Drivers and devices
A wrong driver causes more crashes than bad hardware. Keep a backup of working drivers, roll back the one that broke, and read the crash dump before blaming the GPU.
- Build a WinPE USB with the Storage Drivers You Need
- Roll Back a Bad Driver with PnPUtil
- Roll Back a Driver That Broke a Device
- Clear Stale Bluetooth Pairings That Will Not Reconnect
- Resize and Clear the GPU Shader Cache to Fix Stutter After Updates
- Enable Memory Integrity and Find Blocked Drivers
- Catch a Crashing Driver with Driver Verifier
- Wipe and Re-Partition a USB Stick with Diskpart
- Turn On Memory Integrity and Clear the Driver Blocking It
- Check Whether a USB-C Dock Delivers Enough Power
- Control AutoPlay and USB Device Behaviour
- Defer Driver Updates While Keeping Security Patches
- Back Up Every Driver Before a Reinstall
- Run a Portable Toolkit From a USB Stick
- Run RetroArch From a USB Stick Without Breaking Paths
- Diagnose GPU Artifacts Before You Replace the Card
- Fix Bluetooth Audio Cutting Out When Wi-Fi Is Busy
- Build a Multi-Boot Rescue USB With Ventoy
- Set Up a Network Printer on a Fixed IP Address
- Get a Laptop Game to Use the Dedicated GPU
- Check GPU Temperatures and Set a Fan Curve
- Stop a Bluetooth Headset From Switching to Handsfree Mode
- Read a Blue Screen Dump to Find the Failing Driver
- Set Up a USB DAC for Bit-Perfect Playback
- Capture Console Gameplay With a USB Capture Card
- Record Clean Voiceovers With a USB Microphone
- Create a Windows 11 Installer USB With Rufus
- Fix USB Device Not Recognized Error in Windows 11
- Fix Printer Showing Offline on Windows 11
- Identify an Unknown Device from Its Hardware ID
- Lock the PC Automatically With Dynamic Lock
- Fix No Audio Output Device Is Installed
- Fix a Laptop That Will Not Charge
- Enable Resizable BAR in the BIOS and Confirm It Is Active
- Use Lively Wallpaper Without Losing Frames in Games
Error codes
- Code 43 Windows has stopped this device
- Code 10 This device cannot start
- Code 28 The drivers for this device are not installed
- Code 19 Configuration information is incomplete or damaged
- Code 31 This device is not working properly
- Code 39 Windows cannot load the device driver
- Code 45 This device is not connected
- Code 52 Windows cannot verify the digital signature
- USB device not recognized Device Descriptor Request Failed
- Code 12 Not enough free resources
- Code 18 Reinstall the drivers for this device
- Code 22 This device is disabled