Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.
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Enabling Bluetooth on Windows 7 (HP Pavilion)
I have an HP Pavillion g6 with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. On Windows 7, it says that my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth, so I thought that my PC doesn't support Bluetooth at all.
However, on Ubuntu, I have ...
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Excessive brightness in Vaio VGN-FE31H with Windows 8
I have a Vaio VGN-FE31H with Windows 8 32bits.
Right now, I don't have any option to ajust brightness and it's way too bright.
I would like to know which driver I have to install to get the hotkeys ...
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How to diable Optimus and Intergrated graphics card and use only the Discrete graphics?
OS: linux 3.8.3
CPU: Intel Core i7 3630QM with Integrated Graphics Card
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2G DDR5
Chipset: Intel HM77
Storage: 8G DDR3 RAM 128G SSD/1T HD
Display: 1920x1080
So, I want to ...
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Corrupted/Missing NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Network Adaptor
Yesterday, when I went into Network Connections in Control Panel and enabled the Ethernet feature (to use an Ethernet-based router), it disappeared from the Network Connection window. When I now look ...
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Print from Win98 vm to a printer on host that does not have 98 support
Well I managed to fit the whole question in the title.
My printer does not have Win98 support. Is there a way to print to a printer on the host that does not support windows 98?
I am using ...
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Drivers for IBM Motherboard i845G chipset
Believe me or not - five hours I'm trying to find drivers for IBM motherboard, chipset i845G.
Multimedia Audio Controller is yellowed in Device Manager (XP SP3).
Any help ?
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How do I get my XFX Radeon HD 7870 to work with 3 monitors using HDMI, DVI, and Mini DisplayPort?
I bought a XFX Double D FX-787A-CDFC Radeon HD 7870 and set it up using the HDMI, DVI and Mini DisplayPort (using an Apple mDP-to-VGA adapter). I hooked it up, installed the drivers and rebooted. The ...
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How to add a RAID driver to a BSOD Windows 2008 R2 install?
I've replaced a failed RAID card in a Win 2008 R2 server, but it was a slightly newer model which doesn't use the same driver as before so booting the OS results in a BSOD. It appears the controller ...
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Problems connecting Samsung mobile phone
I have Samsung GT-E1200 and I am trying to connect it via USB cable to my PC. I looked at the Samsung page http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-E1200ZKABTU-downloads for available ...
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Why can this one user not print to a printer that someone else in the same office can print to?
Ok, here's the details guys:
I have 2 users in one room Hooked up to an Epson Printer. The printer is relatively old, old enough that it has to be plugged into the Old Printer port in a relay box ...
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Windows 7 claims driver is not digitally signed, but it is
On this system the WLAN AutoConfig service will not start:
In error log/system:
"The WLAN AutoConfig service depends on the NativeWiFi Filter service
which failed to start because of the following ...
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How to get a list of active drivers that are statically built into the linux kernel?
While I can use lsmod in order to show currently active kernel modules, how can I see which drivers are statically built into the kernel AND currently active?
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Printing PDF causes printer to go Offline (A data transmission error occurred.)
We have a fleet of new Canon LBP 6680 printers which are running fine except for one person.
In fact, I'm not convinced it's a Canon printer issue as the problem she is having also occurs on the new ...
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Windows Movie Maker can't start
I've installed Microsoft Movie Maker but when I try to run it, I get the error message:
Sorry Movie Maker can't start. Make sure your
computer meets the minimum system requirements
before trying to ...
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AHCI driver installed but XP32 SP3 won't recognize it - only IDE
I want to get my existing XP32 installation to switch from accessing the primary active SATA drive via AHCI instead of IDE. XP32 was originally installed via IDE.
I downloaded the appropriate ...
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Linux Mint 12: video runs at 2 to 3 times normal speed, for any browser
I tried re-installing the nvidia graphics driver but no luck. Videos run at an accelerated rate with No sound output for any browser (firefox and chrome) and with various sites like youtube and ...
