How can I safely remove a single removable drive from Vista? In Windows 2000, I clicked the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray and selected the drive I wanted to remove. In Vista, all removable drives are listed against the USB host controller: Safely remove Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller - Drives(A:, F:, G:, H:, I:, J:,K:) How can I remove just one drive...

Ati 9550 256mb agp 8x after logging in the monitor turns black for 2 second everytime. I notice this After installing Ati Catalyst 7.3. Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

For some strange reason I've been unable to access My NAS drive since I swapped my XP laptop for a Vista Business one. If I try to access any files on the NAS then the Windows Explorer (or file selector dialog) just hangs with a 'Not responding' error message. I have fiddled with the NTLM settings in the group policy editor to use older versions of NTLM and this has allowed me to progress...

Has anybody seen such driver yet and would giude me? I am in bad need of such. Thanks! Cheers

Hello, I have many expriences of installing and running Vista before, but ths case is the first situato I have ever met. Prblem is ; When I connect devices that are very-normal-and-commn like USB external drives Vista cannot find drivers files. But, if I tell Vista to find driver files in 'C:\Windows (include subdirectories)' Vista can find the driver

I bought an Acer laptop with Windows Vista Premium preloaded on it, but after a couple weeks it started having a lot of problems. So I did a complete reformat and reinstall, everything works now but the drivers for all my USB devices. Devices like Logitech USB headphone, mini optical mouse, and all my other USB devices no longer work. I also can’t find drivers for these devices because...

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After installing updates KB931174 KB905866 and KB931621 and restarting my PC, my network connection stopped working. Vista (Enterprise) reported that the problem was caused by a hardware fault. I uninstalled all 3 updates one at a time in the order listed previously and rebooted after each was uninstalled, but the network connection issue was only fixed after a 4th reboot. The NIC is on...

I have a laptop with Intel 82852/82855 embedded video. Any Vista driver options other than generic VGA?

I have the following hardwa motherboard Abit AB9 Pro 4 x 1Gb DDR2 PC-6400, 800MHz KINGMAX RAM (two RAM modules are of model: KLDD48F-A8KB5, and two: KLDD48F-A8KI5) Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @2.40GHz CPU Motherboard correctly recognize all 4Gb of RAM (Info at the boot), but when I open basic information about my computer in Vista Ultimate (32 bit) it shows that I have 3070Mb of RAM.

I have two networks; home & work. Both networks have printers I can see each printer, but when I attempt to print, I get an error message. Please help.

My Winodws Media Centre give me the "Blue Screen of Death - BSoD" when starting in full screen mode. How can I change the programme proterties so that it starts but not in a FULL SCREEN mode. I have triend looking through the REGEDIT but cannot find where I change this option? Can anybody help?

I am currently considering purchasing a new laptop and I'm going through the details to make sure it will be fully capable of handling all that Vista can throw at it. To maximize versatility I want to get a small laptop and use a docking station and larger monitor, etc. when at the desk. Getting to the point, when I looked at the FAQs for the new Belkin high speed docking station (F5U273)...

I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

Ok, I've been trying to work through this problem now for over 2 weeks and I've gotten nowhere so I thought I'd make a post here and see if anyone else has some ideas I could try. Since upgrading to Vista I have been unable to sync my 8000+ songs in itunes to my ipod. It will start to transfer and get stuck usually after about 20-150 songs. iTunes locks up when this happens and the only way to...

I installed a USB driver for a Sony memory stick drive (MSAC-US1). Vista initially couldn't install it and suggested installing it under recommended settings. That seemed to work, but the is not recognized, and basically the hardware installation failed. However, the Sony USB driver is displayed in "Control Panel | Programs and Features". When I try to unistall it, and InstallShield wizard...

Does anyone know where I can find the Beta driver for the Vista Beta, that would run the Intel 910/915 Chipset? There was one but now its gone. Intel is saying that graphics card can not run the WDDM needed to run Aero desktop, which is a bunch of crap because it ran fine in the Beta version on the beta driver. This laptop is only 6 months old and Im damn sure not buying another after...

Just a few notes before I launch into my problem: I am running Windows Vista Home Edition My laptop is a Compaq Presario V6000 I am using the WLAN Broadcom 802.11b/g card I seem to have issues with my wireless. I seem to be able to connect fine to other networks such as my college network and library, but have been unable to connect to my home wireless network. I have the SSID and Password...

Hello everybody, I have an issue. I have samsung q30 laptop with SD card. Vista installed just fine and everything works, but I wanted to have my 2Gb SD car to have ReadyBoost, so I got it into my slot, it installed itself, and the computer sees the card and can read/write but I do not get message to make it readyboost. I guess it concerns an error that I get in Device manager It Says:

I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 6400 with windows vista already installed. ever since the very first time i tried to turn it on the power button refuses to work correctly. when the computer is turned off completely and i attempt to turn it on by pressing the power button, the computer does nothing. no lights turn on, the screen does nothing. however, if i then press the Dell...