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Windows 7 Windows 7 has not update since 29 April 2014
Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 and 64 bit operating system has not downloaded a windows update since KB2929437 on April 29, 2014. Update set to automatic but I get an icon that says Windows cannot automatically check for updates. When I manually check it tells me to restart my computer to download...- mkelly521
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- 64-bit automatic updates community help error home premium kb2929437 no updates restart software issues support troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Icon Not Showing Up [Windows 7]
I've tried running the notepad script on the windows 10 website, and I've also tried running the Win10Fix_Full.bat file. It said all of my system requirements checked out. The icon doesn't show up in my tray though. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium and have an up-to-date Service Pack 1. I even...- Schneiderism
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- compatibility fixes guide home premium icon issues installation not showing optional updates reservation service pack software issues support system requirements troubleshooting user experience win10fix windows 10 windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Corrupt copies of files appearing after system update
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone more knowledgeable than me can help me with a problem with Windows 7 Home Premium. This morning I finally allowed my laptop to do its system update and restart (after a day or two of postponing), but when it was completed I noticed some weird issues. Corrupt...- Jesswood87
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- antivirus backup computer issues corrupted files corruption data recovery file management files home premium malware norton phd work scan system restore system update troubleshooting user support windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Finding Deleted Files
Hello again, No matter which undelete programme I try, not one of them will ever find a deleted file. I copy a file to a directory on C: or D:, delete it and then empty the Recycle Bin. Whatever application I care to use, the file, which is very unlikely to have been overwritten, can not...- Cheemag
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- backup data loss disk issues file deletion file management file recovery file system home premium kaspersky recovery recycle bin security software issues system settings tech support undelete user experience windows 7 xp compatibility
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Duplicate Disk Signature Question
64-bit Win 7, Home Premium, SP1. I recently recovered my C: drive to a new drive (via Symantec SSR Anyware to a new computer) and kept the same disk id on the new drive. Now I want to use the old C: drive on my new system (as an additional data disk) but of course windows won't mount it because...- dmcmillen
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- 64-bit c drive data recovery disk disk duplication disk management disk signature diskpart home premium id change mbr mounting new drive old drive reformat sp1 storage issues system drive windows 7 windows security
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Windows 10 More clarification on the "free" Win 10 upgrade please
I have a friend who bought a retail Win 7 Home Premium "upgrade", and used it to go to Win 7 from XP a couple of years back. He asked me if he qualified for the free Win 10 upgrade, and I said yes (but then I'd not seen anything that says one way or the other regarding Win 7 upgrades... So...- grindy
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- assistance clarification free upgrade home premium resources retail version upgrade windows 10 windows 7 windows xp
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Change Folder Icon
Hi all, Using Windows 7 Home Premium. I mapped a drive for OneDrive, now I am trying to change the icon in Windows Explorer. I saved the OneDrive.ico file from Temporary Internet Files. I right-clicked on the folder icon and selected Properties I clicked on the Customize Tab I clicked on the...- goss
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- apply changes customization explorer file management home premium icon change icons mapped drives network drive onedrive properties system settings tech support temporary files user guide user interface windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD since early May
HP Pavilion g6 laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. For approximately the last week+ (maybe May 10 or so), we have been getting the BSOD immediately following the installation of the latest Windows updates (46 required, 7 optional). We have had to restart the computer in safe mode and do a...- sarahl
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- antivirus bsod computer issues defender firewall hardware home premium hp pavilion malwarebytes performance safe mode security software system restore troubleshooting update version windows 7 windows defender
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD Cause by atikmpag.sys
Running on Windows 7 Home Premium, been keep getting blue screen that are caused by atikmpag.sys for a few months already. Need some help on this problems as I've no clue about it. Please.- ijun
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- atikmpag.sys blue screen bsod drivers error home premium system issues troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Laptop Turns off after failed Microsoft Update
Greetings, I have an old Asus K52J that overheated and shut down some weeks back. After replacing the worn out fan and eventually the heat sink unit and copper tubing, I finally had it back up and running perfectly for several hours after being down for a few weeks. It was running perfectly...- Varwulf
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- asus bios boot corrupted diagnostics error fan issues heatsink home premium laptop overheating repair restart safe mode shutdown software sp1 troubleshooting update windows 7
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD after Windows7 update
After a Windows7 required update yesterday, Windows could not restart and the startup repair could not fix it. Eventually I was able to restore to a previous good state (via the HP Recovery Manager). Soon after restarting work this morning it again wanted to perform the update, presumably the...- David32
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- bsod error home premium hp pavilion recovery sp1 startup repair troubleshooting update windows 7
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Photos Displaying as 4:3 Aspect Ratio on Windows 7 Laptop, Need Help
Hello, I use windows 7 home premium x32 bit and every photo i open shows up as a 4:3 photo. I know that my photos are 16:9, even the stock windows photos are 4:3. I am using windows photo viewer to view the photos. I have a 1336x768 screen, it's a laptop screen. Please help. Thanks for your time.- andreioniscu
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- 16:9 aspect ratio home premium image display laptop photo viewer photos resolution windows windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Windows Aero gone haywire.
