purplegirl029

 

Probably it’s because you are a newbie & frustrated, therefore not sure what Forum to post your query.

 

Better if you don’t post the same query in too many Dell Forums; otherwise you may end up trying to keep up multiple Forum replies going – that can become a nightmare :smileysad:

 

its either Display hidden devices or data corruption.

 

 in run type chkdsk /f (hit enter) then press Y for yes and press enter (in the error in black window)

after you restart pc it does checkdisk and fixes data.

 

 if that doesnt fix it its a deper problem and so perform steps bellow.

 

in run Type cmd and then click OK then type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 hit enter

then cd %systemroot%\System32  (enter) then type start devmgmt.msc  (enter)

if that dont do trick .. try this in same command window(black window)

Type net stop plugplay  and press the key

then Type  sc config plugplay start= auto  and press the key (There is a space between start= and auto)

then Type net start plugplay and press the key

Type exit and press the key.. now it shoudl work. if none of it works.

system restore to day it happened in . start> programs>accessories>system tools>system restore. choose a bold numbered date and click restore. (it will restart pc and perform a rollback and on boot it confirms it was successfully restored or failed.)

Great that purplegirl029 gave positive feedback  :smileyvery-happy:

 

But to others with the same problem, please note that changing CurrentControlSet/Enum registry values is only one of many solutions mentioned in this link.

 

Interestingly one of the most common causes is apropos, a form of spyware that is (at least reportedly) not removed by any security software provided by the established big name companies?

When apropos is the cause, a removal tool called aproposfix.exe has been developed, see this link

 

Unfortunately I have seen others that have tried everything from posting numerous HijackThis logs, using all sorts of security scan software & PC software & hardware scanning tools, using msconfig to check PnP service settings, system restore, running services.msc, changing CurrentControlSet/Enum registry values, etc. etc. – but all to no avail, or at least no positive feedback reported.

 

For these unfortunates, it leaves a Windows clean reinstall as the only solution  :smileysad: