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Device Manager Does Not Display Devices That Are Not Connected To The Windows XP
Device Manager Does Not Display Devices That Are Not Connected To The Windows XP
Device Manager Does Not Display Devices That Are Not Connected To The Windows XP
SYMPTOMS
Device Manager displays only non-Plug and Play devices, drivers, and printers when you click
Show hidden devices on the View menu. Devices that you install that are not connected to
the computer (such as a Universal Serial Bus [USB] device or "ghosted" devices) are not
displayed in Device Manager, even when you click Show hidden devices.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior and display devices when you click Show hidden devices:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command
Prompt.
2. At a command prompt, type the following command , and then press ENTER:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
3. Type the following command a command prompt, and then press ENTER:
start devmgmt.msc
NOTE: Click Show hidden devices on the View menu in Device Manager before you
Note that when you close the command prompt window, Window clears the
ghosted devices from being displayed when you click Show hidden devices.
If you are a developer or power user and you want to be able to view devices that are not
To have us set the environment variable globally for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you
prefer to fix this problem yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.
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AMD USB Filter Driver
Version 1.0.15.99
Introduction
The AMD USB Filter Driver is a USB upper class filter driver that supports the following:
For AMD RS780/RS880 and SB700/710/SB800/Hudson-1, the driver detects the ISOC
transactions on the connected USB device and disables the ALink PLL turn off feature.
For AMD SB800/Hudson-1, the driver disables prefetch all SB OHCI when USB
ISOCH 1.1 OUT stream is inactive.
Additionally, for AMD RS880, the driver enables/disables the scratch bit in the NB
Configuration Space, upon detecting the ISOC transactions on the connected USB
devices.
System Requirements
Ensure that you are using a supported operating system and have the required files.
Included Files
The following files are included in driver package.
File Description
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Installing and Uninstalling the Driver
These instructions explain how to install/uninstall the driver under two conditions:
You received a setup executable fileuse Method 1.
Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows Vista ( 32-bit and 64-bit editions)
To install
1. Right-click on the usbfilter.inf file, and then select Install.
2. When installation is complete, reboot the computer.
To uninstall
1. Open the registry and scroll down to:
HKLM\System\CCS\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}
2. Remove usbfilter from UpperFilter.
3. Open the HKLM\System\CCS\Services registry and delete the usbfilter key.
4. Delete usbfilter.sys from:
\%system32%\drivers
5. Reboot the computer.
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Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problems, uninstall the driver and reboot the computer.
Hi,
To remove Unknown or Other Devices: You can delete the non-present devices
from registry. To determine the hardware key of the device:
set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1
set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
start devmgmt.msc
Click the View menu and select Show hidden devices. Right click the device
you want to delete and click Properties. Click the Details tab.
Select Device Instance ID. The value of Device Instance ID is the hardware
key of the device.
For example, if you see the value is Root\Image\0000, the full hardware key
is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\Image\0000
5&2a89a87f&1&3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\Vid_0000&Pid_0000\5&2
a89a87f&1&3
Note If you are running Windows Vista, click Start, and then use the Start Search box.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USB
present, create the entry. To create the entry, follow these steps:
2. In the Value data field, type 1 to disable the Selective Suspend feature, and then click
OK.
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