problem after installing sp2

since installing sp2 I have two unknown devices listed in my
device manager, but I cannot figure out what they are. it does not appear to
be anything I am in need of; its not a firewire, USB, network, wireless,
sound, or display adapter and all of the my hardware devices seem to work
properly.

now every time windows starts I receive a message "new hardware installed"
it goes through the process of searching for drivers but fails.

does anyone know a way of identifying a device's name so I can install the
necessary drivers?

many thanks for your help.

 

What does the Properties show on the unknown device ?

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"marco" <marco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> since installing sp2 I have two unknown devices listed in my
> device manager, but I cannot figure out what they are. it does not appear to
> be anything I am in need of; its not a firewire, USB, network, wireless,
> sound, or display adapter and all of the my hardware devices seem to work
> properly.
>
> now every time windows starts I receive a message "new hardware installed"
> it goes through the process of searching for drivers but fails.
>
> does anyone know a way of identifying a device's name so I can install the
> necessary drivers?
>
> many thanks for your help. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

"marco" <marco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31778917-EB11-4FFE-83F7-06A668593B6E@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> since installing sp2 I have two unknown devices listed in my
> device manager, but I cannot figure out what they are. it does not appear to
> be anything I am in need of; its not a firewire, USB, network, wireless,
> sound, or display adapter and all of the my hardware devices seem to work
> properly.
>
> now every time windows starts I receive a message "new hardware installed"
> it goes through the process of searching for drivers but fails.
>
> does anyone know a way of identifying a device's name so I can install the
> necessary drivers?
>
> many thanks for your help.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

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please could you explain what you mean?

thanks
"Peter Foldes" wrote:
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> What does the Properties show on the unknown device ?
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "marco" <marco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:31778917-EB11-4FFE-83F7-06A668593B6E@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > since installing sp2 I have two unknown devices listed in my
> > device manager, but I cannot figure out what they are. it does not appear to
> > be anything I am in need of; its not a firewire, USB, network, wireless,
> > sound, or display adapter and all of the my hardware devices seem to work
> > properly.
> >
> > now every time windows starts I receive a message "new hardware installed"
> > it goes through the process of searching for drivers but fails.
> >
> > does anyone know a way of identifying a device's name so I can install the
> > necessary drivers?
> >
> > many thanks for your help. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->