Hello all. I am trying to control graphics hardware acceleration programmatically. My question is: How can I find the GUID of the active display device? What I already found out: The registry key for controlling this hardware acceleration is HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\\0000\Acceleration.Level

WD is telling that even the PCB's on two HD's right next to each other are not the same PCB's no uniformity. Can I even believe this stuff? lol I would like to replace the PCB and motor if I can. Thanks all, D.H.

Same Problem tried ATI Web Site they tell me to start taking my computer apart. Checking memory cooling of my cpu ETC. I think they have a problem!! Jimmi -- jamesr4199

Please help me - both my CD rom and CD write stopped working. When I asked for advice from HP, I received the wrong instructions from someone who was probably an amateur who instructed me to uninstall both drives in Device Manager resulting in disappeaance of both my drives from the Device Manager and I have no idea how to find them so that I can reinstall them and hope that they will...

I have spent the past couple of days searching forums yet cant find a specific reply to my problem, please help. I have just built myself a new pc, my old pc in the same room was on XP and connected to the internet using a USB jack supplied by 2wire. It then connected wirelessly to the hub computer downstairs. This system has always worked perfectly yet now on that i am on vista i cannot...

Ok, so I've read many topics regarding disappearing DVD drive in Vista x86. Now my problem is somewhat different. The drive has disappeared and a reboot will not bring it back. Neither will scanning for a hardware change in the device manager. I've looked into the registry hack too, but both fields (upper or lower filter) are non-existent. It's not a matter of re-seating the cables either as...

When you use Device Manager to check for a new ATI driver, in this case for an x1600 Pro, Windows Update reports the latest version is installed version 8.391.0.0 dated 6/26/2007. But according to ATI's Web site, the latest version is 8.9. Why doesn't ATI push the latest driver to Windows Update -- so it would be easy for everyone to make sure they have the latest driver -- and to easily...

After having to System Restore 3 times I figured out that somewhere in the 31 Vista Updates an action is deleting my Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter. It just disappears from the Device Manager listing. Any ideas?? thanks! -- rally2613

I have read other posts on this subject, but cannot try to apply the suggested solutions. I have neither a mouse nor a keyboard working. When I try to get into Safe Mode, the desktop comes up, but I cannot interact wthout a mouse/keyboard. I booted to the Vista DVD, and restored to earlier times - twice - and the problem persists. The mouse and keyboard work when I boot from the Vista...

Hello... Seagate USB external drive ST3400601U2 doesn't show up anywhere in Disk Management, Device Manager or in Explorer of the Sony VGN-CR363 Laptop with pre-installed Windows Vista Home Premium. Can anyone please help? Thanks a lot

I am totally new user of vista and I have a Lenovo T400. I did nothing but plug in a usb, install a McAfee version 8.5 and hibernate, and then error occurs, it says: "Windows failed to start. An recent hardware or hard software change might be the cause. ... ... File \Boot\BCD status: 0xc000014c

yes i have tried going to my computer and opening it that way and yes i have used the pinhole underneath the opening...but it opens about a centimeter and just stops....how can i open it without taking it into a shop or send it away....???????????:(:( -- torn_apart Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Hi, I have a 2.5" 10G Fujitsu hard drive with USB enclosure. The problem starts after I was trying to copy files over & suddenly it lost connection. The progress stop responding. I restart the computer & replug the enclosure but it no longer showing up on Explorer. I went to Disk Management and couldn't see it as well. Remove it & plug it in another computer that's running Window XP. ...

OK, this is a recurring problem, and it's been driving me nuts for quite a while. I'll be using my LifeCam VX-6000 to chat with someone, and the thing will just disconnect. The green light turns off, and the hardware disconnect sound happens. It will not work again until I physically unplug it from the USB 2 port and plug it back in. This mostly tends to occur when there's a lot of motion in...

Epson does not have a driver for the Prefection 1200U scanner. Since I have been using one with XP, what are my options in Vista? Thankis, W. Wolfe

Just installed Vista Home Premium on a 2.7 GHz with 1 GB of ram and all is well except the audio will stop responding. When running Winamp especially the sound will just stop and then all of a sudden Winamp will not play audio files at all either. I have found that by restarting the "Windows Audio Endpoint Builder" from within the services of Computer Management audio returns and Winamp...

Hi, Anyone else have this issue? I have Vista 32bit. I have an Asus P5B motherboard. It has that all wonderful Jmicron controller (1.06.59 version). Anyhow, I cannot seem to get the eSata port on the back to recognize anything. It works, the BIOS sees the external drive plugged in, but Vista sees nothing.

Not sure if this is right discussion group but... I have an error that appears which says something like "Compressed (Zipped) Folder: please insert the last disk of the multi-volume set and click ok" - I click cancel or ok and the message keeps popping up. I was trying to sync music from my mp3 player with windows media player and I managed to freeze wmp. Ever since, i have gotten this...

I have a HP dv9420us and am running Vista Home Premium 64. Iv had a lot of problems in the past. Had to send it back for repairs 4 times. I am currently having BSOD with sleep and Media Center, HP says its my video driver (nvidia GeForce Go 6150). Iv tried upgrading the driver but after several failed attempts HP tells me to what for a custom driver for my model. I'm just looking for someone with...

Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't...