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title: "Device Driver Control Error | Microsoft Docs"
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# Device Driver Control Error
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  This rule checks the system event log for EventId 11. This could be caused by a corrupt device driver, a hardware problem, faulty cabling, or connectivity issues.  
  
## Best Practices Recommendations  
 Review the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for more information about how to troubleshoot this error:  
  
-   [Microsoft Knowledge Base article 259237](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=117746)  
  
-   [Microsoft Knowledge Base article 154690](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=117747)