With the recent spate of Starforce threads doing the rounds I decided to check out my hidden Non Plug & Play drivers.
To my suprise I have over 80 entries:
I can recognise some of these entries (such as AVG antivirus and SpeenFan) but I must say it's a little worrying that SO MANY items are hidden away and I have not got the foggiest what 90% of them are doing.
Can any of you guys with a clean XP install do a count of your hidden non plug & play drivers and see what you get?
To get at them:
* Right-Click My Computer and choose Properties
* From System Properties choose [Hardware] tab
* Click the [Device Manager] button
* In the device managers menu click View > Show hidden devices
* Expand the [+] Non-Plug and Play Drivers
To my suprise I have over 80 entries:
I can recognise some of these entries (such as AVG antivirus and SpeenFan) but I must say it's a little worrying that SO MANY items are hidden away and I have not got the foggiest what 90% of them are doing.
Can any of you guys with a clean XP install do a count of your hidden non plug & play drivers and see what you get?
To get at them:
* Right-Click My Computer and choose Properties
* From System Properties choose [Hardware] tab
* Click the [Device Manager] button
* In the device managers menu click View > Show hidden devices
* Expand the [+] Non-Plug and Play Drivers