How to show hidden devices
Want to see all the hidden devices you didn't know about in Windows XP?
The following link is to the Microsoft Site Knowledge Base and tells you how to view All the hidden devices in the Device Manager.
This is very useful when you want to see what device drivers have been loaded/installed but not currently present in the system. The device drivers exists, but are not being used since the related hardware is not plugged in.
You can use this information to do some cleanup, but I recommend being very careful when doing so. If you ask your self should I and will it break something, sounds like you shouldn't do it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539
Just in case the site is not available or the KB article changes heres a backup file of the article.
http://thepebkac.net/files/pdfs/show_hidden_devices.pdf
The following link is to the Microsoft Site Knowledge Base and tells you how to view All the hidden devices in the Device Manager.
This is very useful when you want to see what device drivers have been loaded/installed but not currently present in the system. The device drivers exists, but are not being used since the related hardware is not plugged in.
You can use this information to do some cleanup, but I recommend being very careful when doing so. If you ask your self should I and will it break something, sounds like you shouldn't do it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539
Just in case the site is not available or the KB article changes heres a backup file of the article.
http://thepebkac.net/files/pdfs/show_hidden_devices.pdf
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