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    Windows 7 Unexpected Windows 7 shutdown

    What should I do to fix this? I've defregmented my pc yesterday and stuff. And Also uninstalled a few programs. This morning I wasn't able to run certain programs (specially games). I hope you can help me :( . . . Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Questions regarding installation of an SSD

    Hello everyone, I recently bought a Dell XPS 17 laptop running Windows 7 and would now like to insert an SSD in the available slot to run in parallel with the HDD that originally came with the laptop. I realize that the answers to some of my following questions are found in other related...
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    Windows 7 Need help with Graphics lagging, CPU, and more.

    So i play CA (Combat arms, a first person shooter) at around 30-50 frames per second. sometimes with tweaks i can get to around 43-57 consistent frames per second. I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFO IF YOU ASK. -------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Incidents:THE MAIN TOPIC OF...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Freezes after being Idle, or after Sleeping..

    This suddenly began occurring about a week ago. The system runs fine, however if it is left for a fairly short period of time (15-20 mins) The program am I using will freeze and the cursor will change to loading. The task bar will then freeze if I try and click 'start', and I have to hold down...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - 20 Minutes to boot! I have Hijack and BootTrace Logs

    Hello, I'm helping my mom out with this one. She's got an Acer Aspire 5733z-445 Intel PentiumP6100 3 GB DDR3 Memory TOSHIBA MK3259GSXP [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601) On boot, it takes anywhere from 15-20 minutes for the computer to get to a...
  6. Why I use Linux as my main OS

    I have been a linux user for about 7 years now, I am a loyal user of Linux and barely use Windows and I have some very good reasons. First of all Linux has not been as troublesome to me as Windows has, if there is an issue with it its actually easier to fix (even with the terminal) then Windows...
  7. Windows 7 Computer keeps freezing

    I have an old Toshiba Satellite L355-S7905 that was handed down to me back in 2009. It gave me some problems beforehand (needed a new OS twice since I got it) but over the past year it's been fine. Suddenly, out of the blue, the OS crashed on me a few days ago. The crash was pretty bad and the...
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    Windows 7 Another "My Computer is slow" thread

    I know you guys must see a thousand of these every day, but bear with me. I have an HP EliteBook 8530p running the latest Windows 7 Professional. Here are my hardware specs: My Hardware 4 gigs of RAM (replaced a year ago) Intel Core2 Duo (2.9 ghz) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 Hard drive was...
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    Windows 7 Laptop shows I've used more space than I actually have.

    Hi all, I hope I am in the correct area for the issue I am having. :frown: My laptop is stating that I have used up 647GB out of 680GB but myself & one other have gone through the entire laptop, & the entirety of my laptop does not equal up to the amount in which it says. There is no visible...
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    Windows 7 slow activity in windows 7 sp1 in the past 2 weeks

    Hello, lately i recognize slow activity in my windows 7 ultimate sp1 without any spaciel resone.. the slow activity noticeable especially when i try to launch something..like: *open a folder or menu *open browser (of any kind) *launch favorits in browser *enter Windows settings *navigate in sub...
  11. Windows 7 Impact of Frequent Laptop Cleaning and Defragmentation: Seeking Advice

    How much harm am I doing to my Laptop by Cleaning via c-cleaner,Auslogics Disk Defrag, and Glary Utilities duplicate & empty files finder then defragging again after restart of each about 2-3 times per day? I have been utilizing bit torrents recently and then deleting said after watching and...
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    Windows 7 win 7 64 probs

    hi, prob 1; defrag wont work in safe mode ( my a v and defender does ) prob 2; the laptop now takes 8-15 mins to (FULL) shut down EVEN IN SAFE MODE !!!! please help , laptop 14 months old, not heavily used. had mobo and battry already warrented 10 months in ... :( 8o|
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    Windows 7 BSOD STOP 0x0000003b error

    Hi, I've encountered this crash around 6 times in the last few days, always when running games: Star Trek Online [through Steam], Neverwinter Nights 2 [through Steam] and Sid Meiers Pirates. I have filled in as many of the system details as I can to the profile - if more are needed, please tell...
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    Windows 7 SSDs and Defragmenting

    This is from a non-technical person: I back up my SSD to a HDD by cloning using EaseUS ToDo software and a USB HDD docking station. After cloning my SSD to my HDD I defragment my HDD using the docking station and then clone that back to my internal SSD and, in effect, have a...
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    Windows 7 Force shut down Windows during defragment and now the Windows fails to start!!

    Hi my windows won't start and I'm in panic, please someone help me! Okay this is what happened: Minutes ago, I defragged (not quick defrag) my Local Disk (C) with Piriform Defraggler. The first time I defragged, it defragged a lot and I gained a dramatic free space, but during deframenting, the...
  16. Windows 8 Suggested 'Best Practices'

    Applies to Windows7 and Windows8 A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation Many people miss Quick Launch in Windows 7. Although the new/redesigned Taskbar is what it is it can still be felt that there is a worthwhile purpose served by Quick Launch. It is (still) really a nice...
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    Windows 7 Can't Defrag HDD Below 30%

    Using Defraggler, I cannot get my 1TB boot drive below 30% fragmentation. Is this a problem? Regards, Jim.
  18. Windows 7 USB Drive disconnects

    Hello, In the past two days, my external HD becomes disconnected when the sytem sits idle, or after a restart. I can see the drive (D:), click it and it will open - but without folders. If I disconnect and reconnect both the USB and power cables, it will be restored. I have done nothing new...
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    Windows 7 What software should I use to implement a complete Backup & Restore procedure?

    I have partitioned my hard disk into two logicals. I use one for executables and the other for data. Backing up Data (D) to an external USB hard drive is a non issue, but backing-up the system partition is not so simple. I thought I would automatically make an image file of the Sys (C)...
  20. Windows 7 Shrinking the primary Windows partition

    I'm trying to shrink my primary Windows partition because I want to create a partition to install Linux Mint on. Well, when I go into the Windows Disk Manager and try to shrink the partition, it doesn't let me shrink it more than 32MB. I need quite a bit more space than that. After a little...