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Drivers are the middleware that allow computer programs to use resources of a specific hardware device.

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What limits the number of USB devices with identical VIDs?

Context: I have five Atmel microprocessor development boards and one Atmel ICE programmer. All of the devices connect to Windows via USB and enumerate as USB Composite Devices. Problem: When I plug ...
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Canon printer error 2, 140, 21

I have a canon Pixma MG2500 series 2570 printer that is 3 years old, and I wanted to test if it would work before scrapping it. To day I installed the drivers from this Canon official website ...
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ACPI.sys causing high Interrupts Usage at 20%

I have been having this odd issue for a while on this ASUS old laptop from 8 years ago (Windows 7 x64). I have noticed that the fan is spinning at max settings so I looked into Process Explorer and ...
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My PC started blue screening. How do I troubleshoot it?

Several weeks ago, my laptop started displaying the Blue Screen. First it was perhaps once a day, so I just lived with it but as of 3 days ago, it happens roughly an hour after I log in. As you can ...
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How can I print straight to a thermal printer without dithering?

In a hardware store, we use a USB thermal printer (CITIZEN CT-S4000) at the desktop POS to print receipts on 104mm thermal roll. The billing software runs online, and generates a pdf receipt, which we ...
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Is it normal to have a server mother board with 2 ethernet (RJ45) ports using different drivers?

I have a ASRock Rack E3C236D2I - Mini-ITX motherboard that comes with two 2 x RJ45 Ethernet ports. I put this motherboard in a little server I'm using to run TrueNas Core (FreeBSD) on. I noticed that ...
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Intel sound card, internal microphone not recognized by linux kernel

I have opensuse with the kernel 5.3.18 running on Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5. I experience problems configuring sound card Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS. More specifically, builtin microphone is not ...
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"Unknown" driver in Windows Assessment and Deployment Tool Kit

I have an issue with high ram usage. I have 16 GB RAM and its 7 GB is consuming. Normally this should be 3 GB. I detect this is a driver problem so I scan all drives with Windows Assessment and ...
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Mouse optical sensor doesn't work but clicks are fine, only on one computer

I have been using a logitech g502 for 5 years now and it was working fine until last month. Since then the optical sensor has stopped responding but the clicks and the scrollwheel are working normally....
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Missing NVIDIA scripts and C files after kernel 5.8.0-45 update

I have just upgraded to Kernel version 5.8.0-45 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. However, this seems to have broken the NVIDIA drivers. I have isolated the problem to the linux-image-nvidia-5.8.0-45-generic ...
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How do I install on Windows a printer shared from cups on Linux?

I got an industrial printer that doesn't have drivers for Windows. Someone wrote a driver for Linux and it works great. I want to print from Windows. The Adobe PS Drivers are discontinued and all ...
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Can I use my own driver on Windows without having to ask MS for permission while keeping Secure Boot on?

As per the subject : I want to write my own kernel mode driver I want to be able to use it with Secure Boot on I don't want to ask for permission to use it (no WHQL testing or attestation signing) ...
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Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

I am using hp AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Radoen Graphics 2.00 GHz laptop. After sometime time windows 10 started throwing this error Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43) ...
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How do I disable my one of my two Radeon graphics cards?

I installed Ubuntu on my laptop. The laptop has two video cards: 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.[AMD/ATI] Sumo [Radeon HD 6480G] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller:...
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Wifi stopped working: Init ucode -5 [Intel Wireless 9560]

I once cold booted my laptop and the wifi stopped working completely. This is the error I get from dmesg when I filter for wireless driver info only. Relevant specs: Operating System: Ubuntu ...
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No Mono option in Windows for microphone

I have an XLR microphone plugged into a Presonus Audiobox iTwo USB audio interface. When I use the mic in Windows, it only plays out of the left channel. Every post I have found online describes one ...
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Synaptics Trackpad Hysteresis/Backlash/Noise Rejection

