Anyone having issues with Windows 8? I've downloaded Kies and it won't recognize my device. I don't really want Kies as I don't sync. I just want to be able to access the phone storage and move things that way.
tnicko said:
Anyone having issues with Windows 8? I've downloaded Kies and it won't recognize my device. I don't really want Kies as I don't sync. I just want to be able to access the phone storage and move things that way.
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Try out AirDroid, you can use it remotely and via wifi. You can send just about anything to the phone and vice versa.
http://web.airdroid.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
mastalee420 said:
Try out AirDroid, you can use it remotely and via wifi. You can send just about anything to the phone and vice versa.
http://web.airdroid.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
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Thanks man. I started using ES File Explorer since it has a built-in FTP over wifi. I'll try AirDrop as well to see how it fares.
when you plug the phone to computer try to change it usb option in notification panel in phone from mtp to ptp let it install the driver then get back to mtp option if it doesnt work try to plug it into other usb port, lets know what happen
omarsalah007 said:
when you plug the phone to computer try to change it usb option in notification panel in phone from mtp to ptp let it install the driver then get back to mtp option if it doesnt work try to plug it into other usb port, lets know what happen
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Yeah that was one of the first things I did
tnicko said:
Yeah that was one of the first things I did
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Did you install kies for windows 8 version ?
omarsalah007 said:
Did you install kies for windows 8 version ?
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Yup.
tnicko said:
Yup.
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?for me I don't use kies too but I install drivers and when didn't recognized by computer I do the steps above then restart and get everything OK
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Hello im trying to use my tbolt as a mas storage device but my computer wont recognize my phone but when i try using the htc sync it will work any ideas tried uninstalling htc sync and the drivers but no luck any ideas on how i can get my computer recognize my phone as a mass storage by the way im using xp sp 3.
No guarantees, but have you tried downloading the android sdk and choosing to install the usb drivers?
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No guarantees, but have you tried downloading the android sdk and choosing to install the usb drivers?
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i think i tried already but not sure ill try with the android sdk again.
Did you install all the drivers that are on the cdfs partition when you plugged in the phone?
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You need to download the sync drivers.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/thunderbolt-verizon/downloads/
ScoobarSTI said:
You need to download the sync drivers.
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Those are the sync drivers im using but no luck yet tried to uninstall and reinstall but no luck.
nerozehl said:
Did you install all the drivers that are on the cdfs partition when you plugged in the phone?
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On this one i think i installed all them the issue here is that when i plug my phone it let me know that new hardware has been found then it starts with the installation some will install but i think there is one or two the just sit searching but nothing happens and then i try to closed out but it freezes up on me and when i turn off debugging then it closes out but if i try to install them with debugging off nothing comes up.
another thing i used my phone with acomputer runnig windows 7 and it worked so im guessing its a prblem with xp
I think pdanet has the drivers when you install it if you don't know how to manually add them.
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I don't know if this will work for you, but it worked for me...
When you plug your phone in via a usb cable, you will see a Verizon Mobile drive pop up on under "My Computer"
If you open it, there is a folder in there called DRV. There is a file called something like WM_driver installer. I installed that.
Then I go to my phone chose to connect as a disk drive (I have mine set to charge only by default).
Then I click on my removable disk and I can see my phone's data then.
Dnakaman said:
I don't know if this will work for you, but it worked for me...
When you plug your phone in via a usb cable, you will see a Verizon Mobile drive pop up on under "My Computer"
If you open it, there is a folder in there called DRV. There is a file called something like WM_driver installer. I installed that.
Then I go to my phone chose to connect as a disk drive (I have mine set to charge only by default).
Then I click on my removable disk and I can see my phone's data then.
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ill try it tonight lets see if it work
Hey I am on NEAT Rom with my SGS2 i9100 with Siyha kernel.
Every time I switch to Mass storage mode my Windows Explorer will just freeze, "My Computer" seems to be loading judging on the bar.
I am using Windows 7 x64.
I tried running sfc, chkdsk, uninstalling USB controllers et al. Anyone know a solution?
Also happens with CF Root kernel.
Edit: If I take out the SD to transfer to it manually with my SD Card reader it has no issues, only if I use Mass Storage through the phone.
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Does UMS with your device work on other computers? Or Linux even?
angelsel said:
Does UMS with your device work on other computers? Or Linux even?
