Hardware in Registry of Win2000/XP
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Hello. In the Registry in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum is a list of hardware in Win2000/XP as showed in the device manager. The problem is, that there is every hardware which was installed on the computer, even if the hardware isn't currently installed on the computer. Now my question: How can I find out which devices are active(currently installed) und which are not?
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Hello. In the Registry in the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum is a list of hardware in Win2000/XP as showed in the device manager. The problem is, that there is every hardware which was installed on the computer, even if the hardware isn't currently installed on the computer. Now my question: How can I find out which devices are active(currently installed) und which are not?
Look at the hardware ID for all devices in device manager (proporties etc). Match them up with the IDs in the ENUM section, and delete the ones that dont. It doesnt matter if you delete a device that is present. The inf file is still in windows\inf and the PnP manager will re add that ID to the ENUM section based on the inf file when it finds the new hardware. Nunc est bibendum