38,692 questions with Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers tags

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Add device not working on PC

Hello, I cannot add a device to my computer. If I press "Add a device" from the bluetooth screen, it closes the window. If I go to devices and printers and try to press add a device, it tries to open a window that immediately crashes. …

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-09T01:21:48.2833333+00:00
Jared Martin 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-12T22:18:45.5833333+00:00
Jared Martin 20 Reputation points
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I need to help to share the home printer?

Dear team, please help me to share to printer at home to another windows 10 system a error message pop up 0x0000011b please how to solve the problem?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-09T13:58:05.77+00:00
Suraj Bagal 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-12T13:32:11.64+00:00
Lychee-Ng 890 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

after reconnecting my windows 10 Pro PC I have no sound

I had to unplug my whole computer, printer, network, external drives, Creative speakers and camera. to do a repair on my desk. I am running Windows 10 Pro and Microsoft 365 system. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of the way I had all the cables…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-07-21T10:17:22.7+00:00
Gerard Paillard 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-11T22:49:15.7033333+00:00
Bryan-V 2,040 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

how do i install windows 10 on a fresh hard drive?

I'm trying to install windows 10 on a new hard drive via USB, but when it asks me to select a driver it says that there is none to select. also the other parts of the computer are pretty old, the motherboard is from 2012 and the computer was prebuilt…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-11T20:06:20.2833333+00:00
joe moe coco nut 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-11T21:18:17.5966667+00:00
Airbus A350 5,075 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Win10 Camera not being seen.

Hi, I have an HP laptop 250 G6 notebook which is up-to-date with patches etc. The last time I used Zoom was around the end of February and all was well. I tried to do another call a couple of weeks ago and the camera wouldn't work. On further…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-10T20:03:27.2633333+00:00
Graham Keen 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-11T11:54:15.3033333+00:00
Graham Keen 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Problem with keyboard lights

Hello everyone, My laptop is MSI alpha 15 b5eek. I observed, that my keyboard has only one colour of lightning, which i cant turn off or switch the light to another colour. However, it seems that my laptop can't find any devices which provides keyboard…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-11T05:53:02.7+00:00
Stepan 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-11T06:28:17.04+00:00
DaveM121 758K Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Printers and Scanners Disconnected - Windows10 Dell PC All Up to date

8/10/25 Hi, I have an issue where all of my installed printers and scanners will come up as "not connected" to my computer. I restart my computer and problem still exists. Everything worked fine until a day ago. This affects my physical…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-10T16:58:43.4066667+00:00
Paul S Reese 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-08-10T20:09:43.5566667+00:00
Gérard Oomens 105.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers

Need help to fix the camera

when i open my camera app in windows 10 it say's <no camera attached 0xa00f4244> and i don't know what to do about it so what's the solution to this?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-09T04:03:45.8966667+00:00
Jot Kaur 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-10T14:00:52.4+00:00
Ferdinand Nanalig 22,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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USB drives are not detected on Win10.

I've been having this problem with my Win10 Ent. Pc for sometime going back a year or two. Whenever I insert any Usb Hdd/Ssd or pen drives it shows in device manager but not in explorer (no drive letter) Diskpart hangs on launch as does disk manager. All…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-03T16:02:33.71+00:00
DepthCharge 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-10T13:52:12.4933333+00:00
DepthCharge 0 Reputation points
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How do i reformat an external ssd that I've accidentally reset file system and allocation size for?

I was having trouble trying to get an external ssd to connect to my console, so i was recommended formatting. I tried to reformat my external from exFAT to its default file system that started with an N. I also changed the allocation size to default to…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-05T07:57:15.96+00:00
K.B 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-10T07:25:15.5633333+00:00
K.B 0 Reputation points
2 answers

MTP USB device driver

In Win 10 device manager, I show a question mark by Other Devices - MTP USB device. It shows no driver and when I try to update it the message says " A service installation in this INF is invalid." Suggestions please? JP

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-08T23:36:37.63+00:00
Jim Pollock 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-09T00:21:08.4866667+00:00
Ivan Bitencourt 61,630 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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WHY IS MY PRINTER OFFLINE

all software is on .update completeds i have an old printer bought from ebay epsom SX 300 it was working ok . then a message came up with your printer is not compatible

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-08T10:51:43.3833333+00:00
wendy mortimer 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-08T18:24:44.2+00:00
wendy mortimer 20 Reputation points
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Event 4311, Source NetBT

I'm getting the following error message in the Event Viewer: Initialization failed because the driver device could not be created. Use the string "000000000100320000000000D71000C013010000250200C004000000000000000000000000000000" to identify…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-07-09T23:58:19.5266667+00:00
Black Jacques 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-07T14:37:22.0266667+00:00
Robrazil 1 Reputation point
0 answers

[Article] Easy Guide: How to Print Wallet Size Photos Using the Photo Printing Wizard

📌 Note: This article was originally created by Andre da Costa on Answers Support Community. It provided meaningful insights and proved helpful to many. We are recreating it here on their behalf to preserve its value and ensure continued access for…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-07-17T18:21:51.8533333+00:00
Community Article Author 455 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
edited the question 2025-08-08T04:31:10.97+00:00
Olga_Gh 5 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Admin
2 answers

Bluethooth not working HP pavilion 15

Hello everyone I'm experiencing an issue with the Bluetooth functionality on my HP Pavilion 15 laptop running Windows 10 (64-bit). I installed the Ralink Bluetooth driver, and the installation appeared to complete successfully. However, in Device…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-01T20:33:36.1133333+00:00
Salah Ab 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-08-07T19:52:12.4566667+00:00
Salah Ab 20 Reputation points
1 answer

an Ingame visual indicator in Roblox not appearing on my device but appears fine in any other device?

While i know this is about a completely different app not related to Windows itself, with how the "visual indicator" appears normally on any other device but it doesnt appear at my PC specifically, this definetly is an issue with my windows 10…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-06T10:08:20.28+00:00
SomeRandomStranger 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-07T10:08:38.0066667+00:00
SomeRandomStranger 0 Reputation points
1 answer

my computer does not recognize my camera anymore

Why did my computer lose the camera? Device Manager no longer shows the camera, but I never took it off!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-06T19:43:21.6+00:00
Ben Platt 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-06T20:17:37.6666667+00:00
Ferdinand Nanalig 22,300 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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I can't get my headset with a microphone to work.

I am using a "PDP Gaming Lvl30 Wired Chat Headset." I got a 3.5mm headphone splitter for my PC, the front audio jack, and the front headphone jack. I can hear audio through the headset, but the microphone isn’t working. I’ve already tried…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-07T20:46:14.8366667+00:00
Maya 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-08-08T03:43:32.0966667+00:00
Craig Long 13,965 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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Speaker won't work with previous USB ports used, but it's still recognized.

Hello, I am currently trying to figure out a problem that has me stumped. Last night, I downloaded the game "Path of Exile" onto my Windows 10 Pro computer (v10.0.19045). I swapped between headphones and speakers while In-game using the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-08T10:58:34.0833333+00:00
Loui 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-08T13:37:47.72+00:00
Onyx Is here 1,750 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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My master volume cant be adjusted

Please fix the following issues: My volume on my PC cannot be adjusted from 0 if i try to make the volume louder it only show a red cross over the volume button.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-08-08T11:04:50.22+00:00
Narina Davids 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-08T11:41:20.37+00:00
DaveM121 758K Reputation points Independent Advisor