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What is the difference between Software Components and Software Devices in Window's Device Manager?
What is the difference between Software Components and Software Devices in Window's Device Manager?
The answers that I could find online weren't satisfactory. For Software Devices, I understand that ...
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Bluetooth completely disappeared from laptop?
I was trying to resolve a Bluetooth earphone stuttering issue on my laptop and one of the articles I read suggested to pick the other bluetooth option for my earphones (picture from the article below)....
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Can't uninstall a USB audio device driver. (Windows 10)
I'm trying to uninstall the driver for a USB audio interface (the Steinberg in the image below), because I want to install a fresh version, since the current one is acting flaky. For some reason a ...
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Source of Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy device (and others)
I seem to have 3 sound devices on my Windows 10 installation that I haven't really seen before, called "Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy", "Microsoft Streaming Quality Manager Proxy&...
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Allow standard user to change settings in Device Manager in Windows 10 [duplicate]
Is there a way to allow the standard user to update drivers and port settings in Windows 10?
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Can't open the Device Manager and other Administrative tools | Blocked by Administrator (Windows 10 21H1)
I was updating the device drivers of my computer, but it was unsuccessful, After spending so much time on the booting loop & a couple of forced shutdowns, I rolled back my system using System ...
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Windows Driver keeps changing back no matter what
On Windows 10, when I update a video driver, and then restart, it changes it back to the old driver. Why? How to force it to keep a specific video driver?
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Is there any danger in disabling devices in the Device Manager in Windows 10?
I'm experiencing a catastrophic boot failure on my Win10 box. Each time I boot, the system hangs on a black screen before the login screen. The keyboard and mouse are unresponsive; even the num lock / ...
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How does Windows decide what the "best drivers" are?
What criteria does Windows evaluate in deciding what it believes are the "best" drivers for a device?
When pointing Windows 10 to a folder with three driver versions (for an Intel Z390 SATA ...
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How can I permanently uninstall the fingerprint driver in Windows 10?
Whenever I uninstall it, it comes back when I reboot, and I'd like to make it gone forever. Googling for a while hasn't turned up anything -- I'm only finding threads about rolling back or temporarily ...
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I Accidentally Forgot To Check "Delete the driver software for this device" When Uninstalling My Bluetooth Driver
So my Bluetooth driver randomly stopped working and restarting didn't fix it so I uninstalled my Bluetooth driver but I forgot check "Delete the driver software for this device" and now that ...
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Duplicate devices in device manager
When choosing the option "show hidden devices" in device manager, I can see many duplicate hidden devices:
Is that normal? Can I delete the disconnected ones safely?
Also, I have noticed ...
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Can I automate disabling and enabling a device in Windows 10?
Let me preface this by saying I am a complete novice with respect to computers.
I have been having issues with the Realtek audio on my Lenovo laptop where it (seemingly at random) shows error messages ...
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Bluetooth earphone is connected, but has no sound after shutdown and restart
I am currently trying to fix this issue with my friend, but we are now stuck and don't know what to do.
Our teacher uses a Bluetooth earphone (Xiaomi Haylou GT1 PRO TWS) for her everyday tasks. It ran ...
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permanently uninstall Realtek and Nvidia drivers
Because of some performance issues on my Dell XPS 15 which i'm not going to address in detail, i want to uninstall the drivers for its Realtek soundcard and for its Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 video card.
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What is this "Unknown Device" in Device Manager (Root\SQExtFramebufferUmode)
My Microsoft Surface Book 3 15" laptop just updated to Windows 10, version 2004. After the update, there's a new "Unknown device" device listed in Device Manager. It didn't exist before ...
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Why do drivers get updated much more often than firmwares? [closed]
Over the last few years, my computer's manufacturer has pushed updates for all of the following devices:
HP BIOS
Realtek HD Audio
AMD HD Graphics
Synaptics TouchPad
Realtek Bluetooth
Realtek WLAN
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GPU is not used in Windows 10
My system:
My OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
My GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series. Driver date 04.11.2015
My CPU (just in case this is relevant): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU ...
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EPSON WF 6590 printer missing many features unter Windows 10, no driver update solves this
Epson seems to only support installation of drivers via Windows Update.
On Windows 10, the standard installed driver did not support anything, neither paper source could be selected, nor sort order ...
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Effect of "Delete the driver software for this device" checkbox in Windows' Device Manager?
In Windows, when deleting a device from Device Manager, the user is sometimes provided with a checkbox that specifies "Delete the driver software for this device".
Does checking that box ever delete ...
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Determine driver from file
How can I determine the driver from a file it has installed?
I am getting system crashes and analyzing the dump file with windbg points to
\SystemRoot\System32\drivers\HDAudBus.sys
I know it's an ...
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wifi adapter missing from device manager
Yesterday all of a sudden, My wifi got disconnected. It seems the wifi adapter is missing altogether from the device manager. I tried
restarting the laptop
re-installing the wifi drivers
Check hidden ...
