Questions tagged [drivers]
Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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How to configure Windows/Linux to support absolute-mouse-mode for remote operation via KVM?
I am working on a project where we want to connect different dual-screen PC systems (mostly Windows+Linux) with a dualhead KVM switch. The KVM switch uses absolute mouse mode to position the mouse on ...
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Strange Ethernet adapter reproducible malfunction that impacts across dual boot Windows setup
The behavior is pretty confusing. The story is about my Ethernet adapter on my retro computing ASUS laptop (2011 model). It currently has Windows 7 and Windows XP on two HDDs respectively. The ...
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Display driver not correct updating older laptop to Windows 10
I'm working on extending the life of an older laptop (late 2010-ish) by maxing out the RAM, upgrading to an SSD, and updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I added the new hardware and installed ...
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HP PSC 1200 Printer Drivers for Windows 7
I have a HP-G62 laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 and a HP PSC 1200 series All-in-One Printer.
Windows can't find the drivers for the printer and the HP support website says the drivers are ...
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HP mute button LED not working
All of a sudden my mute LED stopped working. It was working fine for a while, but then out of the blue, it just stopped. At the same time, I also had an audio driver issue. So, I reinstalled the ...
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Windows 10 Wifi keeps disconnecting from access point
I recently purchased a refurbished HP Laptop 17-bs1xx. It has an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 network adapter, running Windows 10 Home, 64-bit.
Periodically, sometimes every few minutes to every ...
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Where can I find a Windows 10 PCL5 driver for an unsupported LaserJet printer?
I have an HP LaserJet 1300 printer connected to my network via a JetDirect 250m LIO Internal Print Server. The printer works from any Windows 8.1 computer on my network, but I have been unable to find ...
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Unable to start npf driver
I need to start the npf driver for Wireshark but when I try to type "net start npf" in cmd prompt, I get the following error:
"System error 1058 has occurred.
The service cannot be started, either ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on Samsung SM961 M2 NVMe drive but CAN use the drive after installing the OS normally. Why?
As the title suggests, I'm having trouble installing Windows 7 64-bit on a Samsung SM961 M2 SSD drive, via the M2 slot on an Asus X-99 A motherboard.
The drive is visible to the BIOS, but not during ...
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Installation of Drivers Via Programming Language
I have a Driver called X that manages a hardware component A. I would like to remove that drive and replace it with one called Y that also manages the component A.
So far I have been using .NET ...
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Drivers not available for a Samsung R780 on their support website, any alternatives or workarounds?
I have old, old Samsung R780 laptop. In excellent condition, I want it to be used as a mobile entertainment - DVD player, internet, streaming etc, not just by me. No gaming of any sort with possible ...
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Audio Driver has 'Location: Unknown' and isn't working even though windows xp says it functions fine
I have a dell latitude d830 with windows XP professional. I'm using the built-in speakers. It's definitely not a hardware problem as when I switch my HDDs and boot into Windows 7 the audio works fine. ...
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Windows is setting a 1GBit connection down to 100mbit
My current network should support wired 1Gbit connection. It used to be 1Gbit on my PC, but some time ago Windows started to see it as 100mbit. After trying several things, I am 100% it is an OS issue....
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Ubuntu 16.04 - Display driver/ screen resolution after installation
A fresh install of Ubuntu was made on a quite old PC ( say - 10 years old ).
A 1920x 1080 monitor is connected via RGB... BUT showing a single possible screen res - 1280X1024 ( which is not my/ ...
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Still unable to install Windows 11 from boot USB flash drive. A media driver is missing
I have a new build (specs below) which is currently running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
motherboard: GIGABYTE B760M AORUS ELITE AX (manual)
GPU: ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger D
CPU: Intel Core i7-...
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How do I fix the drivers not working on my HP Stream 7?
A HP Stream 7 needed reinstalling Windows 10.
After the successful install, I noticed that several drivers are missing:
Audio
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Touchscreen
Battery
G-Sensors (Device Orientation)
Micro-...
