cannot find network hardware

[Guest Buddy]

Hi Guys,

Using xp sp3. Under Start, Control Panel, Networking Connections, I get a

"cannot find network hardware" message. Also no items show up when I use

Device Manager. I think this may have happened after I installed MMC, however

I cannot find out how to uninstall this service. I have check forums and some

newgroups with no success. I also set the show hidden details in Device

Manager. I have admin rights and I believe that these two conditions are

somehow related. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks

Buddy

[Guest Kelly]

Re: cannot find network hardware

 

For the latter: Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Services. Scroll down to

Plug and Play Service and stop and restart it. Once done the Device Manager

will populate again.

 

 

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All the Best,

Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

 

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"Buddy" <Buddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:138CD5FF-404D-4D34-9290-7DE92506BFCA@microsoft.com...

> Hi Guys,

> Using xp sp3. Under Start, Control Panel, Networking Connections, I get a

> "cannot find network hardware" message. Also no items show up when I use

> Device Manager. I think this may have happened after I installed MMC,

> however

> I cannot find out how to uninstall this service. I have check forums and

> some

> newgroups with no success. I also set the show hidden details in Device

> Manager. I have admin rights and I believe that these two conditions are

> somehow related. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

> --

> Thanks

> Buddy