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Alternatives to uninstalling device from the Device Manager
Backstory:
I have noticed that on my machine, whatever quality of the connection, the 9560AC WiFi is able to max out only at around 2-2.6 MB/s speeds (guessing its around 10mbps). However, by ...
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Logitech Wireless Headset H800 volume at max & won't adjust in Win10x64 v.1709
A Logitech Wireless Headset H800 on Win10x64 v. 1709 Pro connects through its proprietary leave-in nano receiver on a USB2 port and uses the Microsoft audio endpoint driver v. 10.0.16299.15 on a ...
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Windows 10 stopped reacting to Xbox controllers (nothing in device manager)
I have 2 Xbox Wireless gamepads, which I use with USB cables (I don't have the receivers at the moment).
Everything was working fine until now. Didn't use them for a few weeks and now the PC just ...
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Is there a way to view the device tree in Windows?
I recently started looking into the way that Windows manages its drivers and found out about the device tree and stacks. I was curious if there was a way to get this information about my system. I'm ...
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Missing driver with 'ptun0901' hardware ID
I noticed in Device Manager (under Windows 10) that there are six entries named Unknown Device under Other Devices with a warning overlay in their icons.
I right-clicked on them, clicked Properties, ...
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Find device by Hardware ID in Device Manager?
Is there a way to search through the Windows 10 Device Manager, e.g. by Hardware ID? (Or is there another tool that can do this?)
I know (part of) the Hardware ID of a device I have, e.g. it starts ...
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USB Driver - This device cannot start. (Code 10) - Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API
I've been tired trying find a solution,
My USB controllers have a yellow exclamation sign in Device manager thus any USB I plug into isn't functioning until I remove the driver and reinstall it, and ...
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Win10 constantly making Plug n Play Connect/Disconnect Sound
My machine a few months ago started making noises constantly like someone was continually plugging and unplugging a USB device (~10x/hour). It's affecting my gaming so I finally started trying to ...
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How to re-enable touchscreen on Windows 10 laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga)?
Couple of months back, my laptop was giving me the annoying "ghost touch" problem with my touchscreen, and not knowing how to fix it, I disabled my touchscreen via device manager.
After a recent ...
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How to Automatically update all devices in device manager
In Windows device manager it is possible to "manually" start an automatic update of a device. But its very tedious, each device has to be clicked (as it is not known if that particular device has an ...
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Windows 10 x64 fails to install signed device drivers, although everything is reported to be okay
I am currently struggling with Windows 10 device driver signing, my company has developped some drivers for Windows 10 x86 and x64, which I try to sign using a SHA1 certificate. I know SHA1 is not the ...
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Windows 10 mounts USB drive after 6 minute delay
I have a Windows Compact 2013 embedded device with two data stores (one Flash memory and one SD Card). I connect this device to any Windows 7, 8 or 10 PC, and the two data stores mount straight away ...
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Integrated webcam listed as hidden device in Device Manager
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series laptop running Windows 10. A few days ago, the built-in webcam stopped working completely. Programs like Skype, OBS, and TestWebCam all fail to detect it.
At ...
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Can't find COM ports in Device Manager (Windows 10)
I have tried "Show hidden devices" but it didn't work
I'm using an Intel Compute Stick with Windows 10 installed. I have a USB serial converter hooked up. I'm trying to communicate with PuTTY, but ...
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No network adapters in windows 10 home build 15xx
Ethernet wired internet has always worked fine before, except for the wireless adapter, so I tried reinstalling the wifi adapter drivers, didn't work, then I tried a suggestion I read somewhere, which ...
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Disabled Touchscreen of Lenovo X220 (tablet) re-enable after ever sleep and wake in Windows 10
I disabled the Touchscreen of my Lenovo X220 (core i7) tablet due to over-sensitivity (it registers some non-existing 'touches' itself) in the Device Manager according to this previous post:
How do I ...
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Windows 10 interrupts GeForce graphics
My notebook's integrated Intel GPU is working fine on Windows 10. But the dedicated GeForce GT520M is interrpted by the system. (Photo)
I've tryed to update the driver, I've tried to use Display ...
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How to add a playback device in Windows 10
Recently, with greatest reluctance I upgraded to Windows 10 and now I cannot see my secondary playback device when I insert audio jack.
I tried built-in audio troubleshooting and it didn't help.
I ...
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Code 31 (Windows cannot load the drivers) For Some Portable Devices
I have 3 physical USB drives.
A) Flash drive
B) Physical external drive (self powered)
C) Physical external drive (wall powered)
All but one of the partitions on these drives exhibits the yellow ...
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Make Windows 10 Recognize Bluetooth Dongle as Bluetooth?
I stumbled across a six pin header on my motherboard designed for an internal Bluetooth module that uses USB protocols to communicate, and ended up making the actual cable that allowed me to place the ...
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