From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 05:24:56 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Shadow wrote:   
   >   
   >> Windows XP SP3 Pro.   
   >>   
   >> Windows KEY+PAUSE/BREAK   
   >> Click on hardware --> hardware manager:   
   >>   
   >> //   
   >> MMC could not create the snap-in   
   >> The snap-in might have not been installed correctly   
   >[snip]   
   >> I've tried all the M$ "official" suggestions:   
   >>   
   >> Regsvr32 Msxml.dll - No errors   
   >>   
   >> Regsvr32 Msxml2.dll  - No errors   
   >>   
   >> Regsvr32 Msxml3.dll - No errors   
   >>   
   >> Turned on plug and play   
   >>   
   >> sfc /scannow  - No errors   
   >>   
   >> and rebooted lots of times   
   >>   
   >>      All my other snap-ins work fine.   
   >>   
   >> Hardware manager worked fine about a week ago. Even tried loading a   
   >> saved registry from a month ago. Nothing worked.   
   >>      Any ideas?   
   >   
   >What happens if you run devmgmt.msc?   
      
   	Same message as clicking on Device Manager.   
   	When I open MMC and try to add devmgmt, it's the only one   
   without an icon. All the others have icons and work.   
      
   	   
      
   	If I click on it, it says it "cannot be started".   
   	I must be missing a file, but filemon does not show what it   
   is. No relevant "NOT FOUND".   
   	Eventvwr --> no relevant messages.   
      
      
   >Have you run virus scan, just in case?   
      
   	No malware.   
   	Only things introduced to my system were three 128GB   
   pendrives(brand new Kingston Datatravellers). I traced them, but they   
   only altered the usual registry keys(mount points and classes).   
      
   	And Uwe Sieber's latest USB Device Info/Tree Viewer. Which I   
   trust, but scanned on Jotti "just in case".   
      
   	I use XP for Usenet and games. Linux for just about anything   
   else.   
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