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Device Manager Lists Unknown Hardware

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Article ID:128918
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q128918

SYMPTOMS

Device Manager may show an Unknown Hardware class.

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CAUSE

Windows 95 does not know what the hardware is.

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RESOLUTION

Try to determine what the hardware is, then contact the hardware's manufacturer about obtaining a Windows 95 driver and .INF file for the device.

You may be able to determine what the hardware is by a process of elimination. For example, try to identify all the devices on the system until only one is left. The last device is probably the unknown device.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 95

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