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Works fine on my other Windows 7 computer. Also x64.
Try to reinstall Samsung USB drivers
Skye Menjou said:
Hey I am on NEAT Rom with my SGS2 i9100 with Siyha kernel.
Every time I switch to Mass storage mode my Windows Explorer will just freeze, "My Computer" seems to be loading judging on the bar.
I am using Windows 7 x64.
I tried running sfc, chkdsk, uninstalling USB controllers et al. Anyone know a solution?
Also happens with CF Root kernel.
Edit: If I take out the SD to transfer to it manually with my SD Card reader it has no issues, only if I use Mass Storage through the phone.
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try MTP mode instaed of mass storage and see
Sun90 said:
try MTP mode instaed of mass storage and see
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MTP doesn't work with Winamp syncing properly, Also installed drivers over and over, no fix.
Skye Menjou said:
Works fine on my other Windows 7 computer. Also x64.
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I'm stabbing in the dark here, but maybe some files on your Windows installation are damaged.
Try running a
Code:
sfc /scannow
in an administrator command prompt (if you have UAC).
angelsel said:
I'm stabbing in the dark here, but maybe some files on your Windows installation are damaged.
Try running a
Code:
sfc /scannow
in an administrator command prompt (if you have UAC).
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Yeah did that as well, no errors found, same with chkdsk C: /f /r /x.
I'll just reinstall it when Windows 8 RTM arrives in July.
Skye Menjou said:
MTP doesn't work with Winamp syncing properly, Also installed drivers over and over, no fix.
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where do you reinstall the drivers from ?
Find SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones package and install it. It's about a 23mb file.
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where do you reinstall the drivers from ?
Find SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones package and install it. It's about a 23mb file.
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I tried both Kies(with its reinstall driver thing), the seperate package after I nuked kies, tried the package with kies.
I think drivers are fubar somehow, but it baffles me why Mass Storage mode would need drivers since there is support built into it in Windows since 2000.
Samsung, good with phones, terrible with accompiying computer software.
Skye Menjou said:
I think drivers are fubar somehow, but it baffles me why Mass Storage mode would need drivers since there is support built into it in Windows since 2000.
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I've had problems with the drivers. Samsung's driver package solved my all problems somehow.
MTP needs drivers to work. The thing you mention is the USB storage mode. It should work fine without drivers
Hi,
I have S2 and for months i backup and sync my phone via kies to my outlook. One day I update the kies software on my computer, and since then kies on my computer doesn’t work properly.
Regardless if the phone connect to the computer or not, it doesn’t show any icons in the program window and the menu options are block except the help option, see the photo.
I tried to remove and reinstall software, even remove it from the registry, waited for new upgrades, downgrade to previous version that work well on my computer, tried to upgrade java and reinstall Silverlight but nothing fix it.
I have windows 7 64bit and Kies_2.3.3.12085_7_5 version.
What else should I do??
Thanks in advance
techpda said:
Hi,
I have S2 and for months i backup and sync my phone via kies to my outlook. One day I update the kies software on my computer, and since then kies on my computer doesn’t work properly.
Regardless if the phone connect to the computer or not, it doesn’t show any icons in the program window and the menu options are block except the help option, see the photo.
I tried to remove and reinstall software, even remove it from the registry, waited for new upgrades, downgrade to previous version that work well on my computer, tried to upgrade java and reinstall Silverlight but nothing fix it.
I have windows 7 64bit and Kies_2.3.3.12085_7_5 version.
What else should I do??
Thanks in advance
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Does your phone get detected by Windows (not Kies), i.e. can you access files on the phone using the Windows explorer?
fxrb said:
Does your phone get detected by Windows (not Kies), i.e. can you access files on the phone using the Windows explorer?
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yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
techpda said:
yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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anybody??
techpda said:
yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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are you using any custom rom??? When I first rooted my SG2 and started using custom rom..I can't use kies anymore...try AirDroid
HTML:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en
it works for me...hope it helps
Try changing cable or USB Ports.. Since i bought i9100 my kies never recognized my device... But who cares when odin's here...
If problem not solving then maybe rom problem...
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techpda said:
yes i can import and export files from my computer to the phone via the explorer.
