One solution I tried, and it has helped a lot of times is to boot in safe
mode and remove all the problem devices and ALL that have repeated or
different devices (than the ones installed), then reboot the PC and let
Windows sort them out again.. (You may need the driver disks).  HTH
Carlos
 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Edna Sloan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] An unsolved (unsolvable?) problem


> Lewis,
>
> I had a similar problem of double entries in Device Manager.  Even if I
> removed both entries, they would both be redetected and installed, causing
> conflicts, e.g., 2 floppy drives, sound cards, controllers, etc.  What it
> turned out to be in my case, was a corrupt registry.  If you have a recent
> backup registry when the system worked properly,  use it.  Since mine was
a
> new installation, I used the "System.1st"  backup, located in the root
> directory.  This is the original registry when windows was first
installed.
> I replaced the "System.dat" file, located in the windows directory(after
> changing current System.dat as Bkup.dat)with a copy of System.1st
(chanaged
> its name to System.dat), rebooted, and  this solved the problem.  This
will
> probably require reinstallation of some of your software, and maybe some
> drivers, as this puts your system back to where it was when you first
> installed Windows.  (You can always return to previous condition, by
> renaming Bkup.dat to System.dat.)   Note, you will have to "unhide system
> files" to see these.  Alternatively, you could also reinstall Windows.
> HTH, Edna Sloan
>
>

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