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    Windows 7 Windows 7 better for games than Vista

    I've been playing BF2142 on Win 7 64 and am getting 30 frames per second, on average, better than in WinXP and Vista.
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    Windows 7 Fix punkbuster kick?

    I've got BF2142 working without any errors or kicks from PunkBuster. I've been playing for a week now without any problems. This solution has worked for me and two others that I know of and it's quick and simple: 1.Install game. 2. Set shortcut (if that's what you use to initialize the game) to...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    Well, I discovered the problem and the fix. It turns out my DVD writer was slowly dying and having lots of read errors. It finally died a couple of days after my last post. In the interim, I replaced the drive, attempted to reinstall again and had no problems at all. I'm now running Win 7 64bit...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    An update: As I mentioned, I reset the bios to defaults again, hit f10 to save and exited. I tried installing again yesterday, and have gotten beyond the problem I had with the system restarting when booting from the CD drive. The problem I ran into now is-Win7 loads to the install screen and I...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    Thank you for the explanation. I do not have a ps/2 keyboard, but I do have one of the adaptors for my usb keyboard which should work. Thanks again, I'll let you know what I discover. Well, The good news is that I can get the CD/DVD drive to boot my winxp disc now, and I was able to update the...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    ??? I checked upon start-up and sure enough, all USB devices are enabled in the bios. Just to be sure, I reset to factory defaults, hit F10 to save and exited. I then restarted, chose the CD/DVD drive to boot from, after inserting my Win764 .iso disk, and experienced the same results...at the...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    Well, that's encouraging to hear. I am not at home right now, so I will have to check that tonight. I thought all of the USB options were enable in the bios, but I can not say that for sure. I will definitely check that first thing when I get home tonight. Thank you for your assistance, this was...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    1.Yes, I can see the LG cd/dvd writer combo drive listed in Device Manager 2. Yes, it can read any other CD or DVD that I put in there, data, audio, or video. This is the exact same setup I had when I installed the Win7 beta on this machine on a separate partition on the Samsung HD in January...
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    Windows Vista Computer reboots at "press any key to boot from cd" prompt on install

    Hello, I have an odd problem where I have downloaded the Win7RC, burned the .iso image to a dvd, multiple times with 4 different programs, and every time I have the same result when attempting to install. When I start my pc, select boot from cd drive, I get to the prompt "press any key to boot...
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