peripheral devices

I upgraded to windows 7 a while back and have several issues. One is if my computer is on and I plug in my memory stick Windows does not read it. Only when I reboot will I be able to read the memory stick which is very annoying. Thoughts?

Hi guys, firstly, sorry if there are millions of threads on this already. I know 7 can be a pain for random sleep issues. I had a quick search and didn't find anything quite like what I'm experiencing though. Sometimes, when my PC wakes up from sleep, the keyboard and mouse don't work. It...

Introduction I began running Windows 7 in Dual mode with Windows XP in the Virtual Machine because I had a gut feeling I would discover ways of doing things under Windows 7 that I would like to make part of my repertoire, but at the same time I did not want to suddenly stop using applications...

Hi I've been trying to upgrade my parents computer from vista x86 home premium to windows 7 x64 with a clean install. Everytime i go to boot the computer with my 7 installation disk, it begins to load files, then windows boot manager starts saying their is a problem with driver...

Trying to do a fresh installation of Windows7 Home premium 64bit on my system. I have removed all existing partitions from the disk and allowed Windows setup to create new partitions. Setup will then give the message "Windows Setup Cannot Configure Windows to Run on this Computers Hardware"...

I'm using Vonage Companion and I have a Skype phone plugged into a USB port. For some reason when WIN 7 goes to sleep it drops the drivers for the phone. So I unplug it and plug it back into the USB port and it would work fine. Later I found out I could go to the control panel. Click on Hardware...

hi, i am having problems getting the microsoft elite keyboard and mouse for bluetooth working in WIN7. after alot of struggles, the computer recognizes the Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth 2.0 dongle. The bluetooth services are on. The discovery and connections boxes in the...

Light Peak is the code-name for a new high-speed optical cable technology designed to connect your electronic devices to each other. Light Peak delivers high bandwidth starting at 10Gb/s with the potential ability to scale to 100Gb/s over the next decade. At 10Gb/s, you could transfer a...

Hey, I am having an issue with my Windows 7 install that just popped up last night.. The issue seems to be that it’s "stuck" in sleep mode. The PC was on this morning when I checked it - all lights, fans, HDD seems to be spinning up etc. but no video output signal. The machine looks...

Hi, I have a HP G60-115EM Laptop and i have a usb mouse and keyboard made by hd. I like to use them sometimes. But when i plug the usb device in for the wireless i get a message saying "HID Data has stopped working" then the mouse will not work but the keyboard will... Why? But the strange...

Hi Guys, Windows 7 rules so far... I have one tiny problem left to solve... Before win 7 I had windows XP, using a firewire cable (1394 connection) I managed to create a direct link to my MacBook Pro laptop that's on my desk - I used Link Removed as a guide. Everything was great, I could copy...

rebuilt my pc about 4 months ago been running xp went ahead and installed windows u7 had its small problems but otherwise ok. Noticed recently it keeps going into sleep mofde where as it never did b4 and couldn't bring it out by just moving the mouse or hitting enter on the keyboard have to hit...

I have an HP PSC 1219 printer and am having problems with it, the scanner doesn't seem to work. Any time I try to scan, no matter which application I use it comes up with an error. When I try to preview it tells me there was an error setting scanner properties and to check if any other...

Anyone has an idea, why it can't recognise my external hdd (WD2500JB)? I plug it in, I hear the sound, and then nothing. It's trying to install a driver, but it fails. Then it will show in the device manager, as "USB Mass Storage Device" In the safely remove wizard it's an unrecognised USB...

Hi there I'm new to all things, still on XP. I've seen my problem in your forum, that of NoUSBString in relation to a webcam. Anyone with a solution?

I recently purchased a Dell with Vista. My mic will not work with the new computer so I bought a new mic, still will not work. I tried turning up the mic amp and the level is up. For some reason the mic just will not work I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestion.