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This may have been addressed so far so I'm sorry for the re-post but I couldn't find anything helpful by searching. I ran several games fine (world of warcraft, counterstrike, etc) before installing windows 7 and now I cannot play them since the installation. The games run ridiculously choppy...

Originally posted by me on the mass effect 2 forums (scroll down for the - possible - solution) ---STORY So i have the same problem as everyone: dual core CPU, but only one core was being detected, causing the game to malfunction. I came from windows xp sp3 ultimate, and i decided to get...

The computer runs just fine for days if i just use the programs i have open. The problem is when i start programs like limeware(filesharing), rappelz (game) (also other games), live help messanger (support IM prodgram for homepages) and some other programs. If i load the program with for...

Almost every day I have problems with svchost.exe on my computer. I realize something is wrong when: A) Instead of loading a webpage, it simply says "resolving host" for several minutes without making progress B) Microsoft Word (2003) opens up, but immediately stops responding, and will not...

Last night I installed Windows 7 for the second time, the first time I had the exact same problem and downloading drivers from dell that were 'Windows 7 compatible' didn't seem to fix anything.. Link Removed Pretty sure from that picture you'll be able to see my problem and that's just a mild...

Hi, first I'd like to apologise for my poor English. I have a laptop with 2 partitions (W7 and ubuntu). I do not have any problems starting ubuntu, but when I want to start Windows, i have got one of the following situations: 1) The login screen goes black (I can't even see the mouse...

I keep on hearing how some of the Atom processors will support windows 7 but I can't seem to find which one's do so I was wondering if the single-core atom 230 processor will support windows 7 I am trying to build a PC for a friend using a MSI Wind PC barebone system Newegg.com - MSI Wind PC...

Running Windows 7 Home Premium on the Toshiba T110/00D, and despite using msconfig to stop some of the many programs from loading up at boot time, I still find that it boots up in 2 minutes, which is still pretty slow for me. I was just wandering what else I can do to speed Windows 7 up...

Running Windows 7 Home Premium on the Toshiba T110/00D, and despite using msconfig to stop some of the many programs from loading up at boot time, I still find that it boots up in 2 minutes, which is still pretty slow for me. I was just wandering what else I can do to speed Windows 7 up...

Ok, I have been having this problem for a couple days now and have searched countless sites for answers. I am not able to run Regedit, Regedt32 or any type of .reg script file. From within Windows, I get either Access Denied or can't find file. From an Elevated Command Prompt, after running a...

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...

A few days ago, I installed windows 7 home premium 7600. Ever since, my arrow keys do not work correctly. I do a lot of online game playing, for example, and I've discovered that I can no longer play almost any basic platform game on any site. The arrow keys simply no longer function correctly...

Hey! I bought W7 Ultimate edition a few days ago, and i tried to install it. after facing a lot of problems with the instalation ( had to take out all usb cables, also 2gb of ram so i have 1 left inside, in order to finish the instalation.) and now, finally, the instalation is finished...

I was complaining here about a month ago, about the fact that ZoneAlarm Pro's minimum system requirements called for a 2GHz or faster processor. It still does, and I'm upset about that, but it got me wondering about other software's requirements, so I decided to look up some pro and consumer...

I have two computers that are running Win XP Home and one that is running Win Xp Media Center Edition. Will I have any problems upgrading the Win Xp Media Center Edition? Currently I'm trying to upgrade the system with Win Xp Home. It has a Gigabyte AMD AM2 Socket (GA-M57 SLI-S4) motherboard...

Hello, i am having a problem installing windows 7 on my windows vista home edition. So the installation went well and smoothly until the conclusion, where i always get this error message: "The computer was rebooted in an unexpected way or it found an unexpected error. The windows installation...

Hello, I have ordered 2 version of windows home premium for the two computers in my house. I have one laptop, and one desktop pc. They both have Vista Home 32 bit versions on. My desktop has 3 gig RAM, quad core, and an Nvidea 8800 gt graphics card. I am considering installing the 64 bit...

In winXP you can support 2 processors, being 1 dual core, or 2 single cores... etc. Have they increased this at all? Is that only 2 physical, so you can actually use a dual quad core system (8 processors, but only 2 physical still). Any ideas? Documentation?

I have Windows 7 HP on Drive C, and a new drive in D. I have Windows 7 Pro upgrade disc. What I would like to end up with is Windows 7 Pro on C, and my current C drive in the system as D, with all data intact, so I can take my time moving data over. Here's how I think I need to do that and I...

When ever I change power plans from High Performance to Power Saver my computer freeze a little after it changes .. Did a clean install 2 times still the same thing .. Any ideas what is happening I have a Acer Extensa 4420 Amd athlon Dual Core Processor, 2 gigs of ram