Device manager and Network connection w/SP3

Since the install of service pack 3 for windows I have not been able to use
the device manager or to see current conenctions on a LAN.

Any work arounds to permit me to see this information. I use this a great
deal while I travel

Ottmar
Wed May 07 12:47:20 PDT 2008

"Ivanb" <Ivanb@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

> Since the install of service pack 3 for windows I have not been able to use
> the device manager or to see current conenctions on a LAN.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311504 doesn't help, does it?

Bye,
Freudi

acellier
Fri May 30 13:12:01 PDT 2008

I have the same problem after sp3, on one drive of a multi-boot system.
Another drive, no problem. Both have Norton SystemWorks, so that does not
seem to be a sufficient condition to cause the updater to garble the
registry. Googling the issue shows that many people are having the same
problem. No, that 2002 kb doesn't help. Oh, and I'm also getting Error:
"SetupDiGetClassDevs Failed" from NetSwitch which won't go away ....Al

"Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:
> "Ivanb" <Ivanb@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:>
> > Since the install of service pack 3 for windows I have not been able to use
> > the device manager or to see current conenctions on a LAN. >
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311504 doesn't help, does it?>
> Bye,> Freudi

Ottmar
Sat May 31 01:39:35 PDT 2008

"acellier" <acellier@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

>I have the same problem after sp3, on one drive of a multi-boot system.
> Another drive, no problem. Both have Norton SystemWorks, so that does not
> seem to be a sufficient condition to cause the updater to garble the
> registry.

Well, it may very well be the cause. You know, after more than 3 weeks
since my posting you've replied to, stories develop:
http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&message.id=1416#M1416
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3423347&SiteID=17

Bye,
Freudi