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    Windows 8 Reliability Monitor Not Working W8 Pro Desktop

    Hello, can you help please, my reliability monitor is not working, it runs as per the schedule but does not produce any data, my problems started recently following a small corruption with the library docs, this corruption caused the R/monitor to run continuously, I rectified this error with a...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Hi all, I have attached a print from my Gainward Expert Tool, there is an option to link the GPU core clock speeds to run at startup. Can anyone say whether by altering these settings the resolution would be any different at the HDMI output and Hi Res screen to allow the standard W7 four balls...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    No, it has the option of HDMI, PC and AV, the first 2 appear the same and will not lock on PC, however I can change it to lock onto AV, on reboot same result, the Vista boot screen. Thanks again for the ongoing help.
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Hello again, yes I did enter the graphics resolution in the BCD Store, this was one of my attempts to rectify issue, made no difference. The Samsung Menu has a HDMI and a PC option, it auto changes to the HDMI setting. Yes I think your last comment is correct re the GT 9600 GPU putting out the...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Hello, I picked the comment below from "My Digital Life" this may be some help. This will not help people who have a boot resolution of less than 768 horizontal lines. Microsoft decides to limit the animation to a fixed minimum boot resolution of 1024×768. So if you have a modern widescreen...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Thanks Saltgrass, bcdedit pasted below, hope this will help to steer us in the right direction.. Thanks Garry... Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Thanks Titanic, The HDMI is brand new, installed as a straight flow from screen to PC, no kinks, I have checked installation and all is good. I have replaced my GPU driver, checked all drivers, all are up to date, I have even updated the bios to the latest version. Please don't get me wrong the...
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Hi Joe, It is a clean install, brand new harddrive etc, Build Version 6.17601 SP1 Build 7601. Only see the problem when I use the HDMI cable. With DVI into another screen works as it should
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    Windows 7 W7 Ultimate Boots up Via the Vista Screen

    Hello I am using w7 ultimate with a GT 9600 Nvidia GPU, connected to a samsung 22" wide screen via a HDMI cable, when I boot up the OS loads the startup screen in the old Vista format instead of the new W7 screen. It appears that my issue is the initial low resolution output via the HDMI cable...
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    Windows 7 Connect 2nd Laptop via USB Wireless Dongle (Stick)

    Thank you very much for the info. I will try your suggestions out
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    Windows 7 Connect 2nd Laptop via USB Wireless Dongle (Stick)

    Thanks for the replys and apologise for not adding enough data. We have no modem, no wireless router, connection to the internet is wireless via the USB modem/dongle stick, see JPG below. Both laptops have inbuilt WI-FI wireless capability. The USB modem below connects to the internet ADSL2...
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    Windows 7 Connect 2nd Laptop via USB Wireless Dongle (Stick)

    All, please help if you can, I want to connect a second laptop to the Internet but have one only USB wireless device, do I have to use a cross over cable to link the 2 PC's together or is there a better way. Appreciate any advice. Thanks Garry
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    Windows 7 Is Problem W7 or IE9, interactive prompts for address selection does not work

    Hello System is windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, Intel based. The interactive prompts for address selection does not work, I will give an example in case my terminology is not quite correct. EG. Load IE9 64 bit, home page is google, select maps, type in an adddress, the system will prompt below...
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    Windows 7 Which Anti-Virus do You Use?

    I have used many of the Commercial Versions available, AVG, Avast, Kaspersky, McFee, I have switched now to Norton Internet Security, I have found the newly engineered versions NIS 10 & 11 be be the most efficient and leaves the least footprint of any, system always works, always updates and in...
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    Windows 7 W7 Network Icon shows a red cross (broken)

    Hey there Trouble: Just a quick note to let you know that the above remedy worked as I have not had the broken network icon since completing the modification you suggested.. many thanks again for your help....great forum.....Garry
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