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Device installation forbidden by system policy
I just bought a Logitech G500 mouse, but Windows 7 will not let me install it. I get this error:
Installation prevented by policy
When I try to update the driver through the device manager, I ...
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Disabling a USB flash drive from being used to boot
Is there a way to make a USB flash drive not detected on a reboot, to avoid the PC trying to use it to boot from? Assuming you only have control over the flash drive and are not administering the PC. ...
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How to disable default X10 USB remote control device actions in Windows 7?
I have a remote control device (Medion x10) and after installing drivers and plugging in, several actions works by default like:
volume control
direction keys like arrow keys on keyboard/mouse roll
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Wireless device not recognized on Lenovo t420s after Windows 7 reinstall
I have recently replaced a Windows 7 Ultimate with Windows 7 Enterprise by 1) creating a backup using "Windows easy transfer", 2) installing Enterprise, and 3) recovering the backup.
Now, the ...
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Create bluetooth device
Can I use my bluetooth enabled laptop to create bluetooth keyboards or other devices?
ps: I would like to use my laptop keyboard on my PS3
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Fedora desktop connection with iPhone
I have connected iPhone with Fedora Desktop using VirtualBox. I can find out in "Places" menu but I am trying to find out its device path. I have to add this path in a configuration file like ...
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USB drive recognized in logs, but no device file for it
I'm trying to mount a flash drive (16 GB Cruzer) on my Arch Linux desktop. It works fine on my Arch Linux laptop, so it's not a problem with the drive.
The drive is in /var/log/messages.log.3:
Dec ...
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Mobile test device charging station and checkout managment solution [closed]
Our company develops for iPhone, Android, etc, and we're getting to the point where "the drawer" approach is becoming a problem for storing and tracking our test devices.
We have about 20 different ...
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Missing data reading hidraw
When reading data from HID device via hidraw, sometimes I miss some data. I can see that the data is transmitted OK over USB using a hardware snooping device, but for some reason I don't always get ...
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Which Windows 7 log file contains device connection/disconnection information?
Windows 7 frequently plays the usb/new device connection/disconnection sound. It happens both when the computer is idle and under load. All usb device connections have been checked (though I can't ...
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Leaving cellphone hanging from micro usb port [closed]
Let's say one has a short micro USB cable. If one were to plug a cellphone into a computer, so that the cellphone was hanging down but not touching the ground, would this cause any damage to the USB ...
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How to download / upload files from your nokia x6 mobile to PC using WLAN?
Can anybody please help me to connect to my Office PC where Pan Drive or disk is not allowed
We can only use WLAN connection, I am looking for a good software that help me to upload / download files ...
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Unrecognised device in blkid output
Unrecognised device **/dev/md0p2**. Possibly from previous trails with raid1 and lvm. It's of type lvm2pv, just like /dev/sda2, which would suggest it's a physical volume for lvm.
But, pvdisplay ...
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Is it possible to add hardware on a remote machine and use it as if it was installed on the local machine?
We have two computers in the apartment running Windows 7 and Windows Vista. 99% of the time we use headphones but every now and then we have a desire for some ambiance so we got a set of 2.1 speakers. ...
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hp officejet 4500 detected by sane-find-scanner but not lsusb or Simple Scan in Ubuntu Lucid
I upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 from 8.04 recently. When I try to use Simple Scan it says "No scanners detected". sane-find-scanner detects my printer/scanner but lsusb does not. Also I am able to print ...
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VMware blocked usb access from Physical Machine
The problem is I cannot access my usb stick from the real machine.
If I insert the usb and i have "Removable Devices" turned ON on my virtual machine I have full access and functionality on it. When ...
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How do I get information about a partition through the command line?
On Ubuntu, I have the link to the partition (e.g. /dev/sda1). I want to know the labels, size,... of that partition.
How can I do that with a command in which the partition's link is a parameter? It ...
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Why does simple plug and play hardware sometimes include drivers?
I have about 7 devices (speakers, mouse, etc.) that are all USB. They all came with CD's containing drivers for it. My question is, why do they? All 7 of these devices have run just fine on every ...
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Is there any way to change USB to COM converters port number?
I have laptop PC with no Serial Port (COM port). Trying to get work this device (BTW: this device works on PC's with built-in COM port) I'm using USB to COM converter for connecting this device to ...
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What is the name of the input device [closed]
A couple of months ago I read about a (rather weird) input device. There was one, maybe two, (US-)companies that sold them. There was also this guy who had the patent (in the US).
The device I'm ...
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Setup for streaming sound from laptop to amp (RCA connector) via wireless network
I'd like to use my quality speakers as wireless speakers for my laptop, i.e. get all sound output of my laptop to my amplifier without any cables, preferably without having to plug anything into the ...
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Computer sound/audio not working since switched to Vista
I got Vista for my HP laptop Pavilion DV1000. Before it had Windows XP and Linux but the laptop says "Vista Capable". My computer's sound worked before. Since getting Windows Vista roughly a year ...
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Spoofing video card vendorid and deviceid
I was wondering if there's some way to spoof my video card vendorid and deviceid, so that I can run a software that runs only for certain ids. Is devcon.exe something I can use? I've read about ...
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Is it good to uninstall previous driver always before to install new version on Windows PC?
Is it good to uninstall previous driver always before to install new version on Windows PC?
I'm talking about any type of Driver.
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Big trouble for PCI-E slot in DELL optiplex 990?