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Therefore USB cable, port and driver are most likely working fine. Did you try from another PC, i.e. an entirely different installation of Kies on another machine?
fxrb said:
Therefore USB cable, port and driver are most likely working fine. Did you try from another PC, i.e. an entirely different installation of Kies on another machine?
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You are right; I don’t think it related to the phone because even after new Kies installation from scratch without connecting the phone, I get at the startup window the same problem (no icons on the home window and disable options).
On another PC its work well but I need it to work well with my workstation PC at work to sync meeting & etc.
What can I change in my computer that might affect it? After all it did work well in past.
Is that so complicated issue? maybe you can refer me to another place that can handle this.
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Is that so complicated issue? maybe you can refer me to another place that can handle this.
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I do not know how complicated the issue is. If I knew the solution I would have posted it, believe me. I tried in vain to reproduce the error you are facing.
I also do not know any better place then XDA to seek for help, but you could try to talk Samsung directly. Sorry but I'm out of ideas
Try this (KIES SGS2 connection working)
I had a big problem with getting my SGS 2 connecting to KIES. I've got repeatedly "Cannot start service ont the device" or "device not detected".
Then I tried several combinations, like:
a. connecting the phone with the SIM and SD card,
b. connecting with SIM w/o SD
c. w/o SIM and with SD
d. w/o SIM and w/o SD
Apparently KIES started to recognize my phone when SIM card was not present (as in c and d). Then I tried to connect the phone with the SIM and SD card in but the SIM was not initilized (i.e. I wasn't entering PIN). KIES recognized the phone and then I was enetring the PIN.
Everuthing worked.
I hope this helps
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Hi to all.
I have a strange problem with my SGS3 I9300.
When i connect it to the pc trough USB cable, it make me choose if i want to connect it like "dispositivo multimediale" which is the italian translation of Media Drive (or something like that) and should be the normal connection or "fotocamera" which means camera.
Doesn't matter what option i choose, the phone won't connect to PC.
Any suggestions?
Willy89 said:
Hi to all.
I have a strange problem with my SGS3 I9300.
When i connect it to the pc trough USB cable, it make me choose if i want to connect it like "dispositivo multimediale" which is the italian translation of Media Drive (or something like that) and should be the normal connection or "fotocamera" which means camera.
Doesn't matter what option i choose, the phone won't connect to PC.
Any suggestions?
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Delete all drivers for the SGS3 from your pc. Then try to connect via MTP (it´s the first option) and Windows should install the right drivers. If it doesn´t work, try to delete the drivers aswell and use this to install the drivers.
Mine connection istn´t working well, too. Sometime I have to plug out and plug in, restart PC and phone etc. But you can use the Easy UMS app.
R: Connecting SGS3 to PC
I've forgot to say that i have Windows 8 64 bit
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Ok will try your suggestions...
Willy89 said:
Hi to all.
I have a strange problem with my SGS3 I9300.
When i connect it to the pc trough USB cable, it make me choose if i want to connect it like "dispositivo multimediale" which is the italian translation of Media Drive (or something like that) and should be the normal connection or "fotocamera" which means camera.
Doesn't matter what option i choose, the phone won't connect to PC.
Any suggestions?
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You neglect to say if you have installed Samsung Usb drivers or kies .
jje
1. As JJEgan said, install drivers, first.
2. Uninstall KIES, or make sure that its services are not running in background on PC
3. Before connecting the phone, cut-off internet connection on PC. It will always try to download drivers from MS
4. Try another data cable.
JJEgan said:
You neglect to say if you have installed Samsung Usb drivers or kies .
jje
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Kies was installed but then i've removed it
So I have a Samsung Vibrant(just got it recently) and I'm having problems when i connect it to the computer. It gives me an USB device not recognized on my windows 8 computer. I have spent all morning searching and reinstalling drivers and trying my old pc and new cables and i found out that my old windows 7 computer with 4GB of ram and an overloaded hard drive will detect my device the problem there is it not my main computer and i dont want to have to connect all the vga cables boot it up connect mouse and ect to use this computer just to be able to copy files, and do other things from my computer to my phone I dont know why my main computer dell inspiron windows 8 will not work when it was a couple of days ago when i had a problem with conectivity and had to flash back to stock but now it wont connect. could someone help me? Here's a list of things i've tried
installing kies
installing adb again
aoi tool and then drivers
a bunch of diffrent drivers found on the fourms
diffrent usb cable
i would like to be able to do it on my main computer but its not working if someone could help that would be great
also please dont hate on me for having windows 8 jk i dont care :good:
I'd have to say that your drivers are all scrambled. Look up "android SDK" here on xda and install that for a bigger variety of drivers. Or just download Google's USB driver and manually install it through device manager which always works for me. Windows 8 is new and very complicated.
