viperboy333
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Unknow Device in Winxp
I have an unknow device with a question mark under the subcategory, other devices. I have no clue what this is. However, when I click on properties and then detail, it states device instance id: ACPI\WEC0515\4&21AE01DE&0.
Under the general tab in properities, it states the location is on VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge. But I don't even have any ISA slots on this computer. Any ideas?
Under the general tab in properities, it states the location is on VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge. But I don't even have any ISA slots on this computer. Any ideas?
Definitely a driver issue, what kind of machine is it?
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Sorry guys about not making any comments. I'm actually away from my home computer for the month and I can't really try any of this. Out on a business related trip until end of Nov. I'll definitely give out points as soon as I get home. Thanks again.
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Sorry about the long delay but here goes new comments.
Well, I tried both ideas of reinstallin the VIA 4-1 pack and installing things from the motherboard cd, but it doesn't do any good. When windows xp starts up, it tells that I have an unknown device and would I like to install. It goes through the process and doesn't find the software. I tried finding the manual and installed every pack. But that didn't do anygood.
Second, I'm not sure what I'm suppose to look for in the administrative tools. There are application and system yellow and red pointers.
Here's some information for anyone that could help me out.
Under system, there is one error that seems to always happen when the system starts. It's source is a service control manager. It says"
The ETDrs service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the filed specified. the Event ID is 7000. File name is netevent.dll.
The next event is a warning from source MrxSmb. It says, the redirector failed to determine the correct connection type.
Under application, all the errors seem to be about a program and not hardware.
As for alandc comment about removing LPT and Com ports, I have no idea how to do that. I don't have any printers that use LPT as they are USB and the Com ports are free because I use cable.
I don't know what else I could do to help. Raising some points because of the late rely.
Well, I tried both ideas of reinstallin the VIA 4-1 pack and installing things from the motherboard cd, but it doesn't do any good. When windows xp starts up, it tells that I have an unknown device and would I like to install. It goes through the process and doesn't find the software. I tried finding the manual and installed every pack. But that didn't do anygood.
Second, I'm not sure what I'm suppose to look for in the administrative tools. There are application and system yellow and red pointers.
Here's some information for anyone that could help me out.
Under system, there is one error that seems to always happen when the system starts. It's source is a service control manager. It says"
The ETDrs service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the filed specified. the Event ID is 7000. File name is netevent.dll.
The next event is a warning from source MrxSmb. It says, the redirector failed to determine the correct connection type.
Under application, all the errors seem to be about a program and not hardware.
As for alandc comment about removing LPT and Com ports, I have no idea how to do that. I don't have any printers that use LPT as they are USB and the Com ports are free because I use cable.
I don't know what else I could do to help. Raising some points because of the late rely.
Okay, that's good. Disabling them wouldn't cause you any grief. You can do so in your BIOS. On my computer that means chaning the setting for COM1 (Serial Port 1) from 3F8/IRQ4 to DISABLED and for COM2 (Serial Port2) from 2F8/IRQ3 to DISABLED and for LPT1 (Parallel Port 1) from 378/IRQ7 to DISABLED.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/periphSerial-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/periphParallel-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/periphSerial-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/bios/set/periphParallel-c.html
The netevent.dll file should be installed in the %systemroot%/system32 directory.
My version (pre SP2) is 5.1.2600 and 214,016 bytes.
My version (pre SP2) is 5.1.2600 and 214,016 bytes.
I thought a command like this (at a DOS prompt) might help
REGSRV32 /i netevent.dll
but this only resulted in an error and did nothing to repair the registry.
REGSRV32 /i netevent.dll
but this only resulted in an error and did nothing to repair the registry.
I check this registry entry
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
and the key "EventMessageFile"
was different from the others nearby
which either were
%SystemRoot%\System32\nete
or
%SystemRoot%\System32\IoLo
in this case (MRXSMB) the data was
%SystemRoot%\System32\nete
Please check your own registry to compare. I don't know if this is any kind of solution but I put this information out in the hopes that it might lead others closer to a solution.
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
and the key "EventMessageFile"
was different from the others nearby
which either were
%SystemRoot%\System32\nete
or
%SystemRoot%\System32\IoLo
in this case (MRXSMB) the data was
%SystemRoot%\System32\nete
Please check your own registry to compare. I don't know if this is any kind of solution but I put this information out in the hopes that it might lead others closer to a solution.
Try running this command (have your XP CDROM handy)
sfc /scannow
sfc /scannow
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Well, I disabled Com and LPT port, but that didn't do anything. I checked register and everything looks good other than the fact that I don't have netevent.dll but I don't think that's an issue. I don't even know if I need to install this "unknown" file. I guess I'm just tired of looking although I especially want to thank alandc for your help. So I'll close this thread up. Thanks everyone.