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Find corresponding .INF file for device driver
I am trying to solve a problem with devcon for which I need to locate the INF file for a device driver.
I can find out which device driver a device is using via the device manager (driver details). ...
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Realtek front panel audio detection not working?
My front panel on my computer isn't working at all. I know that I can simply fix this simply by Disable Front Panel jack on Realtek but that's going to tie up my Speaker and Headphone in one. I've ...
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Unable to create print job: 0x00000bbb
after the Windows 10 Feature Update 1903 we've got at least 2 PCs (different printer manufactures and connection types) with this error:
Unable to create print job: 0x00000bbb
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Scanner is only detected and not the printer
OK. I have a new Epson L210 printer, a multi-function printer. But whenever I connect it to my Windows 7 64-bit computer, the only detected function of the printer is the scanner. There is no ...
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Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT - driver
I have got problem with NIC driver. When I go to Device manager, I have got yellow exclamation point there.
If I uninstall the driver and do Scan for hardware changes, it will freeze the PC and the ...
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Scripting a batch file for installing network printers
I would like to write a batch file to install multiple network printers in our office to a PC. I attempted a file with one printer using the Generic/Text driver and IP address of 192.168.11.70. When I ...
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Computer using wrong driver for network printer
We have an HP plotter installed on a print server that is using a particular driver, but when we install it from the server, the client computer is using some generic Microsoft one.
I asked the server ...
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Windows 10 audio fades out
I'm having an issue with Windows 10 audio: when listening to something/watching a movie the audio automatically fades out and drops to a lower volume. To be clear, the volume indication in Windows ...
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No external video from Clevo computer running Debian 12
I have a Clevo PD70SND-G, fresh from China. Installed Debian 12 Bookworm (dual boot with Windows 10 Pro). There is no video for the external monitor. Switching to Windows, I have verified it is not ...
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Uninstalling a device in Windows 10
I have the devices below, but when I right-click uninstall in Device Manager, it uninstalls correctly, reappearing when I refresh the list of devices.
Is there a way to uninstall the device from the ...
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Installing windows 11 fails, "A media driver your computer needs is missing" error
I've been trying to install win11 on my MSI Pulse laptop, but whenever I boot from USB it gives me error "A media driver your computer needs is missing". I found out so far that INTEL VMD/...
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How to get rid of the Bang & Olufsen panel on HP laptop?
On my HP Windows 10 laptop the following Bang & Olufsen panel appears at the top of certain audio apps, e.g. Skype:
How can I get rid of that?
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Bluetooth audio on windows 7 is horrible but on windows 10 it works properly
I have a Toshiba Protege R700 which has windows 10 installed. I decided to install windows 7 and daily drive it for fun. Everything sailed smoothly except of the bluetooth audio. I tried every driver ...
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USB ethernet adapter connected and found in ifconfig, but not working
I've bought a USB ethernet adapter for my ARM-Board running debian to have a second interface. I compiled and loaded the driver/module and the device is being recognized:
[ 5.285487] usb 2-1.3.1: ...
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Realtek codec driver won't install - keeps "uninstalling"
So I downloaded the latest Realtek codec driver (Win10, 64-Bit) and after running the installer, it says that the current one must first be uninstalled for the new one to be installed.
Ok. Let the ...
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Windows Thinks Internal Hard Drive Is Removable
I have an SSD and a HDD on Windows 10 Home prebuilt desktop PC. Windows is on the Samsung SSD. My internal Toshiba HDD shows up as removable:
I am trying to make this no longer be the case, without ...
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Samson Go Mic not working on Windows 10 64-bit
I have Samson Go Mic USB microphone.
It was working on Windows 10, till the motherboard change. All drivers (and devices) disappear after trying reset to the backup point windows 10 function.
I update ...
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How to identify root cause from MINIDUMP? WIN8_DRIVER_FAULT?
My computer keeps restarting on its own randomly, and sometimes when wake it up, the screen is all pixels so I suspect I have an issue related to my graphics card.
