If so, a restart of your system might be all you oughta fix it.

Did you install a equipment or make a change in equipment Manager just before the error appeared?

If so, it’s highly likely that the change you made caused the error.

Uninstall Device button in a device’s properties

Code 37 Error.

Depending on the changes you made, some solutions might include:

Delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters registry values.

One common cause of Code 37 errors is the corruption of tworegistry valuesin the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Classregistry key.

The UpperFilters/LowerFilters tutorial linked above will show you exactly what you gotta do.

Device Manager Code 37 error that reads “Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware."

Code 37 Error.

Try a differentUSB portif the Code 37 error is seen while using a USB machine.

Reinstall the driver for the gear.

When finished, go toAction>Scan for hardware changesto force Windows to look for new drivers.

If a USB rig is generating the error, uninstallevery deviceunder theUniversal Serial Bus controllershardware category in rig Manager.

This includes any USB Mass Storage unit, USB Host Controller, and USB Root Hub.

Correctly reinstalling a driver isn’t the same as simply updating a driver.

Update the drivers for the rig.

Installing the latest drivers for a gear with the error is another possible fix.

Figure out if you arerunning a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.

You will need that information.

If your machine is less than 5 years old, you are likely running 64-bit Windows.

This means that at least some errors might be because of issues with Windows itself.

you could reference theWindows HCLfor compatibility if you think this might apply to you.

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equipment Manager error codes are exclusive toDevice Manager.

The Code 37 error could apply to any hardware gadget in gadget Manager.

A USB port can now be found on nearly every computer-connected gear from printers to video game consoles.

System error codes appear in software programs and in the Windows operating system after particular errors occur.

Fortunately, we’ve assembled alist of system error codes 1 to 15841 and their meanings.

Remember, until you know what a code means, you might’t start to fix the problem.