OK, let's do this and see if Windows will repair itself.
Go back to the Device Manager, right-click your
Primary IDE Channel and select
Uninstall
Then
reboot your system. See whether you can access the
Properties of some of the devices in the Device Manager now.
It looks like there may also be some corrupt drivers. But, we can't do anything about those until we fix the Device Manager problem.
NEXT:
Let's have a look at Windows Event Viewer. It might give us a clue as to what is causing these issues.
Go to
Start -> Run and type in
eventvwr. Click
OK.
This is a picture of what the Event Viewer looks like.
You will see
Application, Security, and
System listed in the left pane.
- In the left pane click on Application.
- Click the gray title Type at the top of the source name column in the right pane to sort by type name.
- Look for Error and double-click on the most recent 10, and evaluate the event description for any indication of the cause of the problem.
- Make note of the Description, EventID, and Source of these Event Properties.
- From the right pane, double-click on the line where it says Error and you should get a window like the example below:

- In the upper right corner of this picture, you should see 2 arrows. One is pointing up and the other, pointing down.
- There is another button below the 2 arrows. Click once on it. (this will copy some information to the clipboard).
- Open Notepad and paste the info in there. Paste the information for each event here.
Repeat steps 1-8 for
System.