I've been enjoying my new computer for a while now, but windows keeps asking me to revert the colour scheme to improve performance Your computer's hardware and video card must meet hardware requirements to able to display Aero graphics. Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware...- Vincent322
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- aero color scheme cpu directx display graphics graphics card gtx 750 ti hardware requirements home premium motherboard nvidia optimization performance ram resource management system specs system warning troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Changing Computer Name
64-bit Win 7 Home Premium, workgroup pc (not domain). What are the problems/ramifications of changing a Computer Name? For example, how does windows handle existing shares? Thanks --David- dmcmillen
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- administration computer name file sharing home premium network settings shares system settings user groups windows 7 workgroup
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Video Capture crashes and can't install the integrated webcam on my laptop
Hi All, I have a problem with my video capture software. All but virtualdub crash when I try to start video capture. This includes, ulead movie maker, arcsoft showbiz, Vegas movie studio etc. I tried a number of solutions and eventually realised that my integrated webcam is not properly...- ToshADee
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- arcsoft capture card capture device configuration device manager driver issues hardware issues home premium las vegas movie maker system crash toshiba troubleshooting ulead video capture virtualdub webcam windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Can I Reactivate OEM Win 7 on New Hardware?
I would like to reinstall my OEM version of 64-bit Win 7 Home Premium on new hardware (new PC). I'm having intermittent problems with my MB and want to take this opportunity to replace the machine. I was wondering if I would be able to do a phone activation of the OEM Windows. I know that OEM...- dmcmillen
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- 64-bit activation hardware home premium installation oem pc replacement reactivation troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't change network from Public to Home on Win 7 Home Premium
Every year I set up a temporary wired network of 3 laptops for helping my camera club to adminster its annual international photographic competition. A back end MS Access database is stored on a Win 7 Home Premium laptop and this is accessed by two Win XP laptops running a front end Access...- haggis999
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- access database camera club computer setup file sharing home network home premium laptop connectivity network network issues network switch photography public shared folders tech support troubleshooting unidentified network windows 7 windows vista wired connection
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Update from Windows 7 Home Premium Failed To Install
Hello, I recently tried to update from windows 7 home premium 64 bit to windows 8.1. However when I came to the installation process it reached 100% then said 'Your PC will restart in a few moments'. Then a new window opened saying 'Windows 8.1 installation has failed' Please help I have tried...- COREY WHITWORTH14
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- 64-bit assistance error failed home premium installation update upgrade windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 My antivirus keeps on finding InfoAxe?
I've never downloaded InfoAxe but it keeps showing that it exists in my computer. I've quarantined and deleted everything but it keeps showing up again.. If I type flipora in the search bar in the start menu it's showing a registry file named cc_(numbers) <--Random numbers, but I forgot. How...- Offensively
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- antivirus computer data security fix home premium infoaxe maintenance malware malwarebytes privacy quarantine registry removal scan security software tech support threats virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Opening multdiple Windows Explorers
I need to have two copies of Windows Explorer open, so I can move stuff around efficiently. This has always worked for me. Today, I can't open a second copy. When I right-click the start button and select "Open Windows Explorer" (after opening one copy of Explorer), it just changes the shading...- tvzzz
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- desktop environment file explorer file management home premium multiple instances user issues windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support