device connectivity

A few days ago I reinstalled my windows 7 because my pendrive was not detecting (not detecting = no power in usb!!!). When I reinstalled the windows 7 it did not work. So I thought that the drive is kinda dead. So I got myself my friend's pendrive to check but his pendrive also didn't work. But...

Hey everyone, A while back I connected my laptop (running 64-bit Windows 7, if that matters) via Bluetooth to my girlfriend's Macbook (which she no longer has, hopefully that doesn't matter) to send some pictures to her. Since then, her Macbook has appeared under the Computer screen for me. I...

I must have made an error upon set-up. Every time I connect a smart phone or tablet, a "windows explorer" window opens, showing the files on the device. I'd like to have the system just do nothing when I connect, but I can not seem to find out how to manage that option. I imagine it would be...

Resolves the problem in which you receive an error when you connect a USB hub or hub chip equipment that is connected for the first time when hotfix KB 2528984 is installed on Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computers. More...

Hello first post with a problem :D the problem is that when i connect or disconnect a device on the PC WMP is pausing. and on windows media player plugin in chrome and Firefox is decreasing the volume also on connection of a device.

I have used Add a Device to connect W7-64 to my BT GPS. No problem really. However, I want to use it with some ships navigation software which only uses COM 4. The device gets its COM service hooked to COM 3 automatically, and I see no way to change it. The Bluetooth Setup on XP allowed both...

Is it ok plugging multi-taps in surge protectors, generally speaking? I think there may be a problem in the long term use, of doing it the other way, i.e. plugging surge protectors INTO multi-taps, but is there a problem plugging in multi-taps into surge protectors? To be specific, I don't...

How can I Monitor Router Traffic? Not just one computer, but all connected to the router.

This last few days my net has become really slow in the mornings until 9 or 10 pm then it gets back to its original speed so i thinking that some one else might be using my wifi , i do have a password on my wifi but just to be on the safe side is there some kinda software that would tell me...

Ok, so I recently purchased a new desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium. At home I have the desktop, an internet router/gateway combo from my ISP, an XBOX360 wired to the router, as is the Desktop, a Samsung UN55C7000 LED TV with wireless connection and a Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-ray player that I do...

My girlfriend has a Dell Studio 15 and it originally came with windows vista. Since she really enjoyed windows 7 on my computer, I installed it on hers. Everything works well except for the bluetooth: After installing windows 7 the drivers didn't update/configure correctly and the bluetooth...

Last November my Window Vista Computer dropped off LAN that connected to 2 XP computers. Upgrade to Windows 7 did not fix that. The troubleshooter tells me I have a problem but not what it is or how to repair it.

Light Peak is the code-name for a new high-speed optical cable technology designed to connect your electronic devices to each other. Light Peak delivers high bandwidth starting at 10Gb/s with the potential ability to scale to 100Gb/s over the next decade. At 10Gb/s, you could transfer a...

I have the motorola S9 and wanted to connect to my Win7 laptop (Build 7100)., It sees the device, doesn't ask for a passcode and then it proceeds to "install" the drivers. After I went to the control for that specific bluetooth device and press connect, it keeps saying that it can't connect. I...

Hi there-- is this possibly a W7 problem, or more likely a hardware problem? I use a wired serial mouse, and every so often when I reboot it doesn't start up at all -- no nice red light out the bottom or anything. I'll power down, unplug and replug, power back up, and it's fine. Is this...

Did a clean install of the OS and installed the 64bit version of iTunes 8.1.1 and things were looking decent for a little while until I tried to sync a video to the iPod. The transfers always get part way through and then they stall. A few minutes later iTunes tosses an error saying the 'disk...

rebuilt my pc about 4 months ago been running xp went ahead and installed windows u7 had its small problems but otherwise ok. Noticed recently it keeps going into sleep mofde where as it never did b4 and couldn't bring it out by just moving the mouse or hitting enter on the keyboard have to hit...