I'm still looking for a solution for my problem. I have installed a 'secondary' SATA HDD and though you can see it in the "Disk Management" window (Computer Management Console), there isn't a drive letter assigned, nor can I assign a drive letter. The 'Volume' column shows the drive (without an assigned drive letter) The 'Layout' column shows "Simple" (just like the C: drive) The 'Type' is...

Hi, I have a weird issue on VISTA RTM (Build 6000). Whenever I insert a new USB key in one of my laptop slots, I get the 'new hardware found' dialog popping up, thinking a bit, connecting to Windows Update, etc, and then asking me to insert the disk that came with the hardware. Of course I have no such disk, however, if I now choose to install the driver manually and point the dialog to...

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...

WMP 11 does not recognize mp3 players, SD-crads, UBS-drives. They do not show up in the devices screen of WMP. So it is impossible to synchronize files to them. How can I manually add devices to WMP 11? Thanks, Albert The Netherlands

iv recently put a new hard drive in my pc but windows vista wont recognise that it is there. it appears in the bios and under partitioning programs but not any were in vista. not even the disk management.

OK, I am so completely feed up with Vista and have been wanting to upgrade to Windows 7, but now my external hard drive has completely failed and was never working correctly with Vista anyway, because of the 64 bit issues so now I need to spend the money on a new external hard drive instead of upgrading to 7. So here's my issue: I understand now that the 64 bit issue was a software/driver issue...

I use a ZIP USB Drive for my music collection. When I finish hearing music, I try to remove the USB and get a message about a program still using it. I tried closing every program and even disabling my antivirus without success. It worked fine with Windows XP. Any ideas? TIA.

Hi All, I am trying to install my UPS in Vista Ultimate. It connects to the com port to monitor the power and configure shut down options. .. In XP I could configure it in Control Panel/Power options. I've searched Vista and can't find where to configure it. Any suggestions welcome.

Hi: I just recently bought a laptop (HP Pavilion dv7-1267cl), a bluetooth usb dongle and a microsoft bluetooth mouse 5000. I connected the usb dongle and the computer recognize it without any problem. What I need to do to pair the mouse with my computer? I turned on the bluetooth on my cell phone an it found the mouse. So it means that the mouse is working properly. Please help me out. ...

Hi, I have Vista 64 bits with ASUS P5K motherboard with Realtek HD Audio. I have a problem with sound, the sound has a strange noise and crashes. In addition, when I use stereo configuration, for the left speaker it sounds ok but for the right it's a lot lower and with more noise. I have checked the speakers and the cables and are ok so I don't know if it's a windows/driver problem or a...

Hi, I want to install 2 bluetooth dongle in the same machine. If I install each them alone, they works ok. But if I install both together, one works ok, but the other one no, appears that can not start with code 10. What can I do? Thanks.

could you help me because my pc did not recognize the pocket pc and i cant did anything, the new sync system is not available for my SO pocket pc 2002. how can i syncronice my device?

since BETA 2 i noticed that my Epson CX4800 All-In-One drivers interfered with my CD/DVD players. but i was able to track it down to just the photoimpress driver for the scanner. but now in Vista build 5728 the printer driver has the same effect w/o any other driver for the All-In-One installed. has anyone else experienced a similar problem? unfortunately after removing the drivers it does...

I have the same problem with my Pavilion DV1760BR. I have tried to install a sound drive from HP site and from Windows Update, there is an icon and at Control Panel the message is that the driver is OK, but I have no sound. HP Technical Suport said that it can be a phisical failure. Does anyone have a similar situation? I have also tried the Realtak driver (no sucess). The sounds works with...

People, I have a Scanjet 2400c and he install and works fine in Beta2, but in RC1 not works. I have install drivers correctly in Windows, in Device Manager, display as a functional. When i tried scan using Office Document Scaning, this program say to me "Scanner not responding...". What is happening here? Thanks and sorry my bad english....

Hi, Does anyone know if with Windows Vista and Mobile Device Center the sync will be availabe also for Windows Mail and Windows Calendar, instead of just Microsoft Outlook (calendar stuff) Thanks Alessandro

hi everybody, I've got the following problem using a usb 1gb flash device as ReadyBoost. Once I configured the pen drive for Readyboost to use all the space available i was able to use it for 30 minutes with no problem whatsoever. Later, i've disconnected the device using the safely remove option and I've tried to plug the usb device on another pc with Vista Ultimate. On the other machine the...

I have Windows Vista Ultimate, i use the XBOX 360 Wireless Receiver whit gamepad of xbox 360 (alwais worked) but when windows update have intalled this update the gamepads don't works, when i turn on the gamepad windows tell me the drivers of devices....and the gamepad don't works... i have tried to reistall the software but nothin, sorry for the english but i'm italian. Thanks

I have a geforce 7600 gt and currently running windows vista home premium. I have attempted to install the new 97.46 drivers for vista 32 bit, but when it starts the install it comes up with an error saying: "Setup detected that the operating system in use is not Windows Vista. This setup program and its associated driver are designed to run only on Windows Vista. The installation will be...

Hi, I was about to buy a new laptop with a later upgrade to Vista, when i noticed the following warning: The combination of a 15.4" WSXGA+ screen & 128MB ATI® MOBILITYT RADEON® X1300 graphic card will not be compatible with next generation Microsoft operating system Vista Home Premium and Vista Business! has anyone come across this and is there a resolution, apart from not buying the...