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by computab

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I cannot get the device manager in Windows 98 when I right-click on My Computer. Dell with a Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 12 GB hard drive , less than 1/4 full.

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by still_learning

Can you get at it through the Control Panel - System controls? Have you ever been able to get at Device Manager or have you never attempted to or is this a new problem? Is this your home system or an office system? If it is an office system, then itmight be disallowed via the system policies by the system administrator. hope this helps.

by computab

This was a new problem caused by windoes corrupted, solved by reformatting the hard disk.

by rapidad

Just a little extra tip, search for *.cpl, these are the control applets like the one you are missing. The device manager under w2k is sysdm.cpl, i would have to go start my sons 98 computer to find it in 98 but I am sure you'll find it. We make folders called cpl at work to hold these renamed so we know what they mean. You can double click on them and they will work.

by fenaikh

Hi
Check these keys and change the value to 0 to see the device manager page.

Good luck

Mohamed
*** Warrning *********

Editing and modifying the registry can result in to a serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
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Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDevMgrPage]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDevMgrPage]
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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