Hidden Ghost Devices & Drivers in Vista

[Larry ward]

One of my friend is using vista, Some of his devices and drivers are not shown in device manager. Could anyone of you help us how to see that hidden Ghost devices and drivers in vista ?

[Orlando]

Follow this steps to get Hidden Ghost Devices & Drivers visible in Device Manager:-

1. Go to start menu > My Computer > Properties.

2. On the left click Advanced System Settings.

3. You will now see a System Properties window automatically opened to the Advanced Tab, Just click the Environment Variables button located at the bottom.

4. Under User Variables click New

5. Create a Variable name called devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices With a Variable Valve of 1. Click OK when Done.



6. You will now see this entry appear under your User Variables at the top, Once you confirm it has been entered correctly just click OK on the Environment Variables Window then again on the System Properties Window.

7. Open your Start-Menu again and right-click Computer and open Manage

8. Select Device Manager found on the left, then at the top click View > Show Hidden Devices.

Now you can see your hidden Devices and drivers in Device Manager.

Enjoy