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Windows - Device Manager is empty

Latest update on June 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM by aakai1056 .

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Issue

All my hardware is missing. There is no printer, scanner, web cam, winfax modem.
If I do this:
Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager it is blank!

Solution

Please follow these instructions:

1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
2. Double-click Plug and Play.
- (If you receive a Configuration Manager message, click OK.)
3. In the Startup Type list, click Automatic, and then click OK.
4. Close Services.
5. Restart the computer.

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Thanks to xpcman for this tip on the forum.

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