I have a workstation that I built and whenever I go into Device Manager I get the following error

Device-Manager-error.jpg

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Have you tried this? Redirecting

Hi,

What does the log say in Event Viewer? Is the workstation within a domain?

If you go to File Explorer > right click on This PC > and choose Manage. Does it still happend?

If not, try this. Open Command Prompt as admin, and type the following:

devmgmt.msc
or
mmc devmgmt.msc

Do you get access then? :slight_smile:

  1. Can’t open Event Viewer, get the same error.

  2. The computer is not on a domain, and yes I get the same error when I right click and got to “Manage”

  3. Can get into Device Manager via Command Prompt

does this user have admin rights on the computer?

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Does this only happen with the one user account?

Might be an issue with the profile, if the issue continues with other user profiles then I would say try running a disk check or repair the OS install

I am the admin of my computer.

I have not checked on my other user account yet.

Try to open a command line and write: sfc /scannow

Logged into my back up Admin account and received the same issue.

Ran the sfc /scannow and got the following