Works with windows 2k, XP
Removing Hidden and unwanted driver, device, or service in Device Manager:
1. Click Start. Click Run. Type cmd and press OK.
2. Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
3. Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1" (without quotation marks) and Press Enter.
4. Type "start devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) and click press Enter.
5. Click View. Click Show hidden devices.
6. Click "+" to expand Imaging devices, Unknown devices and USB devices.
7. If there any unknown devices (including grayed out devices), right click it and click Uninstall.
8. Reboot the computer.
Remove all OEM**.inf files
- Open a command prompt (start > run type cmd or command and click ok)
- At a command prompt, type the following commands
- c:
- cd %systemroot%\inf
- ren infcache.1 *.old (there is a space between the 1 and the *)
- ren oem*.inf *.old (there is a space between the f and the *)
- del C:\windows\setupapi.log
- Exit
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