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forum introduction
About this tag
The forum introduction tag is used by new members of WindowsForum.com to introduce themselves and describe their initial technical challenges. Common themes include multi-boot configuration issues between Windows XP and Windows 8.1, seeking recommendations for free software to clean up duplicates and broken shortcuts on Windows 7, and troubleshooting frequent BSOD errors on Windows 7 mini laptops. These posts often combine a greeting with a specific problem, making the tag a starting point for community support and discussion around Windows-related issues.
Hi,
Firstly, I'm new to the forums so wanted to say hey to everyone.
My main issue is in a multi-boot scenario (2 harddrives, both with an xp and win 8.1 partition), boot.ini comes before BCD so I can never boot the windows 8.1 drives.
Quick back story:
Originally had 2 harddrives, both xp...
Hey everyone I'm new to windows 7 but so far I love it!
I am also a new member on the forum! :wave:
I would like (it would be nice if it was free) a program of some sort that scanned my PC and got rid of duplicates and broken short cuts. It drives me crazy all the time to be deleting broken...
I have had to reformat 4 times in the past week. Running windows 7 on my AAO AOA150 mini laptop. I have run memtest86+ (finally found a easy to use usb tut, that worked) and passed 5 tests over night, no errors. Yes it is new ram. This install ive used sfc /scannow, nothing wrong. checked the...