After running the cleaner the first time on my Dell Dimension desktop and rebooting the computer it entered the "New Hardware Found" dialog saying that the device "SDDMI2" was found.
I have no idea what this device might be and I had no luck with the autoinstall or trying the device drivers CD that came with the computer - I keep getting "software not found" errors.
I tried doing a restore of the Registry and that made no difference.
I had done quick tests of most of the computer features and don't see anything, yet, that doesn't work.
I don't have the cleaner, whatever that is, but I am having the exact same problem on my new Dell system. I found your post because I am searching all over the internet for SDDMI2 and I came across this site. Please let me know if you find out what this is.
After running the cleaner the first time on my Dell Dimension desktop and rebooting the computer it entered the "New Hardware Found" dialog saying that the device "SDDMI2" was found.
I have no idea what this device might be and I had no luck with the autoinstall or trying the device drivers CD that came with the computer - I keep getting "software not found" errors.
I tried doing a restore of the Registry and that made no difference.
I had done quick tests of most of the computer features and don't see anything, yet, that doesn't work.
Wow, everyone's on a dell, many on a dimension 2400! Hmm, so obviously it's a pretty specific piece of hardware...
run a search of:
C:\WINDOWS\INF
for the filename:
*.*NF
Containing text:
SDDMI2
Attach any found files so I can see what they belong to. Alternatively (or additionally), use this program and save a log file by going to List, Save to file and post whatever you can find. Thanks!
It's the driver for integrated audio. It's worth a shot. I have a weird hunch about it being AC'97-related, but maybe I'm totally wrong... only one way to find out
I had this same problem on a very old Dell the first time I rebooted after installing both the Dell Support Tool (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/en/dellsupport30?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn) and a minor Windows update. I thought it might be the Support Tool, since I had no trouble with the Windows update on 2 other computers. On searching Dell's support site, I found this thread: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/bo...=157240#M229202, which appears to give a solution if not an answer. If the new version of the Support Tool is causing this, I'm sure there'll be many more forums and tech support entries in a week or so.
I had this same problem on a very old Dell the first time I rebooted after installing both the Dell Support Tool (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/en/dellsupport30?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn) and a minor Windows update. I thought it might be the Support Tool, since I had no trouble with the Windows update on 2 other computers. On searching Dell's support site, I found this thread: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/bo...=157240#M229202, which appears to give a solution if not an answer. If the new version of the Support Tool is causing this, I'm sure there'll be many more forums and tech support entries in a week or so.
I could have sworn I had tried deleting it and that it came back on re-boot, but after I read the notes in the Dell forum, I deleted it from the device manager device list (as suggested), and rebooted. It's gone!
Thanks, everyone, for the active help. This is a great message board!
Since I'm seeing people not using CCleaner having the problem I'll assume it was a freak coincidence that I first saw the problem immediately after running CCleaner.
I "uninstalled" the SDDMI2 device and it did not get "re-found" when I rebooted. So I'll keep my fingers crossed.