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Netgear N600 Wireless Adapter Won't Work
So here's the situation: I've been trying to get a wireless adapter to work on my computer for a couple days now. This is my third one.
It seems my computer is having trouble recognizing the device, ...
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How do I locate the PID code for an ASUS laptop webcam?
I can't look in the Device Manager for the PID code because the camera has disappeared from the device list. The driver still shows up in programs list, but the camera doesn't work. Where else can I ...
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Safe to remove hidden storage volumes?
Is it safe to remove hidden "Generic Volume" storage volumes from the device manager?
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Where to find Non plug and play drivers sections in device manager?
I'm having a little problem finding the "non-plug and play drivers" section in device manager ( even after I checked "show hidden devices")
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Why device manager is showing 4 Network adapters and how to remove them?
I am seeing 4 network adapters in Device manager. What are these? I don't think i have all these adapters.
What are these virtual wifi miniport adapters ? I remember i removed them but i am seeing ...
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Windows 7 x64 is not installing driver for Das Keyboard
This is the Professional Model S. No need for drivers as it's plug and play, according to company. Here is what I have done up to now:
Windows 7 x64 tries to install drivers but fails.
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Unrecognized ethernet controller
My network adapter stopped working recently. I had to do a fresh install of my win 7 OS anyway but after the install, the network adapter is not recognized anymore.
No problem I said, I'll jsut find ...
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Can Somebody Explain About Wi-Fi Device Manager Settings And Power Settings In Windows 7?
Sometimes I have low Wi-Fi signal and I am curious about the Wi-Fi settings in Device Manager and Power Settings. I would like to get an exhaustive explanation about each, so let's start with Wi-Fi ...
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Sync old Blackberry Calendar dates to Outlook
For some reason all of my calendar prior to August has been wiped out (from both calendars).
I still have my Blackberry data but the file extension is .ipd, which obviously I cannot open.
How can ...
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Output Sound Device (Alesis I02 audio interface) does not appear in Windows 7
I have just installed a new Audio Interface on my PC running Windows 7.
It works fine as an input device.. (and appears as a sound input device in Windows as one would expect).
However.. this device ...
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Computer not shutting down
I have Microsoft Windows 7 Professional installed on my laptop (HP Pavilion G4 Notebook PC).
Since a couple of weeks my laptop is not shutting down properly. When I click on the shut down button the ...
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How can I find out what chip is used in USB <-> Serial (RS232) converter from FTDI?
I have an USB <-> RS232 converter with no designation of producer on it. After plugging it into USB port on Windows Vista 64bit computer I chose an option to automatically find and install drivers ...
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Disable Microsoft ehome IR Transceiver in Windows 7
I need to disable the IR receiver device on my Fujitsu Amilo xi3650 laptop. Its running Windows 7 Pro. Its picking up IR signals intended for a separate HTPC running Windows 7 HP.
In device manager ...
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Device manager is not launching by right click on My Computer?
I face this problem very commonly whenever I install the fresh Windows 7 it works only for a week or may be twice but after that it gives me error and all the time I've to run it through the run ...
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Ubuntu semi-permanently disabled Bluetooth (and freaked me out)
A couple of months ago, I disabled my Bluetooth device from inside Ubuntu 10 (I forget which version specifically).
I then rebooted into Windows, only to find that the icon was gone. Curious, I went ...
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Synchronizing personal contacts in Outlook/WP6
I have a Windows Phone 6.5 device (HTC HD2) and I wanted to synchronize it with my PC's Outlook 2010 via WMDC.
The "problem" is that my Outlook, more than having a lcal list of personal contacts, ...
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Windows Repair Disc - Rollback a driver from Windows Command Prompt? (Windows in evil Update reboot loop)
I think I found the problem to my Windows 7 Reboot Loop when it goes to configure from a Windows Update (it stops at 32%). Even when I choose Safe Mode which says it is reverting the Windows Updates.
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what to do when windows doesn't recognize a component
Hey guys. My motherboard (Asus P8Z68-V PRO) has bluetooth built in, but for some reason Windows 7 64-bit will not recognize it. By this I mean it doesn't even show up in the Device Manager as a yellow ...
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Why is my CD-ROM device being automatically disabled at boot?
I'm running Windows 7 on a laptop, and I'm having a bit of an issue with my CD-ROM drive. Each time I boot up my computer, for some reason, that device gets disabled. In other words, I can't access it ...
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Changing motherboards, avoiding bluescreens - Windows 7
When I used to have Windows XP and upgraded the computer, I got bluescreens at boot, usually due to a changed IDE controller. How do I avoid this? I am now upgrading windows 7 to windows 7 changing ...
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Why does my netbook have more USB controllers than ports?
My netbook has three USB ports, but when I look in the device manager:
Five are listed. Does this matter in the least (or, why are five listed)? The reason I bring this up:
See, if I know that ...
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Copying info from the device manager to the clipboard
I have a Logitech webcam, which I can plug into my Windows XP machine via USB.
When I open the Device Manager, I can select the webcam and choose Properties-->Driver-->Driver Details. This gives me ...
