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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...
  2. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
  7. 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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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    Windows 7 4:3 pictures

    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.
  13. 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...
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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
  15. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...