hardware compatibility

I have a new Ford that has the Ford Sync. I've had trouble finding something to work with Ford Sync from all kinds of usb thumbdrives, to Zune, to portable usb drive. I want it to show the artist/song title on the screen and be able to use voice commands to play songs/artists, etc. The only...

I recently bought a new PC (Intel Core2 Quad, 6GB ram, Sata with 300GB HDD) and installed a new (OEM) version of Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) Everything was running fine until I decided I'd physically add the old 'primary' drive from my old Pentium 3 as a secondary/backup. It's only 120GB so...

MSI 975X Platinum motherboard Pheonix award bios V6.00PG Intel 2.39Ghz Core 2 [email protected] 4x2GB DDR2 800 (Used just 2 GB when installing OS) Installed a brand new Hitachi 7200RPM 1TB SATA HDD prior to install of OS. With 46 updates installed I had 13 update and 40 optional updates to...

Hi, My PC (Windows 7) has two internal hard drives (C & D) and "C" is reserved for the operating system;" D" for my Data. For some time, I have also had two external "USB 2" hard drives (250GB & 500 GB), which recently, I have replaced by two "USB 3" One TB WD My Book 3 Essentials hard...

It seems wonderful to me that Microsoft is unable to fix it's own problems. I bought this computer as a custom build brand new and picked it up sunday after delivering my brand new copy of Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit edition (upgrade from windows xp). I was eager and ready hearing wonderful...

I have just built a system with the following specs and Windows is crashing after rebooting during the install process: motherboard: MSI H57M-ED65 CPU: Core i5 760 RAM: 4 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Boot drive: WD 500GB SATA Additional drives: 4 x 2TB WD SATA GPU: Zotac GEForce 9800GT RAID...

I have just upgraded my mouse from a MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 to a MS Wireless Mouse 5000. However, when I start my favourite application (Flight Simulator X), it fails to load properly, and produces a non-specific application error. Looking at the Event Viewer in Admin Tools...

Hello all I wonder if anyone could help me. I have Windows XP installed on a harddrive that I carry around with me in the office. I come across a PC that I have to fix, plug in my drive and boot. At first I had the issue of having to do repairs on the XP when the hardware was dissimilar to the...

I have two Lenovo laptops, one for work and one for home. They are both running Windows 7 professional. The work laptop is the x210 and is the one I am having problems with. When I am at HOME it does not shut down and sits on the blue shutting down screen requiring me to force shut down...

I already reformatted my computer so don't ask me for logs and stuff but that was the only time something bad happened with my computer and I did not have a slightest idea how to solve the problem or what could cause it. Yesterday I got one Windows Update.. after install the computer said I...

First, Here are my computer specs. i7-920 GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard SAPPHIRE 100297L Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ ATI Eyefinity Technology OCZ ModXStream Pro...

It has a AGP slot (I know it because I can see a Dark brown slot) and that these are the specs for my computer:

I've read a lot of threads on this forum already by people who've had similar problems to this, but frustratingly enough none of the solutions that helped them seem to have fixed my issue. I have a new install of Windows 7 (OEM Home Premium). The PC formally was used for Windows XP. The...

Hi, I recently upgraded my computer from windows xp to windows 7 64 bit. Everything works fine except today when I plugged in my USB stick. It came up with device not recognised and I couldn't access it. I've tried in all USB ports, with no luck. Tried using another device int he ports, which...

Hi; I am having an annoying problem with my Dual Boot PC. My NEC AD-7124S SATA DVD DL RW works fine in Windows Xp but will not play DVDs in Windows 7 or install games from DVDs. I have an Abit AN-M2HD with a Geforce 9800GT Gfx Card and my display is a Toshiba 32 Inch Regza connected via...

My girlfriend has a Dell Studio 15 and it originally came with windows vista. Since she really enjoyed windows 7 on my computer, I installed it on hers. Everything works well except for the bluetooth: After installing windows 7 the drivers didn't update/configure correctly and the bluetooth...

Not sure If I wrote the title of this discussion correctly. Let me try some other ways "What should my OS do for me?" "What do I expect from an OS?" "How involved with my everyday is my OS?" "My OS is trying to rule me" My basic argument (which may or may not be an argument) is that...

Hi everyone.This is a long post so bear with me please. Thanks. My problem is somewhat weird. I've searched and searched for a solution but none was like mine. So sometimes (actually most times) after i do the smallest change like stop/start a service , or set the number of drives in daemon...

PC Users Like Windows 7 -- and Windows XP Early Windows 7 users like the new operating system, but many Windows XP users still like their nine-year-old OS. That's the word from two new reports by Forrester Research, which said that 86 percent of the first users of Microsoft's newest operating...

At least it is better than Vista Users of Microsoft's Windows 7 are generally "very satisfied" with the new operating system. A report from Forrester Research said that most of the great unwashed know the product is there if they want it. Writing in its blog Forrester said a "strong majority"...