compatibility issues

I cannot load my cd's into my computer in windows 10. I tried the groove app with one drive and i can't get anything to work. I used to be able to (in windows xp) to stick the cd's in and windows media player would automatically rip the cd in. Now I can't even do that, my WMP has no rip...

I recently upgraded to windows 8. and started using latest IE browser. I cant access to most of the websites having a pod casts. i noticed when i tried to open sound cloud website. IE says only secure content displayed and the webpage says switch to classic sound cloud. i changed the settings, i...

I have 32bit Win7 Pro on a Toshiba Satellite laptop purchased in December, 2009. The DVD player is set to Windows Media Player When trying to play a movie on DVD (borrowed from local library), I get this msg: "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because it is not possible to turn on...

A few days ago, I started a new thread about Windows 8 OS called, “After two weeks with Windows 8, I find it the least stable OS”. http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-discussion/18137-after-two-weeks-windows-8-i-find-least-stable-os-new-post.html My opinion was based on my personal...

With W7 when I wanted to look at pictures I could just click on an album, enlarge it and look at each picture. Now when I click on a picture, the Picture App comes on and maybe one picture will show, I can't look at any other picture or enlarge one. I can't do anything. It is also hard to return...

As previously mentioned in the Advance Notification blog on Thursday, today we’re releasing seven bulletins, one Critical-class and six Important-class bulletins. Before we discuss those releases, let’s take a closer look at the Security Advisories we also released today. Security...

After much research on this issue I am pleased to say I found a fix that works. This method may also work for other ATI radeon HD cards as well. Follow these instructions closely and be sure not to deviate to much from them. I just installed Windows 8 Release Preview on my laptop, and as...

I am using W7, home premium on 1 year old HP desktop computer. Recently, I was having trouble accessing videos from you tube, email and other sites. I had been using adobe flash player 9 and I was told to upgrade adobe flash and to get version 11. I installed version 11 but it would not play...

Hi, I was redirected here from another area of this forum. I have not had any BSODs but the below Machine: Win 7 Pro I read good reviews of Online Armor and installed the current free one (v5?) Once it installs and restarts, I can not get any programs to load like Mic Word, Firefox, Avast...

hey guys, so i own an old pc, and i have an SB Audigy LS. now there is a new driver on the manufacturer's website but it doesnt work. the only driver that works is the one that comes from Sony's website. its an older driver but it works because the newest driver freezes the computer...

Hello I have searched on this forum as well as others to try to find a solution; sorry if Im missing something easy thats been covered already. However my issue is with the random "client" computers im using that wont connect to my windows 7 ulimate (sp1) machine at home. Basically sometimes...

I have an HP Pavilion laptop (dv7-3085dx), running W7 pro 64 bit. For months I had problems with selecting and uploading images. I thought this was just a problem with some older apps until I got a new Win7 PC at work and have not had these problems. Issues history: Graphics s/w - A free...

I have a very odd problem that happened out of the blue. W7 Home Premium 32 bit, no viruses or recently installed programs. As you can see in the screenshots, theres that "icon" that says the OS doesn't recognize the program. MANY of them. What can be causing this, any help would be appreciated...

Cannot get it to install on Win7 64x

We have a LaserJet 5MP connected to a D-Link Wireless router equiped with a LPT printer Port. Naturally yi works just fine with Win XP but we can't get it recognized in Win 7. We also have another printer (PhotoSmart inkjet) connected to the router through it's wireless port that work just...

Hello , I am an Windows 7 Ultimate x64 user and I am using several programms that are experiencing this error with win 7 ( On my laptop where i have Win Xp sp3 this does not occour ) I would like to ask what is causing that even when i am logged in as admin and i even run the programm as admin...

Hi People, For compatibility reasons, I need to run MS Word in Windows XP Compatible mode in Windows 7. This does work fine for most computers. However, one of our customers encounters a problem when setting MS Word in Windows XP SP 2 (or 3) Compatible mode. When she does this, she gets an...

A website I use for work was giving me problems. I contacted the company's tech support and they said in order to use their service in Windows 7/ IE 8 I had to run IE as administrator. This does the trick but I don't want to have to go through the step of "running as administrator" every time I...

I have the RC build 7100 installed. Intially the beta was fast on the IE connection and then it got worse. When I went to the RC version it was lightening quick, but then slowed down, too. I reinstalled the RC twice and the third time, I watched what I installed, to determine if it was apps...

I have installed Windows 7 RC a few weeks ago. Everything was working perfectly, in fact, I was pleasantly surprised. Then, a few days ago, I got home to find the machine with the blue screen. The problem appeared to have been minidump, which instantly reminded me of a similar problem I had with...