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Greetings all! I thought I would post this here and see if anyone had any ideas before I am reduced to wiping my drive and starting with a fresh install of Vista. The problem is this. I am trying to install a Virtual CD program that is, according to their site, Vista compatible. However, the...

Anyone know why my Desktop computer which has much better hardware would run Windows7 slower than my Laptop? Desktop is: 3ghz dual core Asus P5K motherboard 4GB RAM 250GB Western Digital 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 8800 GT Laptop is: Dell 1520 2ghz dual core 2GB RAM 150GB Western Digital 7200 RPM...

Have both win7 beta 1 distros - 32 & 64. 3+ year old laptop. amd 64 2.2 gig, dual core. 2 gigs ram - machine maxes out at 2 :-( 4 gig readyboost flash stick - if that matters.... Will 64 be worth installing? With only 2 gigs ram max, will it be any better than using 32? Any...

Hey all, Ive been going though my games to see which work in win7 and which don't and well i ran into one that semi works. SimCity 4 installs fine and boots, i can even get into the gameplay but what i keep running into is the fact its really laggy, not really constant lag just when i try to do...

windows 7 and hp a1640n 2gb ram dual core Intel 1.6ghz 128mbnvidiagpu whenever i shut down after it says shuting down i get a blue screen please help:confused:

My cpu with the dual core although small is usually really quiet especially xp but also windows 7. Installed AVG (needed an av in there) and my cpu is always 65 75 sometimes 100%. Any suggestions. I know windows defender is installed also. Wouldn't that cover the av problem?

Do you need a larger hard drive when windows 7 RTMs I have a dual core (2300 I think fairly slow for a dual core yet my performance scores are in the 3s and 4s My Point: I have a 80 GB hard drive and the performance score showed 2.0. Would a sata hard drive about 160gb drastically change the...

i have an asus p5kpl-cm mobo. dual core processor 2gig of ram sata harddrive blah blah blah.installed windows 7 from microsoft.clean install but when i put mobo cd in windows 7 days it doesnt support it.couldnt load any drivers to get on the net or anything. had to reinstall vista. any ideas why...

Hello, Recently, I installed Windows 7 (64bit) and decided to give it a run. Installed quick, set itself up (I LOVE the no-driver hassles), and everything about it is just great. However, gaming with it is another story. I installed the following games: -Battlefield 2142 (punkbuster) -Call of...

In msconfig Windows 7 is set by default for 1 processor. That strikes me as being wrong if, like me, you have a Core 2 Dual processor. I have 2 processors and not 1. You can change this in msconfig so that Windows 7 sees how many processors you have [1,2,or 4] at startup. This will speed up...

install fails to "windows could not finish configuring the system. to attempt to resume configuration restart computer" i have more than enough to install this is a clean install on a 60 gig PATA HD. my pc is a P5N-E SLI asus MB.. 8800gt 512 MB video card. 2 gig pc6400 ram.. and theprocessor is...

resume configuration restart computer" i have more than enough to install this is a clean install on a 60 gig PATA HD. my pc is a P5N-E SLI asus MB.. 8800gt 512 MB video card. 2 gig pc6400 ram.. and theprocessor is e6850 dual core. so what gives?? i get no other info other than listed and when i...

Hi guys, Just installed win 7 last night and found i had this problem. My processor is AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology, and it only recognizes 1 of 2 Processors. In the task bar as well it only displays 1 processor, and its obviously running high most of the time. Maybe you guys can help...

im running vista and 7 on my dell xps m 1530 both 32 bit. the problem is that whichever exe i try to start using 7 (except the ones that came preinstalled with 7) i get the crash msg saying that the exe has stopped working and windows is checking for a solution to the problem . And this happens...

I ran the computer performance test and it gave my Intel Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz processor a 2.5 index score. Is this right or is there an issue with the performance test? It's a dual core processor... I thought WIN7 was supposed to take advantage of dual core... ie make them faster..... I got...

I have build 6801 of windows 7 and for when i discovered that for some reason my computer was working at 100% all the time for no apparent reason, both cores and the harddrive LED on the computer is at full workload. What's happening how can I help better describe my problems? My computer is a...

Hi, I've installed Windows 7 and everything is working fine, except I don't have "Aero". I have a NVidea FX 5550 on a Dual Core 2.66 with 2 Gb. Any help it's going to be appreciated. Levogiro.

Hi,I turn on my pc eventually get to desktop screen(has slowed considerably since start of problem last week).After a couple of minutes vista freezes,i can still use mouse pointer but my cpu dualcore usage meter freeze's and my hardrive seems to stop running aswell.I left computer on for a...

Having a little problem with installing Vista. System spec 3.0 Wolfdale Dual Core EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 (780i Tri-SLI Board) Corsair 4g TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX 4-4-4-12 timing 36gig WD Raptor 2 Segate Barricuda 750gig ST3750640AS XIGMATEK MC NRP-MC751 750W ATX12V PSU Input Voltage100 - 240 V...

I have an Acer laptop 2 gb ram, 1.90 Ghz dual core with Vista home premium. Every time I log in it will load up for about 3 min and then it logs me out. The account has admin privilages. It will boot up just fine in safe mode and does not log me out? Does anyone have any ideas about what would...