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Hi,
We are experiencing difficulty to make HP packet PC to connect with XP (SP 2) using Active Sync 3.7 or 3.8. In device manager we see that there is yellow (!) mark under Other devices->Generic RNDIS. So, I am trying to install drivers for it....

Hello,

I manage a network of about 100 computers.  It drives me insane when people don't leave their computers turned on and I have to walk halfway across the building to do any maintenance...  And then the door is locked!

I have Wake On...

I am pretty sure I know why it is beeping (I have to rebuild one of the SCSI raided drives) but I was wondering, is there anyway I can turn this eardrum shattering constant beeping off while it is rebuilding the drive?

I've ran into abit of problems regarding a Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 server.
The server currently got no OS installed so the system cannot boot, and this is intentional.
However the system see this failure to boot as a fault and reports it to...

Hi,
I have install window 2003 standard edition server with service pack-1 on machine HP dc7800 minitower.
I can found the following drivers (1)PCI Serial Port (2)PCI Simple Communications Controllers & (3) Unknown Device.
Even I search the HP...

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We are using HP PC's, running Windows XP OS's.

Normally, to check what the NIC's speed/duplex settings are, I would go to network properties, etc.

I was wondering if there was a way to check this via command line?

Thx

I'm looking for the network drivers for a Windows 2003 R2 install on a Dell Optiplex 380. thanks!

I have gone from vista back to xp on a new dell desktop.  I have found all the drivers except the PCI Device Unknown.  I have no sound also.  Any idea what the device is or does and where can I find a driver.

This webcam's picture is here:
http://colorvis.en.alibaba.com/product/0/50163195/PC_Camera.html

Anyone knows where to download this webcam's driver or anyone has the driver plz send me. Thanks.
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Well, the computer didn't blow up, but I think it came close.  Lately, we've been having a random shutdown problem, and we'd hoped we'd solved it with a new GeForce 6600GT video card and downloaded the new drivers ... a whole 24 hours go by...

Have a Dell Optiplex 380 with XP Pro on it that keeps hanging up randomly.  One of the items mentioned in the event viewer is this:  The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: PBADRV

Can't get this figured out.  Nothing...

We just changed our ISP, and now we can not RDP into our mail server from its outside address, but we can RDP from inside our network to the same server. When I do a trace route the packet drops at the very end and it says "no valid adjacency"....

does anyone know the standard output voltage for the USB port, and which wires inside the connector are the negative and positive, and maybe some links to some very basic usb guides, i was hoping to use the voltage for a small light for my...

Maybe I just need to hear someone say it can't be done.
 I have a client a couple states away who wants to access the security cameras at his business. The only issue I'm having is that when we type in his IP address I get an activex controller...

HP has been my defacto  "gold standard" for enterprise servers, while Dell holds the crown for PCs. However, poor HP service experiences has me taking a hard look at Dell for servers. At the end of the day, how do  Dell vs HP server lines compare...

Just picked up a new client.  The previous consulting firm used Kaseya and has the Kaseya agent installed on all network workstations - looks like it was deployed.  How can I remove this agent and service, can't find any way to uninstall it from...

I am upgrading to a new 2.4GHZ computer that came with USB 2.0. When I'm trying to use the accompanying disk to install new drivers for this system, most devices drivers (sound, Ethernet, etc..) were installed correctly with no problem.

But...

Hi Every one,

I got a Acer aspire one D255 Netbook..
forgot Bios Passport.. Looking for solution to reset the bios password

Did lot of research but unable to find a solutions

Is there any program i can use to reset the bios password...

Hi,

I've received two BSODs, one yesterday and one today (13th & 14th Jan 09) the error code is as follows;

0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x8052e797, 0xb5671750, 0x00000000) - Occured on 14th Jan
0x1000008e (0xc0000005, 0x805afee6, 0xa9615bdc,...

Hello,

I am looking for an Audio driver for a Gateway E Series Desktop.

I have been looking for quite some time and have tried many different things. From unistall/reinstall with audio disabled in bios. All service packs. About ten...

