usb device

When I plug a USB device in my computer shut down as though something is shorting out. Also got another problem when starting some software up the screen flickers for a while. Could anyone suggest what the prblem might be. Thanks Chris

I have an unusual situation. On a clean boot my ATI Remote Wonder works just fine, BUT alfter about 10 minutes, it stops working for some reason and without notice. It is like the transmitter just got pulled out of the USB. A reboot fixes the problem and again 10 minutes later, same thing. Any...

I have compaq laptop with vista basic want to load windows 7 in D drive, I downloaded windows 7 and burned to a dvd at 2 X speed wiith power iso. The DVD loads correctly but I get the following error message "load driver - A reqd CD/DVD driver device is missing. if you have driver floppy disk...

A vendor told me that supposedly Windows 7 has some emulation options for com ports. Is this true? If so how does it work. I have a handheld scanner that is USB, when I plug it into the computer it is recognized as a keyboard (scanner normally in keyboard wedge mode), but I need to use a com...

I have a slight irritation, When I boot I get a unknown USB device failed to load. Yet all my USB Devices are working correctly. The work around is to disable the device . I for curiosity would like to know what is causing this. I suppose I could delete all the USB controllers and ave them...

Using WMDM I have created a small application to read portable device information, my application works fine on vista and XP but has one problem on Win7. Problem: I am not able to get drive letter of USB device. I am calling GetName of IWMDMDevice interface, on XP & VISTA this API returns...

So when i select shutdown on windows 7 it shows logging off but then stays on that. So im there 5 minutes and it stays at logging off with the circle going round. I have to hold the power button to shut it off. It dident do this before. Just after my system crashed from a usb device. Please help

I am connecting a Canon HV20 Video Camera to a Pinnacle 710-USB. (this device is recognized in the device manager as a Pinnacle Marvin Bus 64)... The Camera is recognized as a 61883 Class Bus ????? but with an error (This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers...

I have a Novatel Ovation mc950D and when i try to install the device it seems to be installing and then all of a sudden the install reverses and stops. So basically i have no clue why it wont install. If anyone can help me out that would be great. Product: Novatel Ovation mc950D from fido os...

Hi all Win TV 6.0 (the application supplied by Hauppage) for watching TV doesn't work properly on W7 X-64. The device (USB HVR-900H tv stick) is normally really great for watching on Laptops etc. The driver actually works but the application doesn't -- won't tune channels. Hauppage is...

1.) I have the Superdisk LS/120/240 (made by Matshita) external floppy drive that worked flawlessly with Windows Vista but is now not working with Windows 7. When I click on the yellow exclamation point to troubleshoot I am offered the button to apply the fix of reinstalling the device driver...

Hi there Can't get the Terrestial Digital channels to work on W7 (both X-64 / x-32). Works fine in Vista X-64. The card is a "hybrid" type which has both a traditional Analog and a Terrestial Digital TV receiver in it. After scanning the Analog channels (does this Ok -- In UK get BBC1, BBC2...

Hi Experts, When I plug my Kingston Data Traveler DT1/1GB in to my Laptop having Windows Vista, it asked for the installation of a driver software before proceeding any further. From where can I have/install its driver. The device was working fine till Windows XP. Do any one of you have ever...

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...

It seems that Vista will not recognize my external hard drive, a Lacie Bigdisk. It says that I'm missing a driver, but the thing is, it never required a driver in Windows 2000, or XP. My question is, Is it possible to use a generic driver for this, or do I just have to wait for Lacie to create...