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How do I delete folders from the Windows 7 DriverStore?
I am having a problem getting a specific device to work, and I am trying to start from square one by making sure there are absolutely no leftover files from driver installs on my system. Specifically ...
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Play audio over network with Windows 7?
I have seen software for Linux systems that allows me to send the audio from one system to another over the network, is there such a software (a driver likely) for Windows, specificly XP but Vista and ...
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Drivers for headphones with in-line mic and remote control
Is there a way to get the in-line microphone and remote controller on headphones to work on Windows?
I've got Koss iSpark designed to work with iPhone, but also other smartphones. It has in-line ...
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What is roaming sensitivity?
For my Signal King SK-999WN Wifi adapter, I installed the Ralink 3070 driver package IS_Setup_ICS_081414_1.5.38.101.exe available from MediaTek. The driver has an option Roaming Sensitivity, which by ...
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Is it possible that newer hardware only supports Windows 10? Can I use Windows 10 drivers during Windows 7 installation?
I recently purchased a ASUS VivoBook X556UQ-NB71 from Newegg and I'm trying to install Windows 7 on it but I'm having some issues. From what I can tell the issue lies with not having the proper ...
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How can I forcibly install an older driver on Windows 7?
I'm trying to downgrade my Realtek High Definition Audio driver, currently
It's not as simple as clicking "Update Driver..." because here's what happens:
So, naturally, I tried uninstalling the ...
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Windows 10 installation failure due to missing driver
I once installed windows 10 from USB that I had. Then for a reason, I need a clean install of it. Now when I'm using the USB I'm getting a response saying "A media driver your computer needs is ...
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why Thinkpad T410s intermittent keyboard death?
I have a Thinkpad T410s running Windows 7 64-bit. I have had it for three months. It has the latest BIOS (1.41) and trackpad drivers.
In the last week I have started to notice that the keyboard ...
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Repair bad AHCI Driver Install
In a moment of madness I installed Intel RST drivers on my system and now Windows 7 (x64) no longer starts up.
Safe modes work, changing my driver controller to IDE in BIOS doesn't help.
Is there ...
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Virtual audio driver for Windows? [closed]
Is there any (possibly free or open-source) virtual WDM audio driver for Windows, with additional processing plugins, which would add one more layer between windows applications and actual sound card'...
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How to add NVMe drivers to an SSD to a cloned Windows installation to use in new computer so the system can boot?
I used a disc cloning software to clone a non-nvme drive into an NVMe drive.
The problem is that I need to add a couple drivers for Windows to boot. Namely, the NVMe drivers. This includes 2 hotfixes ...
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How to export installed device driver on Windows 7 for later use? [duplicate]
I see myself confronted with an unusual problem:
I own a laptop which was (past) served with an installed initial disk image with all the required drives already installed on it. Within the installed ...
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Can I install 32 bit driver in XP mode on my Windows 7 64-bit?
I need to install 32 bit driver on my Windows 7 64-bit operating system. I have got a reply from the vendor saying it's not supported on 64-bit OS. Is it possible to run the driver inside virtual ...
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How to deal with Windows 7 when it reports "audio device is disabled," but is not?
I have an interesting situation wherein I updated the audio driver for an Asus X54C and now the audio will no longer work on Windows 7. I have uninstalled and reinstalled various drivers several ...
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HP Laserjet 1320 drivers for Windows 7
Background
I replaced som XP computers with Win 7 computers. We have a HP Laserjet 1320dn printer attached to the LAN. The XP computers could print to it from Word in duplex mode without any issues.
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Customizing device installation settings
Windows 7's Windows Update device driver update settings can be configured in Control Panel - Devices and Printers - Device installation settings:
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What are ...
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Why did I have to copy usbscan.sys?
When plugging in a Canon CanoScan 9000F, driver installation failed, and so I looked at the log file C:\Windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log: The file usbscan.sys could not be found in C:\Windows\inf.
So I ...
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unknown device Dell e6530
I would like to find driver for a device, identified by the following hardware ID:
ven_8086&dev_1e3a&subsys_05351028&REV_04
In an Internet discussion I found that is PCI communication ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on Samsung SM961 M2 NVMe drive but CAN use the drive after installing the OS normally. Why?
As the title suggests, I'm having trouble installing Windows 7 64-bit on a Samsung SM961 M2 SSD drive, via the M2 slot on an Asus X-99 A motherboard.
The drive is visible to the BIOS, but not during ...