Did you get any help with this? I have the same problem.
"Total Loser" wrote:
> Hi, don't know if anyone else has had this problem but a week or so after
> installing SP 2, my device manager and anything controlled by it has stopped
> working. My USB ports, plug and play, printers, sound card all no longer
> work and I can't even get into the device manager anymore to even see what's
> going on. In control panel, I get to hardware and click on device manager
> and the page comes up but it is completely blank. When I try to print, I
> receive a message that the printer spooler is not running and that no
> printers are installed. My audio will not play and when I try to adjust the
> volume, I am told that no sound card is installed. I have a Dell Dimension
> 4300 about two years old. Tried to reinstall XP but got a message that the
> version on my computer was newer than the version on the CD so it wouldn't
> let me proceed. HELP!!!
>
> Thanks
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> Total Loser
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