driver updates

  1. Windows 7 Video Tutorial Poll

    You have probably noticed I have been doing videos on various aspects of Windows 7. What would you like to see the next video about, if any? Currently, I have several I am looking at doing: Driver Updates Office 10 Review - this would have to be split up into multiple videos for each product...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD with some info..

    While gaming today, I got a blue screen of death.(mass effect 2, by the way) Well, it actually crashed the game for a moment, and windows told me there was a problem with game. this isn't unheard of for a game to have a problem, so i checked temps on computer just verifying this new game wasn't...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Pro will not boot

    Hello, I recently bought Windows 7 Pro from Microsoft's The Ultimate Steal program (I downloaded an ISO from them and burned it to a DVD). I am installing on a Dell inspiron 1525 laptop, which originally came with Vista. The Vista installation had become corrupt so I took the oportunity to...
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    Windows 7 Windows Live Messenger Lag issue

    Hey Guy's I'm hoping someone here will be able to help me out with this issue Build OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit Laptop Model: Gateway p-7811 FXCPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz RAM: 4GB DDR3 Viedo Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS Problem After about 30 min of running Window live...
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    Windows 7 Sudden Mouse Issues

    Been running Win 7 since Beta on my same hardware, no problems. I am now running a purchased copy of Win 7 Ultimate 64bit. Yesterday, my mouse abruptly stopped responding. Here is what I have already done. 1. Test the mouse on my Win 7 Ult. 32bit laptop - works fine 2. Test another USB mouse...
  6. Windows 7 Driver updates

    I am using Win7 x64 I run Driver Robot and it showed that I had 32 outdated drivers? Windows hardware manager shows all drivers to be updated. What does this mean? How can I be sure I have all drivers up to date?:confused:
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    Windows Vista Zig-Zag Screen during Windows 7 installation

    I did all the necessary preliminary steps (backups, defragmented, driver updates, etc.) before starting to install Windows 7 this morning on my HP Pavillion desktop computer that has VISTA on it. Everything looked good for the install. The installation program said that my computer was good for...
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    Windows 7 "consider replacing your battery"

    My apologies if this has been posted elsewhere; if so, I hope someone will point me in the direction of the current thread. Since upgrading from Vista HP, I'm getting "consider replacing your battery" and "There is a problem with your battery, so your computer might shut down suddenly" messages...
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    Windows 7 voice recorder problem win7 on hp notebook

    I have a new HP G60-535dx notebook. It has a built-in webcam. I was very eager to try this on Skype. did their test call, can hear the woman perfectly, but my voice breaks up and is very distorted.checked my driver updates and all are current. I figured i should test my recorder and there is a...
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    Windows 7 Halo PC Sound Issues

    Hi guys, Crimson here, this is my first post on these forums and I hope someone out there can help me. First off, I'm fairly knowledgeable on computers, I've been using Windows 7 RC for a few months now, and I've got to say that I'm very impressed with the dramatic change that Microsoft has...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 RC updates

    Am I correct in thinking that MS is not going to release andy bug fixes for the RC? or Builds? Other than their just testing the update procces? Other than a Windows Defender update:confused:, and 5 or 6 Driver updates, I've not seen anything other than the first time I updated.
  12. Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    Hello, I have an odd problem where I have downloaded the Win7RC, burned the .iso image to a dvd, multiple times with 4 different programs, and every time I have the same result when attempting to install. When I start my pc, select boot from cd drive, I get to the prompt "press any key to boot...
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    Windows 7 Media Center/Player

    I'm having a problem with Media Center playing TV from my Pinnacle PCTV 801e SE USB Stick and DVDs from both Media Center and Player. This was all working at one point and I changed absolutely nothing when it started doing this. I currently get the error: "Decoder Error: The video decoder has...
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    Windows 7 Ati drivers stops working

    Hello. I've been using Windows 7 for some days now. I have this annoying problem...When I have installed the Ati driver and catalyst control panel everything works fine. But after like 1 or 2 days they stop working. In Windows Media Player for example....I have sound, but no picture. In Media...
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    Windows Vista Vista shuts down in "Balanced" power plan

    Hi I am feeling a problem with windows vista. Whenever I change power plan from "Power Saver" to "Balanced" or "High Performance" it shuts down within few minutes (Maximum half an hour). I thought my vista operating system has become corrupted so I formatted my PC and installed a new...
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    Windows 7 How to quickly get Driver Information (without Driver Pro etc).

    Hi guys I think if you've read some of my posts you know exactly how I feel about those Hideous prpgrams that offer to scan your computer for drivers and then come up with all sorts of NAG/SPYWARE usually saying you need to BUY something before you can access the data base etc etc. I REALLY...
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    Windows 7 Wireless internet conection problem

    Hello 7 users I too am suffering with wireless conection problems under win7 beta. I have beta7 on a test machine with the following spec: GIGABYTE GA 7N400L-1 M/B AMD 2400 CPU 1 GB RAM NVIDIA 7300 GT 40GB HDD D-LINK DWL-G122 WIRELESS G USB ADAPTER In device manager there are 3 devices with...
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    Windows 7 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy LS

    Hello, I've installed Windows 7 on my desktop with dual boot to Vista. Everything's been working fine but I haven't been able to properly setup my sound-card to function properly. As of now, I currently have no sound and I've been through many different drivers from the Creative website...
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    Windows Vista Random freezing in Vista Ultimate 64

    I have recently upgraded my system with some new hardware, and installed Vista for the first time. It turned out to be a disaster. My computer freezes up seemingly at random, requiring a reset from the front switch. This freezing has occurred as soon as the login screen loads up, when...