My DVD drive in my laptop has disappeared again Last time i removed the upperFilters and lowerFilters as described he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/320553/ This time the drive doesn't even show up in the device manager. The drive has power and can accept dvds and eject them. What shal I do

I know there are threads around on this and similar topics, but they don't help me and I should like to at least identify where a solution should be coming from. I have an external disk housing (Canyon) that connects an IDE disk to a USB port. As soon as I switch the thing on, the system crashes with a blue screen within a couple of seconds. Connected internally to the IDE interface the disk...

Motorola USB dongle detected and shows in computer devices but no icon in control panel to search for bt devices? Trevor

In the past I have had no problem capturing HDV video from my Canon HV20 video camera via Firewire using Vista Ultimate. The quality has always been excellent. I just tried capturing some video and the video is coming in much darker than the video that is displayed on the camera. I can play previously captured video and is looks fine on my monitor so it is not a video setting problem. I have...

Hello every body, i cant find UpperFilters or LowerFilters in the list of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} this is the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 I have Windows Vista Ultimate...

okay here's the thing -- i have a compaq presario f500 (f572 to be exact) running on vista with the latest updates, amd anthalon x2, 2 GB memory. simple little machine i know, but it gets the job done for work. the problem is that i need it to burn cd's and dvd's. it used to work just fine and now it doesnt. when i bring up my computer the drive is showing.

bought a new laptop and it came along with 1X2G of ram from the manufacturer-upgraded it to 2X2G at the store.my system report and bios shows me the correct number,though dxdiag only 3G.the question is-which report should i trust??:sarc: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: dxdiag.jpg | |Download:...

Hi -- I'm trying to install a QMS 2060 printer as a network printer. The printer is of pre-plug & play vintage. Prior to acquiring this computer, the printer was connected via parallel port but the new computer doesn't have a parallel port connection. I have current Vista-compatible drivers installed and the printer is connected to the switch. Another printer does print correctly using...

In trying to set up Skype with a friend using a Mac Book, I am having problems with getting my voice(or sound) to transmit to him unless I use a plug in microphone. He says my computer should have a built-in microphone. I have Toshiba Satellite. I can't determine how to verify there is no built in device. Speakers are great. Any suggestions? thanks

Hello, Does anybody know of any tools (available for Vista x64) that can test the stability of a hard drive or drive controller? I'm trying to determine the cause of some blue screens, and I've already run dozens of memory tests, Prime95, rthdribl, FurMark, etc., so I don't think it's the memory or CPU or video, or the sound (tried switching that). And I've noticed that just before the blue...

I got the following error while trying to install my usb dell optical mouse "Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it USB Browser Mouse An error occurred during the installation of the device The driver installation file for this device is missing a necessary entry.

Help! Trying to shrink or partition hard drive on Vista HP to load XP to run some programs. Computer only 2 mos. old has 500 gig hard drive but will only allow me 10 gig partition. Message says "Size of available shrink space can be restricted if snapshots or page files are enabled on the volume" Been on chat with hp all morning no help. Tried defragmenting, chkdsk, etc still limited to 10...

Good Morning! I have a IDE hard drive with Win XP on my old computer and would like to transfer all files and programs to a spare hard drive in my new computer. The idea is to be able to boot the old hard drive in the new computer. The new computer has Vista 32 ultimate with 4 sata hard drives. At this time only one hard drive is connected. How do I link and preform this task?

Hi I have Vista Ultimate. How do I test the speed of a USB connection to see if it is working okay. I have Hard Drive connected to a USB port. thanks

In the last couple of months, I've started encountering an error - the laptop LCD screen is blank upon recovery from Sleep Mode or upon boot. After rebooting or closing/reopening the lid (or sometimes just waiting a few minutes does the trick), it starts working and after that works consistently, it's just the initial "warm up" period from off or sleep state. Any ideas on how to fix it or...

I previously was using an Optical Desktop Pro and experienced the same problems I'm having now with a new Laser Desktop 6000 and that is that the mouse becomes slow and unresponsive require several forceful taps to get it to work and some keystrokes have to be repeated. I'm using Vista Home Premium and my pc is only a few months old. Since I was having the same problem with the other set, it...

I have been running my vista system with no problem for 6 months and then I 2 days ago, the DVD was not there. During boot, it finds the drive, will boot off the DVD but once Vista is running, there is no DVD. Checking the device manager, under DVD, there is an error: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39) Click 'Check for...

Subject: Problem Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 8000 - Bluetooth Message: When the mouse is put on the charge pad its green light pulses 8 times slowly. Then a red light flashes continuously and rapidly. The mouse's NIMH battery does not charge except for a few minutes of use. Even when the mouse is left on the pad overnight. The obvious deduction, the mouse is only charging during slow...

Basically my DVD/CD drive will not boot. It says the drivers and are installed and the actual drive is working fine(checked by repairman) So I go into Device Manager and under DVD/CD-ROM drives it has.. FT6053C JRI645X SCSI CdRom Device PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17 ATA Device and each has a little yellow exclamation mark infront, when clicked on it comes up saying.."Windows cannot load the device...

Where can I find a list of video cards that not only supports vista, but will support windows 7 as well?