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This may be easy for someone, but for me...I'm stumped. I had xp pro 64 bit on my system then loaded Win7...all was fine at Boot time. Then my trial of xp pro was about to expire so I loaded another 64 bit xp on my 3rd partition. When I tried to Boot it automaticly went to the ltest version of...

I've got Win7 beta 7100 networking with a public wireless network and a private LAN. I have two network adapters. The wireless network has to be set to obtain an IP automatically. In order to enable Internet access via the wireless network and file sharing via LAN, the IP on the LAN adapter has...

Hey, I need to know if it is possible to turn off ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) in Windows 7. I know this was possible in XP and wonder if im able to do it with 7. Your help will be greatly appreciated! ------ Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7000 Build 7000 Sony VAIO laptop

I bought an HP laptop and installed Windows 7, 64-bit in order to test it. I've noticed something rather annoying with the power options which may be a bug in the software that others are experiencing as well. Allow me to explain my situation: I use my laptop at work and connect an external...

Ok, So I've been having the Ethernet disconnecting. I often was when I had multiple applications running at a time, getting Webpages/Streaming/downloading from the net. Haven't had a chance to try LAN yet. so dunno if that would have done it too. But the Ethernet would disconnect, In the Start...

Hi, I have an annoying issue with the Window animation (maximising / minimising) option in Advanced settings. Basically I like the glass / transparency / aero peek functions but window animation drives me nuts and slows things down. I turned it off soon after install, but occasionally it just...

Hi all, I came to this forum in order to get a solution for my problem. As many know and some would know now, when the drivers are not available for Windows 7, the NIC will just return a APIPA i.e., 169.x.x.x IP. We all thought this is a driver issue, but how do we find whether it is a driver...

I'm trying to work out how to change the location of user folders both for existing users and for new users. Basically, I have a OS partition with OS and programs, and a data partition that I want to store all data on! Please help, as so far I'm stumped! I also want to completely remove the...

Hi there, I've been using Windows 7 now since 6th of May, and love it! I haven't had any troubles except 2, but this topic is meant for only one. I remembered an application called Everest, it lists all of your hardware and information about it, OS and stuff, really nice. It also has tab for...

Yes. I've found another little problem. I have the power settings set to turn off the display after 30 minutes. Whenever I resume work, the screen stays black. Ctrl+Alt+Del ha a very slow response and goes to the blue selection screen. None of the selections work. Thus I have to reboot. I will...

I have an xp machine connected by wire to a wireless router, which my win7 machine is accessing wirelessly. I want to be able to take files off my old xp machine machine onto my new win7. I dont mind if I canonly see a connection from one side or another as long as I can grab these veyr large...

I keep trying to disable smooth scroll list boxes and even though I uncheck it in Advanced Settings, it remains on. What's the deal? I even go to the registry setting to change that and it doesn't work. I don't want smooth scrolling in list boxes. GR.