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 »  Home  »  Device Manager  »  Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To fix this problem you can first try running a Troubleshooting Wizard. (Code 19)
Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To fix this problem you can first try running a Troubleshooting Wizard. (Code 19)
By  Super Admin  | Published  11/16/2007 | Device Manager | Rating:
Windows cannot start this hardware device. (Code 19)

A registry problem was detected.

This can occur when more than one service is defined for a device, if there is a failure opening the service subkey, or if the driver name cannot be obtained from the service subkey. Try these options:

On the General Properties tab of the device, click Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard. Click Uninstall, and then click Scan for hardware changes to load a usable driver. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, and then select Last Known Good Configuration. This rolls back to the most recent successful registry configuration.

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  • Comment #1 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    i have vistawhere is Last Known Good Configuration
     
  • Comment #2 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    the last known good config still has the problem
     
  • Comment #3 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    Assumes one has the required technical knowledge
     
  • Comment #4 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    For one on my VISTA SP2 machine I have no "troubleshoot" option from the "General" tab for the device. So this "solution" is useless.
     
  • Comment #5 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    have no troubleshoot tab
     
  • Comment #6 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    There isn't any "troubleshoot" to click on.
     
  • Comment #7 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    still didn't work
     
  • Comment #8 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    it didn't work!
     
  • Comment #9 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    made it worse - Thanks - don't post if you don't know i use this iste for help
     
  • Comment #10 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    I have Vista Home edition. When I click the "Check for solutions" button all I get is "Could not load driver" window. It doesn't give me any solutions to correct this problem. I've already done a system recovery reboot. The furthest date goes back 1 month. I still have this same problem.
     
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