Vono123 said:
I'd have to say that your drivers are all scrambled. Look up "android SDK" here on xda and install that for a bigger variety of drivers. Or just download Google's USB driver and manually install it through device manager which always works for me. Windows 8 is new and very complicated.
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I will try this when I get home from school this afternoon but i have tried downloading android SDK(adb correct?) and then going into device manager and then going to downloads/adb/sdk/exstras/google/usb drivers and it never finds anything.
apples723 said:
I will try this when I get home from school this afternoon but i have tried downloading android SDK(adb correct?) and then going into device manager and then going to downloads/adb/sdk/exstras/google/usb drivers and it never finds anything.
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Android SDK is installed in the main drive right? local disk c?
You have to click the folder (usb_driver) and then click update.
In the android sdk folder there should be and exe file called SDK manager. There you will be able to download all the drivers for your current android version also the latest Google drivers and SDK tools etc.
I was stuck on this process for a long time because it allways works different for everybody. Just keep me posted on what you do I'm more than glad to help.
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Android SDK is installed in the main drive right? local disk c?
You have to click the folder (usb_driver) and then click update.
In the android sdk folder there should be and exe file called SDK manager. There you will be able to download all the drivers for your current android version also the latest Google drivers and SDK tools etc.
I was stuck on this process for a long time because it allways works different for everybody. Just keep me posted on what you do I'm more than glad to help.
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everything is up to date in the sdk manager do i need to reinstall it? also it still wont find the drivers i have atatched some png files take a look the picktures and it will show you the where the drivers are and what im selecting
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I forgot to mention i tried it at school on a windows 8 computer and it worked fine its my crappy computer thats only five months old
apples723 said:
everything is up to date in the sdk manager do i need to reinstall it? also it still wont find the drivers i have atatched some png files take a look the picktures and it will show you the where the drivers are and what im selecting
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I forgot to mention i tried it at school on a windows 8 computer and it worked fine its my crappy computer thats only five months old
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So what exactly happens when you click update? What does it say?
Is your PC up to date? (update wise)
Do you have the the drivers for the phone itself like samsung drivers?
And did you try rebooting your PC after installing your drivers? <-- that is important. You should always reboot after install or uninstalling drivers otherwise you'll end up scrambling them.
From the pictures it shows you have the drivers but I'd also try going deeper than usb_driver, try clicking on i386 or amd64.
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So what exactly happens when you click update? What does it say?
Is your PC up to date? (update wise)
Do you have the the drivers for the phone itself like samsung drivers?
And did you try rebooting your PC after installing your drivers? <-- that is important. You should always reboot after install or uninstalling drivers otherwise you'll end up scrambling them.
From the pictures it shows you have the drivers but I'd also try going deeper than usb_driver, try clicking on i386 or amd64.
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i have the latest update from microsoft and yes i have the drivers for my phone itself and i rebooted a right after i installed the drivers and then unisntalled and i have gone into i386 and amd64 give me a second and i upload a picture of the error
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i uploaded the pictue of the error im getting
apples723 said:
i have the latest update from microsoft and yes i have the drivers for my phone itself and i rebooted a right after i installed the drivers and then unisntalled and i have gone into i386 and amd64 give me a second and i upload a picture of the error
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i uploaded the pictue of the error im getting
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OK make sure there are no HTC drivers on your PC. When you hook up your phone does USB storage work or anything like that?
Check those out and then I want you to go to Google, download pdanet latest version via pc (dont install yet) and go to the play store and install on your phone turn on USB debugging and the install non market apps and hook your phone up to the computer. Then install pdanet via PC and see if that works. HTC drivers get in the way of Samsung's BTW.
Vono123 said:
OK make sure there are no HTC drivers on your PC. When you hook up your phone does USB storage work or anything like that?
