Keyspan USA-19QW Driver

Nothing is quite as challenging as trying to find a driver for an old piece of hardware when the company that created the product has been acquired. In my case, I was looking for a driver for the Keyspan USA-19QW USB to Serial adapter. It appears that Tripplite bought...

CyanogenMod and Nexus Q Fastboot

If you’re like me and not a full blown software geek, then trying to get CyanogenMod onto your Nexus Q may frustrate you to death. One of the biggest problems you’ll have stems from trying to get your Nexus Q into fastboot when you don’t have the...
Windows 8: Failed to play test tone

Windows 8: Failed to play test tone

I have an awesome Dell E6530 laptop and it’s been a dream to work on, but since I upgraded to Windows 8 / 8.1 I’ve had problems with a few driver related items. One of these things has been the audio driver. I lost sound completely about a week or two ago...

Solved: You do not have the required permission

So maybe you’ve been bold like I have and installed Windows 8.1. And maybe you want to use the new Hyper-V portion of 8.1 and setup a VM or two to play with. In the process, you discover this great feature called Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection, which is...