Recent content by CharlieDog

Thanks for response. Regarding the ink cartridges-two are Epson brand and three are non-Epson brand and have been working fine for awhile. The display panel on the printer (I presume that's what you mean by control panel) says 'Maintenance error. Cannot recognize ink cartridge.' And that...

Of all the peripherals a person has to deal with on a desktop computer I can understand why printers are the most hated. My wife's XP-6100 printer is about three years old, was purchased as an Epson refurbished unit, and has been working fine even with non-Epson branded ink cartridges, but...

Thanks for all the suggestions, but nothing has worked so far. I tried changing languages, but it turned out to be more involved with sub-menus and add'l downloads, so I didn't pursue it. NOW there is a little note in the corner of the taskbar telling me I have ENG US installed which was not...

Well, it was worth a try, but no luck. I uninstalled all seven entries, closed DM and restarted it. This time there were four entries under keyboard in DM. I uninstalled them and restarted. Now there two entries in DM. I unplugged the keyboard , uninstalled the two entries, and restarted yet...

Sounds like a good idea. I was wondering if seven entries might be causing the problem. Thanks

I finished sfc scannow, and it found problems. I also ran your 'dism' etc. and checked both keyboards, no change. Nothing happens on the monitor's screen when I press any keys on either keyboard.

When I say the computer doesn't recognize the keyboard, I mean nothing happens when I press any key, even though the keyboards have power (they're backlit). I expanded Keyboards in Device Manager, and there are 7 HID Keyboard Device listings, all with the information. Driver Date 6.21.2006...

My Dell Optiplex 5060 MT desktop computer running Windows 11 Version 24H2 stopped recognizing my USB wired keyboard yesterday. I swapped the usb wired mouse with the keyboard, and the mouse still worked ok, and the keyboard was still not recognized by the computer. I tried the keyboard hooked...

This can be marked solved for the most part. Using hsehestedt's colorful chart, my wife's computer is now on the 5GHz band of Wi-Fi 6. The thing is, the up/down speed is not as fast as the other computers in the house, and I wonder if there is any setting to possibly improve that. I noticed...

A quick thanks for all the helpful suggestions. My wife spends lots of time on her computer, so I have to wait until it's available. I'll try a few things and report back.

We have a TP-link Wi-Fi 6 router and six computers on the Wi-Fi 6 home network, all with wifi 6 network adapters installed, all running Windows 11, Version 23H2, all with the latest updates, and all but one have no problem running the 5GHz band on wifi 6. I have Googled it and YouTubed it, and...

Thanks for all the replies. Just to clarify, after accessing the BIOS/UEFI, I went to Settings, then System Configuration, then USB Configuration, then unchecked the box that says Enable USB Boot Support. IIRC that worked with my 'old Dell desktop running W10, that computer would boot the same...

I recently replaced an older Dell desktop running Windows 10 with a newer one (an OptiPlex 5060) running Windows 11. I also have multiple HDs attached to a hub and then to the computer via USB-3. If I have the hub unplugged, according to Task Manager, the last BIOS time at boot is 7.8-8.3...

Thanks for trying but nothing seems to work. I have turned off password protected sharing on All Networks, and I was still asked for user name and password, or I was told I didn't have permission and should see my network administrator for that. I thought I was the administrator-that what it...

I have several laptops on my home wifi network and would like to share files and folders between them. When I go to Windows Credentials in the Credentials Manager in Control Panel, I can see my User Name but the Password under it is dotted out, and the only options are to edit the password or...