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

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USB wireless adapter drivers fail to install

I am currently working on doing a fresh install of windows on my sisters computer as we were upgrading to the ultimate version of Windows 7. She uses this wireless usb network adapter to connect to ...
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Several devices in Device Manager have Code 3 error

One of our users' machines (Dell Optiplex 380 running Windows 7 32-bit) is having a weird driver issue. A bunch of devices have Error Code 3: The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your ...
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Can I install this WDM driver in Windows 98? [closed]

According to the Wikipedia article about WDM drivers they should be compatible with Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows7, Windows 8 etc... I need a WDM driver for my graphics ...
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Boot Windows 7 in a new machine [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to change computer but retain hard disk What would happen if I take my hard drive out of my current PC and put it in a new PC? I had to buy a desktop since my laptop ...
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How compatible are the Windows 7 drivers with Windows 8? [closed]

How do Windows 7 drivers fare in compatibility with Windows 8?
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Sound laggy and distorted

I have a Dell 1764 laptop (Windows 7 64 bit), and I'm having an issue with the sound. It's been happening for a while, possibly since I re-installed windows a while back. The sound sometimes will ...
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e1000 and e1000e network drivers

I am using SUSE Linux 11, in Zenworks distro and i can see. kernel version is: 3.0.13-0.27-default. I can see that when the distro is loaded, the e1000 driver is loaded and not e1000e although e1000e ...
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Asus EeePC X101CH Touchpad issue

I have an Asus EeePC X101CH that the touchpad was uninstalled from (I saw the uninstall dialog boxes open). After a restart there was a PS/2 mouse under View Hidden Devices in Device Manager that ...
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How to find out which driver files belong to a certain hardware device like a printer?

On a certain machine I installed a Dell 2355dn Laser MFP printer, now how can I find out what files on the hard drive are used as drivers to access the printer. I assume they must be under c:\...
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How can I get a motherboard driver on my new computer without an optical drive?

I just built a new computer and I cannot get it to boot. it gets to the point where I can run a windows repair but then it tells me it is likely a driver issue. However I have no optical drive on this ...
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How can I update the System Drivers in my C:\Windows\SYSTEM32 Directory?

I’ve been having trouble with random reboots for a long time. Microsoft sent me a list of drivers to update, but I can’t find any trustworthy looking links online and the vendors have not been ...
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NVidia GeForce 9800GTX+ cooler spins at 100% speed all time

My Leadtek PX9800+ stopped to control cooler rotation speed this night and I don't see why. I played Skyrim and then left the PC playing radio for the night. Cooler worked OK at that moment. When I ...
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Can't find drivers for my WLAN laptop card

According to: http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=4220&device_search=Search My laptop has the folloiwng WLAN card: Device Id: 0x4220 Chip Description: Intel 54 MBit/s ...
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Unable to install NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT driver on Windows XP laptop

I am trying to install an NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT driver on a laptop running Windows XP Home Edition SP3. However when I try to install the driver I unfortunately get an error as pictured below: How ...
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Windows BSOD Stop: 0x000000F4 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows 7 64bit STOP Error Code 0x000000F4 This is a brand new system, it was literally just built two days ago. I had installed it, moved my users directory to a second hard ...
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Dell Driver Support for Latitude E6320 Windows 7 Enterprise

I recently did a reinstall of Windows 7 Enterprise on a Dell Latitude E6320, which is a 64 bit system. After the install process, and doing typical Windows Update stuff, I looked at my Device Manager ...
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Xerox Docuprint P12 drivers

I can't seem to find any drivers past Windows NT for this printer. I was wondering if anyone knew how to install it on Windows 7. I wouldn't mind using other drivers or some type of 'hack-around'.
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On my Toshiba I want OpenGL 3.2, but the graphic card reports it's incompatible?

We have a computer graphics project and we need to use opengl 3.1 or above versions with the shaders. I have toshiba a200 with ati radeon hd 2600 graphic card. my friends with same graphic cards but ...
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How to solve this driver installation? Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05e1:0b01 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd

I have a camera but i do not have a driver for Linux. So i am trying to install the driver for 05e1:0b01. But its still getting failed. Device plug/unplug shows correctly in /var/log/messages Aug ...
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Alternate drivers for an Epson Stylus C88

My clients use an EMR that is very particular with printers. One of the clients uses an Epson Stylus C88 but the software ignores the driver, so it can't see the printer. When my client tries to print,...
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Logitech Wave keyboard media control buttons control iTunes?

Before I used to be able to control iTunes with Logitech wave (keyboard)'s media control buttons (play/pause, previous, next, etc) After reinstalling Windows on my computer, the keys no longer work. ...
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The driver for my Visioneer One Touch 6600USB will not install

I have followed all instructions thrice carefully. When I try to install the driver, I get a message that the install failed as the driver is for the One Touch 6600 only. The scanner is not attached ...
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How can I get my video card driver to install?

I had Windows XP which installed the video drivers for my Intel (R) 865G graphics chip accelerated VGA BIOS drivers. Now however I have Windows 7 installed but it doesn't install the video card. The ...
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NVIDIA display driver is repeatedly restarting in Windows 7

In my system, a while after starting Windows 7 the display will stop working, the system hangs for a second or two and then comes back with a message: NVIDIA display driver stopped working and has ...
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Installing CUDA 4.0 over 3.2

I am currently using CUDA 3.2 and would like to try out CUDA 4.0. Do I simply install CUDA 4.0 over 3.2? Will I need to remove anything, e.g. drivers etc?
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bad monitor caused by electronic interference?

Today a user's monitor was blurry and fragmented, very similar to a TV with poor reception. The monitor would also go black for a few seconds, and then the desktop area would move half off the screen,...
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How to install wireless drivers without internet access?

