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Hardware
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Last night I was shuffling computers and monitors at a client's office, and ran into an odd situation. I suspect it's pretty rare, but if anyone runs into it, I hope this helps.
The particular items that wouldn't work together were a Sony VAIO notebook (sorry, don't remember the model number) with an Intel 915GM graphics chipset, and a Samsung Syncmaster 215TW that I was trying to connect as an external monitor (replacing a smaller NEC monitor). The Sony recognized the Syncmaster, and Windows allowed me to extend the desktop onto it; everything seemed to be just fine, except that the screen remained black (all but the message "Analog: check signal cable.") I got very, very tired of that message...
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Windows
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Windows Plug and Play device detection usually works pretty well. Read the instructions on your new peripheral to see whether to pop in the disk before or after plugging in the new device - long as you get it right, Windows will probably install the device. However, some things can go wrong. I'm not going to talk about easy cases, or bad hardware, or anything you'll find the answer to easily.
What do you you do when Windows won't install anything - everything shows up as an "Unknown Device", even things that were working before you started messing around? What do you do indeed? I'll tell you.
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Windows
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When you install the Linksys WUSB54GC (Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter) under Windows XP, your start-up and shutdown screens change to the old Windows NT/2000 look (the Welcome scren disappears), and you are prevented from changing it back. Here's why, and how to fix it.
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