Comments on: How to uninstall hidden devices, drivers, and services

By: barma

barma — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:44:08 +0000

good bit of info. still need info on how to remove the drivers. keeps saying “may be required to boot up computer”. any help would be greatly appreciated

By: ScottieAy

ScottieAy — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:43:09 +0000

I know this is a bit late, but this applies to Vista and 7 as well. If you Right Click on My Computer, or Computer, Select Properties, Advanced or Advanced System settings, and Click on Environment Variables, Hit the New button at the bottom under system variables and enter devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices as the variable and the value as 1. This way you will always have the hidden values!

By: itsdhilsen

itsdhilsen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:21:41 +0000

Thank you very much buddy………… Thanks a lot for this great work……..

By: gajendrasingh

gajendrasingh — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:52:54 +0000

Good

Thanks

By: Garry

Garry — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Hi: Followed instructions but still did not find hidden drivers/Root Kits;
“C:WINDOWSwin32k.sys:1″;”Hidden driver”;”Object is hidden”
“C:WINDOWSwin32k.sys:2″;”Hidden driver”;”Object is hidden”

Am I doing something wrong, or is there another technique I can use?

By: RangerGord666

RangerGord666 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:28:33 +0000

Need a way to identify unused devices in Device Manger. I have several entries in the “Universal Serial Bus Controllers” and “Human Interface Devices” that are grayed-out and not used. I think this happens when devices are moved from one USB port to another (like I do). Is there a way to identify each of the device entries without having to plug each device in? The problem is that I have more devices than I have USB ports available and swapping devices in and out is confusing. And deleting all of the grayed out ones would cause a lot of reinstalling of the “good” ones.
Basically how to determine which of the following unused/grayed-out are valid:
13 grayed-out HID-compliant consumer control devices;
20 grayed –out HID-compliant devices;
23 grayed-out USB Human Interface Devices.

By: Barbara Gallicano

Barbara Gallicano — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:48:00 +0000

I can't find out what PPSCAN is in hidden devices. It has a yellow bar next to it. Nothing else has this. I lost the sound but have sound when I use the printer that tells me that the printer is printing and when print ends. I don't know if I should remove it. I tried RegTool and they went into my computer but evidently didn't see it or left it. I can't get an answer from them and they refunded my money.
Thank You
Barbara

By: TechMasterJoe

TechMasterJoe — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:35:26 +0000

save the following in a notepad - quotes
"echo
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
devmgmt.msc
pause >nul
"
save as hidden.bat
.bat not .text
then dbl click on the bat file to run cmd and open devmgmt.msc
all on auto

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:11:31 +0000

Have Windows XP – have lost sound – get msg that there is no audio
device installed (multimedia audio controller) and that it is being used
by another source. Anyone have any solutions?

By: donovan

donovan — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:01:23 +0000

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