DEVICE MANAGER WINDOWS ISSUES

  I CANNOT VIEW THE ITEMS IN DEVICE MANAGER,CAN ANYONE TELL HE HOW TO FIX THIS?

 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:

  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:

 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.



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Ryan


"AQUAJEWELZ33" wrote:


THIS?

 and turn off your Caps Lock.