I have a wireless card that needs the Broadcom B4311 Rev. 1 driver but I don't have a way to download that driver since I don't have wireless access since the driver isn't installed. I'm running ...
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Canon Bubble Jet 330 drivers for Windows 7 [closed]

Is there drivers for a Canon BJ 330 printer for Windows 7.
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Trying to run some 3D game but its giving this error even though mine are the latest drivers..whats wrong? [closed]

“Unable to run because your video card drivers did not install properly, are out of date, or are for unsupported hardware. Please make sure you have the latest video card drivers and even if you do ...
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Has anyone aware of CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7.exe

I googled for CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7 but did not find much information other than release note. Please detailed me on same. Good links also welcomed.
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Will PC printers work on my Mac if I used Parallels?

I have a Macbook Pro Snow Leopard. I want to buy a Dell Laser printer (currently looking at Dell 1320c). As far as I know, it does not have an official driver for Snow Leopard. If I bought Parallels, ...
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ASUS EAH5450 Graphics Card (ATI Radeon HD5450 - 1 GB DDR3) on Windows 2003? Anybody got it to work?

I've just bought an ASUS EAH5450 Graphics Card (ATI Radeon HD5450, 1 GB DDR3) for my main system, but I haven't been able to make it work under Windows 2003 (my OS in that system). When I plugged the ...
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Netgear WG311 v2 not identified on Windows 7

I have a Netgear WG311 v2 wireless card. It was working fine on vista. Now I have installed Windows 7 and the device is not identified. Device Manager shows it as an Ethernet card. When I update the ...
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How to install Realtek Driver RTL8187 on Ubuntu Lucid without internet

How do you install the Realtek RTL8187 WLAN driver when the Ubuntu machine has no Internet connection? I've looked this up but all of the tutorials I've found usually had an apt-get install command ...
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Ubuntu 9.10: find video card drivers for Nvidia Geforce 320M graphics card?

Can you please tell me how can I find video drivers for Nvidia Geforce 320M graphics card for Ubuntu 9.10?
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Easiest Driver Back Up solution?

I've to faced kinda of missing drivers after formatted Windows .. Especially, Graphic Drivers, Touch-pad driver, finger print driver and so forth are sensitive . They do not work without installing ...
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Acer Aspire one is falling apart on Ubuntu

Question: How do I have my netbook detect and install hardware? Info: I have an Acer Aspire One, it came with windows XP and I loaded it with Win7. I decided I wanted to change to Ubuntu so I tried ...
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Installing Video Card Driver on Ubuntu in VMware Workstation?

I'm using VMware® Workstation v7.0.1 build-227600, I've installed it on my Win7 x64 I've installed Ubuntu 9.10 on VMware Whenever I've posted lspci | grep VGA in Ubuntu's Terminal the following info ...
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how to get the .inf and driver file from a system

How do I get the driver and setup info for HTC Fuze/Tilt from a Windows XP machine so I can install it on another XP machine? The HTC support site doesn't work.
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Serial port game controller (racing pedals) [closed]

I have an old madCatz racing wheel for the playstation 2. The gas and brake pedals are connected to the wheel by a serial port. I just bought a usb racing wheel for the PC but it lacks pedals so I ...
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USB-to-Parallel adapter rated as USB 1.1 - will its driver lower speed of USB 2.0 bus?

I need to connect a printer with a parallel port to a computer with only a USB 2.0 bus. I'd like to do so without lowering the USB 2.0 bus speed to USB 1.1. All the USB-to-Parallel adapter cable ...
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How to install Konica Minolta PagePro 1300W to Windows 7 64-bit?

I recently switched to Windows 7 (Home Pro, 64-bit) to discover that my Konica Minolta PagePro 1300W printer no longer works. When connected, Win7 prompts that it can not install a driver for the ...
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HP OfficeJet driver for Windows 7

I'm trying to get a printer setup on a Windows 7 laptop. The printer is a network printer being shared from our desktop that is next to it. Under Add Printer in Win7, I can see the network printer (\\...
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Where can I get Windows 7 drivers for a Dell XPS 1730?

I can only find Vista drivers on the official Dell site. I have managed to download the video driver directly from the manufacturer but I still need: Base System Driver: Intel Core Duo T9300 (This ...
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HP Deskjet D1430 "Access Denied" During Install

I put a clean copy of Windows XP Pro on a Dell computer. After updating everything, and download the latest driver install program from HP, I eagerly install the printer. Everything is fine and all, ...
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Installing graphics driver in Ubuntu

Specs: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 1987 MHz / 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR RAM / 128MB GeForce 6200 AGP / WD 160GB IDE HDD / FIC AM37 / DB: XP Pro SP3 & Ubuntu 9.10 Hi all, I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 (...
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USB joystick with Linux only works when I disconnected and reconnected its

HI! I have a problem that it can easy, but I didn't find a solution yet. When I turn on my computer using a Debian or Ubuntu and tried to use the joystick the commands of joystick doesn't pass to SO....
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Base system driver error - HP Pavilion Entertainment PC dv9323cl

I upgraded to Windows 7 and have a problem with my Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 not displaying properly. Also the Base System Drivers have yellow flags near them and it states that The drivers for this ...
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What to do when Win 7 x64 installer doesn't recognize HD

A friend of mine is having a huge problem with his new PC. He wants to install Windows 7 x64 but the installer doesn't find his Hard Discs. The discs are connected via SATA on a Asus P6T SE ...
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Thinkpad Bluetooth turns itself on upon restart/hibernate

I have a T400 with Windows 7 64bit. About 3 weeks ago, the Lenovo update pushed a Bluetooth update that added a 2.1 driver and device experience. Since then, my bluetooth turns itself on whenever the ...
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