I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with a Synaptics trackpad, running Windows 10. The issue that I am facing is with a feature that appears to come with the Synaptics drivers (since it goes away when I ...
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Nvidia X Server settings is displaying blank window on Ubuntu 20.04

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on rog zephyrus g14, and when I try to open nvidia x server settings, it only shows blank window. I also tried to run nvidia-smi but it only returned this: NVIDIA-SMI has ...
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Windows 10 Intel AC 7260 WLAN device keeps failing

I have had this problem for the last year, it happened after a windows update. Here are the specifics: Wireless network connected and working fine. After some random time, wireless network stops ...
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Stylus writing on its own, very likely software related

I have an HP Laptop (Spectre X360 to be exact, from late 2015) with Windows 10 64-bit installed and a resistive stylus that is specifically made for that series of laptops. Normally, if the tip of the ...
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Recording System Audio using WASAPI and Port Audio doesn't record Skype but records others

I have developed a program that records my system audio in Python using PyAudio. However, I notice that it records everything except for Skype call audio (and that is really the audio I want to record)...
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A lot of my windows drivers have expired dates for the certificate, and some are not even signed, is this normal?

I just gathered all the drivers in my system32/drivers folder and checked their certificate (my windows is updated and its a windows 10 x64) But i found that so many of them have expired certificate! ...
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Bluetooth regularly vanishes/reappears from settings, device manager. Nothing I do seems to make a difference

Windows 10 (Latest). MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC (integrated Intel BT) - this board None of the suggested solutions on other posts (e.g. device manager, driver update, etc.) have worked for me, and ...
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USB audio interface (sound card) found in USB list but not as sound card

Here is my situation. I've been using windows for years. I'm switching to linux (brand new Ubuntu 20.04). And I have an issue with sound. My set up is made of an integrated sound card on my mother ...
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Why peer-to-peer (P2P) access between two Tesla K40c GPUs fails in CUDA?

I would like to run a CUDA C program using two Tesla K40 devices and enable peer-to-peer (P2P) between them as my data will be shared among the devices. My computer has the following deviceQuery ...
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Evoluent VerticalMouse 4 not working on computer restart

On 2 different computer whenever I restart the mouse won't work until I unplug it and plug it back in again. I was wondering if there is a "software" way to do this something like "Refresh USB Devices"...
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RTX 2080 VGA QEMU/KVM VFIO Passthrough Windows 10 black screen after driver install

So I've spent the last 20 hours trying to get a Windows 10 VM running in QEMU/KVM on Ubuntu. My hardware setup is: Saphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 (Host) MSI RTX 2080 Gaming Trio (Guest) Ryzen 7 3700x ...
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ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 + AMD Ryzen 5 3400G has Graphics issues

Bought an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 last january (I'm way past 30 days return & money back). And finally received the NVMe M.2 SSD today. I tried to install windows 10 which I recently ...
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Installed Linux on Asus 100TA but webcam is not working

I have an Asus 100TA laptop which came with Windows 8.1 pre-installed. I decided to install Linux Mint on the laptop because the Windows was very buggy. I installed Linux Mint 19.3 on the laptop. ...
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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 PrinterA Model: HP ...
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Drivers are not recognize on Windows 10 v1903

Yesterday I had to install two TCP/IP printers in my PC. If I want to print any type of file, I can do it with the correct program but, if I want to change the name of the printer from the control ...
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Nvidia 2070 super drivers not working with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

My system config: Ubuntu 18.04 Graphic card - Nvidia RTX 2070 super(Gigabyte) CPU - AMD Ryzen Nvidia Driver version - 435 I tried to install drivers from both PPA and Nvidia website. Typing ...
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Is it possible for a file system minifilter driver to interfere with NTFS compression?

