device management

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    Windows 7 removing/uninstalling programs

    I running 7 ultimate 64 and i have tried to uninstall usb drivers for my samsung phone usb drivers and its a mess. Their are several programs for this samsung phone. All wanting to do the same thing. I have tried to uninstall from programs and it say's that it's uninstalling and then ask to...
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    Windows 7 cant prevent random wake up please help needed

    Hi there My system waked randomly and I can't figure what is causing it. Control panel is set with disabled wake timers, and the lan and usb devices is set disabled wake up as well. Although the system is still wakes up randomly. When its happening I'm checking in the cmd powercfg –lastwake...
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    Windows 7 how to disable unwanted Optional Windows updates.

    Windows update is misreading a USB 3.0 driver as Accusys Storage. I installed it by mistake and it disabled the USB 3.0 ports. How can I instruct Windows Update to no longer suggest this update. Thanks
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    Windows 7 Problem in ejecting my sony mp3 player from my laptop

    Hi all !! I am facing problem in ejecting my sony mp3 player from my laptop. n it does not show as USB drive when I connect the player on USB ports. But it shows the sony player icon . right click on it does not show eject option. Any other USB device (like external HDD, pendrive etc) does...
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    Windows 7 Unknown device in computer/network

    I have a toshiba laptop running Windows 7. There are 2 devices showing in Computer/Network, the laptop and something else with an alpha/num name appear. Can anyone tell me what the device other than the laptop might be and how to delete it? Thanks in advance!
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    Windows 7 Install Problems

    Sorry if this is long-winded, am completely stuck and not sure what to do. I am a MS employee, got a free (legal) copy of Win7 ultimate under the home usage program and our internal help desk says they don’t support. I have loaded many OS onto laptops at work, so know the basic routine. Computer...
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    Windows 7 Volume Tray Icon & Realtek Audio Manager

    Hello, I just start using Windows 7 and wondering if there is a way to disable volume tray icon. Because my sound card already has a tray icon. And another question, when i plug a headphone to front audio panel i can choose through Realtek Audio Manager to disable back panel or use them...
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    Windows 7 Internet connection lost when on all PCs when switching users

    I lose my internet connection on all the PCs on my home wireless network when a user is switched or a PC is powered on. The network consists of: a Linksys WRT110 router, my PC is hardwired to the router, a Airlink 150N wireless USB adapter on the other PC (multiple users and generally...
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    Windows 7 mouse(touchpad) vertical scrolling

    the vertical scrolling of my lap top's mouse(touchpad) is not working, it's totally new and i never changed anything i tried to fix it doing this: Control panel → Hardware and sound → mouse but when i click on "mouse" what i get is this screen: "unable to connect to the synaptics pointing...
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    Windows 7 Audio defaults to 7.1 on startup

    I use a pair of headphones (No speakers or anything else plugged in) and whenever I start Windows it defaults my audio to 7.1 instead of headphones. I have to manually change my audio to headphones every time I startup. Why is it doing this?
  11. Windows 7 What is 'Forced Hardware' ?? It is located in System Information

    What is it ??? Its in the tab called Hardware resources. There are two tabs in it called 'Device' and 'PNP Device ID'. At the moment I've got nothing in it ??? What is mean for ??? Should my laptop working normally even thought I don't have anything in the Forced Hardware ??
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    Windows 7 AHCI and No DVD drive on browser

    Hello folks, I have a easyNote LJ61 with SB700 chipset. The cdrom Slimtype DVD A DS8A3S ATA does not display on my computer browser. When I insert a cd then the drive then it will be shows on the browser but after several second the cdrom drive disappeared again. I think there is a...
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    Windows 7 Epson R280 printer problems

    Upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional on my Dell Studio 1735. Went to Epson's site, downloaded the latest drivers for the printer, kept getting the error message that it did not install correctly. Turned off firewall and antivirus, tried again, still a no go. Removed it...
  14. Windows 7 From a Mac User Considering a Switch to W7

    This is more for the Windows developers than others reading this because I know I'll get alot of negative replies about me being a "high and mighty" Mac user. The truth is, I was a HUGE Windows advocate for years until a Mac came into my possession by mere chance. (My laptop died, I had no...
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    Windows 7 secondary hardrive

    I upgraded from xp. I have a primary and secondary in my pc, when i upgraded the secondary is no where to be found in my computer, i can still see it in devices, but there are no useful options for it. how can i read it, without having to reformat?
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    Windows 7 Display turning off after 5 minutes

    I'm using Windows 7 x64. No matter what I set the power settings to, the display turns off after 5 minutes, and moving the mouse turns it on. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? HBH
  17. Windows 7 Install issue with older Dell and Win 7 DVD

    I have an older gen 5 dell XPS and was having issues with the windows 7 DVD booting, I tried everything from updating the firmware of the drives to updating the BIOS, moving and making the only thing bootable device my CD/DVD ROM drive nothing would work. I didn't want to take the time of...
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    Windows 7 Getting rid of "extra" sound driver in Win7 x64

    Have a problem with the SoundMax FX-II sound riser card on my ASUS Formula Rampage Mother Board. The problem is that there are two drivers and that is creating some kind of conflict so that I either can have sound from the front headphones OR from the rear speaker phone - but not both. What...
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    Windows 7 Please Help Me with this Weird Audio Problem

    I have a Dell 1525 and before I had used 7 I was using Vista. My audio driver was the SigmaTel 95XX C-Major HD audio. When I up graded to 7 the sound was fine except after boot up I would get the message "Audio Service is not running" even after reinstalling the driver. Then my line input was...
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    Windows 7 IP Phones in USB Port

    I'm using Vonage Companion and I have a Skype phone plugged into a USB port. For some reason when WIN 7 goes to sleep it drops the drivers for the phone. So I unplug it and plug it back into the USB port and it would work fine. Later I found out I could go to the control panel. Click on Hardware...