Recent content by KublaiKhan

Last year, my Windows 10 Pro installation did not go so well (driver & USB issues). I'm gonna take another crack at it once work settles down. I still have a Windows 10 installation media created USB stick and ISO On a DL DVD, retrieved last year. It appears that stuff has not been updated to...

If I was to pick up a VPN service, I assume it entails installing some application on my PC. I then launch the application, pick a location, then start browsing or gaming or whatever . . . on that PC. What about the other devices in the house—computers, tablets, phones, and televisions? They...

Thanks for your help and thorough explanation. I did not see a Copilot process in Task Manager. Perhaps this was nothing more than a new button added to the Taskbar, but that Copilot window was swinging out to cover a large chunk of my screen at seemingly random times, and that sort of thing...

In case it matters, I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64-bit and log in with a Microsoft account (Yes, I'd rather use a local account). Ive had some new popups that alerted me to the recent change in the OS. At times, it starts upon boot with an unfamiliar desktop showing the time, weather, and news...

Toward the end of 2023, I had to replace Windows 7 with a fresh installation of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. This introduced a number of issues with display, USB, privacy, and even power. Simply trying to turn the machine off has become a fight. Whether via the Start\Power menu or ALT-F4, the machine...

Alas, I keep forgetting to mention I'm on Windows 10 Pro. That worked out great, Lutfij! The search suggestions reappeared the moment I disabled Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer sear box in gpedit.msc. Your guide did not appear in my online searching. Most...

For as long as I can remember, whenever I clicked in the search field of Windows Explorer, the previous three searches would appear just below the field, making it easy to repeat a search. After an update the other day, this feature has vanished. Every search has to be entered from scratch...

Windows 10 & 11 just perform updates while you use the system, regardless of performance impacts? I'm not using my home PC all day. I don't leave it on all the time—usually just a couple hours in the morning and again at night. I'm not understanding how the active hours settings are anything...

At work, my Windows 10 Pro 64-bit machine will regularly ask how I would prefer to handle a pending update. When I go to shut down, there is a familiar yellow dot alerting me to the availability of an update. I am given a couple of choices, such as update and shut down; shut down and update upon...

Thanks! I will look around. USB 3.0, SATA, Realtek High Definition Audio, and that Intel chipset are what I'd like to have the most recent, relevant drivers for, even if they are a few years old. So long as they work under Windows 10.

"If that fails I go to device manager and in there get the hardware ID string number and start googling." Does that work?

Please note: EVGA has not updated their motherboard downloads for this product since 2015. The Intel chipset driver available from EVGA (10.0.27.0) was released just before the release of Windows 10. Please note: Intel's Driver & Support Assistant (Intel® DSA) does not support Intel chipset...

Perhaps I'm reading things incorrectly, but the description of this Driver & Support Assistant (Intel® DSA) appears to suggest that chipset drivers are not supported. Curious as well, because I'm trying to find something more recent than what I have: 10.0.27.0 signed back on May 5, 2015.

Ugh. Windows 10 . . . . I updated the firmware (to version 4.0.2.1.0.3) for the Renesas/NEC uDP20200a USB 3.0 controller chip on my motherboard. Eventually, I found that firmware at Station Drivers. They also downloaded drivers version 2.1.39.0 WHQL from 2012, which is more recent than what I...

The rig stopped locking up during POST and it appeared that USB 3.0 was working, at least for a couple of days. I installed some mouse drivers. The next day, I noticed USB 3.0 stopped working, again. I had to switch my USB HDD to a USB 2.0 port. I connected my phone to transfer music, and it...