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    Windows 7 Remote Desktop issues

    When I connect with my office computer (win7 Pro) from my home computer (XP Pro) everything work fine. When I attempt to connect my laptop (win 7 Pro) to my office comouter (win 7 pro) it will not connect. Any ideas?
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    Windows 7 'unidentified network'...

    Hi, Right... I moved into a hostel that provides 'freewire' in the bedrooms which in a leaflet you receive on arrival says "just plug the Ethernet cable into your laptop and once you're sent to the freewire website create a new user and password to get online!" After moving into my shared room...
  3. Windows 7 Windows 7 64-bit suddenly doesn't load anymore!!

    Hi all! I had my laptop running last night and I woke up this morning and my computer was frozen. It wasn't the "blue screen of death" as many mention as it was simply frozen but when I turned it back on (and continue to turn it back on) it gets stuck on "Starting Windows" without even...
  4. Windows 7 itunes problems?

    Hi! Im not techy at all firt off lol I installed itunes on my old laptop which was an hp pavillion with vista and it erased my cd drive. I have a new laptop now, which is a also an hp pavillion, a dm4 with windows seven. I want to know before I install will I have the same problem as with the...
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    Windows 7 BSOD when trying to sleep

    Hello guys, need a little help here. Recently my laptop has been having issues with sleeping - everytime I try to sleep it, it will hang & crash. Minidump is attached, hopefully someone is able to solve the problem. If there is any details that you need (system config, etc) please do state...
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    Windows 7 Bad_Pool_Header Bsod

    Link RemovedLink RemovedI had a BSOD two days ago due to a BAD_POOL_HEADER, and I'm looking for some help to resolve it. I've attached the dump file. In the last couple of weeks, I have installed new RAM, upgraded from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit (which required a clean install) along...
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    Windows 7 Cant shutdown also long start up when booting + along with other problems

    - Running windows 7 home premium - latest windows 7 updates This problem has persisted for a week or two now, not sure why but my laptop started to have many problems. some extra information; - when my wireless signal for the wireless keyboard goes out (randomly), the usb port (usb...
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    Windows 7 Closed lid craches

    I have A HP Compaq 6270 laptop,I've just installed Windows 7(32 bit).Few problem have been occuring 1)All games are being run on 16 bit thus ruining the graphics.2) When i close the lid and open it the screen flashes 2 or 3 times and os carshes showing BSOD.These problems never occured in vista...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7

    I don't remember where I read the rant by someone who was very unhappy with Windows and wanted to do something with the windows operating system that was not very nice, but I have to agree with that person. My old computer with Windows XP died and I just bought a new computer with windows 7...
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    Windows 7 Periodic Blue screens -new laptop

    hey guys I have windows 7 home premium installed on my hp pavilion dv6 laptop On first startup,blue screens appeared within 2 weeks They kept on occuring every 4-5 days despite repeated image reinstall and system restore Next i deleted the factory image and reinstalled the same...
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    Windows 7 White/Grey screen on start up

    Hey everybody Thismorning my laptop was restarting and I closed it to put away to rush to school. I run Windows 7 on it and it is a 2010 HP Pavilion dv6. When I got there I started it up and the screen is just white with grey lines going horizontally across it. There is nothing indicating it is...
  12. Windows 7 Windows Media Player 12 won't work at all.

    My WMP12 used to work. but nowadays, what it does whenever i try to open it is show its window for like 20 milliseconds, then close. My Encarta 2009 doesn't work well, it says it needs the WMP to play, so does my desktop gadgets. I think something happened. i tried using sfc/scannow but even it...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen Appears then says "Operating System Not Found" - Acer Laptop

    I dont remember doing anything wrong on my computer then browsing youtube, the web, messenger, watching videos and doing my homework on word. My acer has 500 GB HDD and 4 GB memory. All of the sudden while I was working, my computer starts being slow and not responding to my actions quickly...
  14. Windows 7 Help!!! Will Connecting 2 Laptops With A Usb Cable Work???!!!

    OK, IT'S A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION (MAYBE i'm kidding)... my laptop (64 bit win7) had a little oopsie in the hard drive area, that is... "short DST". it just won't boot up, no contents were lost. but i need a lot of it back... BAD! i'm thinking of connecting the 2 with a USB cable (this...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 wont boot-just black screen

    I have a new Dell 1545 laptop (bought in Dec of 09) that came preloaded with Windows 7. I havent had any major problems with it but the other day when i tried to start it it flashed the Dell screen (with blue bar at bottom) like normal, then goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor at top...
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    Windows 7 Wireless doesn't work in my room in my new computer but works on my iphone?

    I purchased a dell 15r (N5010), and have had it for about 3 days. It is a core i3 2.27Ghz, 4Gb RAM. I did a clean install of the OS to get rid of all the bloatware. I then downloaded the respective drivers from the dell website and the resource CD that came with the laptop. After the clean OS...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 takes forever to boot... and then the screen goes black once it does?!

    Hey everyone, You'll have to forgive me, I know a little about computers but not enough to solve a mess of my own problems (:o). I have a Lenovo laptop that I bought back in March, and though it is cheaply made, I have had little problems with it up until earlier this month. In early June...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 (& Vista) - Photoshop CS5 (&3) - Sleep Function

    Hi Guys, Just wondering whether anyone has experienced problems with recovery from Sleep. I have a laptop, with Vista & Photoshop CS3 and a desktop with Photoshop CS5. Prior to installing Photoshop on both of these PCs, I found that I could happily close down my PC, and subsequently restore...
  19. Windows 7 Will I have to reinstall Windows 7 if I restore my laptop to factory settings?

    I bought my current laptop in April last year and it came with Windows Vista home premium, then I used my student discount to DOWNLOAD and update it to Windows 7, i've been having major Codec problems with it for months now and the only thing I havent tried is restoring it, I was just wondering...
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    Windows 7 BSOF at login

    Hi All Hope someone can help figure out what going on with my system I restared my Laptop because I was having issues printing, would not even print to PDF or physical printer. Once restarted back at the login screen, put password in and BSOD. My laptop boots up, and stays stable at the...