Saturday 1 September 2012

Conceal Hidden Devices in Device Manager


When accessing Device Manager there may be hidden devices that are not displayed.


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Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Session Manager\Environment
Data Type:REG_SZ [String Value]//Value Name:
DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES

Modify/Create the Value Name
[DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES] according to the
Value Data listed below.
Value Data: [1 = Show Devices / 0 = Hide Devices]

Exit Registry and Reboot