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I am using a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ650N notebook model. I upgraded the OS to Windows 7 Professional 32-bit recently and got the dreaded "fn key malfunctioning" issue, which I was able to quickly fix by reinstalling drivers from Sony's website in a certain order. Changing the display brightness with...

Since building my PC 2 days ago the clock has always been running way too fast, a minute on the clock passes in a couple of seconds. This affects all Windows uses, double clicking is impossible and animated images cycle way too fast. I have searched online and this seems to be a common problem...

Ok here is what I posted to Gigabyte to see if they have a solution, I thought I'd post here too. Maybe one of you can help me out. I am having some DPC Latency issues with Windows 7 64 bit. I am having a really hard time trying to solve the problem, I have went into device manager to...

The upcoming 6 core Thuban processors will make it’s first appearance in the market somewhere in May 2010 according to OCQ. If the predictions are right, we would see lots of them at the Computex Taipei 2010 show to be held in June 2010. The codenamed Thuban series of processors are hexa core...

Hello. I have been trying for quite some time to get win 7 to install on my computer. I tried the beta when it came out and I couldn't get it to work, so I thought it was just b/c it was beta. I have since built a new computer and purchased the full version of win 7-64 bit and I am having...

Hi guys, i'm really hoping someone can help me out. I recently used the @bios utility from Gigabyte to update my motherboard bios. I've used this plenty of times in the past on Vista 64 bit with no problems. However this is the first time i've used it with Windows 7. It went through the usual...

Version: ¤ Windows 7 Professional (x86) - DVD (English) I got it for free from my college. It seems to not want to work. (Clean install) When I try launching "Setup.exe" by extracting the ISO, I get the following error: So I figure...

Hey everyone, I'm at my wits end with this. I've never had any issues installing an operating system in the past and I'm rather embarrassed it's happened to me with what should be such a simple installation. I have partitioned a 260 gig hard drive. I have windows xp up and running on the first...

Hi, I just installed windows 7 on my laptop and the power options page doesn't display a "dim the display" option, nor do the keyboard commands to dim the display do anything. Is there a way to fix this? I am running a Lenovo G530 machine and there does not seem to be driver support for windows...

In case this helps others: I did a clean install (not upgrade) of Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (32 bit) on a D810 laptop about a month ago. This laptop has been put through the paces by a mobile professional. It is the user's only computer. No problems have surfaced yet. Basic Win7...

Hey all, thanks in advance for any advice you guys have. Ok, so I had an old system with a 2.6 pentium D processor, 4 gigs of memory, running windows 7 pro 64 bit, and it was running fantastic. Well I decided to build a new system anyway and push the performance of windows 7 and the games I'd...

I installed Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit a month ago in place of XP (Home). I had previously checked that everything would be compatible with Win7 before installing it, and it installed with no problems. From the first day, however, I started getting random crashes, often when a picture changed...

Hi. I work for Acer tech support. Lately we have gotten a lot of calls about CD/DVD and Blu-Ray devices not showing up after windows 7 upgrade. We usally recommend BIOS and chipset driver updates first, then a clean install if drivers doesnt take care of the problem. But now the custumers that...

I do realise there are posts already on this forum and many other forums, I have followed all the 'solutions' people have posted, I have not came across a person who said it has solved their problem, nor has any solved mine. I am having the Critical error Kernel-Power 41 (63). Critical...

Hi again, I have a question how to update BIOS on Win7 x64 ultimate. I downloaded newest version of BIOS for my laptop (Toshiba Tecra A8-185 PTA83E). After unzipping there is only .exe file. When I try to run that file it says, that my OS is unsupported. When I run it in compability mode (with...

I need help with Windows Seven Pro 32 bit I installed on a nice custom built PC on Monday, it refuses to see (4) different DVD/CDR drives. I've tried the various methods for Disabling the Digital Driver Signing in Windows 7 but no luck. F8, then selecting diable never worked, registry entry...

Hello I formatted and installed Windows 7 home premium on my Samsung r 700 laptop (specification- Intel dual core t5550, 3 GB of RAM, 250 gig hard drive and the nvidia geforce 8400m gs graphics chipset) two weeks ago. The installation went without a problem and I managed to get all...

Hello, I'd had a fully working PC when I had XP SP 3. My vcard is a 8800 TS 512. Since I installed Win 7 32bit I've been experiencing this annoying error: "The display driver has stopped but has recovered" I've read through forums and I found that it was a common issue. using older / newer...

in my opinion sadly the only thing you will experience from microsoft hotline is a waste of your time, and / or money. my reasons were based on the following. i was transferred to three different reps, each of which i was asked my full name, phone number, email, edition of windows and reasons...

After updating my HP a6500f desktop to Windows 7 Home Premium I am experiencing the following issue: Any of my 3 brands of External USB drives disconnect in 64 bit Windows 7 OS when transferring large files to USB from...