Has anyone had an error code 0x8007001F ("Device attached to the system is not functioning") while trying to perform a complete PC backup with Windows Vista. My Device Manager (expanded to show hidden devices) and a "system diagnostic report" generated by Vista show no malfunctions yet the backup program persists in reporting the error! Any suggestions? -- Quizical

I am getting in event viewer on my dell dimension E521 after upgrading from xp media center with Dell upgrade to Vista Home Premium these errors over and over again. Can you please give me advise on how to fix this please? IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 4, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance. IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not...

I have an Advent 7201 I lost the Optiarc drive I fixed this but any music or video is played at a very high pitch and is very squeaky any ideas ? Thanks -- Shaz

Hi all, I am trying to install an internal pci modem in my Vista 64 Basic machine. The modem is a Trendnet TFM-PCIV92A and the cdrom that came in the box does not show the 64 bit drivers when I start it up. I contacted tech support and they emailed me the "correct" drivers which do not install. I also went to their web site before contacting tech support and downloaded what was supposed to

From the beginning on the video driver on my X61T with Vista X64 crashed and recovered every couple of minutes. The newest driver coming through Windows update "Intel mobile 965... 27.11.2007" does crash too. Installing a driver from Intel (not Lenovo!) solved this for...

I have a 6 month old HP Pavilion dv2310 notebook running Vista Home Premium. My problem started when I hooked up my iPod for the first time. After syncing with iTunes I noticed that my CD/DVD drive would no longer work. Sure enough, the iPod had taken the E: drive designation which had been used by my CD/DVD. So, I used disc management to assign another drive letter to the iPod and...

I am wondering if the Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Recevier for Windows is compatible with Windows Vista 64-bit. If anyone knows I would appreciate your answer, thank you

Hi, My HDD was formated for ~ 200 times in 4-5 months. Can happen with it something bad? How many times a hdd can be formated? How can I verify in vista if i have bad sectors or not? Thanks. ps: sorry for my bad english

PC effectively dies with Trusted Installer taking 100% of CPU. It doesn't appear to do anything useful, only act like a virus. What's it doing? How do I get rid of it?

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 have searched the forums through and through, i have removed filters from the registry, rebooted, deleted the driver from device manager and let the system reinstall. When I put a disc in my drive, autoplay does not start or anything. I have checked the autoplay settings and they all seem to be correct. I can put a music CD in and go to Media Player and play the CD. but when I go to my...

Hi, When I insert a new device (a flash drive, SD card, CD/DVD, etc.), Windows detects and installs the device, but doesn't display any AutoPlay window. I've checked the AutoPlay settings in the Control Panel, but AutoPlay is enabled and everything is set to the default. I tried setting a couple to specific actions, but still, nothing happened when I inserted the device. Any ideas? --...

I've got the correct progs, as well as a professional mic. I want to mic my guitar and record onto my pc. However...... Vista says my microphone is not supported?? It's a Peavey Vi2. fella at the P.C shop here in town says my mic should work, my soundcard will provide pre-amp if needed... BUT, I need a codec or something that will allow my pc to see my mic as a midi Input?? (I'm kinda PC...

I have just installed Windows Vista, I dont have broadband in my laptop i connect it through Dial up with the help of an USB modem. Im facing a problem for the second time, Its a newly installed operating system, the internet has been connecting very well for the first 2 days after installing the operating system, Then when i connect it again with the usb it says , USB not recognized and it has...

I posted this question a while ago, but didnt get any response. here it is again ( I am kinda desperate now), before I take my copmuter to service, Id like to know if someone had a similar problem . Or a solution. Recently I installed Logitech caemra on my computer.After connecting it I lost audio . No sound in my speakers, not even in headphones. I uninstalled my camera, but it didnt help...

Old machine with XP Pro installed, with two IDE hard drives, both set up with NTFS file system, and they worked fine in XP. New machine does not have any IDE ports only SATA, and to use one of old IDE hard drives I bought a caddie with USB connection. Put IDE hard drive in caddie, Vista said device manager installed, but in "my computer" the drive is not there. In device manager the...

I can't get my monitors to 'mirror', I have tried every setting there and they aren't one. It's a desktop so it don't have the mobile pc deal to change it. It only has the display properties and both monitors showing. It once had a NVIDIA button on that page I could goto and change this setting. Once updating the software it isn't there. Any ideas? Thanks ahead.

Hi All, I installed PCIe board that has 2 internal and 2 External SATA ports from PNY found at: http://www2.pny.com/PCIe-SATA-II-RAID-2-Channel-P2554C328.aspx, and also has this 750GB portable Hard Disk found at: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/external/freeagent_pro_data_movers/ I tried 2 different eSata cables and the hard disk is not powered up. Also I connected using the...

Vista reports in the System Event Log EventID 20001 with the content "Driver Management concluded the process to install driver NULL Driver for Device Instance ID USB\VID_0FCA&PID_0001\5&6B8F2A6&1 with the following status: 3758096899" What Vista did was re-associate ALL of my external USB storage devices with the NULL Driver making it impossible for me to use my external USB connected...

Since I have upgraded the PC to Vista, I cannot use anymore WinTV-HVR-1300 (PCI) (Same issue with PCTV Dual hybrid - PCI-Express). Vista simply hangs while booting, the last driver loaded is crcdisck.sys. If I remove the WinTV card Vista works perfectly. With WinXP all was working fine. I tried to remove all the cards from the PC... the issue happens when I insert the WinTV or the PCTV...