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    Windows 7 Updating Network Driver?

    Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum in search of further understandings of Windows 7. I have just recently installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba Laptop and am having some troubles. I have no idea how to view wireless connection. I go to the Network and Sharing section of Control Panel and...
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    Windows 7 No Windows Media Center

    I have Windows 7 Home Premium Version. I am fairly certain that this version comes with Windows Media Center. However I absolutely can not find it. It isn't listed under All Programs and searching for it returns no results. I really don't have a clue what's going on. Perhaps someone here can...
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    Windows 7 Error Sound in windows 7 doesn't work anymore

    This is the first post for me here though I used the forum many times to solve or tweak settings in windows 7 so thanks guys !! my problem is that when some error happens the exclamation sound should fire, this is what used to be until suddenly it doesn't work anymore :( I tried to see the...
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    Windows 7 Post Install OSImage Error

    Firstly, great forum. I regret that my first post is a problem. I have just made a clean install of Windows 7 and everything went fine. I made a clean install from inside the W7 RC on a new SATA hard disk with a genuine Windows & Home Premium Disk. Installation only took about 30 minutes...
  5. Windows 7 Problems installing Win7 x64 from XP x32

    Hi there... I got 7600.16385.090713-1255 x64 Windows 7, but i'm really struggling at installing it. I currently have XP pro x32 service pack 3 on my pc, but it simply wont install. I know that it wont run from XP itself, as it gives me the "This Installation disc isn't compatible with...
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    Windows 7 Windows Classic Folders - is this an option?

    :confused: I have spent nearly 2 weeks trying to do a clean install of Win 7 RC, and have finally managed it with much help from another part of this Forum. Now that it is up and running I would like to be able to use it, but the current layout of Windows Explorer and Desktop folders is quite...
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    Windows 7 Administrator account does not have administrative rights

    Hello, My account (1st account created, administrator by default) has lost all administrative rights to install new programs. I've noticed other users on the forum have experienced the same issue but have yet to get a work around. I've tried enabling the 'hidden' administrator account via cmd...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Tablet right click

    Hey, new to the forums, looks pretty nice! So I just had Windows7 installed on my lenovo Link Removed due to 404 Error and I forgot how to enable the "right click button" on the pen! I know it was in the options somewhere, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. I know how to right click...
  9. Windows 7 Windows Update Error C004F012 and Activation Issues

    On Windows 7 RC x64, every time I search for updates, I get this weird error -, C004F012. After a long extensive Google search, I've found absolutely nothing related to my problem. The error isn't even on the Windows database, and it's driving me mad, so I decided to give this forum a try, as it...
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    Windows 7 Vista Profile/Permission issues after Win7

    Hi, Just installed the RC on my HP laptop a few days ago. I wanted to access my documents folder on my Vista partition, so I clicked through to "Continue to access this folder." Didn't think anything of it. Then, when I went to log back into Vista, I couldn't access my actual user profile. Every...
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer crashes after every boot/restart

    Heloo friends new to this forum and this is my first post....... I am facing a strange problem and have been looking for a solution but cant find one........ My problem is..... whenever i boot my PC or restart it......it reaches the desktop and everything seems fine.......but the moment i try...
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    Windows 7 Persistent Code 43 w/video card w/new mobo

    Using Build 7068 of 64-bit Windows 7, I cannot get a GeForce 9500 GT card to show anything but 640X480 and Code 43. I started w/the GeForce driver for 64-bit Win. 7, fiddled with the video settings in Bios, reflashed the Bios to the latest, etc. Video card worked fine in the last Win. 7...
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    Windows 7 Windows update not finding Nvidia update

    Hello everyone I am new to the fourms and would like some help finding the Nvidia update. I tried checking for updates but nothing is showing up.:confused:
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 failed install - Winload.exe Error

    Hello, new to this forum. I hope someone can help. I have been trying to install Windows 7 Beta onto an AMD machine and continously get a Winload.exe error. The error read as such: "\windows\system32\boot\winload.exe" "Status: 0xc0000098" "The selected entry could not be loaded because the...
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    Windows 7 Lost my harddrive, but not really lost !?!

    Hi I have installed win 7 64 bit, on my computer, but it cannot show my samsung harddrive and i have 5 other harddrives witch it has no problem showing. When i look in the device manager i can see the drive working perfectly, but it does not figure in the disk management I hope that somebody...
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    Windows Vista Vista error after trying to install SP1 and Cant Reboot HELP!!

    Well basically today i went to install the Service pack 1, it was all going fine until after the reboot it got stuck at a certain file for around 30-40 mins and i had coursework to do so i got impatient and turned off my computer and back on, and i got that dreaded blue screen that tells me that...
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    Windows Vista Another Windows Explorer Restart Problem

    It appears that in the past week, my system has become infected and now continuously retarts explorer and limits all administrative rights. I have come up in safe mode and checked for newly added programs, run spyware doctor, adjusted DEP, but have had no luck in stemming the problem. Except in...
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    Windows 7 Fixing NoUSBString Issue with Webcam on Windows XP

    Hi there I'm new to all things, still on XP. I've seen my problem in your forum, that of NoUSBString in relation to a webcam. Anyone with a solution?
  19. Windows Vista Troubleshooting Disappearing Windows in Vista

    Vista is making me nutty! I love everything about it, except for the fact that i keep losing my windows!! I will be rightr in the middle of something, and w/ the click of the mouse, the window disappears, and opens another window. It will do that, or go back and forth from mini to maxi! I...