My new Vista computer randomly puts my printers, all but one, in an off lines status causing me to rebot the computer. also in drops my external hard drive from the munu for no reason, It works fine when you first turn it on but come back later and this is what I find. Any solutions?

...hi everyone, I have a little problem, few years ago I modded my PSX DualShock Controller to LPT port, so I could play games on my favourite pad! This pad is recognized in Widnows XP SP2/3 no problem with LPT drivers that I found on the web, but problem is that they don't work on Vista (x86/x64, nor SP1) using directpad or some other program! Anyone have some idea how to solve this? Thanks in...

Ok Ill start off by giving my specs of what I have then I will go into my problems.... Asus Crosshair Motherboard BIOS 1103 AMD Athalon X2 4600+ @ 2.64GHZ 8 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800MHZ 4-4-4-12 Ram Primary OS HDD Seagate 500GB 7,200RPM,32MB Cache (Primary Partitioned to 100GB OS ONLY, 400GB Programs Only) RAID 5 Array, 5 500GB Seagate 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache - Array is 1.82TB Two: BFG 7900GS 256MB...

Mark, If I understand you correctly, you said you were able to use Windows XP 64bit SCSI drivers to inside of Vista 64bit OS by loading the driver before installation, correct? If so, what do you mean by loading the driver before installation? My understanding is that Vista does not have the F6 function to load SCSI drivers anymore. So besides using the "Load Driver" by browsing to a...

i have partitioned my hard disk and want to undo it I am using windows vista

Specs: CAS: CoolerMaster Centurion 590 RC-590 Mid-Tower 420W Case CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit CD: LG 20X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER FAN: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System *HDD: Hitachi 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2...

I have new Vista Premium os not a lot on it yet but the cursor freezes randomly it is very anoying thing to hapen please advise on what action to take please

Hey everyone, Im new here but I was hoping I would be able to get a little help and/or see if anyone has experienced this before. With my computer when I go to access anything through explorer or directly from another application, it will hang for a moment before actually doing what I told it to (browse folder, open music through itunes....). This is a new problem to me since I switched over to...

Hello everyone, My question is how come when a hard drive (Maxline III Model: 7V250F0 SATA) is initialized within windows XPPro and partitioned/ formatted and can be used in XPPro, when WindowsVista Home Basic on the same machine does not recognized the drive except in disk manager it shows the drive without drive letters? I have XPPRO installed on drive 0 and Vista Home Basic...

I have a 2nd hard drive that I use for storage. Both of my drives are IDE, drive C: is disk 1, Basic, my 2nd drive is Dynamic. the 2nd drive shows up in BIOS as well as during the post. It also shows up in disk management as offline. It isn't labeled missing, but there are no volumes on the disk. I can't get to the reactivate option. I can't see it in My Computer. I've checked all the...

In Windows XP, in the device manager under advanced settings you can overclock a PS2 mouse, but I can't find this option in Windows Vista. Does anybody know how to do this? And I have tried looking for programs to overclock PS2 or USB but they don't work with Vista. Can somebody help me?

When I Bought My Computer My 5.1 Surround Sound Worked Just Fine. Recently I Had To Reinstall Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit. My Surround Sound No Longer Worked I Updated Drivers And Now My Speakers Don't Work At All. I Can Roll Back Drivers And They Work But Only In Stereo I Have An EMachine T5224 With A Sigmatel Sound Card

i have a NEC MultiSync LCD195WVXM monitor, and window XP.... but then, the system does not support the resolution of 1440 X 900... someone told me that it works if i download DirectX 9C....but..i don't think it does.. what can i do?.. thank you

ok last time i tried this it didn't work. o i am asking for some how to,s . I know that my motherboard is Serial ATA compatible here is the specs Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 600w power supply

it sounds to me like windows still is tring to install the mouse and key board . it might not be compatible with your system . also you can go into windows update and on the left side click where it reads restore hidden updates or hide updates . then you can remove them from the list in the updates .

When I connect the CX3500 printer, vista detect the printer but can not find the driver to install it. Anyone can teach me how to install the printer ? Many thx for your help. p.s. I have called epson customer service and they told me Windows Vista will detect and install the driver, but actually is not!

after my computer automaticlly updating and installing vista sp1, on reboot i have no mouse cursor and in device manager there is no HID section, the light on my mouse is on but thers no cursor . it just looks like vista SP1 has just removed all forms of mouse drivers pls help

What CPU cooler are you using and what are your temps? I'm using a Vigor gaming 92mm Monsoon II and I've been happy with it for over a year but here lately my temps have been above "my" normal. :confused: I've checked my fan speed and all that, so I'm kinda wondering if it might be going bad. I know how that sounds but mine is a Thermal Electric so it's not just a heatsink and fan combo. Idle...

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Hi, I have HP Compaq 6710b Vista. I am trying to remove Quick Launch buttons, because they annoy me. Have tried everything, including uninstalling the QLB software. Update: I have tried searching the registry for anything QLB-related, but only found following two locations: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Software