I have a Sony Viao desktop PC running Win XP SP2.  Original equipment is SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio.    Sound stopped working - no audio output of any kind.

Device manager reports the SoundMAX "device is working properly" and "device...

What is System: Warmstart and what is the next step for me to repair it?  The unit is 4 years old and protects all my servers.  I believe it may be a fault with the APC management card or possibly batteries but the system is showing all green...

I would like to upgrade the firmware of WYSE Thin OS from 6.4.0_06 to 6.5.0_22. I could not find the firmware on WYSE site as I think these are discontinued models (I am not sure).

Question

How do you upgrade the firmware on S10 (Model SX0)...

So here's the scenario:

I'm doing a bulk install of Windows 7 on 2000+ PC's.  I've configured a task sequence and assigned a mandatory advertisement to a 'build' collection.

All the desktops are HP, so I've enabled PXE as the first boot...

Hello experts,

I am running Windows 2008 R2 SP1 on a desktop with Intel i7 2600 CPU, Intel DH67BL main board and 16GB DDR3.

When trying to start the first hyper-V virtual machine, I am getting this error:

[Window Title]
Hyper-V Manager...

I am looking for a remote desktop/pc solution that does not require any action on the client side (installation, verification, etc).  I have used some called GenControl, but am now experiencing an error message that I cannot get passed and no...

Im requesting assistance in identifying the source(s) of a conflict in my computer configuration that is causing transient errors when attempting to burn a DVD label using LightScribe.  (I use the term transient errors due to the fact that I...

Help inventory time again and i need to find out the serial numbers for all computers on the LAN without walking to each computer.
Any help is appreciated thanks!

I have an Intel Badaxe D975xbx2, Intel extreme x6800 cpu, Xfx GeForce 7950 gx2 1gig dual, WD 320 sata hd. When I turn on the pc I get this error "not supported mode". I made sure it's in pc mode. I tried lowering/raising the resolution when I was...

Hi,

Pinnacle TV tuner card drivers for vista (PCTV 150e/55e PAL/SEC)
Is there drivers for this model available or any suitable drivers.

Regards
Sharath

I have the problem of getting the error message "setup did not find any hard disk drives". I have a Dell Precision 690 with Intel Xeon dual core processors. The IDE ATA Controller is Intel 631xESB SATA. The hard drive has 700 GB.

64-bit...

Hi experts,

I have "IBM PC 300GL (6563-43U)" 800 MHz processor, the problem is that whenever I boot I get "167 no processor bios update found" can anyone help me searching for processor bios update?
please help me get rid of this problem,...

Trying to update the BIOS for a DELL Optiplex 620 which is running Server 2008 R2 x64. I downloaded the BIOS update from DELL and ran it but I keep getting the following error message:

"Windows Configuration Error
An error was encountered...

Hello,

Firstly I will start with my system spec: (OS: WinXP Home SP2) Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro mobo, AMD 3200+ 64bit CPU, 2 x Kingston 512DDR RAM, 80GB Seagate Barracuda SATA HDD, Asus 6800GT GPU.

I'll try to explain my problem as best as I...

I have the titled Mobo in my system. I recently had to reload WindowsXP Pro & SP2 on my system. When I load the driver for the AC97 sound, my system crashes into a reboot during installation. I have reloaded WindowsXP Pro several times and...

Dell and others have a warranty status page where you plug in a serial number and get the warranty status information.

I can not find such a page on emachines.com

Am I just missing it or isn't there one?

Ok, I have been driving myself nuts trying to figure this out!!!! A few months ago my motherboard got fried so I took it in and had it replaced. I got it home and my sound worked for a few days, then quit. This is the info I have gathered/alerts...

My customer's Server recently stopped POSTing.
It has been working for a few years prior to this issue

The motherboard is an Intel S5000VSA w/ an SC5299BRP chassis

When the server is plugged in:
- the server enables standby / diagnostic...

Hi guys,

I took a wireless card that worked in another Windows XP Pro machine and it in my own Windows XP Pro machine. But I don't have the driver for it so it doesn't work on my machine. Here are the details on the physical card:
...

