Hi all Strange problem here, I have a user who has windows 7 pro x64. When he goes into the devices and printers there's nothing even if I connected a shared network printer, a network printer locally ( by IP address). I don't have a usb printer available so I cant test with a that type of printer. If I open mmc and add the print management, I see the installed printers but cannot set the default printer and they seem to disappear randomly. I can open the print properties from an application (Ex. Word, excel, etc) but cannot see anything in the printers and devices. Here's a list of tests that I have done: Restart pc restart print service Connect from a network share from print server Install locally ( by ip address) logged with domain admin account disabled windows firewall Logged with local admin tried to install a printer from other print server made sure the rpc service is running ms fix from http://support.microsoft.com/gp/printing_problems I've only had this problem with this computer so I'm pretty sure it's not an issue with the server, and I have other users that use windows 7 pro x64 that have not had this problem. User is local admin of computer. PC is a desktop optiplex 760 Thanks!

Hi DanV316, on my ThinkPad i had the same issue with the printers and devices-panel. A reinstallation of windows 7 professional did not match. After reading thousands of forums and articles about the same problem and testings some sollutions (some crashed my system and i could install windows 7 anew) i found the sollution for this problem. The first trouble was that the printerqueue startuptype was not automatic. In addition my bluetoothdevice was the disruption. However i deactivated my bluetoothdevice and a reboot later my printers and devices has become more and more symbols. Please try this and give us a result. Regards martinwy

Thanks for the reply Martinwy! I dont have any bluetooth devices but I checked the service, it's stopped. For the printqueue startup type, I'm guessing you're talking about the print spooler service? That service is running automaticly on startup. I tried restarting that service, tried enabling bluetooth, and still nothing. The search continues

Anybody???

Hi, This issue can occur by corrupted IE8 DLL files. Please try the suggestions from the following article: Devices and Printers Dialog Box Empty Thanks, Novak