[SOLVED] This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)

Error: This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)

Error description : The device has no drivers installed on your computer, or the drivers are configured incorrectly. (Code 1)

What are the possible causes of error Code 1?

Corrupt drivers, Missing device drivers or incompatible device driver can cause Code 1 error in device manager. Device drivers of such as camera/webcam, printer, scanner, modem, LAN network card/WiFi, Scanners, PDAs or other external devices may cause this error and that device may not function properly. You can use Windows 10 USB troubleshooter to identify and fix the issue related to a USB device.

How to fix error code1 ?

1. How to Fix Corrupted Device Driver or Incompatible Device Driver ?

Open Device Manager

Click Start menu-> type “Device manager” -> Click “Device Manager” – see the image below.

Right click the device showing issue -> Click “Properties“

Go to “Driver” tab and click “Uninstall Device“

Now restart your PC.

Open Device Manager again and click “Scan hardware for change” button. System will check hardware device changes and try to install missing drivers.

Now right click the device in device manager -> Properties -> Driver tab -> then click “Update”

Follow the next step if “Update” driver failed to fix the issue.

2. Built-in Troubleshooting tool to identify and fix issues automatically.

Windows 10 troubleshooting tools will solve almost all issues related to hardware or any settings issue automatically. This tool will also try to download latest version of driver if the existing one is incompatible.

Click “Start menu” ->Type in “Control Panel“->Click “Open“

Select “Troubleshooting” from drop down menu

Click “Hardware and Sound” from the right pane. Now a list of hardware troubleshoots available will be listed for you. Select appropriate option to start the troubleshooting.

in some cases Windows operating system may not be able to identify and download the correct device drivers, especially incase of very old/outdated devices. In such cases you may have to download the latest driver from hardware manufacture website and install it manually to solve the issue.

You may ask questions regarding this error in the comment section.