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So i did the download for Windows 10, and at the point where it asks what files i want to keep i selected none. Was this the clean install instead of just the upgrade? Because i want the best performance and clean offers that. If it wasn't, how do i do a fresh install or whatever it's called...

I have Windows 7 pro on my desktop PC and I didn't get the message to upgrade to Windows 10. My desktop is running slow and I need to do a fresh install but I don't have the disk . The disk was an upgrade for my system a few years back. I found the location on Microsoft website on how download...

I bought a laptop from an estate sale which has XP as the OS. But it appears that it must have been a corporate machine and there are a number of administrative restrains present. I am thinking that a complete fresh reinstall of XP is the best solution. So my question is, being that I bought...

This may not be a question anyone necessarily has an answer for, but would appreciate any opinions. I work at a school and would like to upgrade about 70 computers to W10. Unfortunately, teachers get back around August 5, so it will be a crunch. 1. I have 100 volume licenses for W8. Will these...

Please if anyone can help with this random BSOD as I have no clue what is causing it. This laptop is getting on a bit but has always run problem free. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 this year due to too much crap installed over the years but have not changed any hardware. The only issue I...

I recently installed a fresh install of windows 8.1. I now want to eddit my start menu tiles. When I click on a tile i don't get any options to remove etc. (as seen in the screenshot) Is this a configuration problem or is it necessary to install windows again? thanks in advance

I just got a new SSD and i made a bootable flashdrive with windows 8.1, but when i try to install windows (didnt work on the current harddrive either) it sais that its lacking essential drivers. witch drivers could this be? computer hardware drivers? the SSD drivers? some other basic drivers...

Hey there, I want to do a fresh installation, I have an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm entitled to use the software. The people at Microsoft customer service are all foreign, very difficult to understand and won't budge an inch on anything. Worst customer service I've ever...

i barely have anything installed on this machine. mostly windows updates and drivers. i counted 7 applications that i installed myself. i was hoping for a headache free experience on a fresh OS but i just got my first blue screen after a few days of loading windows. i usually just ignore them...

Hello everyone. My question is this: Once I have done a fresh windows reinstall, applied all of the windows updates, entered the different license keys, etc...how can I create a Windows 8.1 reinstallation media (DVD or USB) that includes all of the above so that I can save hours of...

I have a desktop system that had WinXP on it. I bought a copy of Win7, put the install CD in the drive, and booted. After waiting a long time(*), it finally booted and offered me a choice: Upgrade Complete install I'd swear I chose fresh install, but when it finished installing all my user...

Hello, I decided to upgrade my pc and last night I got everything together and did a fresh install of 8.1 Pro on a new SSD. I also made some hardware changes in the form of a new video card (970GTX) and took out 8 gigs of Mushkin Blackline ram and put in 16 gigs of Mushkin Redline ram. Some of...

I have Sony Laptop with windows 7 Starter(32bit). THis PC was 3 yrs old and was running very slow. So, i tried to format it and install new windows 7. But the problem is I cannot upgrade. It says to start the PC normally without using boot CD/USB and try installing from windows. I couldnt...

Hello, I am having a BSOD.. Computer is always restarting. I have tried a fresh install of windows from scratch. That didn't help. I stress tested the video card and CPU.. It never over heated. I have ran a hard drive test. The hard drive passed.. I just started to run a Memory Test. But...

Fresh DVD install 2nd time. Same issue on both installs.Problem is Windows 8.1 gets stuck right past the logo screen. (black screen). When it boots and gets stuck I press the power button and the press it again and it boots to desktop. I have installed all updates along with all chipset, driver...

hi please I need some help here,i am getting these blue screen, I think I had a virus because i installed a fresh copy of windows not a week long. I am doing nothing when i got this blue screen. please help Tahir Mehmood

Hello, I recently changed some of my PC components. I got a ASRock B85 Fatal1ty Killer Motherboard Intel G3258 proc and 8GB A-DATA 1600 RAM, After I installed a fresh copy of win7 64 bit I get a BSOD while either browsing, or watching a video on youtube. Here is the Dump and the Error file:

My son has a Intel Q9300 CPU machine on a bran new motherboard & a PSU more than enough with a HD4870 GPU. Now the problem is, sometimes when he boots up the machine, it stutters once desktop has loaded. The mouse sticks like its suffering from lag. Everything he does on the machine suffers from...

This machine had Win XP 32-bit and was running smoothly (no crashes). I ran the compatibility test and it passed and I did a fresh install of Win 7 x64 and now it crashes. Attached are all the dumps and data. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've run driver verifier and the latest dump is...

Hi, I bought my computer along time ago and it came with windows xp. It had an offer that let me upgrade to windows 7 for free. A year later, I bought windows 8 pro upgrade and installed that. After that, I was upgraded to windows 8.1 pro. Flash forward a bit, I've lost my windows 8 upgrade...