I'm new to *.dmp debugging, and I'...
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How to connect Windows 7 64-bit to shared HP LaserJet 1000 printer installed on Windows XP?
I've got HP LaserJet 1000 printer installed on Windows XP. I successfully connected to the printer on Windows 7 x86. I tried the same with Windows 7 x64 but failed.
I did steps from HP forums and ...
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RealTek RTL8125 ethernet controller: IEEE-1588/PTP support in Ubuntu 22.04.3?
I have a desktop with a Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard, to which I've installed Ubuntu 22.04.3. I am trying to use this desktop as an IEEE-1588 (Precision Time Protocol) master, in a small ...
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Getting memory / driver related BSOD while memory is supposedly intact
Good day everyone,
I finally decided to search for some help on here after struggling with blue screens multiple times a day for almost half a year now. The blue screens codes I come across are:
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Low volume via headphone jack in Windows 10
I have a windows tablet that uses Intel drivers (generic?) for audio, and whilst the built in speakers' volume is fine, the volume outputted via the headphone jack is quite low. I have tried heard ...
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What would happen if I disable the AMD Catalyst "launcher" from startup?
Would it disable Radeon drivers? Would my Radeon options not be applied?
My PC is running Win 8.1
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How can I remove an *extremely* stubborn driver in windows 10?
I recently bought a pen tablet to replace an old Wacom Bamboo that wasn't working correctly anymore. I've read having multiple tablet drivers can cause issues so I tried removing the Wacom drivers but ...
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Virtual CD/DVD drive drivers not intalling in Windows 7
In my windows 7 machine, I installed Daemon tools lite so that I can mount cd/dvd iso images. But when I add a new virtual drive in Daemon Tools, the native popup of installation of driver failer ...
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No sound coming from laptop headphone on Kali Linux
I'm running Kali Linux 1.1.0 on UEFI mode and I'm in trouble with headphone jack. The speaker works well, but the headphone doesn't have any sound. It worked perfectly before but suddenly the sound on ...
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Windows 10 - Cannot disable signed driver installation
I am sick of trying to disable "only signed driver" installation on Windows 10.
I tried running as admin:
bcdedit /set testsigning on
bcdedit /set nointegritychecks off
But to no avail.
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How to properly setup intel and nvidia GPUs on Ubuntu?
So, it seems bumblebee is dead and abandoned. The last serious activity on the repo is from 2013. Apparently, the current "good" solution is the one described here: every time I want to use ...
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How to completely and eternally remove Realtek audio driver from Windows 10
I hate the Realtek audio driver like no one has ever hated a driver before. Constant popping and clicking throughout the day and night, and constant nagging questions about whether I'm plugging in ...
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Linux driver for Broadcom BCM943228HMB
How do I install broadcom BCM943228HMB 802.11abgn 2x2 WiFi Adapter driver in Linux? My OS is Ubuntu 14.04.
My previous laptop had a Qaulcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter and Ubuntu could ...
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A service installation section in this inf is invalid
When I connect a Samsung phone to my Windows XP SP3, it gives the error
A service installation section in this inf is invalid
I browsed lot of blogs, every post says to try the Microsoft_User-...
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Update OpenGL version to 4.6 in Ubuntu 18.04
I have problem related my nvidia driver in Ubuntu 18.04. Actually the problem occurred in computer server and I remote the computer server by using X2Go.
My Computer Server using Ubuntu 18.04
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How to disable driver certificate verification in Windows 10
I just built a new machine and need to load an older driver for one of my 44" Designjet printers, but Win 10 will not allow either the driver for Win 7 64-bit or for Win 8 64-bit because they lack a ...
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Kubuntu crashes upon sleep on Surface Laptop
I'm running Kubuntu 23.10 on my Surface Laptop 3, and when I sleep the computer, instead of going fully black, it goes black and just shows my cursor, but I can't move it. In order to get back into my ...
