Glow's latest release, version 25.15, lands as a compact, performance-focused refresh that rethinks the app's look, shrinks its footprint dramatically, and adds a novel hardware integrity tool aimed squarely at technicians and anyone who needs rock-solid evidence of component changes. Background...
Windows Update will keep your PC safe and broadly compatible, but it sometimes leaves device-specific performance and features on the table—and that’s where tools like Snappy Driver Installer Origin (SDIO) can make a measurable difference. A recent MakeUseOf piece argued exactly this: Windows...
Long before plug and play became a buzzword touted in glitzy comdex demonstrations — and well before the infamous Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death incident forever etched itself in the annals of tech lore — Microsoft’s Windows 95 engineering team grappled with arcane hardware idiosyncrasies that...
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When Arkose Labs announced it was deepening its relationship with Microsoft and expanding its services to Microsoft Azure, the collective heartbeat of the cybersecurity community ticked up by a few (highly encrypted) beats per minute. It’s not every day that one of the industry’s hottest account...
I'm looking for the website that lists all the windows drivers, and you find them by putting the event error log into the search bar. I've found it before but after searching for awhile I cannot seem to find it. The problem is that I'm having errors come up when connecting 2 brand new phones to...
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I just recently bought a custom computer, and just did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. Now I'm just looking for the correct drivers to install. Checking under the Device Manager, these are the Hardware Ids I found for the missing drivers:
Ethernet Controller...
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This is not a Piracy issue.
We use a Legacy software a 16 years old database that is no longer available and not made by MS, on Win XP
We use an 'add-on' with the database that was $20 sadly the developer of the 'add-on' has passed away about 4 years ago and the business no longer exists...
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Hello there,
I just did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit on my Asus U52f-bbg6 and still have some drivers missing from the Device Manager.
Below are the Hardware Ids for the drivers.
Network Controller Hardware Id:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0087&SUBSYS_13018086&REV_5F
PCI Simple Communications...
I have a Dell Latitude D630 and Windows 8. The generic Windows sound driver made the sound for the laptop run, but not with the docking station. I installed the Sigmatel drivers for Windows Vista 32bit. They also worked for me on Windows 7. First, they didn't wanna install, but then I made a...
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Yesterday i went to the pub with a few friends, and my internet has been working perfectly for around a month now, after i just got my pc setup. I came home last night and suddently i had no connection. It showed this down at the internet connection:
Link Removed
I have tried to...
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Please help me! I have a Gateway MX6960 that I just put Windows 7 on. There is a missing driver on the Device Manager, but I don't know exactly what it is or where to get the driver. It is listed under "other devices" as "Mass Storage Controler". The only info I know are the hardware ids...
I use a Goflex 2Tb external drive for daily backup. Unlike it's eSATA predecessors it doesn't have a power switch and Win 7 doesn't cut USB power upon safe removal.
There is no point in it being on all day, but to cut the power properly I have to unplug it from the back of the PC and that's a...
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If you are performing a clean install or have run into the problem of an unidentified device in the Windows device manager, an unlikely assistant may be at your aid: the open source community as hosted by Google. UnknownDevices is a utility hosted on Google Code by Michael A. Bosse. Accordingly...
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Hi! I installed Windows 7 today after thinking that Soundmax would work on it but it didnt :( Can you please help? I have Windows 7 32-bit Service Pack 1 and my sound driver hardware id is hdaudio something. It says I have a driver installed, but there is no sound... I tried updating it but...
Hi,
apologies if this issue has been raised before, I have searched, honest!
So, last night, I stupidly (:confused:) deleted the driver for ULI Electronics ethernet controller and cannot now access the internet. Luckily, and unfortunately for me, I have my work laptop and am able to get on the...
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I have an Inspiron 1525 running on Windows 7 Ultimate. I have been facing an issue with my Sigmatel Audio Driver for windows 7. I tried re-installing the drivers many times but problem still exists.
The issue is that sometimes when a sound event occurs, may its the 'exclamation' sound or...
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In Xp and Vista it was easy to retrieve the display device ID (I.E. \\.\Display1, \\.\Display2, etc). The returned deviced ID's matched the display numbers as depicted on screens with the "identify" button....where a big '1' and '2' would appear on the monitors if clicked.
In Windows 7, this...
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Problem-1: can't connect my notebook computer to a projector using the 15 pin VGA cable after upgrading from Vista (32 bit) to Win7(32 bit).
Problem-2: can't insert an SD card into SD slot and have it open (nothing happens at all, like the device is not even connected).
When looking at the...
I was just trying to keep a fresh up-to-date copy of the OS ready in case my working hd crashed. Is this possible? I'm currently experimenting with this as I've already installed it on the two different drives, but the second clean install won't validate? Is this a restriction by Microsoft, is...
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I recently upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7 32 bit and instead of simply upgrading I formatted the partition for a fresh start. When I booted Windows 7 up I thought everything was working fine until I tried installing Nvidia's 195.62 driver for my Nvidia GT130M. When I go to install the...