If after you connect a USB device, it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting randomly on its own, then it could be a hardware or driver issue. The first step is to check that the device works fine on ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

I just bought and installed a new Gigabyte Gaming 3 with an i5-6600K. I was coming from an AMD board/CPU so I did a sysprep in my Windows 7 install to clear out drivers right before installing the ...

A USB drive not showing up is a common Windows problem that can frustrate a user to the core. Imagine working hours on a project, then saving it in your external USB drive, and when you finally plug ...

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 ...

I've spent the last 3 days fighting this laptop. Policy is, install the company 'image' (I don't know what they changed in the ISO) on any new laptop, period. I get to the 'Setup is starting.....' and ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

Once you've run Windows 10 or 11 for a while, it can become bloated with out-of-date device drivers. Use Driver Store Explorer and some simple techniques to pare down the number of obsolete or unused ...

Microsoft has licensed the software-download site Digital River to distribute Windows 7 ISO files for installing from a DVD or USB drive. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool enables you to create an ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Microsoft yesterday brought its free Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool back online after halting ...

Linux has long been the preferred operating system for rejuvenating older PCs for three reasons: It’s lighter weight than Windows, it’s secure enough to let you sidestep CPU-hogging anti-virus ...

For most would-be Windows 7 users, a 64-bit version of Windows 7 is the right move. But if you don’t have sufficient RAM (at least 4GB), or you rely on devices that don’t have supporting 64-bit ...