device manager problems

hey i am having problems with my device manager,whenever i go to open it i get this message:

MMC cannot open the file C:\windows\system32\
dvcmgmt.msc.

This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficent access rights to the file.

also i cannot run start>search for some reason, i think it might be related.
i know its not the access rights becuz i a logged on as an admin right now. plz help

 

Try
run>sfc /scannow

 

Are you spyware free?

 

yes, i am spyware-free

 

i ran teh scan the window comes up finishes, and dissappears

still having the problem

 

Does
run>devmgmt.msc
bring it up?

 

put in the xp cd enter this in run>cmd
expand (cd drive):\i386>devmgmt.ms_ (system drive):\windows\system32

 

If that doesnt work and if it also happens with all msc files then
start>run>
regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll

 

ok i gotta find my xp cd in the meanwhile i tried the run regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll thing u said but it didnt work, i got an error message sayin:


LoadLibrary("C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll") failed - The specified module could not be found.

 

msxml3.dll:
Part of the xml parser, this file is part of IE6 which is a part of xp,should be there in the system32 folder run a search.

I dont know how this effects device manager but somebody said that it will work.

 

Unregsitering it doesn't break Dev manager, so its dependency on it is questionable.

Was this a typo?

dvcmgmt.msc.

 

yes that was a typo i meant to put devmgmt.msc

 

ok kadavill i can't run a search on my computer, that doesnt work either. but i dont know if this means anything but i can access my device manager through pc doctor i think, not sure but i still want to fix it to run through run>devmgmt.msc

 

Download and install:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/9/8/d9886528-6438-4828-9094-697103203a32/msxml3usa.msi

Then try to access device manager. If it still doesn't work, try:

regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll


Try accessing it again...

 

ok guys it jsut started workin so dont worry about it thx for the hlep though