I've set my autorun to autoplay DVDs in media center when inserted. When playing a video off my HD in the Media Center, then inserting a DVD, Vista refuses to see the DVD or any other movie I insert! When I quit Media Center, the DVD is suddenly recognized and everything works fine. I want to use this without a keyboard in my living room, so this solution isn't viable.
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I had an old computer running Windows XP. I decided to build a new computer and bought all new components including a new hard drive and installed Vista on this new computer. I want to get some pictures and other files off the old HDD but Vista is not recognizing the old drive. My old HDD is an IDE and new one is SATA. I have the jumper set to slave (DVD is master) and when I started the computer, Vista recognized the drive and installed drivers, but I can't access it. I've gone through Computer Management and the drive is there but not assigned a letter and I can't assign it a letter. I've also tried converting it to run through USB and the same issue.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm attempting to install Vista Business x64 on an Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard which has the ICH10 Intel controller (as well as a JMicron controller).
I have a single Spinpoint F1 (1TB) connected to SATA1 and a PATA optical drive on the JMicron controller.
Supposedly Vista has the relevant drivers to locate my SATA HDD however it never finds it.
I have the Intel controller configured as ACHI in the BIOS and the JMicron as IDE which as far as I am aware is correct.
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I've been experiencing this problem for approximately six months on and off. Intermitently, when I go to attach a USB device (memory stick or ipod) I get the pop up "USB Device Not Recognized." At this point, nothing I attach will be recognized
In the Device Manager whatever I attach is listed as an Unknown Device. I check the Properties and get the advice "No drivers are installed for this devices" I've tried right clicking and Updating the Driver Software but get the response: "Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date". I check the Properties again and still get the advice "No drivers are installed for this devices".........................
I recently built a second PC for myself, and decided to try out Vista on it. It installed flawlessly, but there's one problem. Vista does not seem to be recognizing my LAN connection. I tried hard-wiring it from my modem, to my router, to the Ethernet port on the back of my computer with no success. From there, I tried plugging it straight from my modem to the port on the back of the computer.
No success there either. I know that it's not a problem with the motherboard because I installed this program that came with the mobo called 'Expressgate'; and when I run that before my computer loads the OS, the internet works perfectly.
i have a maxtor 250gb external harddrive, this morning it was workin perfectly now computer will not recognise it as being there even though the light is on, i have tried, unplugging and plugging back in lots of times but still not working,
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just bought and built my new computer, installing Vista Ultimate on it. The processor is a q9550 and judging from the '64-bit architecture' i assumed it was 64bit compatible. everytime i try to install vista i get a 32bit installation. this computer has 8gigs of ram, only recognizing 3.52gb. any thoughts? i'm about 18 installations in atm, getting quite frustrated.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently had a serious crash on my Shuttle61 series desktop which was running WXP Pro. I bought this machine with the OS pre-installed and the store is now out of business. Fortunately, my son just bought W7 for his machine and he gave me his Vista Home Premium Upgrade package and I decided to try it. Installed just fine after installing my trusty old W2K OS as a base, upgraded and its not as bad as I thought! So far only one obvious glitch... the OS is not recognizing my 320Gig "slave" drive which is where a lot of my pictures and data are stored.
I went into the BIOS and the Slave is showing up properly. I also popped the cover off and made sure all connections were snug, but this drive has been working just fine until the Vista install. Connecting external USB drive shows up just fine as well. So I am baffled about why the BIOS is seeing the drive, but the OS is not.
I have a newer sony vaio running vista ... I have 3 hp printers installed, as I need a printer in various work locations ... all of the printers have worked fine for 6 months. Now, all of the sudden, with no error messages/popups/etc. they have all quit working. My USB ports are functioning with all other devices and the printers work fine with any other pc. The printers will read "ready" and the file will show as printing, but nothing happens. When I initially plug the printers into the usb, I get an error sound, but no pop-up. I have tried deleting one of the printers, but I got no usb printer recognition to re-install it, so I restored to a point before the printer issues and the printer is back in the printers folder, but still doing nothing.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am posting from work, but should have enough information for you guys for a start. I just got a new computer on Friday, and have been having some problems with sound. I have gone to the Asus sight and downloaded the drivers again for the motherboard, and am using onboard sound. I don't recall the exact specifics, but its onboard Realtek. Sound works fine from my speakers, but I have not been able to get the computer to recognize just a standard headset that I was using with my other computer that same day, so I know the headset is working. My setup is Does anyone have any suggestions that would enable my computer to recognize when the headphones are plugged in so that I may use Ventrilo and listen to music?
View 4 Replies View Relatedwe have a netgear wireless router and vista is NOT recognizing it! i've called netgear and they've said that the problem is w/ dell and these dell idiots wanna charge me $200! so i figured i would ask here
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy USB ports are not recognizing any ubs flash devices, I think I must have deleted something I am not suppose to, mistakenly when I was trying to clean up my hard disk.... I am still able to install my Motorola V3r driver and charge my phone with the usb ports, but it cannot recognize any flash drives.
I am using a Toshiba satellite A200-1RK, running on Vista. I called toshiba once, and the person that answered told me to uninstall the usb hubs and restart the computer, but before he could finish talking I ran out of credit.
