HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT CODE 10 ERROR

The Code 10 error code is a potential problems caused by the “drivers” of your computer when not functioning properly. You may get message which states “his device cannot start. (Code 10)”. Its a hardware error that most commonly means that you have missing, incompatible or broken device driver. Hence, the hardware device can’t be started under this situation or when the FailReasonString is missing from the hardware key of a device, this Code 10 error commonly informed in Device Manager. Actually, its a Device Manager error code that indicates hardware or an unidentified driver problem has occurred on the computer.

Why Code 10 Occurs ?

Code 10 error regarded as a device manager error code generated by Windows OS, which occur just when you are updating recommendable software, installing driver software or audio device, USB device driver and corrupted drivers included video cards, printers or sounds cards.

You may suffer from such a device manager errors while the hardware device fails to start during the boot up process. The main causes of Code 10 error has been clearly listed as following

• The device is not configured as the default device or is not plugged in correctly.
• The driver is corrupt: Absolutely its a common reason which occurs when relevant hardware or drivers is corrupted.
• The driver is missing: When a certain driver or its components are missing the Code 10 error may happen as an invalid response.
• A previous attempt to update the driver failed.
• Due to outdated driver
• The device is damaged or is virtually nonexistent

How to Fix Code 10 error safely?

Strategy 1: Code 10 Troubleshooting

• Reboot PC until you see the desktop.
• Click Start button >> Control Panel.
• Tap Performance and Maintenance link or Administrative Tools.
• Click on the Administrative Tools
• Now from the Administrative Tools Windows, double-click on the Computer Management icon. When the Computer Management utility opens, click on Device Manager on the left side of the window, located toward the bottom of the list under the System Tools heading.
• If see the device listed there with a yellow exclamation point, right-click on it and uninstall the current driver that is causing the Code 10 error.

Strategy 2: Uninstall all USB controllers

1. Access to the Device Manager as the steps explained above and expand the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section.

2. Right-click on each one and select Uninstall. Once you removed all of them, restart the computer and again reinstall all of the USB controllers. Later after that plug in the USB device to have a try to see if the Code 10 error has been fixed or not.