Category Archives: Microsoft Windows

Be a Geek: What is Windows 7?

October 26, 2009 Taylor Ling Leave a comment

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With the retail box release of Windows 7, I believe many of you have seen a lot of advertisement about Windows 7 in any IT malls. But what is Windows 7? For those who does not study all the features and highlights of Windows 7, most likely one will think that it’s just a refreshed UI Windows Vista. If you think it that way, I urge you to think again. Check out all the new features of Windows 7 and judge yourself this new Operating System which is tested by 8 million testers before proceed to release.

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Microsoft Windows, Software

How to solve "USB device not recognized" problem in Microsoft Windows? Alternative Solution

October 4, 2009 Taylor Ling 4 Comments

Few days back, I had posted a solution to solve the “USB device not recognized” problem, which is about the unplugging power supply to recover the USB ports. The original idea is from OnlineTechTips. After reviewing all the replies, some of the computer users had suggested several other possible solutions if the power supply trick doesn’t work well for you.

The suggestion below is by Kallulu and Rakesh:

Disable power management of the USB hub. To disable the power management on the USB hub, follow these steps:

* Click Start, and then click Run.
* Type devmgmt.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
* Expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers’ node, and then follow these steps for each USB Root Hub that is listed:
* Right-click the USB Root Hub and then click Properties.
* Click the Power Management tab.
* Click to clear the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box, and then click OK.

Note: If you perform the following procedure on a laptop computer, you may reduce the battery life.

Sometimes, simply unplugging the USB device and turning off the computer for twenty minutes and then restarting may solve the issue. If none of the above options have solved the problem, check the manufacturer’s website for new driver information. It is possible that your drivers need to be updated.

If the above doesn’t work for you, go to the properties of USB Root Hub of that particular device, click on the Driver tab and disable driver. I did this and it worked for me like magic!.

Hopefully this does work for you for the problem bugging you if the power supply solution doesn’t solve your problem. Leave a comment if it helps you.

Microsoft Windows, Software, Windows 7

How to solve Windows 7 ‘Devices and Printers’ forever loading and blank?

October 2, 2009 Taylor Ling 31 Comments

I still remember when I was using the RC bit of Windows 7 Ultimate, I had problem loading the Devices and Printers option, where it takes forever to load and remains blank. Then I kept searching in many forums but seems not much people had this problem, and no one could provide a solution but one day I foun this post from snappydog:

Really weird, when selecting Devices and Printers (Device Stage) in the menu the progress bar would take forever and never display anything – just blank.

Finally discovered it was actually a bluetooth issue in services. I don’t even know why I looked there – –

THE FIX at least for me..

Click Start button, type “services” into the search program and files box. This brings up a list in the menu, select Services. This should open a list of local services on your system.., Find ‘Bluetooth Service” and make sure it has started, right click and set to ‘automatic’ (mine was already set), Select “Bluetooth Support Service” and start, set to automatic (mine was set on manual) —

This fixed my issue, hopefully yours as well..

So, yup, it definitely fixed my problem, and I repost it in several Windows 7 forum and it did helped some people as well, so hopefully you see this if you facing this problem and pulling your hair.

Microsoft Windows, Software

How to solve "USB device not recognized" problem in Microsoft Windows?

October 2, 2009 Taylor Ling 29 Comments

The original post is from OnlineTechTips. Credit for them.

Is your Windows keep popping-out the "USB device not recognized" one day when you plugged in your thumb drive or whatever USB device? Even tried to repair registry, repair driver, reformat and the problem still persists? Suspecting the motherboard USB ports had spoilt? Take it easy, there is still something for you to try before you pulling all you hair out and bang your head to the wall. Here I quote the whole article from OnlineTechTips:

Are you getting a “USB device not recognized” error whenever you plug in a USB mouse, keyboard, or other USB device? I love USB and have 5 ports on my computer so that I can connect my mouse, keyboard, camera, phone, and printer to it all at once!

However, last weekend, my computer stopped recognizing my USB devices! The strange thing about it was that the USB ports were not bad because all of my devices were still getting power to them. I could still charge my cell phone without a problem!

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More guide on Windows 7!

September 30, 2009 Taylor Ling 1 Comment

With the Windows 7 retail release date become closer, a lot of guides and tips has been released to aid all the computer users to decide on the switch to Windows 7 family. Another guide just came out day ago, which is a full coverage of everything about the Windows 7, from version difference to tips and tricks, all in this 8MB pdf file by cqwang.