Windows XP sp3 has suddenly stopped show all devices in Device Manager.

Found problem when I couldn't put any printer online or can I install a new device. Everything else seems OK with a USB hard drive and modem works fine. Queue Pinter seems to have several printing with no name, but all around 34 bytes which keep coming back when removed.

Hello

1. you receive an error message when you access the Device Manager?

2 have you made changes on the computer before this problem?

3. What is the brand and model of the printer?

Method 1:

Follow the articles and check them out below:

Device Manager does not display devices that are not connected to the Windows XP-based computer

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315539

Download the update and check:

Device Manager may not show that all devices and network connections may not display network connections after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/953979

Method 2:

Assessment of problem printer if the Printer Spooler service is running.

Step 1.

You can start the print spooler by using the following procedure:

a. in the Administrative Tools folder (click Start, then Control Panel, then system and Maintenance and then Administrative Tools), open the Services snap-in.

b. Locate the print spooler service in the services list and confirm that the status is started. If this is not the case, select the service, and on the Action menu, click Start.

You can also do this from an elevated command prompt window (right click on prompt in the start menu and click Run as administrator) by typing the following command: net stop spooler & net start spooler

(It of actually two commands, "Net stop spooler" and "Net start spooler", came at the same time for that process control Windows both, one after the other).

Step 2.

To start the dependencies for the print spooler service, follow these steps:

a. in Services, right-click on print spooler and then click Properties.

b. click the Dependencies tab. The first box list all system services that must work for the print spooler start. These are dependencies.

c. take note of each service, click OK, and then restart each service on which the print spooler is dependent, if the service is not already started. If a service is not started, right-click, click Properties, and then make sure that the startup type is automatic.

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946737

Printer in Windows problems: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/printer-problems-in-windows

Hope the above information is helpful.

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