When external devices like printers, scanners, etc. are connected to a Windows 11/10 system, the device either pushes the drivers through the USB (or any other post), or the user is expected to ...

After removing a USB device from your computer, if you get a message saying Windows cannot use this hardware device because it has been prepared for safe removal but it has not been removed from the ...

Every operating system places requirements on device drivers. Here's a quick tour of the Windows CE rulebook. Microsoft Windows CE is a modular and scalable operating system that supports a variety of ...

There have been reports from Windows users getting Error “Unknown USB device (Port Reset Failed) in Device Manager window. If you are getting this error, this means ...

So you’ve connected a device to your PC via a USB port — but Windows doesn’t recognize it. What now? Before you assume the product (or your PC port) is broken, there are several USB troubleshooting ...

Windows ReadyBoost used to be able to speed up your PC, but today, there's very little reason to use it. Why is that?

If I ever encounter device issues in Windows, say to my keyboard, printer, Bluetooth, USB, or audio playback I use the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) which can run diagnostic packs to ...

USB drives aren’t dead. You’re just not using them right on Windows.

I have a device that's connected to the PC via USB and I'd like to write a Windows application that simply pulls information from this device. The information would be along the lines of the device ...