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How to change from 802.11n to older 802.11g using the Windows 7 registry
I think all the wireless cards have more or less the same options. My particular wireless card is: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe.
I think my connection will be more stable changing the ...
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Registry key setting to enable windows to download driver from windows update
I have to issue an update to software enable the setting shown in the picture below.
I have systems that are set to "Never install driver software from Windows Update". I was wondering if there is ...
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Recovering Windows and/or system restore after faulty driver install
I installed HP's sound driver yesterday and it BSOD-ed my windows and crashed it. System repair didn't help. System restore is corrupted, and startup recovery just says patch is preventing windows ...
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why would my device manager be empty?
I have tried several apps trying to clean up my registry hoping that that would straighten out my driver issues and none of them helped. I was also hoping that would help me diagnose my lack of info ...
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Is it possible to force a driver to load in safe mode in windows?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot
is the Registry key for safe mode related settings. So I was thinking if it's possible to modify this registry key to force a driver ...
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What do LowerFilters and UpperFilters CD/DVD driver registry settings do?
I am having trouble with a NEC ND-6650A DVD/CD drive not being recognized on Windows XP. The Device Manager gives me:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be ...
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Bypassing “Found New Hardware Wizard” / Setting Windows to Install Drivers Automatically
My motherboard finally died after the better part of a decade, so I bought a used system. I put my old hard-drive and sound-card in the new system, and connected my old keyboard and mouse (the rest of ...
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Block writing in sections of registry run, services, drivers
I'm looking for a program block (ask me for permission) writing in sections of registry Run (RunOnce), Services, Drivers. Before I used Ad-Aware 1.06, but now it's out of date. New versions Ad-Aware ...
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Is it possible to disable ACPI Suspend in Windows XP?
Is it possible to disable ACPI Suspend in Windows XP?
I don't mean the "Control Panel, Power Settings,..., choose never to sleep, actions on button, choose 'ask me', actions on close lid, choose 'no ...
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How can we control the device driver load order in Windows XP? [closed]
We are trying to install both an HP scanner and a Kodak scanner on an XP machine and the problem is that HP's scanner driver always places itself into the first and default scanner device position. We ...
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System Maintenance Tool?
Is there a tool you guys would recommend I install on a new 64-bit win7 system that would allow me to keep my registry clean, keep my drivers up-to-date etc?