I have a Dell optiplex 745 it powers up but there is no image on the monitor.
i have checked the monitor with another pc all working fine please help.

Hi,

Here's the situation. I was given a Dell Optiplex GX260 computer at work, which came with Windows XP. I reformatted the hard drive and installed Windows 2000 (Traditional Chinese), but ever since, my computer has been unable to produce any...

My Intel DG965SS is now coming up with an unknown device PCI Serial Port.  PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2997&SUBSYS_4F438086&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&1B  I cannot find a driver for it anywhere.  Windows XP Home

I have a desktop IBM Lenovo when I connect the power cable there are 2 LEDs at the back of the power supply, one is lighting green, the other is off, when I press the power button the nothing happens, the PC doesn't turn on, but the other LED on...

If I have IDE Desktop hard drives, is there way to connect them internally to SATA interface on a different computer?

The drives would be connected as slaves / secondary - to back up files.

Thanks

I have been through the similar problems to mine that are listed here and none of them have worked. My problem is that i have been using my Samsung LCD TV LE32R88BD as a monitor for 12 months with my old PC that had a Geforce 128 graphics card....

If How to restart c/odbc or ODBC without restarting server

I came into work today and was informed that a machine had the BSOD.

Here is the technical information :
0x0000007B (0xBA4C3524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

What is it caused by and how do I fix it?

Thanks,
JPertchik

Hi Guys

I hope you can help me here.

We have 40 PCs running on a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Domain.
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11   /  client install package: 11.0.300
IE7
Citrix Program Neighborhood 10.200
Office 2007

It...

I have an HP all in one 200xt with Windows 7 Professional that won't boot.  The HP splash screen comes up, then a screen that lists BIOS version, CPU speed, memory info etc.  Also has 1st drive and 2nd drive info listed and 0 USB devices found...

Computer is an Intel ITX D945GCLF2 running WinXp SP3, 2GB RAM.  Bios is set to "Power On" after power is restored from an unanticipated power loss.  When power is turned OFF at the AC source, and turned back ON, CPU does not restart as specified...

I am trying to decide on what system to go with for my new home machine.  I'm debating on 2 separate systems or one huge one.  The primary use will be to host my 2008 R2 home domain (all VM's) which will include all the normal stuff like DNS,...

Greetings,

Two days ago I set up a dell optiplex 380 with an intel g41 express chipset using two monitors, one dvi the other vga. I used the intel graphics media control panel for the configuration and everything was fine. It also seemed...

Hello all,
Yep, it's another "My PC won't boot, please help" question...
This is the background:
My pc always gives me a blue screen as soon as the "windows is starting up" screen is shown when I boot into Windows. (XP Pro, SP1). The stop code...

Recently my computer has been giving me this error message when I boot it up

Alert! System battery voltage is low.

My computer is a Dell Dimension 8300 and it is only a few months old.  How can I fix this problem so my computer stops...

Am getting error code: 7 while trying to reformat Maxtor 80 gb hard drive in a Dell Optiplex GX620.  Have tried reformatting several times.  Am aware that Dell site indicates bad sectors. Is there any way to fix the problem locally?

Hello,
I have an ASUS M2NPV-VM motherboard and I have Windows 2003 64bit loaded onto it, and am using an AMD CPU. I have been able to get every driver installed but for some reason I get an error saying that the drivers for the SM BUS controller...

Hi,

I have a Philips Freevents MT2400 desktop which currently has a recovery partition.
I am wanting to start the recovery application however I do not know the key combination to use at startup.
I have tried the usual Alt+F10, Alt+F11 etc...

Good evening!

A friend from work has an HP at home.  Her child somehow pressed F10 on boot which launched & started the System Restore feature.  From what I understand, HP creates a partition on which it keeps the Win XP image in case the OS...

I am running a DOS program (connects via com port) that occassionally hangs up the com port.  How do I reset it without restarting my machine?

Thanks
Chris
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I have an Windows Vista machine which I bought a while back.

I would like to upgrade it and put the OS on an SSD.

My problem is that I did not get a Vista CD with the machine. Rather, there is a partition on the current hard disk with a...