I will first describe my experiment environment in details.
There are two DELL optiplex 990 computers and each one has two PCI-E x16 slots in blue and black. I plug in two Intel PRO/1000 PT Quard ...
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WMIC shows no information for some machines
On some machines when I run:
wmic CSProduct Get Vendor,Name
I get an output of:
Name Vendor
Dell Inc. Optiplex G620
However on other machines I get a blank output like this:
Any ...
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How do I find the device node file for a USB device in Linux?
I've bought an X10 Home Automation USB interface: the CM15.
This is the information lsusb gives:
skerit@KIP-DU-SKER:~$ lsusb
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0bc7:0001 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. ActiveHome ...
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Computer cannot find drivers for devices which don't need drivers
Twice now, I've plugged in devices which the manufacturer claims require no drivers, only to have Windows tell me that the device driver was not successfully installed. I've managed to get the devices ...
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If you uninstall the primary Windows hard drive drivers, are these reinstalled during next boot?
I'm having a problem with some partitions in Windows, and I read that reinstalling the drivers may solve the problem, but this is the disk where Windows is installed. If I uninstall the drivers ...
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How To Measure Static Electricity Buildup In Body? [closed]
Is there a device that can measure static electricity buildup in my body? With this device i could know the risk of working with electronics beforehand and if i should discharge before starting to ...
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Which Static Electricity prevention tools do actually work?
I need a device that would discharge static electricity from my body in order to safely work with electronics. I have looked and found some that interested me, but I don't know whether they work:
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Synchronized Clipboard?
Evernote, Dropbox, Xmarks and what not. Many know these but is there a software that can synchronize clipboard between devices? For what you might be asking? Here is for what:
Sometimes I want URL ...
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How to get the device of a corrupted USB Stick on linux?
In order to try to rescue a USB stick which has probably a corrupted allocation table, I would like to get the device.
I'm using Ubuntu 10 as a guest in VirtualBox, Host: Win7. Windows just tells me ...
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How to automate a Bluetooth device deletion/creation cycle
I have a Plantronics headset that does not behave properly when turned off and on again. Tech support at Plantronics told me that I need to use their BT dongle to be able to get through their support, ...
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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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Danger/Risk of Plugging USB Devices into Powered USB Ports
This question seems like it would have a logical answer, but I thought I’d ask to be safe.
As shown in the photo below, there exist externally-powered USB hubs (A) and USB power-adapters—like the ...
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What to do when you can't find how your device was registered?
Before Linux Kernel 3.0 (2.6.39) I can run the following command:
# ifconfig wlan0 up
Now I can't. I got an error saying that this device was not found.
I've tried to unplug my usb dongle, plug and ...
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USB Device Model
I have a question, I want to know which type of controllers are connected to my PC. For example it is a XBox controller or a normal usb gamepad.
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What Is a Boot Failure 4 Digit Diagnostic Tool?
How do I use this device?
Designed to troubleshoot PC boot failures, when PC doesn't even show Video Card/BIOS screen (thus no error code/info is available)
4-digit numeric display ...
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Realtek not detecting headphones or speakers
After having a set of crappy USB headphones (the headphones are crappy, not the USB), I bought a nice pair of headphones and attempted to use them with the front jack on my computer. To my dismay, ...
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What is USB root Hub?
What is a USB root Hub ?
My computer shows 3 USB root Hubs in the device manager.
1st USB root hubs show 4 Ports, 2nd shows 3 ports and the 3rd shows 8 Ports are available.
However my Computer have ...
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USB Device Port Affinity in Linux
I'm running a linux machine (Ubuntu 10.04) inside of an autonomous submarine that has many USB devices attached to it such as cameras, usb->serial devices, etc. Unfortunately, every time the machine ...
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How do Windows NT-based operating systems address devices?
I'm confused with notation like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\...
and
\Device\HardDisk1\DR1
\Device\Video0
I see these addresses only in the context of Windows NT-based operating systems ...
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Use standard USB network device as Access Point
I have a USB WiFi Device (WISACOM WS-HP1000) which I can use with Linux to the rtl8187 driver. I am wondering: is there any way to use it as an Access Point or only the Master mode is able to offer ...
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Restrict device ownership to root only. But why?
NSA's Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 recommands restricting device ownership to root only.
So my question is why should we restrict device ownership to root? And ...
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Best video storage device for home movies and photos
I have CD's and DVD's of vacations and old family photos that I want to copy and store. I can keep them in a safe box at the bank. Would a 16 gb flash drive be the best way?
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USB Keyboard not working under windows 7 x64?
I have two usb keyboards, one no-name cheapo thing and an old logitech. When i plug them in to my computer they pop up in device manager as "Unknown device" respective "USB-receiver". Both of them ...
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Wireless functionality changed in Windows 7
I have an internal and an external wireless adapter in my laptop, and I use a batch script to switch on and off the internal wireless adapter when I am at home and the laptop is connected to an ...
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Lost Router broadcasting a “Lost Network?”
So I'm working on a network at this house, and there's two wireless networks being broadcast, both by the last name of the owners implying it is in the house somewhere. The one router I'm staring at, ...
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Any tips or tricks to hasten USB device detection and initialisation?
I reattach dozens of USB devices to my Windows 7 across the day, such as printers, flash drives, mice, modems, midi keyboards, and scanners. The computer has seen them all before / all have been set ...
