Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
ugh. my inkjet printer worked perfectly until upgrading to a new Windows version. now: ive downloaded teh BJC 2000 Printer Driver package from Canon. before i install it a third time, Id like to understand why Windows keeps saying the driver is unavailable.…
im literally losing my mind here after the Samsung SM 352F Firmware T906 update, my home built PC became painfully slow. Opening the Start menu takes ages, and apps freeze for seconds at a time. Task Manager shows this: The external SSD sits at 100% active…
ugh. okay, help me do this properly lmao My streaming PC has random driver crashes after a NVIDIA update and Ive decided to go back to teh previous driver. ive downloaded DDU and the older package, what exactly do i do, in what order, and how do i stop…
ok weird one do you even update network drivers when things work? xD My gaming laptop is fine, but i keep seeing TL WN721N Wireless N USB Adapter Driver updates from TP Link... i care about reliable sleep and wake. Is there a good reason to update, or should…
im literally losing my mind here since updating teh graphics driver my soundbar gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, antoher port, and restarting the soundbar... in Sound settings teh HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i sat down to join a call this morning and my gaming dsektop was completely silent. No sound from teh headphones, no startup chime, notihng. The speaker icon has a red X and Sound settings says there are no output…
scanner not found. printer works fine. its an all in one connected over Ethernet. wnidows Scan cant see it. the P2542G Touch Pad Driver package from Gigabyte is installed, and the printer shows up. i remoevd and re added teh printer, still no scanner. what…
I need to cahnge duplex for a print job, sooo I click Printer Properties in an accounting app. And then... nothing. Or the app freezes for a mintue and shows this: it started after the Canon CanoScan LiDE210 Driver 17.7.1 upadte. printing with default…
ok weird one after a BIOS update, my gaming laptop has no Wi Fi at all xD No Wi Fi tile in quick settings, no Wi Fi page in Settings, and Device Manager doesnt list a wireless adapter. Its like the card doesnt exist. Heres what the network icon shows: the…
help!! i use my PC for video editing and some gaming, mostly gaming. ASUS offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. The Radeon 8.02 (Windows 2000/XP) i'm on now is the gaming…
long story short: my desktop drains the battery in a bag after the P43R1600Twins 110dB Bios 1.10 for DOS update. The battery is suffering, and so am I. I tried disabling hibernation and re enabling it, but that changed nothing lol What tools can tell me…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts our office multifunction supports driverless printing, and Windows can add it without any vendor software. But Epson also offers Stylus CX4800 Driver 5.5bA. For a home office, is there any reason to install the vendor…
help!! code 43 on my Wi Fi card. the update came from Realtek through Windows Update. since then, nothing 😭 no networks, no cable connection, depending on which adapter i try. i can download drivers on another device and bring them over on a USB stick. what…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts okay, this is driving me nuts. Black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. Then this pops up: Its always while playing an open world game. My gaming desktop is not…
hmmmm ok okay, this is driving me nuts. black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. then this pops up: its always while waking the monitor from stanbdy... my workstation is not overclocked and temps look…
help!! every time Im in a battle royale, somewhere around about 20 minutes in, the game freezes and closes with this: The error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. The graphics card is obviously still in the PC. This only started after i installed…
so annoyed rn three black screens tonight, all while alt tabbing out of a fullscreen game. the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. the workstation is about two years old. i updated to GeForce Graphics Driver 372.70 because a game…
long time lurker first post lol somethings off. an MMO feels sluggish since the GeForce Graphics Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me. That crash happened once too. Im on a budget build. Ive restarted, reinstalled teh game, and turned off…
im setting up a label printer and the HP download page offers a huge full software package plus a smaller basic Photosmart C4380 All in One Printer Series Driver. I only need ink level alerts. is there a reason to instlal the full suite, or does teh basic…
This is so frustrating. I'm trying to update the graphics driver on my office PC, and teh custom install option fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says I'm fully up to date. the Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver…
okay, help me do this properly, my laptop has teh screen resolution reset after a NVIDIA update and Ive decided to go back to the previous driver. Ive downloaded DDU and teh older package. What exactly do i do, in what order, and how do i stop Windows from…
im literally losing my mind here since updating teh graphics driver my monitor with speakers gets no audio over HDMI at all. i tried another HDMI cable, aonther port, and restarting the monitor with speakers.. lol in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt…
i wanted to do replacing the SSD on my new laptop... made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to the disk selection screen and got this: No drives at all. The BIOS clearly shows teh NVMe SSD with its correct model and size ;) Ive remade the USB…
ugh. something's off. an open world RPG feels sluggish since the Detonator XP Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) update and the FPS counter agrees with me. That crash happened once too. i'm on a gaming laptop. i've restarted, reinstalled the game, and turned off…
ugh. i downloaded NVIDIA Quadro Tesla Graphics Driver 306.79, the download page clearly lists Windows XP 64 bit, and Im on one of those. i ran teh vendor app on my office PC and got this: It says teh driver isnt compatible with this vresion of Windows. Ive…
