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I am trying to install windows t RC on my HTPC. I already installed it on my office computer and it all went smooth. but when i tried to install it on my HTPC in the living room i am havign problems. it always gets to the "expanding files" portion and at some point during this process the...

Alright I installed windows 7 beta a few days after the beta came out and i had a problem with my c drive that had Windows XP on which i just desided to install a new hard drive and put XP back on it well i forgot to plug my 2 second hard drive in that had Windows 7 beta on it (the reason why it...

hi.. After I installed Windows 7 RC, I can't watch a DVD-movie without it crashing (BSoD) everytime I play the dvd (past the menues) it take 10min and 50sec before it crashes my graphics driver... (Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1) ) first the...

So, I'm running 64bit RC and because of Cisco's refusal to make a 64bit VPN client, I'm pretty much stuck with running a Virtual PC so that I can use the VPN to RDP into my servers.. Well, I downloaded the new Virtual PC Beta, and it's really becoming a show stopper for me. I'll go back to...

Hi, Well today i downloaded the Windows 7 RC, so that i could use it. So on my computer which was running the Windows 7 BETA, i ran Easy Transfer and backed up all my files. I didn't choose a password, and i waited 2 hours for it to back it up to my external hard drive. All went well, it...

(Long post, but need your help! I'm giving as much info as possible) Hi, I've been waiting to upgraded to Windows 7 for a long time, and yesterday decided to bite the dust, and upgrade. I was using Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium, and was told that I can get to Windows 7 using the upgrade...

Any ideas how to put in compatibility mode to accept the dvd or do I need to download software and then how would I make that compatible. It worked in beta just forgot.

in the 5th of this month microsoft release the windows 7 RC with a direct link from the microsoft website . Just when we thought Microsoft was getting uncharacteristically generous, we got this nasty surprise: that free Windows 7 release candidate Microsoft is giving away to everyone today...

Hello, I installed the Windows 7 RC as a fresh install. I also used the beta version and upgraded it 4 times. Everything was installed and worked, but now i have a problem with virtual pc. I installed the XP mode to try it, but my laptop doesn't have hardware virtualisation, so the XP mode...

I just restored my system to W 7 Beta after struggling for much too long with the new RC Build 7100. I was trying the 64 bit version and I could not get it to work out for me at all! IE Explorer would not launch at all; just a brief flash on the screen. And I was not able to copy my files and...

I installed inventor 2010 and when i try to run nothing happens, in the task manager it shows that inventor is loaded, but real the program didn't run. computer is thinking something and was waiting about 10 minutes but program didn't appear. In beta version 7077 everything was ok. Also i tried...

Hi everyone, I've been using Windows 7 Beta (6.1.7000) for a while and I haven't had any problems getting programs to install and run, until now. I recently tried to install Autodesk Inventor 2010 and the installation failed 2/3 of the way through with this error: The error is fatal so the...

Hello all, I have a weird problem as i've run previous beta versions of w7 and those worked perfectly although now with the latest version my mouse starts acting weird. sometimes its works perfectly and i just have to click once to open something, and the next time i have to click like 10...

While running the Beta version I moved "My Documents" to D:\data. Today I reformatted and installed the Release Candidate but now I can not access the Data folder. I tried taking ownership of the folder and subfolders. Now I can get into the top directory (D:\data) but I can't get into any of...

I like Windows 7 but i think i'll wait till the complete version.. I put my windows XP iso on to a USB Flash Drive because my Msi Wind u120 doesn't have a dvd drive an i don't have an external dvd or cd drive and i get this: Link Removed due to 404 Error When i start the computer up with the...

so i'm trying to get my mkvs to work in media center and they don't work. Mkvs play fine in media player 12, but when i load in MC i get a Cannot play find file. Here is screenshot Link Removed - Invalid URL I'm running beta 7000 x64 installed shark's windows 7 codec Here are my...

I'm running W7 beta 7000 and Outlook from Office 2007 stopped loading for me. Initially, it worked, but now it just thinks for about 5 sec and doesn't open. Everything else runs great in the office 2007 (word, excel, etc) except for Outlook 2007 not loading. Any ideas? Thanks in advance...

It would seem inevitable that soon pirated editions of windows 7 will be available . Just interested in any thoughts on this . There is a black edition but an early beta that has been made available . Why anyone would do that with a beta I dont know ! Also of note the Pirates Bay have just...

under windows 7 beta my sony DVD Burner won't recognise a blank Disc. I have looked at disc on another machine and it shows Blank disc but on windows 7 machine it shows as full. has anyone else had this problem. thanks

I checked on the expiration and found this: I see no days nothing and its activated too. ok bugged me all day What this is, is a RC copy and expires on June 1st 2010 The Beta's expire on Aug 1st 2009