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synaptics touchpad edge swipes issue
mine issue is a little bit different from previously discussed. i have got the latest drivers for my touchpad and when I enable edge swipe gestures in windows 8 it's behaving strangely - gestures work ...
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Pcie x16 slot 2 broken?
So basicallly, I got a brand new px8z77-pro motherboard. All the pcie slots work appart from slot 2. Im trying to run Sli with my two gtx 680 and due to this problem, I am not able to.
My power ...
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debian+D425KT wont reboot after power loss
i have a little debian server with motherboard D425KT.
I set bios to reboot after a power failure ( ive tried last state (on) and always boot ).
Ive tried also quite any options combinations in bios.
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Asus driver - fn-key + arrow keys doest work - Media keys
I have an Asus laptop and the arrow keys are media shortcuts, that doesn't work. It should be working like this:
fn + arrow-key-down --> play/pause media.
fn + arrow-key-up --> stop media.
fn + ...
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Two Display adapters, no heavy game working
I have an hp Pavilion dm4-1350en. I recently installed a 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1, because the last one (installed by a friend) was 32-bit and made a dual boot for two options: Windows ...
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Videos and Page scrolling are slow on my computer
I am having a problem in my brother's computer-
scrolling in pages (no matter what app), and watching youtube videos, and other streaming videos are working slow (playing videos in vlc from my ...
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PDP wireless headset won't work with Youtube or Twitch
I just started using this wireless headset and I'm having a stange problem with it. So far it's worked for everything. It works fine for Netflix and League of Legends and Windows Media Player, but ...
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Slow graphics drivers in windows 8 with AMD 6650M
I just upgraded my laptop (Acer Aspire 7750g with AMD Radeon 6650M 2Gb graphics card) to Windows 8, and since my old drivers were incompatible, I downloaded the latest drivers from the Acer website.
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Windows Server 2012 Drivers - P8Z77-M Pro
I have an Asus P8Z77-M Pro motherboard, and none of the drivers on the Asus website for it work with Windows Server 2012.
Does anyone know of any drivers that would be compatible for it?
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ATI hd4000 Drivers underscan CCC 13.1
One of my laptops is running Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64bit with an ATI HD4250 graphics plus an installed version 13.1 of CCC.
I have always used HDMI over/underscan with this setup but today it has ...
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External Blu-Ray player suddenly can't read on one Win 7 system, fine on another Win 7 system
Based on the number of search hits for this, across all makes and models of burners, I'm hoping someone has a real fix. Most of the responses I see are people saying the drive is faulty, but that's ...
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Unable to install NVidia drivers - BSOD - nvlddmkm.sys
My objective is to run 3 monitors...
My motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646
Primary video card: GeForce GTX 460
Secondary video card: GeForce 8400 GS
I ...
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Windows 7 Crashes using nVidia Driver, works fine in Safe Mode or without video driver
Until this morning, and for over a year, my computer worked fine. I have an nVidia GTX 465 card running Windows 7 SP-1. Today, after running about thirty seconds, the screen freezes and I have to ...
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What drivers do I need to get the most out of my new laptop?
I have just bought a Toshiba Satellite L850-1VO.
The part no is PSKG6E.
I have done a clean install of windows 8 x64, but now I am stuck with no drivers installed.
I have located the website for ...
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What exactly is my graphics card doing?
I have an ASUS A43SD laptop with a built-in NVIDIA 610m graphics card.
I recently switched to Windows 7 64-bit and in the process did away with the NVIDIA driver I had installed. As far as I can tell, ...
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NVidia on startup breaks all drivers and the system
Based in friends advice, I've installed Nvidia driver on my system. Instead of improving performance, driver hooked into system startup and breaks the system. What happens:
Any external ...
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Windows 2000 mrxsmb.sys issue while using network shares
At my job, we use some old FTR (ForTheRecord) Recording devices. These devices are actually Windows 2000 computers with audio recording hardware attached. These devices encountered a few issues with ...
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Canon CanoScan LiDE 20 drivers for Windows 7 x64
Trying to set this scanner up on Windows 7 on my machine.
