Follow the steps in the below to edit the registry.
Step 1: Press Win key and R key on the keyboard simultaneously to open the Run box.
Step 2: Input “regedit” in the Run box and press Enter to open the Registry editor. Click Yes when prompted to confirm the program launch.
Step 3: Navigate to the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\Class\ and find the next path according to your problematic device. The table below listed the path for some common devices.
Device | Class | GUID |
DVD/CD-ROM drives | CDROM | 4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Disk drives | DiskDrive | 4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Display adapters | Display | 4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Floppy drive controllers | FDC | 4D36E969-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers | HDC | 4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Keyboards | Keyboard | 4D36E96B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Sound, video and game controllers | MEDIA | 4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Modems | Modem | 4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Monitors | Monitor | 4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Mice and other pointing devices | Mouse | 4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Network adapters | Net | 4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Ports (COM & LPT) | Ports | 4D36E978-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Printers | Printer | 4D36E979-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Storage controllers | SCSIAdapter | 4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
System devices | System | 4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Other devices | Unknown | 4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
Floppy disk drives | FloppyDisk | 4D36E980-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318 |
IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers | 1394 | 6BDD1FC1-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F |
Imaging devices | Image | 6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F |
Human Interface Devices | HIDClass | 745A17A0-74D3-11D0-B6FE-00A0C90F57DA |
Bluetooth Radios | Bluetooth | E0CBF06C-CD8B-4647-BB8A-263B43F0F974 |
Please check the device from the Data in the registry values as below to make sure you edited the correct device registry.
Step 4: After you located the correct path for the device, please delete the values for the following registry keys: LowerFilters, LowerFilters.bak, UpperFilters, UpperFilters.bak.If there is no UpperFilters or LowerFilters in the registry, this method is not for you.
Step 5: Close the registry editor and restart your computer.