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Why does the "Disable Device" command show up for only some USB controllers and not others?

In Windows 10's Device Manager, one of the USB controllers (8086:1c2d) built into my Intel P67 Express chipset shows a "Disable Device" command, and the other one (8086:1c26) does not (...
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Script for uninstalling device and reconnecting wifi

Without any luck in fixing a related problem with a certain hardware component and no successful solutions from the official ASUS support, I would be interest in automatizing the uninstall of the ...
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Why does Windows say I have a 64-bit processor when it's not?

Windows tells me that I have a 64-bit processor: However, checking in the Device Manager it says that my processor is 32 bit: Why is that? (I also notice that I have two duplicate processors?)
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Running the devcon.exe properly (enabling/disabling the device from command line in Windows 10)

I have a device in my PC which runs on Windows 10, Enterprise version: I would like to disable and re-enable this particular device (and possible all others of the same prefix) every time Windows ...
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Pulseaudio: how to rescan audio devices?

When adding a USB device to my system (I deliberately run no modern stack for device detection), Pulseaudio can't pickup it without restart (pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio --start). Is there an option for,...
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What happens if you disable System Firmware in Device Manager?

In Device Manager, there is the option to disable System Firmware. Just out of curiosity, what would happen if you tried to disable the System Firmware in Device Manager? Would it let you? What would ...
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permanently uninstall Realtek and Nvidia drivers

Because of some performance issues on my Dell XPS 15 which i'm not going to address in detail, i want to uninstall the drivers for its Realtek soundcard and for its Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 video card. ...
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What is this "Unknown Device" in Device Manager (Root\SQExtFramebufferUmode)

My Microsoft Surface Book 3 15" laptop just updated to Windows 10, version 2004. After the update, there's a new "Unknown device" device listed in Device Manager. It didn't exist before ...
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Disable touch screen with keyboard input only

I am trying to disable the touch screen on my laptop because it is broken. There is a crack in the glass over top of the screen which is causing Windows to think there are random taps occurring ...
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Automatically updating all Device Drivers with powershell - Exception HRESULT: 0x80240044 [closed]

I started testing around if i could create a powershell script, which would update all device drivers automatically. After searching for a while, i stumbled across this thread: How to Automatically ...
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how to get list of bus number associated with pci devices?

I'm trying to get a list of all the PCI associated buses on a Windows system. I know I can use wmic or devcon to get a list of all the devices, but how would I go about figuring their respective buses?...
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Hard drive recognized in BIOS, but not device/disk management

I installed windows 7 x64 a day or two ago, after install I could use the HDD fine. Today I noticed it wasn't showing up in my computer, so I restarted my computer, but it still was not showing, I ...
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NVIDIA display driver, Windows 10: Install most recent GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER in addition to most recent device manager update?

I know from Nvidia drivers (normal vs game ready) that "Game Ready" and the driver you get sent with the package are just different names of the same driver. After installing the driver on ...
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wifi adapter missing from device manager

Yesterday all of a sudden, My wifi got disconnected. It seems the wifi adapter is missing altogether from the device manager. I tried restarting the laptop re-installing the wifi drivers Check hidden ...
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Why do drivers get updated much more often than firmwares? [closed]

Over the last few years, my computer's manufacturer has pushed updates for all of the following devices: HP BIOS Realtek HD Audio AMD HD Graphics Synaptics TouchPad Realtek Bluetooth Realtek WLAN ...
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Keyboard Device manager hidden

when im fixing my keyboard (HID)in device manager. My keyboard category in device manager are go to hidden devices I saw it by clicking view and checking showhidden files , and it cant detect my ...
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Integrated webcam listed as hidden device in Device Manager

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series laptop running Windows 10. A few days ago, the built-in webcam stopped working completely. Programs like Skype, OBS, and TestWebCam all fail to detect it. At ...
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How to Automatically update all devices in device manager

In Windows device manager it is possible to "manually" start an automatic update of a device. But its very tedious, each device has to be clicked (as it is not known if that particular device has an ...
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Using 2 Logitech unifying receivers lists 2 keyboards and mice in device manager

I am using 2 Logitech unifying receivers, one for the Logitech wireless keyboard and one for the Logitech wireless mouse. And I get the following duplicate devices in the device manager: And the only ...
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COM port in Windows 10

I understand that the COM port is a serial communication port inside a computer. But in my windows 10 laptop, I don't see any COM port connected. If I go to the control panel -> Device manager, I ...
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Network adapter device shows #2

I tried this but there are no ghost items.
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USB wifi dongle keeps disappearing/reappearing in device manager

Windows 10 Education TP-Link Archer T3U USB 3.0 AC1300 Mini Wireless MU-MIMO USB Adapter My USB wifi dongle keeps disappearing/reappearing every few seconds in device manager. Of course I also lose ...
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GPU is not used in Windows 10

My system: My OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363 My GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series. Driver date 04.11.2015 My CPU (just in case this is relevant): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU ...
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Windows - Check if the monitor is powered on or off (check with software)

So I turn off my monitor (it's connected using a VGA cable and I turn it off with its power button) and I connect to my PC (Windows 10) from another device, mostly using AnyDesk, but TeamViewer is ...
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dump all USB device properties into file [closed]

I am looking for a way to dump all the USB devices' properties (e.g. Device description, Friendly name, Driver key, ...etc.) that are usually found under details in device manager, Windows. any ...
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Device manager refreshes on its own and USB devices stutter - how to tell what causes the refresh?

