Questions tagged [device-manager]
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Surface Laptop 2: Keyboard And Trackpad Unresponsive After Disconnect And Sleep
I frequently encounter this issue with my Surface Laptop 2 whenever I move it from my home setup to another location:
At Home: I use my laptop connected to an external monitor. I also often use ...
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How to remove old Unknown USB devices from the list of COM ports?
I have a Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC device to which I need to connect and disconnect different USB devices. I can hear the sound of connect/disconnect and I can see the USB device appear/disappear ...
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'oem17.---' instead of 'oem17.inf' in Device Manager. Cannot remove driver
Not sure how I ended up in this situation, but I've got some sort of dangling reference to a driver that isn't actually -- or at least isn't fully -- installed. In Device Manager on Windows 11 Pro, ...
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Mark USB devices as not removable in Windows
Under the safely eject icon in my tray, both my touch tablet (showing up as a mouse) and USB WiFi adapter are showing up as removable devices. This clutters up my tray when nothing is connected and ...
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'Power management' tab after device manager -> right-click-> properties is missing
I am trying to set my bluetooth mouse up to wake my windows 11 computer up. this help page and this video both say that once you're in device manager, all you need to do is right click on the device ...
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USB speaker not working after sleep - Best workaround?
After Windows was in sleep mode, my USB speakers stop working.
What I tried:
Disabled selective USB energy saving in the energy options
Workarounds:
Unpluging/repluging the USB cable: works, but is ...
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Why can't Windows tell if my laptop's internal microphone is unplugged?
I had to do a repair on my Lenovo Legion 7's hinge and display.
During the course of this the microphone that is below the display became unplugged. It took me ages to work out this was the problem as ...
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How to fully disconnect and reconnect a USB keyboard from PC on Windows?
I have my USB keyboard (ASUS ROG Strix Scope RX) that has LED lights, connected to my laptop.
I need its LEDs to turn off when turning off my external monitor (the only one I use actually, since the ...
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Cannot disable USB Hub in Device Manager
I need to disable USB Mass Storage. I want to disable Generic USB Hub and USB Root Hub (USB 3.0) in Device Manager but when I right-click on them, the option to Disable device does not appear. If I go ...
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How to move a device from "usb controller" to "ports (com & LPT)"
I have a windows 10 laptop, I am trying to send information to a emco compact 5 CNC lathe.
The lathe itself has an RS-232 cable. I have bought an rs-232 to usb adapter from startech, but when I have ...
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Is there a way to change Display Modes for a disabled Monitor and Display Adapter combination?
I was trying to solve an issue with my StarTech 2-port DisplayPort KVM Switch - USB 2.0 - 4K 30Hz, and thought that last bit, 30Hz, or more precisely not being on 30hz, was probably the cause of a ...
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My PC don't detect my camera
I have a USB camera connected to my computer but isn't detected, and I can't see it in device manager.
I tried to restart the computer, connect the webcam to different USB ports, camera ...
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Two Generic Pnp Monitors in Device manager: how to tell which is which?
My device manager shows me two similarly titled "Generic Pnp Monitor".
I have a laptop and a Samsung g4 odyssey monitor connected to it.
The problem is when I tried installing driver for ...
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How to pin to the Task Bar the Device Manager on Windows 11?
After launching the device manager I can't right click it and pin it to the Task Bar like other programs. Any ideas?
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why does my wifi think my desktop is 10 different devices and why does each one have a different ip address? [closed]
myspectrum app
clicked on internet
clicked on services
manage devices
It lists my desktop 10 times
each one has a different ip and mac address
why does it think i have 10 different devices? It is the ...