driver issue

I had the RC running since it came out and everything worked perfectly. Now that I installed the offical Professional version I can not get Windows 7 to detect my Nvidia 8600M GT graphics card. When I bring up dxdiag it says Standard VGA Graphics Adapter, it does detect that it is a NVIDIA but...

I'm having a tad trouble finding the root cause on my friends rig as to why he's getting a cpu co-processor listed in device manager as not having a driver....with build 7600, any thoughts? SO far I got him to:- 1. update mobo bios (firmware). 2. update system drivers. 3. get all updates of...

im trying to do a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (final RTM version) on my dad's mini-ITX build but i am getting an error message that says "DVD device driver is missing" please install driver yadda yadda. but where in the world do i get a DVD driver? its booting off the DVD drive...

Hey there guys, I just did a FRESH install of vista ultimate 32-bit and everytime I try to put it to sleep, hibernate, shutdown, or restart, it simply doesn't. If I leave it for a while, with a blank screen, it blue screens and gives me the error of "Driver Power State Failure". If someone...

Hello, I am currently facing a very pesky problem. I am using the MSDN version of Windows 7 Professional downloaded from my college's IT program. I am unable to boot windows 7 without my CD inserted. If I take it out, I am greeted with an error along the lines: Windows could not find a...

Hey guys. (Running Windows 7 RC 64-bit) So after trying just about everything with crappy Linksys products (using a router as an access point (failed), connecting to a range extender via Ethernet (failed when other people connected wirelessly and also had a wierd lag issue)), I caved and...

Hello there, First of all i would like to congratulate the microsoft team on an excellent OS. I have only encountered one problem at the minute...its a very irritating problem though. Im using windows 7 64bit, and when i first installed it i could use aero peek an see all my webpages etc...

Hello, I'm new here. I recently installed Windows 7 RC 32-bit on a Seagate 300GB IDE drive. I also have XP on a separate IDE drive. I am able to dual boot successfully. My problem is that I have a Seagate 1.5TB SATA drive that I can use in XP, but W7 does not see or recognize it. I'm...

I am running a dell xps m1330, 2.0 ghz 32 bit intel core duo, and a geforce 8400M GS video card. After I installed windows 7 after a random but lengthy set of computer idle time (ie 4-6 hours). I will come back to the computer, boot it up, and it will tell me that it has suffered an unexpected...

Installing Windows 7: I found threads on this problem under other OSes Like Vista (shocker). The error message is "A required Cd/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver flopply disk, CD, DVD, or usb flash drive, please insert now. Now this is after I booted from a...

Hey guys, I've read the sticky about driver posts, but I feel like there might be a way to work around this issue without having to wait on new drivers from Belkin. Basically, the vista drivers work on windows 7... Until I restart or my computer wakes up. After this, the software will not...

When my computer goes to sleep the WiFi as well as the ethernet dies. I can see networks and can connect but cannot get 'internet access' from them. Its probably just a driver issue. My laptop is HP Dv5 1006-tx Ethernet device: Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC...

I just installed the my new ATI HD4670 and my system is running windows 7 and so far so good,driver(catalyst 9.6) worked fine until i tried playing some games(nba 2k9,devil may cry 4...)!Screen just hangs and flashed a BLUESCREEN:eek:!!When I read the description of the problem,it says the...

So this happened yesterday. I was playing GoW for around 20 minutes, and then the game just froze. No sound, and a frozen picture. So I decide to open up task manager and end the process. Following this, I re-open the game, play another ~20 minutes, and then the same nonresponsive screen shows...

Sound card problems? driver installed but no sound? SOLVED kinda i have a VIA AC'97 Enhanced audio on-board card but i have no sound coming through it. Windows 7 has found the driver but i still get no sound out of the rear jack but i do get some out of the front but you really have to wiggle...

Hi Im having problem with my windows 7...this might be a driver problem - i have no idee Seems everytime i startup my computer my themes disable(or something) - basically the transparancy dissapear, and i have a solid theme, and my gagets just dissapear Any Ideas?? I did however see that...

Hi all, I have the 64-bit RC dual booting on my PC along with XP Pro SP3. Win7 has worked great for a few weeks now, but today a big issue cropped up. I was working on a CAD file (I'm a Civil Designer), when my PC spontaneously rebooted, as though I have pressed the reset key. There was no error...

Hello, I'm facing very serious problem with win7 (Enterprise) installation.. I'm getting the message below while installing windows 7. ACPI.sys Address 88ET3481 BASE AT 88EP4000 DATESTAMP 49E9766 Env: Previous OS : Vista Home Premium Laptop : Sony VAIO - VGN-C25G/B E1 Memory ...

Hi, using windows 7 7100 x64, and all works perfectly, except cannot seem to use my plasma as an external monitor anymore. The laptop is a hp dv6799ea, 4 gig of ram, and the nvidia 8400m gs graphics card. On vista it worked fine, and i have tried using both the pre release driver, and the one...

i have a atheros ar9281 wireless card and in windows 7 it works perfect with my iphone and ad hoc. but in my vista it doesnt. i realised the driver for the windows 7 it says Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Date: 11/7/2008 Driver Version: 1.0.0.7 Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows an my vista...