driver compatibility

The concept of using a live USB to run an operating system is quite familiar to users of Linux distributions. For many, this option allows one to boot directly into the operating system without installation, providing a quick environment to test features or troubleshoot without altering the...

Hello there, I have a Lenovo G50-45 and I recently did a clean install of Windows 8.1 (32-bit). Had a lot of trouble tracking down all the drivers, since I discovered most driver compatibility was for the 64-bit of Windows 8.1. Now I am trying to do a new clean install of Windows 8.1 64-bit...

hi guys i am new here and not too smart about these things. i have 2 laptops, i just put 10 in this one and i want to keep 7 on the other one. well i was looking for hardware driver updates for 7, and i used the common updaters (not bad). but now i see windows 10 has found some very good...

I am extremely tired from posting this. My laptop specs are: Dell XPS L502x Intel I7 Intel HD Graphics Family Nividia Geforce GT 540m Realtek High Defintion Audio Okay, so whenever I game, eventually and randomly, my game will freeze and loop the last sound. I'm not even kidding, it loops the...

i have a motion compting m1400 pad that originally had windows xp. in windows 7 my screen will not reorient it self and some other systems wont work. is i possible to use windows xp video drivers in 7 enviroment?

My ASUS (quad core) Windows 7 (64 bit) machine just won't boot. It has 1.75 TB hard disk space: one 1 TB Western Digital HD, and a defective (stock) Seagate 750 GB HD (unplugged and disconnected because of defect). My first guesses about the possible cause(s): 1. Bad hard drive: No, because...

My computer keeps crashing when it attempts to wake up from sleeping. It never crashes when it is running normally and I am working on it. It has a wireless card for my inet, and any time I wake it up the bars down in the lower right show no signal and it has the round wheel spinning like it is...

I have a problem with getting sound after installing win7 ultimate 7600. 32-bit system. All seems to be working, but im not getting any sound out of my speaker or jackplug. The latest drivers are installed and there is no error message with the driver. I`ve tried many different drivers. I`ve...

I recently purchased an Xbox 360 wireless controller for my Windows 7 32-bit PC, and I'm experiencing a frustrating issue. Whenever the driver software loads, the message "Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories has stopped working" pops up. It tries to find a solution, but the message disappears without...

[Solved] ATI Drivers on older laptop not working Hello! I've been having this issue for about a week now, and have been searching nonstop for a solution, but theres nothing that works. Its a really annoying one, and i turn to you guys in hope for some answers.. See, i have this laptop, an...

Hi all - did a lot of research on this and have seen similar threads but no real solution. I have a Dell dimension 5150 with a junky sigmatel onboard card, Since migrating from vista - im only getting sound through 2 speakers, have lost 5.1 surround. Strange thing is if i go and test the device...

hey guys, don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but here goes. vista ultimate 32 is my main OS now, but i have the Win 7 64 bit on a separate drive. pretty much everything works except for my mustek scanner. this is a pretty much necessary piece of equipment for my work, being a...

So I have been trying to export HD footage to my Canon HV30 camera Through IEEE 1394. This is the first time I have done so under Windows 7 and what ever I try it will not work. Windows recognizes and installs the device as "Canon HV30 DV camera" even though it is and HDV camera. I have the...

I got Windows 7 build 7100 and everything works flawlessly except the sound. When I installed windows 7 everything worked fine I only installed video card drivers but sometimes when I play music it sounds a bit distorted and fuzzy at times. I tried this with multiple speakers and It never...

My Windows 7 PC can't find a matching printer driver when I connect to my terminal server. Even when it looks like I have the exact same printer driver installed on both my Windows 7 PC and the terminal server, the printer does not show up in my RDP session. For example, I even downloaded...

Actually I'M now in a bit of a quandary Vista SP2 improves Vista by quite a lot (even though it itself is only in RC1 stage). Could be some interesting politics going on at Microsoft between Vista Development and W7 teams. -- Bit of competition always a good idea. Maybe Vist will be going...

Hi guys -- this might not always work as not every Vista driver can be guaranteed to work with W7 (such as some possible Printer drivers). However if you ARE looking for a driver - especially if you are planning on doing a complete / fresh install then on your OLD VISTA system down load a...

I just installed Windows 7 on a new partition on my home desktop. I now get MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA BSODs right after logging in to Windows 7. When I get the BSODs, there is no filename associated with the error, just the above general errors. I can reproduce the...

Hi all Just got a new laptop (Dell XPS M1530 800Mhz, 4GB memory, 250GB hard drive - sweet machine) with Win Vista Ultimate. On my old machine I had attached 2 external hard drives to hold photos/music/etc. Transfered the USB cables over to the new machine expecting them to just work. My Seagate...

sorry for not registering but i thought id help a few beta testers out being one my self and using a nvidia gforce 6800ultra you can use the older 77,xx drivers available here , please note that using these drivers disables the glass effect, they are better than the alpha drivers from the...