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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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