Showing Nonpresent Devices in Device Manager
I mentioned earlier that if you have any non–Plug and Play devices that you want to work with in Device Manager, you select View, Show Hidden Devices.
That works, but it doesn’t mean that Device Manager is now showing all your devices. If you have any devices that you’ve installed in Windows, but that you regularly connect and then disconnect (such as a USB digital camera), Device Manager won’t show them. (Windows describes such devices as ghosted devices.) That makes a bit of sense, because it might be confusing to see nonconnected hardware in Device Manager.
However, what if you’re having a problem with a ghosted device? For example, suppose Windows hangs or crashes every time you connect such a ...
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