I had a HP 1215 photosmart printer that would be autodetected, but wouldn't install because HP doesn't have a driver for it that will work for Vista. I got tired of being alerted to this and chose the option to turn off auto-detect for that device in one of the alert boxes, so I could look for a way to get the printer installed (I later found out that I had to lie to Vista and tell it I had...

I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4254 notebook and I get a Code 10 device cannot start in Vista. It has the drivers installed but will not allow networking. Any help will be appreciated.

I have been using my SD card reader, which is built into my computer, since I purchased it in January. Today, I insert my card, and it doesn't even recognize that it's there. The light comes on as if it is recognizing it, but it does not auto play and under My Computer, it still shows the SD drive, but does not show anything as being read. It has worked perfectly up until today. I've...

I have a sony cam recorder dcr-hc17e. windows vista don't recognized the recorder. i looked everyware for a driver. sony, microsoft etc couldn't help. is there anybody with a solution. thanks cor

Hi all, I have an external 2TB raid array (Lacie Two Big). It works fine under XP. On Vista I am getting all kinds of errors. From IO errors to access denied errors. This is when I attach it as an eSATA device through a SATA port that I have brought to the outside with a bracket. The XP machine works the same way, exact same machine. if I connect this drive under Vista as a USB drive (its...

sapphire radeon x1050 refuses to install. It says de driver is installed but i receive a warning that de driver is not or not correct installed. even the latest driver version 7-9_vista32_dd_52447.exe will not work. I'am working on a motherboard a7n8x-x. I have a dualboot and the grafics card works fine under windows xp. -- cor maus Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

So, I plug my pocket pc in. Vista recognizes it as being called "pocketpc". When i go into the sync center, i try to set up a new partnership. there are no other currently set up. It sees it as "coda" which is the name I gave it when it sync'd with Vista RC1. Now, though, it only will offer it to be sync'd as a media device, not as a pocket pc. i've restarted, plugged and unplugged, I...

Hey All, I have a alienware computer and i have just got vista. I use MM fairly often and when i go to import any video footage no matter the file type the window saying windows movie maker has stopped working appears.Iv tried all i know. Please help! -Corey

I built a new PC with Vista on it. I took out my SATA Secondary XP hard drive and pluged it into my Vista pc. Within Windows Explorer, I don't see the hard drive. Within Computer Management, I can see the hard drive but shows now information and says its a Dyamice drive instead of Basic. All I have on the drive is data, like picutes, music, docs, and email. What do I need to do to retrieved...

I recently upraded to windows vista. i used the clean installation. now i have no audio devices installed to my computer. How do i get one?

I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my machine and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet they are both listed in device manager as working properly. Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be installed and working. I've even...

I am currently using firefox to open a bin file but would like to change the default program back to using an unknown application.How do I do that?

Fresh Vista Premium install. Brand new components. WMP 11 throws this error"....digital copy protection......" when I try to play a DVD. Based on the rest of the message, I updated the DVD's firmware and the video cards drivers. DVD plays in other computers (XP/WMP 11) and my TV's BOSE player, so it's Vista's fault. Will this be fixed? In another post I found this link:...

Fresh install on Vista Premium. Loaded fine. Original monitor was an Acer analog lcd. A week after install, I replaced this with a Viewsonic digital lcd. Vista would not boot. Showed a "Choose..." window - Safe Mode, Last Known Good, etc. Absolutely would not boot. Swapped out the Viewsonic for the Acer and booted up as if nothing ever happened. How do I get this O/S to accept...

Hello.. I can't find the drivers for my MB on-board devices.. i think is C-Media CMI9880 and Marvell WiFi Driver Where i can find the help?

under device manager the camera is detected as a portable device (Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL) as a result my EOS utility software from canon does not detect the camera. the camera is listed under Imaging devices on windows XP, and the EOS utility is working correctly. Im using the standard Generic driver provided by microsoft, is there a way to change the display name from portable device to...

when i first got my computer i had sidebar that let me browse through lots of gadgets and things, then i went to windows & downloaded a xm radio gadget and it completely changed my sidebar. i want the default sidebar back, those gadgets were better! i can not find out how to delete the xm radio i installed. i can remove it & thats it. ive looked everywhere... someone help! do i have to...

I am looking for information on making a USB 160gig hard drive bootable. I support "road warriors" aka sales personal. I want to take a image or mirror of their working laptop hard drive and copy it to a usb hard drive. so that if their main hard drive dies while they are on the road, they can still be productive while i am overnighting them a new imaged replacement hard drive. The usb hard...

i am getting this earror message: 0xD1_MRVW147!. It causes my computer to shut down or give me a blue screen. Any ideas? please help

I have 2 computers, both with MSI Motherboards. On both of them I cannot get the front USB ports to work in Vista....I have talked to MSI and they are saying they should just work...But I have tried connecting the case and a internal card reader but it doens;t work. Any ideas