Hey i am having problems with device manager i cannot see the items in the list it just loads up blank with nothing also my video card works and when i start up windows it gets to when windows loads up and quits working and i have to switch the cord over to the onboard video card and i am unable to flash my BIOS it just says it's unsupported even though it is the right flash tool for the job... my computer used to run windows xp very nicely it has 256MB Ram used to run it nicely i was even able to run viet cong nicely online.. now the computer can't even read my hard drives right i need to flash my BIOS and i need to fix these problems i have reformated so many times trying to fix these problems my sound keeps glitching up so does the computer it gets all choppy.. if you can tell me how to fix any of this pleae reply

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and I opened the Device Manager to see a blank window with nothing listed. All the devices are working, so I thought it was a glitch and decided to shut down the computer and then restart it, but the Device Manager still comes up blank. Everything is working fine, but I want to fix this before it becomes a problem. Do you know how I can fix this? Answer: I have never run into the problem before, but I did do some checking. I came across Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 311504 that gives the answer. This is a problem with Windows XP Professional and Home Edition. If the Plug and Play service is disabled/turned off this can happen. Microsoft says that this is by design? Okay, chalk up another mystery for the Gates familly fortune. To turn the Plug and Play service back on, do the following: Click Start | Run, type "services.msc" (sans quotes), and click OK. Next, double-click Plug and Play. If you receive a configuration manager message then click OK. Now, switch the Startup Type to Automatic, click OK, and then restart the computer. You should be able to see your devices now listed in the Device Manager. On a side note, the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article says that this isn't really a problem, but that Windows XP was designed this way because Plug and Play is a core operating system service. Seems to me that is like saying you have a brand new car, but no engine.

This does not help me i have already done that!

go to add/remove programs and uninstall context plus(it's spyware) if that's not there go start/run cmd from the command prompt type in sc delete symvice if it says success reboot the computer