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  1. October 12th, 2005, 07:25 PM #1
    NasRaT
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    device manager error

    Hey all ..
    well .. i got this prob , when i wanna c my device manager .. ( right click on "my computer" and chose properties , then goto hardware and open 'Device Manager' i cant open it .. and i got that error :
    "Windows cannot access specified device, or file. You may not have the approriate permissions to access the item"
    but m logged in my account (that got admins permission) .. when i tried 2 check it by using "Adminitrator" account i got same prob, what should i do ??
    i got windows XP SP2 .. and AMD Athlon 64 bit 3200+ with 1 GB ram so its not hardware fail. .
    help me pls ..
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  2. October 12th, 2005, 07:54 PM #2
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    Did you try in safe mode???

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  3. October 15th, 2005, 10:40 PM #3
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    yeah it w0rk under safe mode
    ohh and its xp pro ..
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  4. October 15th, 2005, 11:32 PM #4
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    Sure you dont have a virus or malware of somesort...

    Do an AV scan, and scan for spyware

    Cause if it works insafe mode you have some process\app interfering.

    Any new programs\hardware\drivers installed lately??

    What changed from the time it worked to now???

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  5. October 15th, 2005, 11:35 PM #5
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    NasRaT

    It sounds like you might have some corruption there?

    Please try to create a new account with Admin rights, and see if that works.

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  6. November 3rd, 2005, 07:56 AM #6
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    i tried under Adminitrator account .. same prob :S
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  7. November 3rd, 2005, 08:07 AM #7
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    have you uninstalled anything as of lot?
    I'm thinking that you might of deleted an .dll file from your system32 i think that 's the folder..
    Sometimes when you unistall something a box appears asking if you want to leave the .dll or delete it.
    maybe you have deleted one that shouldn't of been deleted.

    just throwing up an idea

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  8. November 3rd, 2005, 10:54 AM #8
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    In the first place check you disk for errors with "chkdsk C: /f"

    Open "msconfig" and try to enable all services there.(microsoft services)

    And also try "SFC /scannow"

    Microsoft about corrupted eventlog http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...gfilesbad.mspx

    Download and install:
    Windows Script http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
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  9. November 3rd, 2005, 06:43 PM #9
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    Originally posted here by .:front2back:.
    have you uninstalled anything as of lot?
    I'm thinking that you might of deleted an .dll file from your system32 i think that 's the folder..
    Sometimes when you unistall something a box appears asking if you want to leave the .dll or delete it.
    maybe you have deleted one that shouldn't of been deleted.

    just throwing up an idea

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    nop i didnt uninstall .. and it sayes that its "mmc.exe" error .. the file name is written in the top of the error window (the blow part) .. i searched for the file and its found in my pc ..

    and i installed kaspersky personal pro and scanned my pc , but its clean .. :S
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  10. November 3rd, 2005, 08:14 PM #10
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    Try this Click Start then Run in the box type sfc /scannow (there is a space between
    sfc & / ).Put your XP CD in the drive then hit OK, this will scan your system and replace any
    broken or corrupted system files with fresh copies from the CD it can take a while
    From:http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1059909893

    Cheers.
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