Hello experts,

I have assembled a desktop with Intel DH67BL main board, Intel i7 2600 CPU, 16GB DDR3 and Dual 2TB HDDs.

I have configured SATA mode in the Bios to be Raid and built a Raid1 array.

During installation of Windows 7, in the...

Whiat is wrong with my PC?
I need help fixing this error at bootup:

Warning! Now system is in safe mode.
Please re-setting CPU frequency in CMOS setup.

I have been doing some research on this and have found out that Dell do a piece of software called Dell Client Configuration Utilty which allows you to enable BIOS settings such as wak on lan and this can be manipulated for HP Compaqqs

I would...

Hi experts,

"1962 No Operating System Found. Press F1 to repeat boot sequence".  Yesterday, when i boot the desktop i had this message. I realy don't know what it was but..
all i have done it's to reconnect the cable plugs and press the...

Hey everyone,

I recently purchased a 9 pin parallel port card. When i plugged it into my ATI motherboard my OS (Windows XP x64) was unable to install the device.
I read a recent thread about PCI Simple Comms. Controller and apparently that...

Hi there,
Anyone any experience with touch screen monitors?

Here's the set up.
I have a client who has just received a shipment of 18 complete systems from germany. (I am in Spain by the way).
They all have identical equipment using XP Pro,...

I need to load dos 6.22 on a usb flash drive.  I can get the files to install, but when I boot to the usb it hangs on 'starting ms-dos'.  I tried a different method, but that resulted in the letter j displaying at boot.  Anyone had any...

I have had several occurances of my laptop shutting down during startup but eventually staying on afte several attempts.  I suspect that this is due to CPU overheating.  Could this be the case or are there other possibilities?

Can I monitor...

I have a Dell with a 700 mhz Celeron processor.  I just installed Windows XP and it is running very slow.  I takes a long time to open programs and start menu and things like control panel and accessories.  Is there anything I can do short of...

I have ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo, and I currently have (a) a single Maxtor 80 gb IDE hard drive as the boot drive and (b) a pair of Barracuda SATA 80 GB drives configured as RAID1 (storing data only) using the onboard Intel ICH5R chip.

I'd like...

Hi all,,

I am planning to do a simple USB heater that drives its power from USB port and heats up a continer containing water/coffee,, so any ideas in how to do such a project??

thanx

Hi,

I have a compaq desktop (Pentium 3, 996 MHz, 256MB RAM, 20 GB HD). It shows the following message and stops working:

*** Hardware malfunction
Call your hardware vendor for support
NMI: Parity check/ memory parity error
*** The...

Hello, I am setting up a small network and trying to verify throughput levels between machines, but I am seeing some odd behavior.  Specifically, I am seeing slow throughput in one direction between two machines, but not in the other.  I am using...

Here is a crazy thing. I just got new speakers for my HP Pav with win xp Realtek AC 97 audio card. No Sound...have went thru ALL the checks and everthing looks fine...now here is the rub...if I put my headphone plug partially in the front slot I...

I have two HP D530 business class desktop PC's, both have worked fine for over a year, but one has a loud whirring fan noise that pops up every 10 minutes or so, sounds like a jet plane taking off.  The other one never does it.  Neither PC has...

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Let me put the long story short. I tried to extract a dell bios from this hp pc and ended up in corrupted bios. After that there is no video no beep. I have tried everything in the hp support website( the machine is out of...

CONTEXT: Small company. USA. About 75 XP PRO SP3 (with all updates) PC's have Microsoft Office 2003+ and a proprietary app that requires XP. The company does everything VERY cheaply but legally. Each PC is like an "island" because it has very...

I have a Dell Optiplex GX270 and about twice a week it shuts down by itself and when I boot it back up before starting Windows it shows me the following message:"Alert! Previous shutdown due to thermal event. Strike F1 to continue, or F2 to run...

I was sent a Sun Fire V880 from another office and nobody knows the root or RSC passwords. Since the network configuration is for a different TCP/IP network the only access I have to the system is through the RSC serial port via a Windows laptop...

