RE: DEVICE MANAGER WINDOWS ISSUES

YEAH DEVICE MANAGER IS JUST A BLANK PAGE ,I DID THE PLUG AND PLAY AND IT WAS
ALREADY SET,I DID THE SPYWARE AND VIRUS FOUND NOTHING,SO WHY AM I GETTING
THIS,i am going to do what you said so i will be getting back to you soon

"Techdango" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> First try doing a virus & spyware scan. Clean up all items if it found any.
>
> Do any items show in device manager or is the window blank? If its blank,
> check to make sure the Plug & Play service is started. The device manager
> window is populated via the Plug & Play service.
>
> Also make sure the account you are using has local administrator rights. If
> not, you may be able to log into the system as administrator using safe mode.
> When the PC starts to boot, press F8 and you will get a menu that has "Safe
> Mode" as an option. You should be able to choose the administrator account
> to log in as. And unless you changed the password, the password is probably
> blank so just press Enter. Now you should be able to add your account to the
> local administrators group.
>
>
>
> --
> --------
> Ryan
>
>
> "AQUAJEWELZ33" wrote:
>
> > TOPHER, I DID EVERYTHING YOU SAID AND FOR SOME REASON IT DOESNT WORK THE WAY
> > YOU SAY,I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM AND IT IS JUST BUGGING,I CANNOT EVEN SEE MY
> > NETWORK PLACES AND EVERYTIME I CLICK ON MY COMPUTER,IT TAKES A WHILE TO
> > DISPLAY MY DRIVES,I HAVE TRIED IT BIT IT KEEPS GIVING THIS POP UP THAT SAYING
> > "REGISTRY EDITOR COULD NOT SET SECURITY IN THE KEY CURRENTLY SELECTED,OR SOME
> > OF ITS SUBKEYS,NOW IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW TO FIX THAT? THAT WOULD BE REALLY
> > APPRECIATED, I AM USING WINXP HOME EDITION WITH SP2
> >
> > "Topher" wrote:
> >
> > > The issue is security permissions in the registry. I cannot tell how they
> > > are lost
> > > but I can tell you how to fix it short of having to re-install Windows!
> > >
> > > You must use regedt32.exe in Windows 2000/XP (as I have not seen this
> > > problem posted
> > > for any other operating system). Be very carefull making changes in the
> > > regisrty!
> > >
> > > You must be logged on as a local administrator to perform this task:
> > >
> > > 1. Go to "Start", "Run", and enter "regedt32"
> > > 2. Maximize the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" window.
> > > 3. Scroll down to "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum"
> > > 4. With "Enum" selected click the "Security", "Permissions" menu.
> > >
> > > Note: At this point you will probably notice there are no permissions on
> > > this key.
> > >
> > > 5. Click "Add".
> > > 6. Add the group "Everyone" and the user "SYSTEM".
> > > 7. Select "Everyone" and check "Read" ONLY!
> > > 8. Select "SYSTEM" and check "Full Control".
> > > 9. Click the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the window.
> > > 10. On the Advanced window check "Reset permissions on all child objects..."
> > > 11. Click "OK"
> > > 12. On the warning window click "Yes"
> > > 13. Close REGEDT32
> > >
> > > You should now be able to see everything in Device Manager, Network Places
> > > Properties,
> > > and Printers.
> > > http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1096912804
> > >
> > > "AQUAJEWELZ33" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I CANNOT VIEW THE ITEMS IN DEVICE MANAGER,CAN ANYONE TELL HE HOW TO FIX THIS?
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