Hi I have Vista Ultimate. How do I test the speed of a USB connection to see if it is working okay. I have Hard Drive connected to a USB port. thanks

Good Morning! I have a IDE hard drive with Win XP on my old computer and would like to transfer all files and programs to a spare hard drive in my new computer. The idea is to be able to boot the old hard drive in the new computer. The new computer has Vista 32 ultimate with 4 sata hard drives. At this time only one hard drive is connected. How do I link and preform this task?

Help! Trying to shrink or partition hard drive on Vista HP to load XP to run some programs. Computer only 2 mos. old has 500 gig hard drive but will only allow me 10 gig partition. Message says "Size of available shrink space can be restricted if snapshots or page files are enabled on the volume" Been on chat with hp all morning no help. Tried defragmenting, chkdsk, etc still limited to 10...

In trying to set up Skype with a friend using a Mac Book, I am having problems with getting my voice(or sound) to transmit to him unless I use a plug in microphone. He says my computer should have a built-in microphone. I have Toshiba Satellite. I can't determine how to verify there is no built in device. Speakers are great. Any suggestions? thanks

Hi -- I'm trying to install a QMS 2060 printer as a network printer. The printer is of pre-plug & play vintage. Prior to acquiring this computer, the printer was connected via parallel port but the new computer doesn't have a parallel port connection. I have current Vista-compatible drivers installed and the printer is connected to the switch. Another printer does print correctly using...

bought a new laptop and it came along with 1X2G of ram from the manufacturer-upgraded it to 2X2G at the store.my system report and bios shows me the correct number,though dxdiag only 3G.the question is-which report should i trust??:sarc: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: dxdiag.jpg | |Download:...

okay here's the thing -- i have a compaq presario f500 (f572 to be exact) running on vista with the latest updates, amd anthalon x2, 2 GB memory. simple little machine i know, but it gets the job done for work. the problem is that i need it to burn cd's and dvd's. it used to work just fine and now it doesnt. when i bring up my computer the drive is showing.

Hello every body, i cant find UpperFilters or LowerFilters in the list of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} this is the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 I have Windows Vista Ultimate...

Motorola USB dongle detected and shows in computer devices but no icon in control panel to search for bt devices? Trevor

I have a Vista home premium x64 desktop system. After extended period of time, it seems my connection to the Canon Multi Function goes to sleep. I checked the USB connection under the device manager and sleep mode is not enabled. If I unplug the connection, wait a few seconds and reconnect, it works. The Canon Multi Function driver is for Vista x64. Also, when I attempt to print, it...

I know there are threads around on this and similar topics, but they don't help me and I should like to at least identify where a solution should be coming from. I have an external disk housing (Canyon) that connects an IDE disk to a USB port. As soon as I switch the thing on, the system crashes with a blue screen within a couple of seconds. Connected internally to the IDE interface the disk...

I am having a recurrent problem with my CD/DVDW drive. I have a TSST corp Model TS L632D ATA Device. The local compter store removed the filters for me before and it fixed this problem for a month. I don't remember how they were removed. I also tried uninstalling the drive. On reboot it always come back with an error code of 039. I also tried looking on the web for the drivers so I could download...

Hello, Does anybody know of any tools (available for Vista x64) that can test the stability of a hard drive or drive controller? I'm trying to determine the cause of some blue screens, and I've already run dozens of memory tests, Prime95, rthdribl, FurMark, etc., so I don't think it's the memory or CPU or video, or the sound (tried switching that). And I've noticed that just before the blue...

I purchased the above external drive so it would be easier to make copies of dvd's. My HP notebook PC has not worked properly since I tried to install the software that came with the external dvd recorder-Nero. When I put the software disk into the PC's drive it was not even recognized. Now I get a constant message that windows is looking to install the driver for new hardware-the...

A weather device needs com port 3, which used to exist but now does not. There is no listing in Device Manager for port settings. I am running Vista Ultimate 32 with NIS2009. Can anyone please tell me how to find port settings to fix this problem? Thank you.

Hi I am an amateur photographer and I having a problem transferring photos (mostly jpegs) from my computer (and from my external hard drive) to flash drives The problem is, when I copy photos to the flash drives about one-tenth of them become corrupted. If I copy 500 perfectly fine photos, fifty will be corrupted. The corruption can be anything from a line of misplaced pixels, to a top...

Windows update has installed this 8 times so far. Every time I want to shut down my machine, I get prompted to install. Under "View Update History" this patch is installed successfully 8 times. If I right click on the update in HIDE it, it still comes back. -- Thanks

I recently purchased a Western Digital MyBook World Edition 500MB Network Hard Drive. Works great, can see it on the network, can copy, retrieve, backup, all that good stuff. But how can I get Sync Center to recognize it?

hello! does anyone have an idea how to solve the "disappearing DVD" problem on Vista? The only solution I know is putting computer to sleep and then waking it up, but that's just silly, there's gotta be some hotfix or something. -- IvanI

Hi I am runnig Windows Vista Enterprise and I have an intellimouse optical. I have the two side buttons set up as cut and paste. When I run an application as administrator, the side buttons do not seem to do anything. What do I need to do to set the button actions for admin? Glenn