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    Windows 7 Trouble Connecting to Network (long)

    Specifications: The Machine is Custom-Built, running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Processor: AMD Athalon II x4 620 @ 2.6 GHz RAM: 4.00 GB Network Card(s): Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (built-in to the mother board) ^ The above card wasn't working, so I bought a separate one: Dynex...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen after startup and sleep mode

    I am getting blue screens shortly after startup and sleep mode wakeup, It has been doing it since day one. I have replaced EVERY thing on the computer except the cpu and the motherboard and still the same problem. It is a new custom build, the specs are: I7 920 cpu ASUS P6T SE mb KINGSTON DDR3...
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    Windows 7 Custom Build BSOD

    I am a mid level pc user and I can't seem to figure out what is causing my computer to continue to crash. It seems to be doing it for multiple reasons, I have checked the minidump files and found different sources its showing. My system specs are as follows. OS: Windows 7 Ult 64bit...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen after sleep mode

    I am getting blue screens after I wake the computer out of sleep mode, it happens about 3-5 minutes after waking. It is a new custom build and it has been doing it since day one. I have took it back for warranty, but they couldn't find anything wrong and sent it back to me. My guess is they...
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    Windows 7 Help! Cannot Add Memory?

    Hi, I have a Desktop Board DX48BT2 in my custom built video editing workstation. I just updated this computer to Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. It “was” originally built as a 32bit Windows XP Pro system in the following configuration; OS: 32bit Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3 (build 2600)...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Install problems

    Dear all, Firstly, wow you have a wonderful forum here, seems nice, anyway I'll get straight down to my problem. I have a Windows Vista machine, a custom modified/built machine, I am not sure if it is a hardware error or compatability error but I can't find anything to say it isn't, It...
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    Windows 7 Can't get screen to fit.

    So I built my first custom computer and installed 7, 64 Bit. I'm running a Radeon 5770 graphics card on am Alienware Monitor, downloaded the driver, set it to the recommended resolution (1920x1080) and the desktop is not fitting to the screen. I can set it to a few other resolutions to make it...
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    Windows 7 Error then restart loop when trying to install windows 7 64bit please help!!

    Hello everyone I just got my tower and everything from newegg today and after putting it all together I booted it up an popped in the windows 7 64 bit dvd for some reason the screen was messed up an there was like six diffence mouse pointers but it installed everything the first time then it had...
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    Windows 7 Cannot get any DVD/CD to load Win7

    Hello friends, I am going absolutely crazy. I buy parts and build my own comps. Always have. Everything went smooth until I looked into Cmos and saw it would not allow me to change the boot configuration. I then noticed no lights or doors worked on my DVD/CD's, making it impossible to load Win...
  10. Windows 7 Ram reported vs usable (more reported than installed)

    Running x64 retail on a custom build: Core 2 Duo @ 3.0 ghz 2 gigs crucial ballistix GeForce 9800 GTX+ (512 MB) MSI P43 Neo motherboard Not the issue people are thinking. I have 2 gigs of Ram installed and under system properties is shows Installed Ram 3.0 GB (2.0 usable), DXDIAG shows 3 gigs...
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    Windows 7 Blank Screen After Boot

    Heay everyone, I am having an intermittent problem with Windows 7 Professional (x64) on both the machines I have a copy on. Occasionally I will boot up, the start up animation happens, then the Windows welcome screen and finally it will go black with a white cursor on which can be moved...
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    Windows 7 Reinstalling Reigstered Windows 7

    Hi I'm new, and I need some help. I just finished upgrading my windows XP home 32 bit to windows 7 pro 32bit using the upgrade disk. And I registered the software using the product key that came with it. I was browsing through the forums and saw that it was possible to upgrade from 32bit to...
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    Windows 7 Experiencing Random Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) Issues on Windows 7: Need Help!

    Hi, as my title suggests, I have been randomly getting BSoD's. Most times they occour on the login screen, or a few minuites after login, and a few times after it has been running for several hours, Infact this is the second time I have written this. My system specs are: OS: Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 AMD data change ... update new data to DMI

    So I have installed Windows 7 on my computer and it takes me all the way to the desktop. Then when I go to boot from the hard drive I get "AMD data change....update new data to DMI." What does this mean and what are my options for fixing it so that I can properly run windows on my computer. My...
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    Windows 7 DVD drive not working in Windows 7 Pro

    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...
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    Windows 7 Help with Windows 7 Home Premium install

    Hello, I recently installed Vista Home Premium 32 bit on my custom built desktop in preparation to install Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. I have the disc for Windows 7 and a valid activation key. Today at 3:40 I put in the disk and it loaded the temp files and started setup. It asked if I...
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    Windows 7 Install freezes at "Starting Windows" screen

    I'm trying to install a full genuine copy of Window 7 Pro on brand new hard drive. This rig was custom built for me 3 years ago and the hard drive just went out. So I replaced it with a 1TB hard drive. Now I'm trying to install this new copy of Windows 7 I just got from Newegg and it freezes on...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Resolution Restrictions

    Okay so last night I installed my Windows 7 Ultimate. I have a 30GB partition for XP remaining so that if this fails i can resort back and copy files over. The remaining 190GB goes to Windows 7 Ultimate. So I installed successfully without any problems. Then it logged in fine etc etc. First...
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    Windows 7 I need a disk driver to start Win 7 Install

    I recently bought a custom made machine off Ebay. The hard drive is a Western Digital Caviar Blue 750Gb SATA II 8.9ms 16MB cache. When I start Custom install for Windows 7 I am prompted for a Disk Driver so the install can see the drive. I couldn't find a driver for this HD on Western Digital's...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 64-Bit + New Computer = Complete mess

    Firstly, I apologise if this is in the wrong section, if so, would an admin kindly move it. :) PC Specs: P5n32-E SLI Plus Motherboard 2 x 2GB DDR2 RAM 2 x 512MB Nvidia Geforce GFX 750GB Internal HDD (Changed from the originally given 250GB, due to suspicions this was causing my PC issues.)...