device manager

Hi guys, A week ago my 3yo Toshiba Satellite's webcam stopped working. It's been coincident with a Windows and Skype updates which I often use with the webcam. I have tried the Windows Troubleshooting option, and also going into the Device Manager to uninstall the device, reboot and reinstall...

so today I discovered something majorly wrong with my win10 PC. I tried something simple like accessing Task Manager from the task bar only to receive the following message - " turns out I cant access anyting but the folders and the internet....any administrative function, device manager...

Dell XPS studio 8100 USB mouse and keyboard not working replaced HDD and reinstalled windows7 which has fully updated to SP1 and anything else associated. (not factory restore, but from OEM disk(as directed in dell community forum). windows installed and validated without issue been running fine...

Seems to be several opinions on this as I Google, so thought to ask you all here as well for your thoughts. Lenovo P51S with Ultradock. Two USB hard drives attached to the dock. Both set for "Quick Removal" in Device Manager. Do I need to "safely remove" these drives before hot undocking and...

Recently my laptop can't connect to wifi nteworks, there aren't any network shown and i know there are since my phone connects properly. So i checked the adapter window and there isn't a wifi adapter, only an ethernet one. I check device manager and there's only a Realtek PCIE family...

I'm a former Systems Admin. so I should be able to figure this out, but nope... so I'm asking: I bought a small, external 2.5 Toshiba HDD to use as additional storage. I put it in a case and plugged it in. No dice, I can't see it in Windows Explorer. I checked Device Manager, and it shows up as...

Specs: OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k (Not OC'ed) RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory / Crucial Technology 8GB 1600 DDR3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 80+ GOLD HDD(s): Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard...

I built a new pc 2 days ago and everything is good. I was playing VR and my hole computer froze so I restarted it and it happened again after trying to launch vr so I restarted it and then it was fine. So I bring up the WMR vr portal and could not get the controllers to connect. So I bought up...

I have a custom built PC running Windows 10 Home that will not recognize my external HDD. The drive is a brand new 160gb WD Scorpio Blue, and the case is a new Sabrent EC-UASP. My other Windows 10 devices, as well as my Dell chrome book, will recognize the drive. Upon plugging the device into...

I have an MFC 8680DN. The network card "died"; it is connected to an Apple Airport Extreme and this works find for my Apple laptop. Although I can see the printer in Bonjour, that software cannot find drivers for it. I have installed the Brother Driver/Software package from their website, and...

My Toshiba notebook has a yellow triangle on the "Trusted Execution Engine interface" driver, in Device manager. The error message says it has not started, I have tried to update but it just says driver installed is the one, so, firstly what is this driver for? and will it hurt to uninstall the...

hey guys just purchased a Acer all in one running Windows 10. it's got a 120gb ssd and 1tb hard drive. now here's the problem I can't see the 1tb in my computer but I can see it in bios and device manager. how do I fix this so I can use the 1tb as storage? Thanks Sent from my SM-G930F...

Hello, I just recently bought a custom computer, and just did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. Now I'm just looking for the correct drivers to install. Checking under the Device Manager, these are the Hardware Ids I found for the missing drivers: Ethernet Controller...

Description of System I have two laptops connected wirelessly to a Virgin Media Super HB 2.0 using the 5g wifi connection. My laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad 15-500isk running a fully updated Windows 10 Pro. The Control Panel/Device Manager shows no warning. My wife’s laptop is an Acer...

Ever since my laptop updated to Windows 10, it's had lots of network problems. A couple of weeks ago it just stopped connecting to the internet completely. It appears the network drivers no longer work. Apparently my brother had tried to "fix the internet by messing with the command thing", and...

Hello all, I have Samsung Laptop w/win7. Though my USB ports seem working well when I verify "COM and LPT's sub line (communication port (COM4)) in Device Manager I see it is labelled by yellow exclamation mark. In order to resolve it first, I tried to update its drivers and I received the...

Pardon the length; I'll try hard to keep it short as possible. I know there is a lot on the internet concerning genuine Windows 7 64 OS suddenly being flagged as not valid. I tried a number of ideas postulated on the web but I still can't get it to work. Now to be honest this issue has been...

I have an old Windows XP computer that has been getting updates regularly, so I am not worried about it being hacked. But after reinstalling XP, it can only access the Internet via a wireless adapter, not via an ethernet connection. And when I plug the ethernet cable into the computer, there is...

Hello, I have a windows 10 64 bit 8 gb GTX 1050 Desktop, I recently re installed my computer and when i checked device manager it show's i have microsoft basic display driver, I tried updating it by Search automatically for updated driver software. It say's windows encountered a problem...

I'm trying to connect to a 3d printer via COM8 and can not. Device Manager says all is OK. Everything is working. Any help appreciated. dlw