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 ..

Did you try in safe mode???

MLF

yeah it w0rk under safe mode
ohh and its xp pro ..

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???

MLF

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.

;)

i tried under Adminitrator account .. same prob :S

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

front2back:.

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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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

front2back:.

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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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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

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From:http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1059909893

Cheers.

I'd return to safe mode, run an AV scan, spyware scan, then check the users and groups to make sure something hasn't messed with your admin permissions. Hijackthis may help, too, after you run the scans.

If you have a file corruption, you can run a repair from the original CD, but I'd try the above first.

therenegade :
already tried it .. but looks like its damaged itself :S
`cos when i did so the ****ing program didnt read the disk .. it all the time keep asking me 4 it and it was in the cdrom and it aint damaged .. i could c it from my computer

May sound silly, but are you sure you had the cd in the actual cd drive and not a cd and/or dvd burning drive? i have some programs whos cds are not recognized if i put them in my cd/dvd burner.

i have only 1 dvd-rw that i installed the windows from ..

Again...just follow the advice that's already been given..
1.Try to do scans in safe mode(your antivirus,adaware,the whole deal..also throw in HJT and see if you can get something.If you need help with the HJT logs,feel free to post back here or try out www.hijackthis.de
2.You've said you've tried to make a new admin account and it doesn't seem to work..try it again.Off the top of my head,there's also a default admin account in safe mode,tried it with that?
3.Since you say your cd won't seem to run..try doing a repair install as rapier57 suggested.Here's a pretty good link which has step by step instructions:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Repai...s-XP-t138.html

Cheers

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Off the top of my head,there's also a default admin account in safe mode,tried it with that?

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I believe you're thinking of XP Home. Somewhere he said he has XP Pro.

Open an MMC by doing START>RUN type in MMC
Add the Group Policy snapin
Search under administrative and see if someone clipped the ability you're looking to perform.
There are literally thousands of permissions in there to set. My guess is that somewhere in there you will find that the admin account was locked out of performing specific tasks. I have dumbass junior admins who do this sort of thing all the time.

Another place to look is security config and analysis. Someone could have jerked around with a policy in there too. You add that as a snap in item too.

If it's really fux0red, have yourself a nice re-install party.

--Th13

lol , i gues thats the prob .. cos its empty :S
i can c only 1 dir named "console root" and i get "no items shown in this view"

another prob :S
i tried now 2 open user accounts .. control panel , user accounts and then user accounts ..
the 2nd user accounts do nothin , its like empty link , i click on it and i get nothin , even in the tast manager i cant c anythin when i click on it ..

Sounds like your install...is really mucked

I would be looking at a repair....

or a parallel install to pull your data


MLF

Run some regcleaner tool to fix registry.
Did you reinstall Windows Script or IE?(you can reinstall both of them,usualy helps)
and you can also use "control userpasswords2" for creating of user accounts.
It can be also be some bug that I got once when Admin group disapered, but you will still able to create user accounts and groups throug console with "net", for more info about "net" you can run in console "help net".

After reading your last few statements, I would certainly consider a fresh install.

--TH13

yeah thats what m thinking to do ..