On my work laptop I was running low on disk space and attempted to compress a folder using NTFS compression. The file properties dialog acted like it was compressing the folder but after it finished I ...
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virtual FTDI serial ports always busy after boot under MacOS Mojave

I am working with a lot of FTDI usb to serial chips integrated in various devices. I have to use the genuine FTDI driver as the newly integrated AppleFTDI Driver is less general and does not recognize ...
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Linux driver DM9621A for USB to ethernet adapter not compile

I'm using xubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 4.18.0-18-generic. Recently I bought a USB 2.0 to Ethernet adapter for my notebook, but I encountered some problems on installing the DM9621 driver. Because ...
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Lenovo laptop keyboard not working

I would ask you for help. I have laptop Lenovo E560 with Windows 10 1803. Suddenly keyboard and touchpad has stopped working. USB keyboard and mouse works properly. In device manager I saw exclamation ...
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How to set up driver for Oracle 12c database on Mac

I work on a Mac (macOS Mojave 10.14.1) and I am trying to set up an ODBC driver to connect to an Oracle database (my eventual aim is to connect via R using the DBI package). I don't have the ...
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USB wireless adapter driver for linux

I'm trying to connect an Atheros ar1021x (ath6kl family) USB-Wireless adapter to a Raspberry Pi (with 4.14 kernel). My vendor provided a copy of driver source code, but it is for kernel 3.18. It does ...
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Laptop Keyboard and Mouse Uninstalled

I recently uninstalled the Keyboard and Mouse Drivers through Device Manager in Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 (because the keyboard keeps on typing on its own and muting the audio automatically). I also enabled ...
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Windows 10 Audio Issues

After the last 2 windows updates i am having issue with my audio jack on my laptop. Currently my audio jack is not detecting any devices. When i plug in my headphones nothing happens as in it does not ...
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System interrupts causing high CPU usage

I purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad Helix 2 2-in-1 laptop/tablet second-hand around a month ago, it came with Windows 10 Pro and was working OK for a few weeks but recently I have had a problem with ...
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Windows 10: Force-Disable Palm Rejection

I recently purchased an Asus VivoBook S14 which uses their own AsusPTP precision touchpad driver. I've reinstalled the driver countless times, tweaked the touchpad sensitivity, and disabled every ...
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dual boot laptop: Windows 10 runs 2 screens at 3840x2160; ubuntu limits 2nd screen to 1920x1080

I have Asus laptop with an Intel i7 (includes on chip 620 graphics) plus an additional Nvidia 950m chip. It dual boots: Windows 10 Ubuntu 18.04 In Windows I have no trouble getting 3840x2160 on ...
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Connecting Bluetooth Headphones to PC fails to find drivers

I'm trying to connect Voberry IPX7 headphones to my Windows 7 PC via a bluetooth 4.0 USB-adapter. They get recognized, but when Windows Update tries to find drivers for the "bluetooth-headphones" it ...
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Is it possible to use a network printer without installing any driver? How

I´ve a shared printer on Raspbian and I want to use from my Windows 8.1 without install any driver on the Windows OS. I can see the printer, but when I try to configure it, windows is asking for the ...
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Bluetooth Media Controls Not Working After Recent Updates

The following updates were recently installed together: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1803 HP Development Company, L.P. - System - 7.0.1.1 HP - HIDClass - 2.1.3.1 Since the updates, the ...
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Is my laptop with Optimus really using Nvidia GPU for WebgGL?

I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z500 with an Intel HD 4000 and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M. I have set in Nvidia Control Panel that Chrome uses ...
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Device Manager: Update Driver Hangs

I have administrator access to my windows 10 Pro laptop. I've opened the Device Manager and discovered that I cannot update any device driver of any kind. No matter what device I pick (Display ...
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Can only boot notebook with disabled driver signature enforcement after crash

I am running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition on an Acer notebook. Yesterday there was a short power outage, for about 5 seconds, which crashed my computer. After that I couldn't boot normally into ...
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USB 3.0 Ports have completely stopped working

It appears that all of my USB 3.0 ports have stopped working. Yesterday, my mouse has randomly stopped working during use. When I unplugged and re-plugged it, my keyboard has stopped working as well. ...
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