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In device manager you should be able to use the HardwareID to determine what you have or what is compatible.
There are sites on the net that show you how to breakdown the hardwareid to give the manufacturer/product etc. I had todo this previously for a TV interface to find drivers.
e.g. On my laptop I have an Unknown Device shown
USB\VID_138A&PID_0001&REV_0372
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Validity Sensors
Now, I never used the fingerprint scanner, so never bother installing a driver for it. but at least I know what it is!
See this site; http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-unknown-device-drivers-by-their-vendor-device-id/[^]
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Luc, what is your "coded" message??
Minor update -
I managed to get XP to recoginize SanDisk 4GB, but still no luck with 2 GB device.
I did not realize I had two of them, of different size, I guess I need better glasses to read the fine print.
BTW - it seems that stuff made in China is ALWAYS too big to plug into another device Made In China. SanDisk USB plug needs WD40 to plug it in my Sony box.
I guess the outcome or lesson learn should be - assuming the vendors follow some kind of convention when they develop a driver for Windoze. If so , is is published anywhere?
Or is it only on need to know basis?
I suppose asking for registry entries would be pushing it.
Vaclav
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Dave,
thanks this is a good info.
Of course there is no Windoze Help for it.
It woould be nice to know what are there entries good for.
Maybe they nee to be cross checked in registry as you pointed out.
However, since I have no idea where this USB to IDE cable came from I am pretty much stuck for now.
But thanks for your help.
Have a swell 2012
Vaclav
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When you plug it in, does an Unknown Device appear in device manager?
If so, have a look at the Hardware ID shown in the properties for the Unknown Device.
What does it list as the string value, layout similar to what is shown in my previous post?
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No, I get absolutelly no reaction from the OS. Nada.
But the 4GB SanDisk works just fine.
I guess the solution is to put 2GB in the round file.
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Did you look in the device manager to see if there's anything that pops up? How about if you actually plug in an IDE card to the other end of the cable (or IDE HDD)?
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If you see nothing from the OS, then there's something wrong with the hardware. As part of the USB standard, devices must identify themselves in the USB handshake process with the vendor and product IDs, that's the way the OS knows what device driver to load.
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We just bought one Windows 2008 R2,64 bit sp1 server. I am trying to install drivers of this printer but server is not accepting due to 64 bit.
Is there anyways to get one driver of this printer which I can install on my 64 bit server?
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Check with Epson.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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Seems obvious 
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In my experience it's the only way.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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I have a recent LQ 300+II manual, and by browsing it I see it does support a range of Windows client versions, including 64-bit versions of XP and Vista (no mention yet of Win7); it does NOT mention ANY Windows Server version though.
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Wow. The last dot matrix print I ever had was an EPSON LQ-850. I miss those days, back when printers made NOISE when they did something.
Can you even get tractor-feed paper anymore??
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A number of businesses still require low-volume multi-copy forms, so Epson and the likes are still very much alive. Health certificates in the medical sector are one example.
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hi everyone,
i hav a question about notebook and pc process speed..
why is my core i5 notebook with 2gb memory take times longer than personal computer in my office which is only core two duo and 3gb memory?
how if i add more memory into my notebook? will it start up faster?
and about processor, why notebook core i5 processor is only 2.40ghz and core two duo pc's is 2.93ghz?
is there a way to speed up my notebook startup time?
and the most confusing, playing the sims 2 in my notebook is 10 times faster and smoother than my pc, what happened?
thank's before 
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it could be as simple as this:
- an office PC is geared to serious applications, and not to maximum gaming speed;
- an office environment doesn't allow you to load a bunch of software goodies that may or may not help the user in some way, but surely reduce the system's responsiveness.
- a personal PC often is chosen for its graphics speed;
- a personal PC gets loaded with new software all the time.
OTOH there could of course be a more specific reason why one system behaves different from another.
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It's not very clear what you're asking... if you're asking as to why your desktop boots faster than your laptop, well, there's a variety of factor involved:
0. Disk speed (laptops have traditionally shipped with relatively slow HDDs)
1. Processor speed
2. Operating System (some operating systems take a lot longer than others)
3. Applications loaded at boot time (some apps take a long time to load and of course, the more the longer it takes to load)
4. Domain/Shares (a computer that is part of domain may take longer to boot specially if it has to connect remote shares or setup scripts, Windows always tries to load these as part of the boot process)
As far as games playing faster/slower:
0. RAM Memory access architecture (the redesign of modern CPUs means faster RAM access speeds than in traditional front-side buss based systems)
1. RAM Memory speed/size (newer/faster memory means faster access and of course, if there's more of it, less time having to go to the disk which is significantly slower)
2. Disk speed (slowest part of loading games, having to access the disk creates bottlenecks)
3. Video card (when it comes to games, the quality of your video card will make a difference)
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yes my notebook uses ati radeon and my pc on board.
how about processor speed?
anybody here know ASUS UX31 zenbook?
there's core i5 and core i7 processor for that type of ultrabook.
why core i7 is only 1.70 Ghz?
my notebook is using core i5 and 2.40 Ghz processor, which one is faster at processing?
can you compare ASUS UX31 zenbook(core i7) and TOSHIBA SATELLITE L635(core i5) for me?
btw, thankyou for the answer 
modified 21-Dec-11 4:16am.
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I'm sure you can look up benchmarks online to see what processors are faster than others... even though the Core i7 and i5 sound similar, they were originally based on two different architectures, the Core i7 can pretty much access the RAM directly without a buss driver giving it faster access to the memory without a bottle-neck there. Don't know if that's still the case for those two so you'd have to look up current information on them.
...and no, I'm not going to compare computers for you.
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Since the processor speed are similar you need to look at how many startup programs you running on boot. Is your personal PC and the office one running same applications on startup?
And no, unless you applications are using most of the memory, adding memory won't speed up the boot proccess.
There are options ( in Windows) to speed up certain applications, but to my knowledge it will not speed up boot process.
Vaclav
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test vote -1
Rajesh B --> A Simple Programmer <--
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For FSF drivers? That's file system filter drivers on windows.
OK, bit exclusive, but hope stands eternal!
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