Hi Guys, this may be an unusual request but is it possible to add a PCI Wifi card into a server and have it communicate with the ESX host. Its for a simple test environment so no need for fast NICs.

thanks

Hi all,

im trying to install eSXi on my dell optilex 755 i have bios revision A10 but under performance, there arent options for "Virtualization" or "Trusted Execution" there is only an option for VT there and when i run the esxi installer i...

I received our HP 8200 Elite Workstation and after going thru the setup of the computer, installed and noticed it installs Microsoft Windows 7 Pro x64.

We are actually licensed to install Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise x64 edition.

So...

Hello, Experts,

I got an urgent question and ask for help.

I bounght a computer with no system installed. I did not buy sound cardI (I remember so, please show me how to verify).

I installed Windows XP by myself.

Last week I tried to...

In device manager have the  yellow alerts for intel 82801 fb/fbm pci express root - 2600, 2660 and an intel 925X/xe PCI express root -2585.
I'm sure they are referring to a pci express video card.
It's an ATI Radeon Model # 8964 Ver:110, MIC...

I've been having a wierd issue with some Dell Optiplex computers at my workplace. The issue I've been having concerns the fans spinning very fast and loud as if the computer is going to take off, but yet the computer doesn't boot up, the power...

Is there a limit to the number of programs that you can have installed?  If there is, how do you monitor this and know when you are approaching the limit.

Thanks
ag

HI

I have previously used HP/Compaq server hardware where you insert the Smart Start utility and configure the RAID etc from there. I've just bought a Dell 6300 from ebay and would like to build it with the equivalent, but have no idea what...

Thank You again!

This is my first Vista Home installation and the OS installed all drivers BUT NOT the audio.
Tried the driver CD that came with the board, but it did not support VISTA.
New ASUS P5PE-VM motherboard and the only driver that...

So earlier in the day the user comes to me and says he gets this error about his system memory so I reseated the memory sticks and the one it didn't see it now was seeing.  But I thought that after he left I would run Memtest anyway because in...

I am trying to hook my brother up with a dual monitor setup for christmas but his computer only has a single-monitor VGA output. I bought a VGA splitter thinking it would fix the problem but when i look for "extended desktop" in the graphics...

This is a long question for all technicians out there, and is deliberately detailed to save you having to ask for more spec. I need some qualified advice about a non-booting PC which sounds BIOS Beeps, but won't boot to POST (or at least I can't...

I am trying to install SATA Maxtor 120gb hard drive on Gigabyte GA-7N400 motherboard. I only have floppy disk and cd drive connected (secondary master on ide2)
My problem is that hard drive is not detected either during BIOS or by Windows XP (I...

Hi

Last week i assembled a new computer with amongst other things  these core components:
- Core i5 2500k
- Asus P8P67-M Motherboard
- Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 8GB (2x4)
- OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA 3
- Corsair CX 500Watt V2 Power supply

I...

I am trying to figure out why my system just suddenly shuts down and re-starts. I am running an ATI Radeon X700 Pro PCIe Video card.
Here is the error message I get from the event viewer:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck...

I have the same problem jnri had in July of 2005.
I am not getting sound from my computer and believe it's the sound card.  It is the "c-media ac97 audio device", but not sure if that is the name.  If it's not the soundcard, how do I find out...

I HAVE A DELL PRECISION 670.  THE COMPUTER WILL NOT BOOT UP AT ALL .  AS SOON AS YOU TURN ON THE POWER SWITCH THE LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH AMBER AND THIER IS A SMALL LIGHT LABELED B THAT IS SOLID AMBER ALSO.  I HAVE TRIED REPLACING THE POWER SUPPLY...

Recently, I've been getting error message below;

Stop: c000007b unknown hard error
Unknown Hard Error
Beginning dump of physical memory

My computer gives me this error message on a blue screen and I have to restart my computer everytime....

Hello,

I've recently formatted my hard disk and re-installed Windows XP.  All is working fine expect the on-board sound chipset, for which I am unable to find the driver.  I have a "P4V845 series" motherboard, and I don't know by whom it was...