I have an issue on my Windows 10 computer where the USB audio, mouse, and keyboard will occasionally stutter. While troubleshooting this, I noticed that the stuttering is accompanied Windows Device ...
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EPSON WF 6590 printer missing many features unter Windows 10, no driver update solves this

Epson seems to only support installation of drivers via Windows Update. On Windows 10, the standard installed driver did not support anything, neither paper source could be selected, nor sort order ...
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Will changing the CPU show up in system or device manager?

I recently bought a new computer, and was told that the CPU had been swapped out for a better (Core i7 7700) processor, however this does not show up in system or the device manager. I have ...
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USB Driver - This device cannot start. (Code 10) - Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API

I've been tired trying find a solution, My USB controllers have a yellow exclamation sign in Device manager thus any USB I plug into isn't functioning until I remove the driver and reinstall it, and ...
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Effect of "Delete the driver software for this device" checkbox in Windows' Device Manager?

In Windows, when deleting a device from Device Manager, the user is sometimes provided with a checkbox that specifies "Delete the driver software for this device". Does checking that box ever delete ...
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Why intel 6th generation show in IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers driver instead 7th gen(my proccessor)?

my laptop have intel i5 7200u which is 7th generation. why in device manager at IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, it is written 6th gen? am I install incorrect driver? Here's the screenshot:
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USB devices stay undetected until manually scanning for hardware changes in Device Manager (Windows 7)

On Windows 7 64bit, whenever I plug a USB device (mouse, keyboard, Android phone...) 90% of the time, I have to manually open Device Manager and Scan for hardware changes to be able to use the device. ...
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How to prevent frequent "uncrecognized usb device" error on win10 startup?

I'm installing win-10 on many PCs. I've noticed strange issue. I don't know what is the cause ? Some USB wireless keyboards give error on windows startup "Unrecognized USB device" and it doesn't work. ...
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What is "HID Keyboard Device" in Device Manager (Win 7)

I see "HID Keyboard Device" listed twice under "Keyboards" listing in the Device Manager. What do they mean? Do they represent the laptop keyboard? Why are there two of them? Windows 7 64-bit Dell ...
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Missing driver with 'ptun0901' hardware ID

I noticed in Device Manager (under Windows 10) that there are six entries named Unknown Device under Other Devices with a warning overlay in their icons. I right-clicked on them, clicked Properties, ...
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Can "network card can't connect to anything anymore" be solved without reboot?

I am sorry for the title, I'm not sure how to better put it in one snappy line. I have a desktop PC with Intel Core i7-6700, Windows 10 Pro 64bit. There is this sometimes (usually at very ...
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Change from universal serial bus controllers to COM port

When I plug my USB device it is recognized as universal serial bus controllers in device manager but I would like to be on COM port because I would like to use python script to control it. It works ...
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How can I disable power saving for all devices in Device Manager?

If Windows (I am running Win 8.1) is installed on a laptop, the Device Manager will include Power Management properties, including an option to allow the computer to turn off this device to save power....
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Best way to secure local drives on dual boot workstation

At a customer's I have a workstation with dual boot Windows 10/Ubuntu 18. Given that someone needs admin rights on Windows, and another one needs a sudoer user in Linux I decided to enable disk level ...
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How to make a device disappear from device manager on windows 8.1

I have a laptop which comes with onboard bluetooth chip. I recently added a wireless card to my laptop which has a bluetooth chip inside. So now I got 2 bluetooth devices in my device manager which ...
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DevCon.exe installation

I've got a problem during installation devcon. Devcon is a MSC software to manage with peripherials moare accurate. I know that devcon is a part of WDK, but i want to install just devcon without other ...
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External hard drive not showing up in Windows 10

I recently Installed windows 10 on my laptop. just after windows was done applying some updates It doesn't show my External Hard drive and USB flash memory! these hardwares show up everywhere like ...
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Hide second device created by camera in Windows?

When I plug my camera in via USB, two devices open their autoplay dialogue and two devices show up in My Computer. Removable Disk (H:) is the correct device for locating my photographs, but I am also ...
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Determine driver from file

How can I determine the driver from a file it has installed? I am getting system crashes and analyzing the dump file with windbg points to \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\HDAudBus.sys I know it's an ...
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CD/DVD drive not showing on Windows 10

I recently upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 and now CD/DVD drive wouldn't show it on "This PC". A look into Device Manager shows that the device is detected and working properly. However, there's a ...
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What's "Converted Portable Device Control device" in Windows 10?

After plugging out my USB keyboard and my USB mouse receiver from my Windows 10 laptop, I'm left with these two keyboards in Device Manager: The Standard PS/2 Keyboard is the internal laptop keyboard,...
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Memory stick not showing in My Computer

I'm using Windows 8 64 bit Pro edition. I have a Sony memory stick which isn't showing up in my computer section. If I open Device manager I can see the stick there named as a mass memory device. I ...
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Alternatives to uninstalling device from the Device Manager

Backstory: I have noticed that on my machine, whatever quality of the connection, the 9560AC WiFi is able to max out only at around 2-2.6 MB/s speeds (guessing its around 10mbps). However, by ...
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Shortcut to enable/disable a device in Windows

I need to disable/enable a device (a steering wheel) in Windows with a shortcut or a automated script instead of going to Device Manager and, if possible, avoiding the restart when I enable it. I ...
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Trying to open device manager from cmd

I have trouble booting my computer but I have access to cmd, in particular, X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe. However, when I try to open device manager typing devmgmt.msc, I get the error: devmgmt.msc is ...

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