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The Device Driver Development Process
A device driver is needed by your computer to use devices which are connected to your system, because operating systems and applications do not use the same language that devices do. The result is similar to people who speak two languages trying to communicate, and this is where the device drivers come in. Device drivers [...]
How To Freeze And Unfreeze Panes In MS Excel XP
Using MS Excel for tables is a very commen use of a spreadsheet application. But when your tables increases in size, you need to scroll the view. Unfortunately that means any column header (normally in the top row) will scroll out of view. Use the freeze panes options to prevent this.
How to Update Offline Pages Automatically When the Computer is Idle in Internet Explorer 6
Before you can work offline with internet pages in Internet Explorer 6, you need to save them online. Internet Explorer can keep the pages up to date for you by automatically synchronizing the content. Of course you do not want this to happen when you are busy using your internet connection. So you can configure Internet Explorer 6 to synchronize offline pages only when the connection is idle.
What Are Device Driver Development Kits, Who Uses Them, And Why?
Many of us might have seen the term device driver development kit, sometimes called DDK for short, but most of us have no idea what these are, or if we would ever need one. These kits contain different programs and files that are beneficial to developing new device drivers. Usually these kits are used by [...]
What Are Virtual Device Drivers, And How Do They Work?
In many Microsoft Windows operating systems, the virtual device driver is the program which is in charge of handling software interrupts which come from the operating system. Device drivers which are not virtual will handle hardware interrupts and not software interrupts, and this is what makes virtual device drivers different. Each hardware device for the [...]
How to Find Windows Vista Device Drivers
Windows Vista is the latest Windows operating system, and it is becoming very popular with computer users everywhere. If you own a Windows Vista operating system, you may experience a few issues with your devices and device drivers, especially if the device and driver were made for earlier operating systems. The device driver is needed [...]