The options are:
Purchase VueScan (Not interested in using VueScan to resolve this issue)
Try using a Virtual Machine with XP and ...
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HP 1100dtn printer driver on Windows 7 x64
Having upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 x64, I am unable to find a suitable driver for my HP Inkjet 1100dtn printer. Visiting HP site and searching Google suggests using HP 1000's drivers as an ...
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High Interrupt DCP processor take
I have a quad core laptop with win7. Around 3 months ago the laptop occasionally slowed down.
Resource Monitor and Process Explorer show that processor 0 was 100% busy with DCP and Interrupts. A ...
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DVD/CD driver missing during Windows 7 install
I have an Optiplex GX620 that I'm trying to install Windows 7 Pro 64bit on. I've attempted to do so using a DVD and a flash drive (with the DVD/CD drive completely disconnected. In both cases I get ...
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Windows 7 SP1 installation hangs during boot when CF card present in sata card reader
as per subject I have a nasty problem with Windows 7 and a CF card in a SATA card reader, first some details.
Hardware specifications:
Asus P8C WS (Intel C216 chipset) with BIOS version 3202
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Touch Pad Not Working after Power Loss during Windows Update
During a Windows Update, power to the laptop (Gateway NE56R10u) was lost. When turned on again, it restarted in some flavor of Safe Mode. After a System Restore everything seems to be working ...
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Determining if I need a 32 bit or 64 bit driver for OSX 10.7.2
I'm looking to download an ftdi driver for OSX 10.7.2.
I will be using it for work I'm doing in python 2.7.x, using pySerial.
I have no idea how to determine whether I need to download the 32 or ...
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Why does my touchpad driver randomly becomes unresponsive?
I am using a Toshiba S855-S5378 running windows 8 with Synaptics touchpad driver. When this happens, the touchpad driver did not start up when it's supposed to. I also can't open the mouse settings in ...
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MT65xx Preloader , No Driver Found [closed]
I have zte v889m android phone, i want to use it as test device for my android app, but while i plug it in USB it can't find driver for my Windows 7 OS, so can anybody give me advice or some ...
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Windows 7 Ultimate on Asus EeePC 1001PX
I have a Asus EeePC 1001PX and upgraded to Win 7 Ultimate but I couldn't find any driver for the wireless network adapter. Does anyone knows where I can find it?
Tried the official page of the Asus ...
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Driver win32k.sys marked pagable instead of nonpagable
A friend has the following BSOD on Vista, about each 45 minutes:
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent
damage to your computer.
win32k.sys
The ...
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How do I disable the “SECURITY FREEZE LOCK” on my SATA hard disk?
I am sending ATA commands to SATA HDD using IOCTL_ATA_PASS_THROUGH in windows. IDENTIFY DEVICE (ECh) ATA commands returns 256 words of data.
Word 128, Bit 3 is set in the returned data, and according ...
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Would a “mirror driver” collide with the default display driver?
I've just installed UltraVNC, having previously used RealVNC. Both install a "mirror driver", which I assume is a driver that simulates a display to any VNC connections.
Would this mirror driver ...
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get driver version via command line Windows
Is there a possibility to get the installed driver VERSION via command line on a Windows 7 system.
I've already tried driverquery but there is no information about the Version of the drivers, only a ...
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Generic Ethernet drivers for WINDOWS
Background:
I have a custom built box that I like to setup with multi-boot using GRUB2 and having Windows 7 x64, latest Linux Mint x64, and couple other Linux/Unix distros.
I've had this setup ...
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Are monitor drivers necessary? [duplicate]
Are drivers for monitors necessary -- in the sense of having tangible need/functionality?
Besides the ability to have Windows label the monitor with its correct name, do the drivers serve a ...
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Can't successfully pair MM 550 bluetooth headphones with Lenovo Y480
So, I can pair the Sennheiser MM 550 headphones with my laptop but during the process I get an error that it couldn't load the drivers. Then, they won't work properly. I can't find any drivers or ...
