No. I have an HDMI TV with VGA input that I use as a monitor. I also have another computer through a KVM switch. Because of this I need VGA for...
Hi Neil, That is my question/complaint. If the hardware is capable of supporting the different audio formats, why can't Windows do the same? Is...
Windows has a way of offering possibilities that seem really exciting at first, and then making it impossible to take advantage of them. I am...
The last time I booted up the computer the usb drive worked fine. Again, nothing had changed. I guess this is just another one of those many...
It has been a few days since my problem with the inaccessible usb drive last occurred. The power has been switched off and on several times and...
OK, I spoke too soon. The problem has not gone away. I had been quickly checking the drive's file list in Explorer after booting as a way of...
Since I disabled all the usb power settings the drive has been working correctly. After being caught out by this before, I want to give it another...
Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate your willingness to help with this. When I look at that setting on the mini-computer, there is only one...
I have computers running XP, Vista, 7, 8.1 and 10. I have also used the same drive on a satellite STB without problem. The mini-pc is a Pipo x7,...
External drive not available I have a problem with an external usb drive that is really making me crazy. I posted about this earlier, then I...
The problem has not occurred since I disabled the indexing service so I am marking this resolved.
I have been asked to complete this thread so will mark it resolved even though there is no real solution at this time. According to Google, the...
I wasn't accusing you of posting false information and I apologise if I created that impression. I was just trying to understand what the...
I thought about this some more and I am puzzled. As far as I know, most external USB drives are identical to internal drives, they are just in a...
That is news to me. I have never heard that said before. If you can't actually use the drive for anything, what is the point of having it? In any...
The external drive has only ever been used as a data drive to store and play videos. It has never been used to run any program.
Thank you very much. It does seem like it could be related to indexing. Win 8.1 is a little different than 7 in this regard so I just disabled the...
I use a mini-pc for streaming. Ir runs Win 8.1 Bing. I have a usb drive attached for saving streamed files. Much of the time, the external...
OK, this story has a funny ending, at least I hope it is the ending. I did some more searching and found a Microsoft Registry fix for Win 7. See...
Ok thanks Neil. I would like to get rid of this but I can also live with it if I have to. It doesn't seem to be affecting anything other than the...
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