When looking at my Device Manager in XP no devices are displayed. Same
situation when I look at Network Connections - nothing is listed there
either. This happens in Normal Mode and Safe Mode.

In doing some searching I've found references to a solution at
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...ad.php?t=15653 that almost
did the trick. But when I click on the Advanced tab and check the two boxes
at the bottom of the screen I received a message "Registry editor could not
set security in the key currently selected or some of its subkeys."

I've tried making this change in Safe Mode, but no luck.

One other thing of interest - in the Services.msc the choices of Start,
Stop, Pause, etc. for Plug and Play are greyed out. Maybe this is normal,
but it seems odd.

Any other ideas? Strange thing is the PC behaves just fine otherwise. But
I know the next time I need to get in to Device Manager or Network
Connections that I'll be hosed.

Thanks,

Steve

"midwest_steve" <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:564A6F51-53CD-46EA-959B-6BF8AD7C4575@microsoft.com...
> When looking at my Device Manager in XP no devices are displayed. Same
> situation when I look at Network Connections - nothing is listed there
> either. This happens in Normal Mode and Safe Mode.
>
> In doing some searching I've found references to a solution at
> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...ad.php?t=15653 that
> almost
> did the trick. But when I click on the Advanced tab and check the two
> boxes
> at the bottom of the screen I received a message "Registry editor could
> not
> set security in the key currently selected or some of its subkeys."
>
> I've tried making this change in Safe Mode, but no luck.
>
> One other thing of interest - in the Services.msc the choices of Start,
> Stop, Pause, etc. for Plug and Play are greyed out. Maybe this is normal,
> but it seems odd.
>
> Any other ideas? Strange thing is the PC behaves just fine otherwise.
> But
> I know the next time I need to get in to Device Manager or Network
> Connections that I'll be hosed.
>

This may help,

Device Manager Snap-in fails to initialize
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/devmgr.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

--
William

Thanks for the tip - I appreciate it. No luck though.

"WTC" wrote:

> "midwest_steve" <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:564A6F51-53CD-46EA-959B-6BF8AD7C4575@microsoft.com...
> > When looking at my Device Manager in XP no devices are displayed. Same
> > situation when I look at Network Connections - nothing is listed there
> > either. This happens in Normal Mode and Safe Mode.
> >
> > In doing some searching I've found references to a solution at
> > http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...ad.php?t=15653 that
> > almost
> > did the trick. But when I click on the Advanced tab and check the two
> > boxes
> > at the bottom of the screen I received a message "Registry editor could
> > not
> > set security in the key currently selected or some of its subkeys."
> >
> > I've tried making this change in Safe Mode, but no luck.
> >
> > One other thing of interest - in the Services.msc the choices of Start,
> > Stop, Pause, etc. for Plug and Play are greyed out. Maybe this is normal,
> > but it seems odd.
> >
> > Any other ideas? Strange thing is the PC behaves just fine otherwise.
> > But
> > I know the next time I need to get in to Device Manager or Network
> > Connections that I'll be hosed.
> >
>
> This may help,
>
> Device Manager Snap-in fails to initialize
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/devmgr.htm
>
> [Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]
>
> --
> William
>
>
>
>

Start the Plug and Play service.

Open Services...
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll down to and double click Plug and Play |
Set Startup type to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the
Start button | When started, close Services

No Items Appear in the Device Manager List When You Open It
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311504

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:4763A108-0AF4-4187-841C-C4A0122B5028@microsoft.com,
midwest_steve <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks for the tip - I appreciate it. No luck though.
>
> "WTC" wrote:
>
>> "midwest_steve" <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:564A6F51-53CD-46EA-959B-6BF8AD7C4575@microsoft.com...
>>> When looking at my Device Manager in XP no devices are displayed. Same
>>> situation when I look at Network Connections - nothing is listed there
>>> either. This happens in Normal Mode and Safe Mode.
>>>
>>> In doing some searching I've found references to a solution at
>>> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...ad.php?t=15653 that
>>> almost
>>> did the trick. But when I click on the Advanced tab and check the two
>>> boxes
>>> at the bottom of the screen I received a message "Registry editor could
>>> not
>>> set security in the key currently selected or some of its subkeys."
>>>
>>> I've tried making this change in Safe Mode, but no luck.
>>>
>>> One other thing of interest - in the Services.msc the choices of Start,
>>> Stop, Pause, etc. for Plug and Play are greyed out. Maybe this is
>>> normal, but it seems odd.
>>>
>>> Any other ideas? Strange thing is the PC behaves just fine otherwise.
>>> But
>>> I know the next time I need to get in to Device Manager or Network
>>> Connections that I'll be hosed.
>>>
>>
>> This may help,
>>
>> Device Manager Snap-in fails to initialize
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/devmgr.htm
>>
>> [Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]
>>
>> --
>> William

Thanks - that's started by default. I've started and stopped it, but no luck.

Finally restored a backup from a week ago, which didn't have this problem.
So while I'm back to business, I'm not sure what the failure was or how to
resolve it. Thanks to you guys for your tips though.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Start the Plug and Play service.
>
> Open Services...
> Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
> Scroll down to and double click Plug and Play |
> Set Startup type to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the
> Start button | When started, close Services
>
> No Items Appear in the Device Manager List When You Open It
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311504
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:4763A108-0AF4-4187-841C-C4A0122B5028@microsoft.com,
> midwest_steve <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Thanks for the tip - I appreciate it. No luck though.
> >
> > "WTC" wrote:
> >
> >> "midwest_steve" <midweststeve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:564A6F51-53CD-46EA-959B-6BF8AD7C4575@microsoft.com...
> >>> When looking at my Device Manager in XP no devices are displayed. Same
> >>> situation when I look at Network Connections - nothing is listed there
> >>> either. This happens in Normal Mode and Safe Mode.
> >>>
> >>> In doing some searching I've found references to a solution at
> >>> http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...ad.php?t=15653 that
> >>> almost
> >>> did the trick. But when I click on the Advanced tab and check the two
> >>> boxes
> >>> at the bottom of the screen I received a message "Registry editor could
> >>> not
> >>> set security in the key currently selected or some of its subkeys."
> >>>
> >>> I've tried making this change in Safe Mode, but no luck.
> >>>
> >>> One other thing of interest - in the Services.msc the choices of Start,
> >>> Stop, Pause, etc. for Plug and Play are greyed out. Maybe this is
> >>> normal, but it seems odd.
> >>>
> >>> Any other ideas? Strange thing is the PC behaves just fine otherwise.
> >>> But
> >>> I know the next time I need to get in to Device Manager or Network
> >>> Connections that I'll be hosed.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This may help,
> >>
> >> Device Manager Snap-in fails to initialize
> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/devmgr.htm
> >>
> >> [Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]
> >>
> >> --
> >> William
>
>