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.
Note
Thanks to
xpcman for this tip on the forum.