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Hello good people! I have just build a htpc. The mohterboard is a ga-ma78gm-ud2h with an AMD X2 250 Processor, it has a 1G samsung harddisk, a Infrared USB receiver. The PC seems to boot just fine when it has been unplugged from the mains. But when I shutdown the …

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HP Notebook - Pavilion using Vista Home Premium. Had for 2 yrs. I'm not an IT person, just a user. Recently obtained new cellphone & was searching for different ringtones. One website I was suddenly switched to a "scan website", I immediately tried to X out & it started a …

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Hello everyone! This is my first inquiry and I'm wondering: I just became a Windows 7 user. In my folders, how do I make it possible to manually drag files. (Right now, they won't budge.) Thank you for reading this and helping.

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Hi all, I try to update windows and I keep getting the error......."WindowsUpdate_0000052F" "WindowsUpdate_dt000" I have tried troubleshooting several times and no success. I have accessed the available updates and and tried just selecting two of the 16 available. it still downloads them, shows installing up to the last of …

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There was a good analysis [URL="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/microsoft-google-and-the-bear/"]in the NYT yesterday[/URL] regarding the Google Android strategy, which according to author Saul Hansell, is intended not to make money for Google, but to block Microsoft from getting traction in the mobile space. Given that Google is giving Android away, it's a theory that …

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I'm having problems Networking Windows7 and Windows XP in the meantime until I upgrade the Windows XP computer to Windows7, which is I have the network running perfectly under Windows 7 but it won't see the Windows XP box. I've done some searching and reading and went into the advanced …

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Some people like to get their free Microsoft products by adopting the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4255.html"]eye patch and a parrot approach[/URL] via sites such as The Pirate Bay. Some of us, however, rather like the idea of getting Windows 7 totally free, totally legally, and direct from Microsoft for good measure. Yes, I …

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It's supposed to be Windows 7's big week, but other news just seems to keep getting in the way. And it's not just competitors like the news coming out of Apple this week, it's big announcements coming from inside Microsoft too. You would think that Microsoft could at least keep …

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I have an Acer 5530 and have no problems out of it until now. Now when it boots up in the vista password screen the keyboard and the mouse pad will not work. They will work in the bios screen and I tried f8 to fix the computer and they …

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my dell inspiron 1545 has vista home basic. now, how do I get windows 7 home premium? can I upgrade? how much will that cost?

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send me the solution of compatibility of the software parashra;s light 6.1, with window 7, whereas the software works fine with window-XP, window vista 64bit, but not with window 7 64bit

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I have installed windows 7 and it seems the latest version of utorrent is incompatible with the OS. The problem is that when the torrent is downloaded the system crashes. Here is the hijackthis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:34:15 AM, on 31-Oct-09 Platform: Unknown …

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Whilst trying to upgrade Windows Vista ultimate 64 bit to Windows 7, I get an error message Error code 0x80070007 missing file or corrupt file. I then have to go out of the upgrade procedure. What suggestions?

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I am trying to update windows vista 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I keep getting Error Meassage 0x80008017 when trying to upgrade . This happens when 6% of the files are copied. There is an annotation that that it is trying to copy a missing or corrupt …

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Hey I get an error when trying to activate Windows 7 Enterprise, it says a problem occured when Windows tried to activate. I have a legal copy and a legal product key, but it gives me the error and won't let me enter the product key or go online to …

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Hello, so here is my problem. The last month or so I noticed that my RAM usage was quite high. So looking through my processes I noticed my svchost's were really high. Most of them are below 10k, but two really caught my eye. When my pc was at it …

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For about the last month, I have had the icon in the start menu saying that I have an update that should be installed. But every time I allow it to "install" it never really does from what I can see. Does anyone have any news on what is up?

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i have a new compaq laptop with Vista(HOME) 29september 2009,but i am also continue updated of vista,can i updated window 7 without any pay?,if yes than tell me process

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This problem has occurred since the Upgrade, the CD Rom obviously worked during the Upgrade, but now refuses to play Audio or Video, the disc's are ejected & a window opens telling me to insert a disc. Regarding the built in webcam, no picture appears. In both cases in 'Device …

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Hi to everyone! I'm new on the forum, I'm posting a new thread so I can get some help with my printer. I bought not long ago an HP CP1515n [url]http://www.informatica-i7store.com/productos/scanner-printer-hp-impresora-escaner/Informatica-HP-COLOR-LASERJET-CP1515N-943TGQ0.php[/url] and It's impossible to make it work with windows 7. I tried the original drivers, and nothing I get …

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Alright, so I'm currently working on doing the work around and burning my own ISO file off of what I do have for Windows 7 (i have 32 bit Vista and am upgrading to 64 bit Windows 7). I just noticed that my command prompt when it opens up defaults …

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Hi, Sometimes when i close a program the window disappears, but if i try to reopen the program, windows says that it's already running. So I open task manager and try kill the process but it just won't do it. It doesn't even come up with an error message, it …

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I need a new computer and am wondering whether to buy a bare m/c and install XP, or to buy one with Windows 7. I use Office 97 which works fine with XP, though no longer supported. It seems it aslo works with Vista. Has anyone tried it with Windows …

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Ive just installed 7 pro 64 bit. I also have vista home premium 32 bit installed on the PC. after installing 7 i thought it would set up a dual boot, but it didn't. It just boots straight into 7. Anyone have any idea how I can access Vista and …

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Hi guys, My vista business gas lost its fonts default fonts on the desktop and explorer windows. How do i regain my default fonts?

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Hi All, Usually able to deal with PC monsters but this one has me all but beat. It's a Dell Inspiron 1525 for a colleague with 32bit Vista on it, SP1 only (SP2 wouldn't install but after a lot of online searching and trying various fixes, I decided it's the …

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I am using a windows xp pro as my operating system. I want to upgrade it to windows vista. I heard that you can upgrade xp to vista without re moving your files using the upgrade copy for vista. May someone help me how to do it. Thank you for …

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I installed the new Windows 7. One big problem, I can't open more than one window in Internet Explorer. If I am online on a page... and if I click the IE icon to open another site, it just reopens the same window I am already in. Anyone know of …

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I installed Windows 7 this morning, then installed VC++ 2008 Express again. Now I want to install a dependency walker in its installation folder. But suprise suprise, the folder is marked read-only. Using Windows Explorer to change permissions does nothing. Yes, my account is set up as Administrator (already checked …

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