If a hardware device isn’t loading or is behaving oddly, one of the first places to look for the cause is the Event Viewer because a misbehaving device will likely document its problems in the System log. (If you don’t see the expected entry, make sure you check the application and service logs as well.) And even though Warning and Error events are sometimes short on specifics, they can often be good indicators of where to begin looking. Here’s what a troubleshooting session might look like.
Mar 292008