Check those out and then I want you to go to Google, download pdanet latest version via pc (dont install yet) and go to the play store and install on your phone turn on USB debugging and the install non market apps and hook your phone up to the computer. Then install pdanet via PC and see if that works. HTC drivers get in the way of Samsung's BTW.
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you want me to install pdanet on my phone too and by the way there is no htc drivers that are on my computer
apples723 said:
you want me to install pdanet on my phone too and by the way there is no htc drivers that are on my computer
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OK good and yes its in the play store for free but I don't think you have to install it but it makes the process more easy for ya.
You do have usb debugging and install non market apps checked right? You need those on.
Vono123 said:
OK good and yes its in the play store for free but I don't think you have to install it but it makes the process more easy for ya.
You do have usb debugging and install non market apps checked right? You need those on.
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still giving me the error i think its my computer because it works on our family laptop school computer and basment computer how do i totally unistall drivers not from device manager theres a difrent way i think not sure
apples723 said:
still giving me the error i think its my computer because it works on our family laptop school computer and basment computer how do i totally unistall drivers not from device manager theres a difrent way i think not sure
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I want you to uninstall all your Samsung drivers(not android SDK) under control panel/uninstall programs. If you see something like Samsung kies definitely uninstall it. Reboot your computer and follow this guide for windows 8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
After this if it doesn't work I'd recommend pulling out your old computer for android modding lol. I'll still look up some threads for your problem. Let me know what's going on after that. Make sure when you follow that guide your phone can not be plugged in the computer. And when you plug your phone into the computer after everything is done and after you reboot your computer for the second time, USB debugging has to be off and when phone is done unplug and turn back on USB debugging and plug back in and wait for that. Adb should work.
[Edit] you can also try running your drivers in windows 7 compatibility. Sorry I couldn't help much.
Vono123 said:
I want you to uninstall all your Samsung drivers(not android SDK) under control panel/uninstall programs. If you see something like Samsung kies definitely uninstall it. Reboot your computer and follow this guide for windows 8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
After this if it doesn't work I'd recommend pulling out your old computer for android modding lol. I'll still look up some threads for your problem. Let me know what's going on after that. Make sure when you follow that guide your phone can not be plugged in the computer. And when you plug your phone into the computer after everything is done and after you reboot your computer for the second time, USB debugging has to be off and when phone is done unplug and turn back on USB debugging and plug back in and wait for that. Adb should work.
[Edit] you can also try running your drivers in windows 7 compatibility. Sorry I couldn't help much.
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ive tried so many things i give up it makes me mad that any other computer even ones with windows 8 on them it works fine with out any sepecial installation but on my current computer it doesnt
apples723 said:
ive tried so many things i give up it makes me mad that any other computer even ones with windows 8 on them it works fine with out any sepecial installation but on my current computer it doesnt
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I think I know what the problem is. Make sure you uninstall all the previous drivers, then have the correct drivers ready.
What you have to do is to disable driver signature enforcement.
Step 1. Go to the right bottom corner of the desktop and wait for the side menu to appear. When it's there click on the gear icon with the title "Settings".
Step 2. Now click on the entry "More PC Settings", then click on the entry "General".
Step 3"Restart now" (under "Advanced start up ") and click it.
Step 4. Now click "Troubleshoot", then "Advanced Options" and after that click "Windows Start up Settings".
Step 5. Click on "Restart" and wait, then on the next screen press F7.
You will now reboot, and try now to install the drivers (by manually selecting the folder in device manager).
I'm not sure what is the correct drivers for you.
But try this. It's still worth a shot.
binaryfalcon said:
I think I know what the problem is. Make sure you uninstall all the previous drivers, then have the correct drivers ready.
What you have to do is to disable driver signature enforcement.
Step 1. Go to the right bottom corner of the desktop and wait for the side menu to appear. When it's there click on the gear icon with the title "Settings".
Step 2. Now click on the entry "More PC Settings", then click on the entry "General".
Step 3"Restart now" (under "Advanced start up ") and click it.
Step 4. Now click "Troubleshoot", then "Advanced Options" and after that click "Windows Start up Settings".
Step 5. Click on "Restart" and wait, then on the next screen press F7.
You will now reboot, and try now to install the drivers (by manually selecting the folder in device manager).
I'm not sure what is the correct drivers for you.
But try this. It's still worth a shot.
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didnt make a difrence still getting error i think its something with my system so i guess without a full diagonostic it wont work