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I wish to obtain a copy of Windows 98SE so I can play my older games that don't work on Windows 7. Most notably Jane's Combat Simulations USAF. Microsoft is no longer allowed to distribute Windows 98 because of some deal they made with Sun Microsystems (apparently you can get OSes like MS-DOS...

hi i have a big problem surffing the web , downloading is vey complecated for me . i use Ie8 as its on the windows 7 i chek my gmail or yahoo mail when i want to download the attached file after clicking on the download link nothing will happens no down load at all!!! if its an excel or word...

W7HP edition. Sometimes my computer will go to sleep, but most of the time it won't. The only time it will guarantee to go to sleep, is if I am downloading a large file. If I am downloading, 100% of the time, it will go to sleep. Is there a setting somewhere, that will tell the computer to not...

First of all I did not change anything to the system. I use windows 7. 2 GB RAM E6400 Processor 250 GB IDE harddisk Now my Internet explorer can't seem to download properly... When I go to speedtest.net the screen won't load. When I try to download ANY file when the usual windows pop ups...

I am new to Windows7 and still learning. Had to get XP off my mind. I downloaded an embriodery file and wanted it saved to either floppy or external hardrive, the pull down window in windows7 did not give me a choice. To me that is stange. How, what or where do I select to save my...

Hi, i have just installed windows 7 Pro in my laptop. I am searching and can't find the usual games like solitaire, freecell and minesweeper. I have the games explorer but it is empty. Can anyone help? Do i have to download this games, how and where can i do so?

I have a sony vaio with windows 7 already installed. I have a linksys wireless router My problem is that my internet keeps timing out, especially when I am attempting to download large files. I did not have this problem on my old computer and not any of the computers on the network have...

I have a sony vaio with windows 7 already installed. I have a linksys wireless router My problem is that my internet keeps timing out, especially when I am attempting to download large files. I did not have this problem on my old computer and not any of the computers on the network have...

I have searched the forum but I have not found an answer to my particular problem, so forgive me if I have repeated a relevent thread. Whenever I attempt to download eg a driver I get the download window and it begins to download for a while then it stops.........it does not freeze because the...

I just recently purchased a Sony Vaio Laptop with windows 7 already installed. I have been having trouble downloading anything. When I attempt to download something I get the following error: part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the...

Anyone know why itunes is freezing when I try to dl it? The file gets to approx 24% then doesn't move. I've tried several times with older versions (Hoping these would work .....) I'm getting so fustrated atm.

Ok, so I just got Windows 7 64 bit on my computer and everything went fine. But the network keeps disconnecting. Any load on the internet (downloading, browsing, chatting etc) disconnects the entire PC from the network. When I download or browse the web, it gives me a exclamation mark on the...

I am trying to download Need for Speed Undercover on Windows 7 and nothing is happening...can anyone help me out..thx

I am using dta(downthemall) and when try to download something with it now on win7 net becoms very slow, and comp actually it self is slowed down... somebody had a same problem?

Hi to all the community ( sorry by advance for my poor english, i'm a french user ). I've installed Windows 7 RC since few months and since yesterday i've a little strange problem. When i try to download a file from internet ( driver, all kind of .exe in fact ), a put in 'My downloads' folder...

Just a quick question for all you techies out there. I have always in the past downloaded software to my hard disk and then run them from there. I then end up with scattered directories of various types with all sorts of stuff that in 6 months time... due to obscure file names I have no idea...

where can i still get windows 7?

I have downloaded windows from source other than microsoft. The uploader may have tampered the setup and may have included a virus in setup. Tell me how to check whether the setup is exactly same as given by microsoft.

I just installed windows 7 last night. I had saved the windows 7 installation file on my other hd and ran that one to install. Everything installed fine, but then when i would run it, it would say there are audio problems (that's correct and I know i need to deal with them) and that it could...

I've tried downloading the RC about 10 times and everytime I use the download manager I get to 99% and then it stalls out. I've tried the direct download links and they don't get me even that far. I am on a high speed connection. I've even installed Chrome to try and that gets me to about 45%...