Question

This is on a Windows XP pro System (yeah I know old OS)
I have been searching for a way to get a list of all devices that do not have drivers installed, or there are problems with the drivers in use.

I have tried

  $foo = Get-WmiObject Win32_PNPEntity | Where-Object{$_.ConfigManagerErrorcode -ne 0}

The problem with this, is it does not seem to get all exceptions.
For instance, a HP laptop that has a finger print scanner
shows in device manager as other device – USB Device.
This was not detected using the one liner I listed.

is there a way to get an array of the missing drivers using powershell?

Answer 1

I did this when i had some devices that where not being picked up by my script , give it a try and see if it detects your devices.

$foo = Get-WmiObject Win32_PNPEntity | Where-Object{$_.Availability -eq 11 -or $_.Availability -eq 12}