hardware drivers

Microsoft is changing the way hardware drivers work on the Windows 10 (1809 and onwards) platform. Hardware running on these operating systems can use Windows Modern Drivers (also known as Universal Windows Drivers - UWDs). As from November 2018 Intel will roll out drivers using the Windows...

I do not have much hope left but I'll try some more. So here's the situation: I'm currently trying to repair my father's laptop and loosing hope. What happened was that he had a free version of Panda when it shot all its clients' laptops to shit. Their next update repaired many but not all. My...

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...

i just installed battlefield 3 and battlefield bad company 2 about 10 minutes in multi player game i get a bsod i have seen similar topics , and there might be a problem with my hardware drivers can anyone tell me how can i access the crash reports so i can upload them here and see whats wrong...

Hello, I've encountered numerous crashes while gaming, watching videos and just plain web-surfing. Tried updating all my hardware drivers, uninstalling Avast Internet Security and the problem still persists and I hope someone in this forum could help me with this problem. I have more than 30...

Ok, before telling anything, I am going to tell my computer specs . Please tell me if i need to attach some files. Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 Intel Core 2nd Generation i5 2400 processor 8 GB ram (But I have 32 bit system, so only 3,49 GB usable) Nvidia GeForce 550 ti graphics card So the...

Since I'm one of those guys who is obsessed with having all the latest and greatest drivers for my hardware devices, I had to share this recent experience I had while testing the Windows 8 Developers Preview. After getting the Dev Preview up and running in both Virtual Box and VMware Workstation...

Hi, Randy previously answered this problem with the suggestion that I disallow Windows Updates to overwrite my DVD drivers. I did that and it worked until the next update came down. Now, it's back to square one. When I tried to re-install the DVD driver, I got the following message...

Our home is equipped with a relatively old gas heater, built in 1996. It still works great, has been serviced regularly since it was installed and there is no good reason to replace it yet. However, it isn’t as energy efficient as more recent models. The other aspect of this gas water heater is...

Here’s my setup: I am running 4 flat panel monitors with two video cards as follows: OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Motherboard: MSI 760GM-E51 Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 Memory: 8gb DDR3 Video Card #1: nVidea EVGA GeForce GT 430 PCIe 2.0 w/1024 DDR3 RAM Video Card #2: nVidea EVGA GeForce...

I have bought a new notebook and re-installed Win7 with multiple specialized drivers. Most of these drivers have an own setup.exe and were installed successfully. There are however two drivers remaining which do NOT have such a setup.exe. When I right click on the contained *.inf file and...

Can anyone tell me if XP mode will be the solution to this scenario: I have a midi/audio controller (Tascam US-428) which is no longer supported, hence no drivers for Windows 7 However, the software that I use in conjunction (via USB) with the controller (Cubase) runs fine in Windows 7...

I upgraded my Lenovo laptop from Vista Ultimate 32-bit to W7 Pro 64-bit. I used a retail upgrade as Lenovo won't supply a 64-bit upgrade for a 32-bit preloaded system. I should have known that when I ordered the laptop, but I didn't. The upgrade (clean install) on a new 'cloned' HDD worked just...