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    Windows 7 Problem installing Netgear WPN111 USB wireless adapter

    i'm having trouble installing this network adapter. so far i've tried the following methods: 1) using the most up to date driver from the netgear site and following the directions -failed 2) used the XP driver and tried installing by using "run as administer" -failed 3) used the XP driver...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 compatibility failure

    Windows 7 compatibility failure SOLVED!! Hi There! I've been running Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 since the release, without any major issues. But now I have a problem that's really annoying, and I just can't seem to fix it. I just bought the game Grand Theft Auto IV and I was happy to finally...
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    Windows 7 plz help

    i want to install 64 bit windows 7 beta previously i have windows vista and i have also recovery discs of that i want to know if i install windows 7 and if it will crash my system then can i recover my windows vista and tell me in which drive i should install it i have divided my hard...
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    Windows 7 How do I Manually add a Program to the "Default Programs" list in Windows 7 ?

    Ok, I'm using COWON jetAudio as my media player in Windows 7 (I've been using this all in one media player for years now, and I love it.) And I'm trying to associate all of the file types to jetAudio. When I go into the jetAudio preferences, and check all file types, it doesn't work properly...
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    Windows 7 Can win7 run programs that are on another partition?

    I have installed win7 beta on a 2nd hard drive called drive letter W: I have Garmin MapSource programs and map data on the main drive in drive letter C: which were loaded under XP. When I am running win7 and try to run the MapSource.exe program that is on C: I get an error: MapSource could...
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    Windows 7 Windows Photo Viewer SLUGGISH

    I'm running Windows 7 beta 7000, x64 Bit, (fresh install) and despite a few little bugs (like the gadgets not working when UAC is disabled), I find things are quite robust. However, one thing that is insanely slow compared to Vista or XP is the WINDOWS PHOTO VIEWER. Even opening tiny images...
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    Windows 7 Unable to Post from windows 7 platform

    Hi to all readers, I am currently using the xp platform. I managed to load the Beta 7 onto D,drive with some difficulty. It would not load straight off the DVD rom, I loaded from within the xp platform where I now have dual booting. I suspect these problems are to do with the drivers!, When I...
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    Windows 7 Corrupt disk - run chkdsk

    I am getting this error quite frequent. This is the 4th time I've installed 7 beta. I've done 1 install with totally wiping out my XP installation. It worked fine then. I started with a dual boot. This is when it happened all the time after I got a few programs installed in 7. So I did...
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    Windows 7 Graphics card seems to work poorly with win 7.

    I am using a Geforce 6200 pci slot graphics card, with a intel p4 2.93 ghz processor and 2.5 ghz of ram. Win 7 beta 32 bit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have tested it with 4 main games, CS 1.6, CSS, Left 4 Dead, and...
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    Windows 7 Missing data?

    Okies so I burn't the windows 7 on three difrent disks thinking maybe the disk brand just sucks but on three difrent ones all got the same thing got a bubly little load screen with the windows logo, thought that was snazy but then it said loading windows, and then after that it went to a blue...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 freezes at expanding files

    I managed to finally get Windows 7 beta installed but it was the most difficult operating system install I've ever had. First I split my 750 GB Samsung into two partitions. One for Vista Ultimate 64 bit which will remain and the other about 200GB for the Windows 7 beta install. regardless of...
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    Windows 7 bluescreen intelppm.sys

    Hello, downloaded W7 beta directly at MS, burn the ISO; make a 30GB Partition (NTFS) boot from DVD and ... get bluesreen saying something about problems with intelppm.sys ...:confused: What can I do ? Have a C2D 2,67GHz - 4GB RAM - SATA HDD - SATA DVD-Writer - ATI3850 thx ol2003 - you never...
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    Windows 7 Windows Exlplorer on Vista fails after installing Windows 7 other Operating System

    The title to this post sums up exactly what has happened to me. I installed Windows 7 beta on a private partition of my hard drive. It was my first time installing a secondary operating system, but I had confidence I knew what I was doing. When I rebooted, I entered Windows 7 and it worked...
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    Windows 7 TRENDnet TEW-423PI not installing properly.

    Okay, so I downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Beta and installed it on my spare partition. Install took 20 minutes and everything went fine. I even got my integrated audio to work. Unfortunately, my wi-fi card(TRENDnet TEW-423PI) doesn't want to work. I've tried reinstalling over...
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    Windows 7 Quick question regarding Windows 7 and Windows XP

    Hi everybody! Ok so here's the scenario: I have 2 Hard Drives. One is a Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 and one is a Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA2. Both drives were formatted and each has 2 partitions on it. The 500GB has an 83GB partition and a 382GB partition. The 83Gb partition on this...
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    Windows 7 Shuttle model SG33G5B No NIC driver

    I have a model SG33G5B and loaded the new beta for Windows 7 on it. All went well except for 2 devices in Device manager that are not recognized. The SM Bus and the Network adapter. Has anyone loaded windows 7 yet? If so what driver did you use for these two devices? Anyone with this setup...
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    Windows 7 Major Windows 7 Error: Blank Screen Upon Log-In

    Hi. I downloaded and installed the Windows 7 beta yesterday. It was working fine until I shut it down. When I restarted and logged back in, I just had a black screen with the words: Windows 7 For testing purposes only. Build 7000 in the bottom right corner. The only thing on screen was a...
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    Windows 7 boot.ini or BCD manager

    downloaded the win7 beta from the microsoft site and burned the ISO file to a DVD disc using ImgBurn. My next plan is to do the install (which I haven't done yet). I have XP on 1 physical disk drive C: What I want to do is install the win7 beta on another disk drive. Larry at the computer shop...
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    Windows 7 Win7 and XP dual boot questions

    I downloaded the win7 beta from the microsoft site and burned the ISO file to a DVD disc using ImgBurn. My next plan is to do the install (which I haven't done yet). I have XP on 1 physical disk drive C: What I want to do is install the win7 beta on another disk drive. Larry at the computer...
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    Windows 7 Stuttery/Jittery Audio

    I have just installed the 7 beta on my HP NX9600 and I am having some audio problems. All of the audio sounds jittery/stuttery. I am wondering if it may be a driver problem. I have tried downloading the latest drivers from Windows Update, however the installation fails. Also the installation of...