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Hi I want to upgrade to Windows 8.1 but I've had problems with it. As long as I'm running Windows 8 and my sound is fine. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1, Windows installed new sound drivers and my sound is distorted especially computer generated speech, and sound in computer games. After a...

Hello, I am trying to install an Intel wifi driver whose version is older than that installed and am getting "installation blocked - a newer product version is already installed". If i say in device manager that i want to upgrade and manually point it to an older driver folder it says "The...

Hello there community! I have a severe mic issue that I'm going to try to explain in as much detail as humanly possible so prepare, this could be a LONG post. When I start GMod, the 1st time I try to use my mic people say they can hear me but theres a little static. The 2nd time and after...

Whenever I try and boot normally or in safe mode with networking, the ethernet port will not light up at all. When I boot in minimal safe mode, the green and blinking orange work perfectly fine. The realtek pcie gbe family controller driver installs perfectly, but In normal mode I would get code...

After reformatting and reinstalling W7 Pro and getting it all set-up and updated i am going to do an image ( with one of the tools on UBCD). But it occurred to me that in the near future i am going to be upgrading my system entirely and am curious, what happens if i take the image of my current...

I have a HP M1530 printer working fine on Windows 7. I get the error the handle is invalid after I update .Net framework to V4.0. I tried to install latest printer driver, still no luck. Any ideas? Thanks.

Okay, so I got a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5545 laptop from a friend since she got a new one and didn't need that one anymore (she was about to throw it away so I rescued it). At first it had Windows Vista 32bit installed on it, and I formatted it and tried to install it over again. The...

Hello all, I am running an HP Desktop Pavillion, about 3-4 yrs old, and Windows 7, the 64 bit version. My problem relates to trying to get my Keyspan/Triplite USA-19HS USB To Serial Adapter working again. I haven't used it for about a year, and am now trying to get it going again. Have...

My landlord upgraded to unlimited internet (through Rogers) and had to upgrade his modem as well. Since then, I have been unable to access the internet on my Lenovo Windows 8 computer (I have a Windows 7 wireless driver due to a previous problem-see Cisco incompatibility issue...

Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) The Display-drivers uninstaller is exactly what it say's it is. Using this handy app you can remove all previous versions of your display driver whether it be AMD or Nvidia: Windows XP up to 8.1 is supported X86/X64 (not sure for WinXP x64) Reference: Link...

Start on the first boot to the desktop after the upgrade to W8.1. It reported it could NOT connect to a network. Once I got to the desktop I opened the NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER and DISABLED and ENABLED my NIC. That made the connection. All was OK for a boot or two after that. However, on a...

I have an Epson V300 scanner, which was working fine in Windows 8x64. After upgrading to Windows 8.1, when I click on Epson Scan, I see the Epson splash screen and the Epson icon in my system tray, but the program isn't visible. If I right click on the Epson icon, I see a blank page. If I press...

Link Removed When you have your computer reinstalled, chances are you could have many problems such as audio is not working, display quality becomes primitively poor, internet connection drops occasionally, and even worse- your keyboard and mouse simply don’t follow your instructions! When it...

An external drive of mine that is attached via USB suddenly does not show up in Explorer. When I connected it to a different machine the driver installed OK and the drive was ID'd correctly as ST3160021A - but doesn't show up in Explorerer on that machine either. Looking at the drives' LED...

I've commenced with doing a clean installation of Windows 7, and am having problems with some of the basics, because I have misplaced the motherboard disc, and had to download the files individually from the manufacturer's website. The most important at the moment is the driver for the...

On 05/06 after installing (thru Windows Update) the AMD SATA Contoller , the AMD - Other hardware - Storage Controller - AMD SATA Contoller & IE 10 for Windows 7 for x64 based systems, the problems BSOD began. As Critical Evens (2) I got : Windows Stopped working & Shutdown Unexpectedly...

Hi There, My apologies if this is a repeat post...I hunted the forum but couldn't find a solution for my problem. Left a job two weeks ago, for confidentiality the employer had to "wipe" my laptop and re-install Windows 7 Pro from the CD. Since getting the computer back, the computer won't...

Hello all, I'm new around here and I've got a problem with my networking. Relevant Hardware: Asus Sabertooth (first verson) 990FX Maim board. 2x WD 7200RPM HDs Windows 7 Ult x64 Background: I install 2 disk hard drives into my computer to set them up into a Raid 0. Now I got them installed...

Hi All I'm Paolo from Italy. I have a strange problem with my Pc (window 7 64 bit). Sometimes (2-3 times a day) I have a BSOD. Sometimes I have this problem when I open the "Computer" icon in the Start folder. Sometimes I have this problem when I try to search a file. Sometimes I have this...