Suleman wrote:

> When I open my Device Manager, there is no hardware listed there. It
> just shows an empty space.........
> Is there a virus causing this???
> Assistance needed

There have been a rash of posts about this. Some new malware is probably
causing it. Go through the following malware removal steps
systematically, getting any tools/updates you need from a different,
known-clean machine.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

After you've done this, it would be great if you could report back as to
whether this fixed the issue. R. McCarthy in
microsoft.windowsxp.general has commented that the permissions on the
ENUM key seem to be destroyed by whatever is going through the Windows
community right now. We haven't identified the malware that is doing it
yet.

Malke
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