Tag: device_manager

No Audio Output in Vista

August 04, 2007 by Jason

Not getting any sound? First be sure that your audio playback device is properly installed by right clicking on the volume icon (by default this is found at the bottom right by the time in the notification area). Select “Playback Devices” and you should see a list of valid output devices. You may have only one, but you should have at least one. You should see a little green circle with a checkmark and a status of “Working” following the description of the device.

If you do not see any devices, you’ll need to install one. This is normally a driver issue, so installing the proper driver should do the trick. You can also check out the “Device Manager” by pressing the “Start orb” and typing “Device Manager” in the search box, Read More»

Enable SATA Support in Vista

July 13, 2007 by Jason

If your PC is less than a year old there’s a fair chance it has SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives, which basically means they’re a bit faster than the old PATA (Parallel ATA) or IDE drives, that used those big clumsy ribbon cables. Anyway, Windows Vista has built-in support for SATA drives but it’s not enabled by default so you could be missing out on a small performance gain.

To put that right go to Device Manager and there’s a couple of quick ways to do that, Read More»

Fix problems with USB DSL/Cable modems

June 06, 2007 by Jason

Some usb dsl/cable modems may get disconnected after a little while. A possible reason that could cause this problem is that in windows xp there is an option that allows the computer to turn off a usb device to save power. To disable this option: Read More»

Problems and Tips while using USB ports

May 13, 2007 by Jason

Some readers says that while is inserting flash drive in USB port. The system didn’t recognize it how could we overcome it.

First of all we should know the two types of USB ports.

USB 1.1: This is the first type of USB. It designed as per the speed of transferring 1.5mb/sec data’s. This is designed instead of serial and parallel port for the use of USB port. This is basically used only for connecting mouse and keyboard. System would be struggled for data overloading.
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Troubleshooting Conflicts in Windows XP – part1

May 05, 2007 by Jason

How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
How to Use Clean Boot Troubleshooting for Windows XP
Troubleshooting Device Conflicts in the Device Manager for Windows XP
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
Description of Windows XP System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool
Description of My Computer Information Tool in Help and Support
How to Verify/Disable & Troubleshoot Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP Read More»

Device Manager to pc Performance

February 01, 2007 by Jason
  • Keyboard shortcuts: There may have been times when your mouse was not detected and you had a hard time getting around the device manager. Here are the navigation keys with Device Manager. If you are in the desktop, press the TAB key repeatedly until My Computer is selected. Then press the CONTEXT MENU key, which is between the left Ctrl key and the Windows Key. This opens up the context menu for the My Computer. Now select Properties from this menu. Now you see the System Properties window. This has several tabs, one of which is the Device Manager. Press Ctrl+TAB repeatedly to move to Device Manager. Now you see all the devices listed. Press TAB to move to them. To open up any particular device, press the RIGHT ARROW and to shrink it up press LEFT ARROW. To open up the properties of any particular device, press ALT+ENTER or the CONTEXT MENU key.
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