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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Frequent BSOD Issues on Windows 7

    I have had 4 BSOD to day and 2 yesterday and 2 last week se attach files I did a factory install about 4 months ago after a year running Windows 7. Hope you can help me, any sugestions l I am writing from my D20 D30 Windows 7 professional, 2 processors, 2 Nvida 4000 do you need any other...
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    Windows 8 Activating Win*

    I recently downloaded Win8 from Windows site. Now I get a screen saying I must activate the account. I had factory installed Win7 before. How do I get a Product Key to activate my new Win8. The site says I can buy a new one. Why didn't they provide one when they allowed me to download Win8. How...
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    Windows 7 Can't re-install Windows 7 (Factory Install) after virus

    My Acer 7736Z-4809 laptop (pre-installed w/ Win7 Home Premium 64bit, so I don't have the Win7 CD) was recently hit with a virus. I constantly got the BSOD "iaStor.sys" and a black screen. Startup Repair at first couldn't complete repair, but when I tried again, it found no errors. Tried System...
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    Windows 7 Apparently new Com Surrogate stopped problem

    Before you jump on me, I searched through the other "COM Surrogate Stopped" threads and searched on the Windows tech support sites. I tried most of the solutions (some didn't seem at all applicable and I generally avoid reg edit) and none worked. I installed a pristine version of Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 blue screen of death when installing win 7

    I am trying to install win 7 on my E-machine T3516a. It copy's windows files. Then screen says starting windows. Then I get a blue screen with the error "*** STOP: 0x0000005c (0x0000010B,0x00000003,0x00000000,0x00000000) I have spent 2 hours talking to win7 technical support with no luck. My...