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I have 2 systems running Windows 7 beta and a third running XP. When I do a Remote Desktop from my XP machine to a Windows 7 computer everything is fine. When I do a Remote Desktop from one Windows 7 PC to another Windows 7 PC, the desktop screen on the "connected" PC is totally black but...

Hi there, I'm using Build 7000 of the Windows 7 beta... I had Vista as my main operating system... my HDD was already split into 2 partitions (plus I had a separate physical drive, for 3 drives total)... I installed Windows 7 on the other partition of my main drive (dual boot). Everything...

Hi, I have a computer with two physical sata drives on one of which is a 32 bit version of XP. I had Vista on the second untill this past weekend when I pulled it to install the new Windows 7 beta 64 bits. Before installing I used Partition Magic to re-partition and format. All went well with...

Hello, I am currently running the beta version and wondering how do I enabled Bitlocker without TPM chip. I tried the local system policy but couldn't find any options to disabled TPM. Thanks.

When I tried to install Windows 7 Beta, an error screen pop out with this error. It says its some kind of I/O error and one of my external devices may be causing it. However, I'm not sure which, since the only external devices I have are the mouse, keyboard and monitor. >.> Through a bit...

Hi everyone, i downloaded the beta version,got a key from microsoft website and installed windows beta yesterday, validation was successfull as well, then yesterday evening suddenly i ve been asked to activate again but i kept having this error, background goes black and i keep receiving warning...

I've been trying to install Windows 7 Beta 7000 on my USB Hard Drive, so far no luck. I was wondering if anyone has yet to find a way on how to do it. I've searched forums and everywhere and can't find anyone who has done it. I know it doesn't let you install on the USB Drive, but I did try to...

Well ok I installed Windows 7 Beta yesterday and I've been using it all day, installing all of my applications and whatnot. I also installed windows live messenger yesterday and have been using it ever since and had no problems with it until about 20 mins ago, whenever I come to sign in I get...

I downloaded the Windows 7 Build 7000 Beta today with the product key and I'm trying to install it on a Dell E520 desktop. Just to complicate matters, this machine already has Windows XP (installed on a primary partition) and Ubuntu Linux (installed on an extended partition). I created a 75 GB...

I installed a copy of the early leaked beta version and it did not require a key code. Now I have downloaded the official beta package and have the free key code so would like to insert the key code into my installed system. Anybody know how to do this?

Can someone who has installed the Windows 7 beta successfully list the MD5SUM of the iso file? Both x86 and x64 would be nice. I am getting an error 0x80070570 "cannot install required files" after burning the DVD with verification using Nero 7. Thank you

I have the the official copy of windows 7 beta... with a key that microsoft gave me... its activated...as shown in the right click properties on 'My Computer' but on the lower right hand side...it now says 'This copy of windows is not genuine' update isn't workin as to sayin that its...

i just installed the Windows 7 beta and my cd drives are not showing up. I can not also open my disk drive at all when i am using Windows 7. I dool boot with Vista 64bit and it seems to be working fine there. please help, i think it is really useless if my laptop can't use a disk drive when im...

hey! i have upgrade my vista x64 to 7 x64. (built 7000 beta1 x64 german) but now i cant searching after updates(need it for the geforce drivers). evertime i get the error code 80072EE2 and DT000. i have no router, only a dsl-modem. all internetsites etc. works fine. the microsoft-page too...

Hey, I am new to Apache HTTP servers, but I set one up on Windows Vista and it worked fine. However, I then installed it running a copy of Windows 7 Beta 1. The server would start, and I can access the website only on that computer - other computers on the network were unable to see the...

i've been googling but i can't find any info. is it the 7000 build or a new build? it's only going to be available to the first 2.5 million people who download it. sounds like a lot, but it won't last long! i wish i knew what time it's being released on friday...

Hi there, does anyone know about my problem? Sometimes, I get a black desktop and superbar when i start my computer. No desktop icons, no pinned apps on the superbar. all that i see is the start orb. Sometimes its okay and sometimes its not. I dont know if it is a Driver problem. I am using the...

(I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong thread) So like the thread title says, is 7 build 6801 32 bit "good" enough to wipe current setup of Windows XP Pro SP3 and start clean with this build of 7 and keep using it from now until the final.? (This to me will prove how "good" it is). I...

Will the beta & final version of Windows 7 have more features compared to Build 6801 apart from super bar??? Placing here a single which I got from the net while surfing about the features of 7, if u find then post it... Link Removed What do you all think??

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that regular PC users will be able to test out a "beta" version of Windows early next year. Windows 7, the forthcoming operating system, will let users choose to see fewer alerts and warnings from their computers. Rampant notifications and pop-up windows alerting...