Monday, November 17, 2008

Display Hidden Devices in Device Manager


Display Hidden Devices in Device Manager

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How to Display Hidden Devices in Your Device Manager (Registry Tweak Instructions)

For registry fix “Display Hidden Devices in Your Device Manager,” you’ll need to:

Backup your system and its important files before editing your registry.

Now, open your registry. You can open your registry by using the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.exe), which is a program automatically included with most Windows operating systems. The Registry Editor lets you view, edit, and search data within the your system’s registry. You can launch your Registry Editor many ways, and the easiest way to is to click the “Start” button, select “Run,” and type “regedit” inthe “Open” box (click here for a sample image of Registry Editor and instructions on how to use Registry Editor).

Next, find or create the registry string value DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES. You’ll need to edit this string value to the registry value settings below.

User Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Environment]

Value Name: DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES

Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)

Value Data: 1 (to show all devices, “0″ equals default)

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