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CD Bootable Diagnosis Software by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
Anybody know of a good diagnosis software that is bootable from the CD drive. I've got Ultra Bootable CD but doesn't do a thorough diagnosis of motherboard and CD drive. Walt
March 15th 11 11:42 PM
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1 TB External Hard Drive Problem by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
I got a large external hard drive today and it's instructions say to go to disk management and do format and partition. I messed up and deleted the drives volume. Now it is not listed in disk management. I looked everywhere to get it back and can't figure it out. How do I make Vista recognize this drive again so I can partition and format it? -- Walt
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May 12th 09 06:44 PM
by Curious[_4_] Go to last post
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external hard drive by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
I have several external hard drives and to remove them from usb port your suppose to double click remove hardware icon in task bar near clock. I have ruined 2 of them by accidentally unplugging them. If the computer is turned off is it a different story. Can you go ahead and unplug it without clicking remove hardware icon without harming device? Walt
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June 19th 09 01:32 PM
by R. C. White Go to last post
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hard drive data retrieval by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
I crashed my computer and had to buy a new one. All my email contacts are on the old computers hard drive which I kept. How do I go about retrieving my contact information off of my old hard drive? Walt
February 5th 10 03:01 AM
by R. C. White Go to last post
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DVD Burner Drive problem by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
My external DVD burning drive was working fine the other day as a matter of fact I had burned 3 DVD's but when I tried to burn the 4th one my computer still detected the burning drive but my burning program (ImgBurn) didn't detect the DVD media. Does this sound like maybe the laser went bad in the drive. -- Walt
November 21st 09 01:59 AM
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multi port USB hubs question by Walter Goldschmidt[_3_]
I recently received a multi port USB hub and plugged it into my laptop. It seemed like a good idea as I only had 2 USB ports on my computer. This gave me 4 where before I only had 1 which made a total of 5. I plugged a new external DVD burning drive into one of the multi ports ports. The drive used 2 ports, 1 for drive and 1 for drives power. I also plugged 2 external hard drives into the...
November 28th 09 02:17 AM
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Can't select a new specific USB printer driver when a compatible driver is already installed by Walter J. Wierwille
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.
May 29th 07 03:54 PM
by huwyngr Go to last post
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Vista has to find drivers for sound card and ethernet every boot by wampum
Every time I shut down my computer and then start it up again Vista has to open this "Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" to find my drivers for my sound card and my wireless ethernet card. This is the most annoying thing considering it takes like 5 minutes to find the drivers on my computer. HELP ME SOMEONE!
May 6th 07 06:00 PM
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Keyboard Skipping Around by Wandering Flame
Sorry if this has been addressed before. Basically many times when I'm typing on my 1515 inspiron laptop, the cursor just jumps to a random location on the paper, and sometimes even maximizes minimized windows I have minimized, so it seems it just makes wherever mouse is on the screen, click, so that where the mouse was the cursor is at now, and if the mouse was on a minimized window then...
October 24th 09 12:45 AM
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Lost MyBook Drive Letter by Wandering[_2_]
When I first connected the Western Digital MyBook 250 USB2.0 drive to my brand new Vista Home Basic machine from Acer it ran beautifully. Having heard all the horror stories about Vista, is was quite delighted to find it better than I thought. I just left Win98SE behind when my MB flamed out. Then after a backup image was created and restored after the latest RealPlayer wouldn't install, I found...
September 17th 07 06:30 PM
by R. C. White Go to last post
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Is there a vista-compatible DOCSIS cable modem? What is it? by wantcablemodemconnection
I would have normally waited for things (hardware, bug elimination, whatever) to catch up to Vista, but if I wanted to get a laptop PC now, it seemed the only way to get it was to get it preinstalled with Vista. I am not upgrading, I am starting with everything brand new. Okay, today I talked to my local cable internet provider today about options, and after talking to them, it seemed a...
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February 17th 07 08:45 PM
by Donald McDaniel Go to last post
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Ultimate 64-bit: Drivers installed, but no sound by wap-190
I don't know wether this is a problem caused by Windows or the Creative driver (Audigy 2 ZS). I have installed the newest driver from the Creative site and everything looks fine, but there is no sound coming out of the speakers. I really don't know why it's not working, most people with a similar configuration have at least stereo sound. I tried almost everything .... Are there other people...
February 6th 07 04:53 AM
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how do i make an optical mouse "hid compliant"? by warcrack69
I read in an older thread that i would need to install SP1 and make my (optical usb) mouse HID compliant in order to have it work on my computer. So i installed SP1 but i still don't know how to make a usb device hid compliant! a little help please? -- warcrack69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ warcrack69's Profile:...
May 27th 08 10:17 AM
by Rick Rogers Go to last post
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replace m/b after installing vista x64 by Ward Taylor
Hello I have been using vista x64 ultimate with relatively good success for several months now and have decided to replace my motherboard with a newer model and then attempt to do a "repair" install rather than a clean one. I can always do a fresh install if it doesn't work, but would like to try that first. I have tried to use google to find a walk through, and I have come up with very...
April 25th 07 03:34 PM
by Ward Taylor Go to last post
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=4GB ram=3d display problems with nvida based video card by Ward Taylor
Good Day After upgrading my system from 2GB to 4GB of ram, I am having problems with applications that display anything in 3d. This includes unreal tournament as well as the built-in vista "media center" and aero. I do not run with aero enabled, but tried it just as a test. After a reboot, I can load an application that uses 3d once, and it will work fine, game plays great, or I can watch...
April 26th 07 02:44 PM
by Howiepoohs Go to last post
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RTM DVD oddity by warder
This is weird and very annoying... For some reason if I put a DVD (+R) in my drive that is finalized and works perfectly in other PC's, Vista pops up a dialog prompting to Format the drive!!! I cannot see any data at all from Vista. Curiously if I run up VMWare Player, it CAN see the drive and data perfectly.
December 21st 06 10:13 PM
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WD 2500JB External USB Hard Drive by warder
For some reason this doesn't appear as a Removable Drive, but instead as a real drive. So you cannot eject it safely. All USB Hard Drives should be removable.
December 1st 06 12:50 PM
by Theo Go to last post
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ATI x1900 video card by wardy_uk1
Hi I have just bought ATI's Sapphire X1900 256MB for my PC. I have got Vista Ultimate installed and Vista detected the graphics and installed with no problems until it needed to reboot. It gets to the green bar going across the screen and then I get a black screen with the message ''No Signal Detected'' Its fine with Safe Mode but you cant play any games via Safe Mode. Any help would be...
February 10th 07 04:43 AM
by Eddiejcc Go to last post
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How can I modify the wireless network adapter's MAC address? by warking
How can I modify the wireless network adapter's MAC address? Platform: Vista x64 Ultimate, Intel wireless 4965agn -- warking
February 17th 09 11:04 AM
by Chuck[_2_] Go to last post
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Wrong disc inserted? by warlocc
I have a ton of games installed on my computer. Many require the CD/DVD in order to play. They all played no problem. Now I have Vista SP1, and none will play. Any time I try to play them, I get an error message saying to insert the CD/DVD into the drive, but I get the same error message for both drives, no matter which game it is I try to play. The message is this exactly- Please remove...
June 28th 08 07:28 PM
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