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Removing (Presumably) Extraneous Network Adapters from Device Manager (eg WAN Miniport)
Can anyone shed some light on the default items in the Network Adapters branch of the Windows Device Manager? In addition to the network card, there are always a bunch of other things that I cannot ...
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What means a blue question mark in Vista/Windows 7 device manager
In windows Vista or Seven, a small blue question mark on a white background is overlaid on a device icon in my device manager. What does it means?
The properties dialog says "this device is working ...
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I want to buy a second hand laptop, how to get the real technical specifications of a used laptop? [closed]
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Tool to get installed components on a PC
I want to buy a second hand laptop. I need to examine a laptop's configuration before I make a decision to buy it. I know the ...
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Removable USB HDD gets labelled as VMWare USB Device!!? How to fix?
I have a Western Digital 500GB External USB drive. Everytime I plug it in, one of my Win7 PCs label it as "VMWare USB Device"
The same name appears under Devices and Printers. Device Manager and most ...
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How to check if flash drive is using USB or USB 2.0 drive?
Sometimes, when I plug in my flash drive, it's using USB1.0 driver, instead of USB2.0 driver. Is there any like in Device Manager that I can check the driver information?
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Linux equivalent of Windows Device Manager / DevCon utility?
I was wondering if there is any Linux equivalent to Windows Device Manager, or the Windows DevCon utility (a command line utility with hardware management functionality).
Do drivers even work the ...
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Automatically do a “Scan for hardware changes” on startup?
I've got an IDE to SATA adapter that I use for my optical drive. I need to use one because I've still got a couple of IDE-based hard drives that I use, and those obviously connect through and utilise ...
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Windows 7 driver search woefully slow
Any thoughts on why the driver search (when installing a usb device) on windows 7 is woefully slow? Even when I click to disable trying to get a driver from windows update, it still takes 10min+ to ...
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finding audio driver
I have a soundcard in my new PC at work that does not have the right driver installed, and I'm not sure what the manufacturer is. (it's a generic PC running Windows XP)
Is there a way to figure out ...
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How to disable Microsoft eHome MCIR Keyboard and company?
I'm and unlucky owner of and Acer 7720G laptop which, like many in its category, has receiver for a proprietary infra red remote control device (which I did not receive with my laptop!) .
Now my ...
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Intel Network Connection: This device cannot start. (Code 10)
I have a Intel® Desktop Board DP55KG (see http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/DP55KG/DP55KG-overview.htm), which has a Intel 82578DC Gigabit Network Connection on board. Additionally, I ...
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How to tell if my sound card is listed in Device Manager?
The sound on my computer suddenly stopped working. When I check Sounds and Audio Devices in the Control Panel, I get "No Audio Device" with everything grayed out. When I check the Device Manager under ...
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Where can I find network devices in Linux? Where is a device manager (redhat enterprise linux)?
I like to know where I can find network devices (eth0, wlan0, etc) as I could not find them under /dev even when ifconfig reported both eth0 & wlan0
Related but different question is how i can ...
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How do you find out whether your disc is SATA or not?
I have a laptop and am trying to figure out if my disc drive is a SATA or not without opening it.
Is there a way to find out? I looked at Computer Management, but I can't tell if my drive is SATA or ...
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Device manager has no catagory for “ports-com & lpt”
My dell Inspiron laptop modem is not working. The Dell modem helper says that it is already in use and has a port confilct. When i go to the device manager there is not even a catagory listed for ...
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“USB Device Not Recognized” from USB Storage devices
Usually when USB devices are plugged in, they will be successfully recognised and installed. Unfortunately, there are those occasions when my wonderfully-archaic computer decides that it doesn't want ...
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How to force detection of PS/2 mouse in multi-media Windows environment?
Windows now thinks that I have some sort of infrared mouse hooked up to my new TV Tuner (mouse properties show "human input device on eHome infrared" something or another).
How can I dissuade it of ...
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How to use ViXS PureTV-U 48A3 on Windows Vista?
This may sound like a dumb question. But I have a computer with a "ViXS PureTV-U 48A3" tv-card. It comes with Windows Media Center. What exactly am I supposed to do in order to force this PC to output ...
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Vista Device Manager can't open
I am trying to access the device manager from the control panel, and I am getting this error from the MMC window:
MMC could not create the snap-in. The
snap-in may not have installed
correctly ...
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Serial ports COM3-COM49 used, but not listed in device manager
Some piece of software or some driver appears to be using the serial ports COM3-COM49.
New COM ports for Bluetooth et al get assigned ridiculous numbers over 50. When I try to change the number, ...
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Hardware ID on Device Manager
HardwareID: (Open Start, type devmgmt.msc and press enter. Double click a device. Choose the Details tab and then the Hardware Ids from the drop-down.)
I want, from HardwareID, discover the the ...
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How to rename a modem device in Windows Vista?
I've just connected a Bluetooth mobile phone to my Vista laptop.
The modem has been beautifully named: "Standard Modem over Bluetooth link #3".
What do I do, short of editing the registry, to rename ...
