one set of instructions I went to the administrative tools,
selected system, then the plug and play item. I attempted to turn it off
and
back on again so that the devmgr could repopulate. ( I should note that
the
devmgr.dll file is currently it is empty.) However the start, stop, and
other options are not selectable so I could not turn it off. It appears
that
after all these failed attempts at restoring my devmgr.dll I may need to
use
that brute force approach you mentioned. How do I do that?

I should note that this computer is used in my small home business so I
have
too much software on it to start reloading everything.

Your help is truly appreciated.

Put the OS CD in your drive and follow the prompts. You should be offered a
repair install option.

Regards,
AWO
"pvdg42" wrote:


"MAVERICK" <MAVERICK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am attempting to access the System Properties from the control panel.
I
select the Hardware tab and then the Device Manager tab to check the
properties of the devices installed. When doing this the following
error
message appears:
"Unable to load the Device manager program file, devmgr.dll. "
How do I correct this?

AWO

Try searching on the phrase "Unable to load the Device manager program
file, devmgr.dll." in Google Groups:

http://www.googlegroups.com

or, on MSDN:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com

You'll find numerous articles with suggestions for solving your Device
Manager issue.

A brute force approach would be a repair install of your OS.





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