i have nothing in the device manager ????

[-Acid-]

o.k turned on my laptop and noticed i had no sound
done the usual checks mute volume ect and still nothing went to sound propertys and it said that no sound device was present, so i went into device manager and low and behold there is nothing in it all i just get a blank window

whats gives :confused:

can anyone help ???

I,m running XP pro legit (no pirate crap here) :D

my laptop is working and all the devices ( bar sound)are magicly working but if i try to access them its says they are not there

O and yes sound is enabled in the bios too

[Movieman]

I saw that happen once. a virus or trojan got in.
XP Pro. Formatted and reinstalled the software and fixed.

[-Acid-]

i feel like riptide now from last night I,m not formatting
there must be a fix


Were's nn step


help!!!!

[[XC] moddolicous]

Try reinstalling the drivers?

[-Acid-]

yes i have there is no device to install drivers for !!!!

[Movieman]

i feel like riptide now from last night I,m not formatting
there must be a fix


Were's nn step


help!!!!

sleeping..it's 5:30-6:30am where he is.

[-Acid-]

surely he is like us dave 40+ hours awake 15mins sleep and good to go !!!

[Brother Esau]

With a issue like that I would back up my data and reformat "Winblows is Borked"
stop chaseing the ghost. Even if you can salvage the install it wont be worth much! Take the advice and save you're stuff and reinstall.

[-Acid-]

i found out the cause

its a window hotfix would you believe it make's junk reg keys that do this to the device manager

they even have a hot fix

THAT THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR
it was there hot fix that messed it up
they want me to wait till the next service pack (to get it for free)

LONG email Time

[Lestat]

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1051715405

quote from there


Try the following obtained from Annoyances.org, as per the following link, as it is a long thread. Naturally, backup the registry prior to making the change/s: -

re: Empty Device Manager

"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."

Good luck.......................

[Lestat]

also another one here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311504

google is a miracle if you use it.

search for empty device manager and you get tons of hits.

and another here

http://www.blonnet.com/ew/2006/05/22/stories/2006052200250400.htm

all of them free.
MS doesnt make you pay for fixes but they do make you call them sometimes. and i have never heard anyone say that those types of fixes, are a pay per call type of fix.

[-Acid-]

Thanks Lestat, i was hunting through those threads, loads of stuff there and managed to get it fixed.

Gotta love this forum

some people give up too easy :P

[my87csx481]

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1051715405

quote from there


also another one here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311504


I tried both of these. With mine, the service was started and set to automatic before I got there. As far as the registry key, there were permissions on that key, so re-enabling/adding them didn't do anything....or fix my empty device manager. Any other suggestions? Please. :shrug: