I have tried to play a music cd, but there is no sound from neither my internal speakers nor my external stereo speakers. Have checked drivers but all are properly installed and I get a message that my device is working properly. When I try to play a music cd, I get a message with a red cross which reads: "Windows cannot acces the specified device. You might not have the appropriate...

Awesome os but damn i tried to upgrde some hardware *graphics card, motherboard, processor* and after 3 days and 8 or more hours on the phone with tech support staff i am switching to linux. It is a joke. When i bought Vista i didnt know i was agreeing not to upgrade my hardware. It is the most frustrating thing when you just spent thousands on a computer and hours putting it all together...

Version 1.67 http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High%20Definition%20Audio%20Codecs

I have a philips external HD conect to my PC (FireWire)... when I change disk- folder- settings after a will the directory table seems corrupt. I thinks it has someting to do with Vista, under XP everything works normal and there is no problem at all. (Sorry for my bad English, my native language is Dutch) -- Gr, Fred

This might seem like a really odd problem but has anyone had issues with windows shutting down when you plugin something to the USB ports?. I'm open to all suggestions.

I've been using a Cables-to-Go 7-port hi-speed USB 2.0 hub quite happily for over a year now. The other day I took it out of one of my 2 front desktop USB ports and put it in a rear port because I wanted to have the front ports clear for my Bluetooth dongle and a new 8gb U3 flash drive I have ordered. Devices were redetected and installed OK but then the boot process between my 3 systems...

Hi, I have a VAIO laptop which has 2 sound devices shown: 1. Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel HD Audio CODEC) 2. Digital Output Device S/PDIF (SigmaTel HD Audio CODEC) This is pretty simple - when the laptop is undocked I want it to use its spakers (1). When it is docked I want it to use the docking station's S/PDIF (2). Yet at the moment I have to manually go into Control Panel Sound,...

I've just got my new computer 2 weeks ago which runs on vista home premium. it was all looking good until recently when the icons started to change. for example, in the start menu, when i clicked the firefox browser icon, msn messenger pops up instead. the description for the application is correct, just the icon that has changed. Is there any ways to edit this?

I have both of the aforementioned printers. According to HPs website, the 385 drivers are supposed to be included in Windows. However, during the device installation, I get the following error: Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it: Unable to find a core driver package that is required by the printern driver package. I get...

Windows XP would ask if I wanted to have it install automatically and would let me select "Have disk..." during installation, but Vista just installs automatically. Is there option somewhere I can set so that I can make Vista ask me if I want to use a specific driver before it automatically installs drivers for a device? Thanks.

I have downloaded the generic driver from HP and can print everything except items from web pages. I have to copy into Word and print from there (which works fine but is a pain). I can also copy to PDF files and print OK from there.

I solved the driver installtion problem as follow. 1) The Kaparsky anti-virus removed a necessary file in the system although it admitted afterward it is not infected. It was windows\syswow64\setup.exe. 2) I installed several drivers with manager privilege, the last one is the one from Intel but I think it uses a component not supplied in the recent driver 6.10.0.5405. (my board is Intel...

Since upgrading to vista, I am being told that my 'Hardware Accelaration has been disabled'. I have Direct X installed - how can I re-enable it?

did a clean install of MS Vista Ultimate (previously I ran Windows XP without problems). After installation my wireless network card is not recognized. Can somebody please give some advice how to deal with this problem. Thanks !!

Hi people, I've installed Logitech SetPoint 3.30 (3.30.165 drivers) for my MX 3200 cordless keyboard/mice and my computer does not enter into sleep nor hibernation anymore. I've tried lots of plan settings with no success. Computer has video, Windows, motherboard bios and other drivers updated as far as I know. The other important thing is : this also happened with other sofware like Palm...

If I have upgraded the processor in Windows Vista. Where can we check the upgraded processor info.

Hi I recently purchased a low end base PC - AcerT180, AMD 64x2 3800+, 1Gb PC2-5300 633Mhz RAM, GeForceGo6100 256mb shared, 160Gb HDD, DVD-RW DL., currently using an old Packard Bell 19"CRT monitor, and bought a new Logitech media keybaord elite. Vista Home Premium 32bit OEM came pre-installed, I have made DVD backups immediately upon 1st logon. I have ordered and waiting to install the...

I have a Lenovo laptop with Vista Home Premium. Has anyone gotten the message "b_r funcs stopped working and was closed"? This occurs on the boot, and also prevents me from backing up the hard drive. Any suggestions?

I just purchased an e-machines T5224 desktop pc ( its about two months old) and i currently have windows vista home premium. I contacted emachines and told them that any dvd or cd that i have purchased not burned work perfectly but everytime i put in an cd-r the drive does not recognize that there is a cd in the drive and i have done a full factory recovery and still nothing. If you have any...

Has anyone figured out how to install a working version of the Epson 1394.3 device driver under Vista? Epson has chosen not to include firewire support in their Vista driver. Jerks. I have tried to install it by download the drivers for one of their other printers that do support firewire but it fails to install the drivers. I want to be able to connect to it using firewire from my computer...