device recognition

Hello. Recently I've been getting seemingly random error messages saying that a usb device is not recognized. In an attempt to fix this, I decided to update drivers and whatnot. I discovered that the integrated camera is the source of the problem; when I tried to update it, I got an error that...

I have discovered a strange issue with my USB ports. My external hard drive was reporting that it encountered an error and needed to be checked. I allowed Windows 8 to automatically fix the error. The wizard got about 70% done and then reported that it had failed. I then entered the...

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I recently purchased Seagate External Hard drive of 500 GB The problem is when i connect the external HDD to the front USB ports it does not connect to the computer and when i connect it to the rear USB ports the computer recognizes Seagate Free Agent external HDD by Win 7 Ultimate i just need...

A wee anecdote (w/ a moral): Now, to approach this in my own way & maybe, hopefully put a message across... People often ask me, what's so special about Windows8. OR, "I can't see any reason to want it over what I have" OR "that damned UI & those blasted APPs" OR why is it any better...

My laptop (dell latitude e6520) just came back from having windows 7 reinstalled after the hard drive failed and all sorts of stuff is screwed up. My primary frustration is coming from the fact that my computer is not detecting anything that I plug into my HDMI port (I'm trying to hook it up to...

Hi Forum! I have a HP Pavilion dm1z laptop. The laptop has a HDMI port. I am trying to connect it to my Samsung BX2335 display. The display has the DVI dual link port only. So I bought a HDMI - DVI adapter. I have Win7 x64 on my laptop. When I start the laptop with the external display...

Hi, i have a problem lately with a Samson GoMic (usb) on a dell 17 xps 702. Sometime ago i disable it trying to resolve a audio monitor issue and since then i'm unable to use it, tried every single trick around from as simple as enable it back to modify registry entries but no luck, it just...

[Win-7 Pro 64-bit with free XP-Pro virtual machine] I have set up a VM. It was working fine yesterday apart from the networking which I now have operative. However: Yesterday the attached USB soundcard was working fine when activated for both playback and record. Today it isn't. It is...

OK so this is with my sisters laptop, everything was apparently fine one day & not working the next. I've read it may be a driver issue & have re-installed the correct (I think) driver version, but this hasn't fixed the problem. Is there anything else I can try..? Thanks.

I have an external hard disk of 640gb. But my system is unable to detect it. all my drivers are working fine because pendrives can be detected. The problem is with the hard disk only.. Can someone suggest a solution.???

Hello, I was wondering if somone could help me out. My dvd r, rw was allowing me to watch movies. but now windows 7 is only recognizing it as a burn and will not allow me to play dvds. If I put a DVD in to play it, the disc ejects and windows asks me to insert a a disc into d drive.

Hii, I recently installed windows xp on dell xps to make it a dual boot system. After installing i found that its not recognizizng USB device. Any help in this regard. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your time.

Ok i have this really anoying problem.It's like i don't have USB ports on my laptop.Each time i put flash or mouse usb (it tries to install that driver and then) a notification appears with message Usb not recognized.I've tried couple thing to do,I've even reinstalled all drivers,but...

Hi, I have tried to use this Link Removed to connect an old 250 gb Samsung sata hard drive to my PC. Windows won't recognise it as a hard drive/partition - the USB adapter device is recognised, and via Devices & Printers, it shows the drive, but not as a USB External Drive, (see image) Link...

This article describes a problem with CD or DVD drives not work, or is missing, or not recognized after installing or uninstalling programs. More...

I have a WD Ext Hardrive Drive. I backed up my files at the office (Windows 7 OP System) yesterday. I wanted to access a file at home (PC loaded with Windows XP), but when I plugged in the Ext HD , a message comes up "USB Device not recognised -one of the USB devices attached to this computer...

This article describes a problem with CD or DVD drives not work, or is missing, or not recognized after installing or uninstalling programs. More...

Description of setup: Connection to a device with my laptop over a straight ethernet cable. The device has dhcp enabled and assigns my laptop a random IP-adress and itself IP-adress 0.0.0.1. On my laptop I'm running an application, simular to that of IPsetup from Netburner, that's supposed...

I just bought 5 computers with windows7home and am trying to upgrade to pro. the seller sold me 7pro install disks rather than upgrades. when i install them, my screen resolution is stretched and the computer no longer sees any internet connections nor recognizes any communication devices. it...