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Try the Phone Activation: 1. Click Start, and in the Search box type: slui.exe 4 2. Press ENTER on your Keyboard 3. Select your Country. 4. Take the Phone Activation option, and hold on for a real person.

To disable the pop-up entirely follow this tutorial: Disable Scan and Fix for Removable Drives in Windows - How-To Geek

You can customise the headings/columns in Windows Explorer to show the normal arrangement of Name, Date Modified, Type and Size. Follow this tutorial provided by MS. How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer

The computer does nothing when in sleep or hibernation. You can prevent your computer automatically entering sleep mode or hibernation by changing your power settings in the control panel. Power management - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows Although your computer may be set to...

So, when you press the power button, it turns on as if from being totally off?

For a quick and easy solution, download WinRAR: WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files

Good idea, we know that it's not a software issue, because you said it worked on another piece of hardware. If I were you, I'd plug the hard drive into the other computer, and install all the drivers for the computer that isn't letting Windows boot. Does it get as far as to allow you to boot in...

Try putting in a graphics card, if you have one available, just to make sure. If it isn't the graphics card, it may be a driver issue with another piece of hardware.

Try looking through this: Allow Remote Desktop connections from outside your home network

Yes, you can use Upgrade media to perform a clean install.

When you buy an OEM copy of Windows 7 you get one licence. Once you install Windows 7 and activate it, that licence is tied to that machine, you cannot use it again. You can install Windows 7 on the laptop, but you won't be able to activate it using the same product key that you have used on the...

What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to clone a system configuration?

This is very vague, so I can't offer any specific advice. Although you can see some generalised troubleshooting tips here: Why can?t I connect to a network?

I've just had a thought, are you going into Sleep mode or Hibernation? A computer can be taken out of sleep with a simple key press, but when in hibernation, a computer needs to have the power button pressed. Check what your computer is set to do when the lid closes in Power Management in the...