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    Windows 7 battlefield 2 crashing to windows while playing

    Hello, I have windows 7 x64 on my home computer, I recently installed bf2 and started playing, The game starts o.k and it aloud me to register to my user,and even play, but after 3-8 minutes the game crashes to windows. I have read all the threads about screen refresh rate, changed it to 60,and...
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    Windows 7 Hard drive failure after upgrading Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit to Windows 7 Professional 32-bi

    I did a clean install of windows 7 professional over the Windows Vista Home Premium that came on my laptop (a XPS M1530) and it appeared to go smoothly. Once the install was completed I was having trouble with viewing screen savers and playing games (that I had played many times on my computer...
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    Windows 7 Ati Mobility Radeon X300 doesnt work in Windows 7

    Hi. This is my first thread ever. I will try to explain my problem. I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, with Windows XP, and i updated it, installing Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything works perfect, the only thing that is not working properly is my graphics card. Its an Ati Mobility Radeon X300...
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    Windows 7 Red Alert 3

    Hello guys, i normally install red alert 3 in my laptop (win7 x64) and when i run the game it stops me to verify the key (which i bought) and when i confirm the key the message comes up again and again. what's the matter here? the game runs normally on my desktop (win vissta x32)... thanks.
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    Windows 7 Audio distortion followed by a hard lockup

    Basically, this issue seems to pop up at any time, with no warning, the only common thread being that some sort of audio is on. Sometimes it goes for hours without it, even a day, other times it crashes with barely five minutes' break between crashes. If the audio distort is in a program, for...
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    Windows 7 Games run absurdly slowly since upgrading to windows 7

    This may have been addressed so far so I'm sorry for the re-post but I couldn't find anything helpful by searching. I ran several games fine (world of warcraft, counterstrike, etc) before installing windows 7 and now I cannot play them since the installation. The games run ridiculously choppy...
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    Windows 7 Virtual XP on Windows 7 active debugger in memory

    I have bought a game called roller coaster tycoon 2. It installs but will not launch. I installed in on to virtual XP and it says I have an active debugger in memory. unload and restart. I have tried the demo of the product and it worked fine on my computer. I have tried the different things...
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    Windows 7 Cannot open/install sims 3

    Right yesterday i bought this game & since then i have been trying to solve this problem, i got home put the game into my laptop (2 week old dell inspiron with windows 7) & the usual window didn't pop up like it has with all of the other disks i have put in my laptop (including other dvd's). I...
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    Windows 7 NO SOUND with most games which use the FMOD sound engine!!

    From Vista x64 Ultimate to now Win7 x64 U, I still get no sound in certain games. After digging and digging, trying and trying, standard output format (frequency too high), enable Stereo Mix, run in XP compatibility, etc., still no sound! Then, I found the common of these games, they all use...
  10. Windows 7 Startup Repair Problems

    Hi all I'm very excited about Windows 7, it's the best MS OS ever in my opinion. However, I've been experiencing some problems with Windows Startup Repair. Where we live we suffer lots of power outages. I have a UPS, but I sent it in for repairs after it got some lightning damage. So now...
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    Windows 7 Counter-Strike Source Crashing with No Error Message

    I have been very frustrated with Windows 7 as ever since I installed it my CS:S crashes with no error message anywhere from 2 minutes - 30 minutes of playing. I would love any solutions on how to fix this or anyone having similar problems. I've downgraded drivers, upgraded drivers...nothing...
  12. Windows 7 The Experiment 112

    [fixed the problem , split drive added Vista runs great] I have a problem trying to run The Experiment 112. First a little knowledge of my system , Motherboard is ;Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H , Graph card is ;NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT , Processor is :2.50 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core , and I...
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    Windows 7 Heroes of Might & Magic III has stopped working

    Hi people. I'm new in here, and my knowledge about computers are quite limited - therefore I need your help :) I just got HoMM3 + the 2 expansions from a Torrent (since my old HoMM3 CD broke) - and its said that the game should work just fine after it has been extracted to a folder. Now i'm...
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    Windows 7 GTA IV help??

    I tried installing GTA IV both in windows xp x34bit and windows 7 x64 bit.... For Windows xp x34 bit, it worked great without any problems... even while patching the game the game is detectable... But for WINDOWS 7 PRO x64 bit, i got several problems. INSTALLER PROB : Fixed via other ppl's...
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    Windows 7 Saved games not working!!!

    Hi! I am new to Windows 7 & using both 7 & XP SP 3.Now my problem is that the my saved game files in XP arent working in 7. I installed the game both in 7 & xp but as my progress percentage was more in XP so I didn't want start all over again in 7 & thereby I copied the saved files but it ain't...
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    Windows 7 My CD/DVD drive is missing

    Ummm, I think this is just some crap wiring or something but all of a sudden my CD drive just disappeared. Its come back twice over the past week but whenever i move it (its a laptop) it seems to go away again. It doesnt show up in boot menu, device manager, or My Computer. I tried opening up...
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    Windows 7 nvlddmkm.sys BSOD 64 bit

    When i start op a game for example : aion i can play for around 1h and then i get the bsod with nvlddmkm.sys , i have searched for fixes on alot of forums and nobody can seem to help me.. i have tried everything I have a Packard bell Ipower laptop with an nvidia GTX260M 1gb .
  18. Windows 7 Applications do not fit the screen

    Hello, When I try to play a game in windowed mode, I always get the same problem. Basically, the bottom of the game is being hidden by the taskbar. It does not fit well on the screen. There are no buttons 'maximize' on top-right of the window, just a minimize and exit. I want the bottom of...
  19. Windows 7 Halo: CE not working

    Hey, I've installed Halo: Combat Evolved onto my new laptop, but whenever I try to start it up, the game tells me that I do not have enough memory, apparently thinking that I have 0mb RAM. I ignore it and click, "Continue," and am directed to the game's loading screen, before I am interrupted...
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    Windows 7 Explorer freezes when alt tabbing from fullscreen program.

    Hey guys. I just bought a new computer running Windows 7, and it is a great operating system. However, I am having one minor problem. When I am running a fullscreen game such as counter-strike or left 4 dead and I minimize by either Alt-Tabbing or hitting the windows key, it partially shows...