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Attention Windows enthusiasts! Google's Drive for Desktop application has stepped into the beta zone to bring support for Windows 11 ARM64 devices. If you’ve been rocking one of these sleek ARM-based PCs, then today’s news might just make you holler a little louder. This latest move ensures...

Hi guys. I've installed the windows tech preview since release on my mbair mid 2012. I have fun messing with beta software though not much knowledgable with the technical stuff. While installing the latest build 9879. This happened during the final steps of the installation (pic attached). Can...

I write & read in several tech forums & it leads me to the following... To all those switching their existing, current, non-beta, 'daily driver' Operating Systems on their computer, to BOTH those who have done it or are considering doing this w/ Windows8... WRONG!! Windows8, whether CP...

I write & read in several tech forums & it leads me to the following... To all those switching their existing, current, non-beta, 'daily driver' Operating Systems on their computer, to BOTH those who have done it or are considering doing this w/ Windows8... WRONG!! Windows8, whether CP...

First off, I'd like to say that up until now, Windows 8 has been running perfectly for me. If I had seen this on a friend's computer a few days ago, I'd have thought this was a release version. This post is meant more to advise people than as a plea for help. I realize this is a beta version...

I have a license for Office 2010 Home edition, which is good for 3 computers. One of the computers is the one I have the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Beta) installed on, so I though it would not allow for another install or give me problems when I reverted back to the Windows 7 install. So, I...

Just for information. It appears Windows 8 does not seem to like sleeping and maintaining a Network Adapter. Every time the system has been put to sleep, after awakening, the network adapter is disabled, and I cannot enable it without a reboot. I am also not sure what a "Microsoft Kernel...

IE9 beta is very very promising. So much so that I'm using it as my default browser. I ran into one small problem. Embedded youtube videos will not show up on any sites other than Youtube's. I've tried adding Youtube, Google, etc to the 'trusted sites', but that hasn't solved the issue. I...

I got a new laptop today and the dude at the computer store had set up my account which is showing as my name and it says that it the administrator. There is only one user account that I can see. This is my virgin foray into Windows 7. I managed to get it to read the drives on my home...

:p For those who don't already know Panda is yet another antivirus software company. There are sever products in there range including the regular antivirus "Panda Antivirus Pro", the piggy-in-the-middle "Panda Internet Security" and the big cheese "Panda Global Protection". Panda has recently...

Hi Guys, Im new to the forum, but wanted to ask a question, I have Windows Vista 32BIT installed, (Home Premium) and I final download the windows 7 RC, Build 7100. I wanted to ask, do you think I should dual boot this with my Vista install. Or do a complete, new install of Windows 7. I no...

Hi everybody--not sure if the is the right spot, so sorry if this might be better somewhere else. I went right to the 7001 beta from XP, never had Vista. My original hardware was: WD 250 G hard drive Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800 2.01 G 1 G ram NVidia 8800 GTS with Physx accl. NVidia...

firstly running 64bit windows 7 rc fully updated. hey guys, i cant find a file eraser that works in windows 7 has anyone found one. i tried several including eraser my old fave. non would install, i got the beta of eraser to install at least but that wont work. ccleaner does work but its...

I have installed two different Windows 7 builds on a particular home-built machine I have at home - build 7000 and now build 7201. The computer was made as a backup machine out of older components, but operates very well when not stressed and utilizing clean installs. However, the machine has a...

I finally managed to download the beta software for windows 7.0 but I cannot seem to get a download on the windows 7.0 rc version. Any help would be appreciated very much. Again my thanks Brian

Hi. Been using Windows 7 Beta and on release date downloaded Win 7 RC through Technet. Using it as my primary OS until er... well today. I have a logitech 4000 webcam, I plugged it in and without fail the RC grabbed the files from the web and installed the camera. However there was no control...

Hello, I'm relatively new here so don't mind me if I'm posting in the wrong area. I installed WIN 7 today and wished to install Virtual PC 2007 and the XP Mode Beta, however, when I try to Install Virtual PC 2007 I get a message saying that I'm not an Admin and I do not have the right to...

I am currently running XP as my main OS on one partition but I also have Windows 7 Beta on a separate partition on the same hard drive. Right now I cannot currently access Windows 7 when booting up, I have no clue why that is as I used to be able to do that. What I want to do is delete the...

You might want to Tarentino this one, my question is at the end and you could read backwards as information is needed.... I have never posted a thread but the one thing I know is that there are a lot of smart people out there who want to help, but there is never enough info. If you have some...

I have been trying to set up my Home User network, Just the main PC and a Laptop , both with Windows 7 beta Ultimate. I have insatlled the sidebar and I have a USB printer connected to the PC which is the main computer. The Laptop can see the PC but the PC cannot see the Laptop. The laptop...