"Devices and Printers" displays correctly in one Profile but not in an

In my Day-2-Day Profile the "Devices and Printers" display is corrupted and appears as...





In an alternate Profile, the "Devices and Printers" is displayed correctly as...





Specifically in the corrupted Display. the CA-200 ( TEAC multi-memory card reader ) and USB 2.0 Storage Device show as just "device". The same happens as when I turn on an eSATA Western Digital MyBook external hard disk.

As well as the two Epson AIO don't show in the Printers and Faxes list. They have the same "Device" label with their associated Epson AIO Model.



I can't figure out what in my Profile is causing these devices to be improperly displayed but not when I login as another user.

What type of user (administrator, guest, etc.) account is your "day to day" account?

Danke


Both examples are demonstrated via an Administrator account.

I'm not at a point tonight for doing additional investigation but I didn't know you could have more than one administrator account. I guess you can under different names. I asked because, if you have a guest account, you would have to identify which devices are associated with it. I'll have more time tomorrow.

Primary Account: Day-2-Day use and operation.
Secondary Account: System Maintenance and Backup System acct as well as Account for Data and Print Shares

If you right click on any of the devices not available in your primary account, does it provide an option to connect or disable it?

In the account type for each account, is each shown as an administrator account? Not sure what you meant by "demonstrated."

When I captured the ScreenShot I "demonstrated" the Display of "Devices and Printers" in the two Windows Profiles and "demonstrated" two different displays where the two accounts should display relatively the same.

Both of the accounts are Administrators. That is if you go into the Control Panel applet "User Accounts" both accounts are made to have Administrative rights over the system and are indicated to be "Administrator".

All the same hardware is available and working correctly in both Profiles. What is different is how some Devices are displayed.



Right-Click ScreenShot

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't think that all devices were available and working in both profiles.

I don't why it's doing this but, I would right click on the "Devices" to determine what each one is and remove one that is either incorrect or is a duplicate. I would also remove the Epsom Artisan unless it's really installed. In that case, there's another issue since it doesn't show up in the secondary account.

I have already removed the External USB Hard disk from the Device Manager and it made no difference when it was allowed ti Plug 'n Play back into the system when subsequently connected to another USB Port.


There are no duplicates.


We have perfectly working hardware in all respects. It is only the Display in "Devices and Printers" in one Profile that it askew.


The question is what in the User Profile is causing the Display ( of properly installed and working hardware ) in that profile to be incorrect ?

What I was getting at is that, for some reason, the primary sees 12 devices and the secondary only sees 10. I thought that maybe one of the two devices labeled as "Device" might be duplicates and removing one would help. Also, it's seeing the Artisan for some reason and I thought removing that along with one of the others would reconcile the display problem. Is the Artisan really installed?

What are the "Devices" shown in the primary account?

Note that I'm just grasping at straws at this point.