usb devices

All of a sudden I have 4 Removable Drives on my windows 8 machine. I've tried removing these, but they return as soon as I restart. I went into computer/disk management, right clicked each and uninstalled the driver, but no way. So I went to Device Manager and first disabled and then...

My bluetooth icon for my USB bluetooth is dissappeared from the taskbar and the driver is not reinstalling. There is a ! besides the driver name on Device Manager. A message coming out saying 'The device is not available' when i try to send a file. The same happens with all the USB bluetooth...

I double clicked on the system sounds in the mixer and suddenly I got a beep sound ( one a second ) and it wont stop. I have removed my USB keyboard and mouse and it still keeps beeping. I have tried a system restore and it keeps beeping. I tried an earliar restore point and it keeps beeping...

Hello, I've Googled this problem extensively but I can't seem to find anyone else who is experiencing the exact problem that I am experiencing. I built a very high-spec gaming PC last August and installed Windows 8. I upgraded to 8.1 later and did not experience any problems until I needed to...

My logitech camera wasn't working when it was plugged in so I unplugged it, and plugged it back in. I looked back and I had a blue screen. I have no idea if it has any relevance to the bluescreen but please help. I don't want this problem again.

Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit, 6.1.7601 SP 1 Build 7601, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R, i7-960, 12gb mem, GTX-560 I'm having a bizarre problem. Each morning when I power my machine up, it boots into Windows ok, but I'm having problems with ALL the USB 2.0 ports except for the USB 1.1 wireless kb/mouse...

Hey everyone! Some background info: I built my computer ~2 years ago and it worked fine for about half a year, until it crashed. Since then I've been unable to reinstall Windows and I kinda forgot about it... which sucks! So please help me get it up and running again :) Motherboard: GigaByte...

We recently built my friends computer. We started with Windows 8.1 and that was fine until the keyboard and mouse stopped working. We tried other USB ports, disabling the XHCI in BIOS, and other things but nothing worked. We decided to clean format and switch back to Windows 7. We're now using...

I watch a great deal of Netflix on my PC. I have noticed lately that while watching a program a great deal of buffering goes on. I run Auslogics defragmenter. Does disk fragmentation have anything to do with my issue? I must connect to a VPN as i live in a country where Netflix is not supported...

Not sure what is going on here. I had firefox running and suddenly this browser has taken a turn for the worse...adverts up the ying yang. Now it appears I have lost functionality of Windows IE9 browser. Browser says I have IE10 installed...I hit the home icon and I am taken to Firefox. What...

Not sure if I am in the correct forum for this question but, please indulge me. I use a VPN for downloading Netflix as I live in Japan and this bloody country has not allowed free downloading of Netflix from the US. Anyway, I have found lately that after about 20 minutes of viewing the monitor...

When I plugin an external USB hard disc or USB stick it appears that Windows 7 pops up a dialog window asking me: "Do you want to scan and fix removable disc?" After reading a while in Internet I saw two methods for disabling these popups: 1.) Disabling service "Shell Hardware detection"...

Hello, I have a Toshiba laptop and just installed windows 7 recently. I have installed all necessary drivers: Intel, Realtek, ATI Radeon Card, Toshiba controller. The BSOD only occurs in these time: when booting Windows Booting screen, at the log in screen, and in some strange manners (I have a...

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SYSTEM: Core-i5 3470 - 8Gb Crucial 1333Mhz - XFX Pro Core PSU - Gigabyte H77 board - Samsung 840 SSD Hi Ive recently been having problems on my PC which started when I ran a program called DSL Stats alongside Avast Internet Security that had replaced Norton Internet Security (uninstalled, then...

I've had a couple of problems within the last few days, but even though they have similarities, they also had quite different aspects also, so I'm not certain whether they are related or not. The first time I got a blue screen when I had Disk Management format a hard drive that had disappeared...

I have discovered a strange issue with my USB ports. My external hard drive was reporting that it encountered an error and needed to be checked. I allowed Windows 8 to automatically fix the error. The wizard got about 70% done and then reported that it had failed. I then entered the...

Hi, I have a "SanDisk Ultra CompactFlash" 4GB card and an internal card reader (HP desktop). When I insert the card into the reader, the green light above the slot turns on as if it recognizes the device, but it doesn't show up. Device Manager says that the driver is installed and working...

New external HDD won't show in "Computer" l Have searched a lot, but only find comments directing me to Disk management and Device manager. The Ext. HD is not showing there either. Power light is on. This is a Lacie 2 TB Minimus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive...

Fixes an issue in which some USB devices do not work after you resume a computer from hibernation. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...