Alright, I got the fatal1ty headset and I'm having a problem with my MIC. The headphones are working perfectly. It's recognizing the headset but no sound is coming out when I speak, seems like it's on mute, on the headset the mic is set on "on."
View 8 Replies View RelatedCanon XL-2 camcorder is not recognized by Vista when plugging into the firewire port. Premiere CS3 does not see the device either. No issues with XP2 32bit... recognized and captured fine. Searching the net reveals firewire connectivity on Vista (in general) is problematic, if non-existent. Should have done my homework before building the box. 64 bit allows for access to more RAM and than means faster render times. Not being able to capture via firewire is a definite "show stopper". I had been happy with 64 bit up to this point (all bells and whistles turned off of course). Another "EPIC FAIL" for Microsoft.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to rip just the audio from DVDs? I have a few live concerts on DVDs, and I would just like to listen to the audio of them all on my MP3 player. Transferring the whole contents of the DVDs would take up way too much storage on my MP3 player. Can Windows Media Player do this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently upgraded to Vista 32bit service pack 2. I held off because of a problem I was having with service pack 1 (as I am about to explain), but I thought service pack 2 may have fixed the problem. However, it hasn't.
When I try to play a DVD through Windows Media Center it is just all fuzzy and static. You can see the picture moving, but it's so fuzzy and pixelated that it's impossible to actually make anything out. When I play through Media Player, the picture is just black. The sound is working fine in both programs.
I downloaded a program called VLC media player, and that plays the DVDs just fine, so does this mean that it is a problem with codecs? I'm not too sure, hence why I'm asking here on how to fix the problem. Obviously I could just keep using this new VLC player, but I prefer using Media Center.
now i cant seem to play regular DVDs on windows media player 11, i have installed a divx codec pack but to no avail. my other comp runs xp with media player 10 i think and no probs? also is there anyway i can get rid of WMP11 and go back to 10?
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View 9 Replies View Relatedi just built this new computer, and i installed two 250 gig hard drives. the bios recognize both drives just fine but windows is not. it only lists me as having one C: drive with 250 gig and the other one is not listed at all. is there some setting in windows that i need to enable?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI had some of my old family movie reels put onto DVDs.
I read that they need to be re-burned every few years to keep them from
deteriorating.
When I look at them with Windows Explorer, there is a folder = VIDEO_TS,
that contains files with extensions = BUP, IFO, VOB.
Can I save them on my computer then later re-burn them to DVDs for storage?
I am not computer-wise. I have brand new HP laptop with Vista Home Premium. I am new to Vista. I burned two DVDs that will play on my computers, but not on any stand-alone player. Exploring the discs, I see they are lacking the folder AUDIO_TS, which I thought was mandatory even though empty. 1. Am I right to infer that this is the problem? 2. How do I fix it? (I believe the discs were burned with Windows DVD Maker product version 6.0.6000.16386). 3. If this is the wrong tack to pursue, what questions should I be asking?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy new PC with Vista Business edition will not play DVD's on Media Player as I was told it would do. I get an error message saying no encoder installed. The help search said go to options and enable encoder. It still doesn't play. Do I need some kind of encoder?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI cannot get any dvds to play properly, the picurte is not displayed on any player I have tried, sound yes, picture no. This applies to any video file as well as dvds. I have downloaded codec after codec still no joy and have the Nvidia decoder installed. I know that some versions of Vista do not have the codec in MP11, you would have thouht the full blown suppsoedly super duper version would have. IN the UK we have a law called the Trades Description Act as MP11 is been shipped as capable of playing DVDs and quite clearly cannot on its own without some extra expense plugin, it could be argued that it falls foul of the fit for purpsose clauses in that law as it is not fit puprose on its own.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a USB mass storage device, and it takes vista around 30 minutes to recognize the two partitions (one is a 64 MB FAT32 partition and the other is a 111 GB FAT32 partition). On my old slow computer, XP will recognize the drive partitions within seconds. Is there some setting I need to change in vista to get this to work correctly? This is a drive for a digital music player, and I've tried different drives, so I know the drive itself isn't the problem.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen i start to burn dvd it got stuck on 1% and says power calibration error i can burn cds but not dvds before vista i got xp and worked fine but now cant burn dvds.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy CD/DVD drive (optical drive?) is not reading anything i put into it! It makes the same sounds that it always makes when I insert a new CD, but then nothing happens. It does not ask if I want to open it in Windows media player or any other program. So I tried opening all my programs manually, but still it does not show that anything is in the drive.
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe other day, I tried to burn a dvd for my brothers. The drive worked a month ago and now it doesn't. I don't know what happened - I didn't install any new programs or anything like that. The drive in question is an LG GSA-H55L (lightscribe). When I put in a blank cdr, autorun takes over and asks me what I want to do with the media, but when I try the same thing with a DVD, nothing happens. I have searched online for a fix, but nothing happens. I updated the firmware to 1.05 (latest FW). I first noticed the problem when using windows dvd maker (wanted menus and chapters for some home movies taken from my canon hg10) uninstalled all my burner software and reinstalled. rolled back the computer to previous state
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy new PC with Vista Business edition will not play DVD's on Media Player as I was told it would do. I get an error message saying no encoder installed. The help search said go to options and enable encoder. It still doesn't play. Do I need some kind of encoder?
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