How to Fix Device Manager Keeps Refreshing Problem

Question:

When I open the device manager, it keeps refreshing (flickering) all the time, how do I fix it?

Solution:

The device manager keeps refreshing means the problem might be in your USB connections, antivirus, services, or other third-party applications on the startups.

To find out, where is the problem exactly, you will have to diagnose the issue by following the below methods. We have mentioned all the possible techniques below which can fix this issue. Please check them out.

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How to Fix Device Manager Keeps Refreshing Problem

Index:

1. Check your USB connections
2. Scan your computer with a good anti-malware
3. Disable or uninstall the antivirus
4. Run SFC scannow command
5. Disable error reporting services
6. Clean Boot Startup Services
7. Clean Boot Startup Applications

1. Check your USB connections

Unplug the all the USB devices one by one and then plug them again properly (press them gently). Check which one problematic USB device is occurring problem. You may switch the USB port of that device to fix the issue.

2. Scan your computer with a good anti-malware to remove the infection

We suggest you to please scan your computer with a good anti-malware software to make sure that your computer is cleaned. Please check out the following selected anti-malware.

• • Malwarebytes
  • Hitmanpro
  • Trojan Remover
  • Combo Fix
    

3. Disable or Uninstall Anti-virus, Anti-Malware, Firewall

Sometimes, some incomplete antivirus uninstallation is occurring in this type of problem. Some files or registry entries may remain in the computer which may occur this problem. So use its official antivirus removal tool to delete an antivirus from a computer.

If the issue didn’t fix then try to disable the currently installed anti-malware, antivirus, firewall program on a computer and check whether the issue is resolved or not. If the problem is solved after disabling the anti-virus, then we recommend you to uninstall that antivirus completely and then reinstall it again.

4. Run sfc scannow command

Sometimes, the computer system files got corrupted due to some many reasons automatically. To fix this issue, we recommend you to run the SFC /SCANNOW command in the command prompt. It will find the system files corruption issue and fix them by itself automatically.

1. 1. Open Command Prompt
   2. Type sfc /scannow into the command prompt and then press the enter button. It will be scanning and then correcting the problem itself automatically.
      

5. Disable Error Reporting Services

Sometimes, The Windows services arising this type of problem. In this case, we recommend you to disable the following services from the services.msc.

Services name to be disabled:

• • Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel Support.
  • Windows Error Reporting Services.
    
    

6. Clean Boot Startup Services

Diagnose the issue by disabling startup services (clean boot). We suggest you to diagnose it by yourself by using a clean boot. After that, re-enable them one by one service and check which service is occurring this device manager refreshing problem. Find out the problematic service and disable it from the services.msc startup.

1. 1. Open Command Prompt.
   2. Type MSConfig.msc command and then press the enter button. And System configuration page will be opening up.
   3. Go to Services Tab.
   4. Tick the checkbox “Hide All the Microsoft Services.”
   5. Click on Disable All button and then click on Apply and then OK.
   6. Reboot your computer.
   7. After rebooting, Open device manager, it should be stopped referring.
   8. Now, re-enable the service from startup one by one and do reboot your computer on every time you enable a service. And every time you’ll have to check your device anger. In this way, you can find out which service exactly is the root cause of the problem.

7. Clean Boot Startup Applications

Diagnose the issue by disabling startup applications (clean boot). Disable all the programs from the startup using msconfig.msc command. Then re-enable them again one by one and then check which one application is occurring the device manager refreshing problem.
Find out the problematic application and disable it from the msconfig.msc startup.

1. 1. Open Command Prompt.
   2. Type mscofig.msc command and then press the enter button. And the System configuration page will be opening up.
   3. Go to Startup Tab.
   4. Click on Disable All button and then click on Apply and then OK.
   5. Reboot your computer.
   6. After rebooting, open device manager, it should be stopped refreshing.
   7. Now, re-enable the startup application from startup one by one and then do reboot your computer on every time you enable an application. And every time you’ll have to check your device manager. In this way, you can find out which startup application exactly is occurring this device manager problem.
      

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