legacy systems

I am trying to move some files from my current computer which has windows 7 to a much older box with windows 98 on it. I tried my flash drive but that needs drivers and I'm not connected to the net to get them. I decided on creating a CD, but windows prompts me after I insert the blank CD and...

So, here's the situation, and any help is greatly appreciated, I've banged my head on the keyboard for hours trying to figure this out. I've searched forums, searched Microsoft's Support site, and must be blind because I can not find a solution to my problem. I have a client, who has a...

I want to upgrade from XP to win 7 and I tried to search the network driver before. Found only network driver for Microsoft windows XP professional and windows XP only. Can they run on windows 7 ? Which one can run and how to install for win 7 compatibility.? Thanks.

I was hoping you might be able to point me to a resource that could help a relative having trouble upgrading to Windows 7 - 32-Bit on a mainstream PC built for Windows XP. I was a bit disappointed that he was on a call with support for 1 ½ hours to help him through a BSOD issue. In the end...

Hey all, I've spent the last two days trying to install Windows 7 and haven't gotten very far. I originally tried to delete XP and install win7 but my old Hard Drive wasn't very roomy so I bought a 320GB WD Caviar Blue PATA. After installing it, I get the error message 0xc00000e9. But only...

I encountered a problem installing win7 64bit resp. win2k8 r2 to a IBM x226 computer. The installing routine did not recognize the onboard hostraid adapter with the AIC-7902B chip. Furthermore I could not find a suitable driver for 64bit on the ibm-support page. Desperatly I tried the...

I just installed it on a machine for the hell of it. Problem is the computer is a HP Pavilion a343v and it came with XP so I can't find any drivers on the HP site that are compatible with it. The resolution is super big so is there a stand VGA driver I can get? Also does anyone know of a good...

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Recently I have been crashing on windows 7 every 10 minutes, I decided I would like to go back to my old xp, so I put in my cd and try to load it from boot menu, but it does not work. I heard that there is a way to downgrade, can anyone help?

I have an older gen 5 dell XPS and was having issues with the windows 7 DVD booting, I tried everything from updating the firmware of the drives to updating the BIOS, moving and making the only thing bootable device my CD/DVD ROM drive nothing would work. I didn't want to take the time of...

I have XP installed on my old HDD. I bought a new HDD and windows 7 I installed windows 7 on my new HDD, my old HDD was plugged in at the same time of the installation. Everything runs great. I then put my pc back together, leaving my old HDD out, as i only want my new HDD with 7 installed...

I can right click on the taskbar, desktop, any icons on the desktop and inside all of the applications that I can think to try, but as soon as I enter any folder, including 'My Computer' and right click on something a window pops up saying Error Registry Access Denied. I click the 'ok' button...

Anyone on this board ever use the awesome media center OS called GeeXboX? I am extraordinarily pleased with this super lightweight linux OS. I have an OLD 600 MHz P3 in an even olde ISA based (1 PCI slot the rest is ISA) Gateway PC using a video card that is made by nvidia but is so old I can't...

I had my system running with dual boot Vista Ultimate (32bit) and XP professional (32 bit). These OS were both installed on 2 separate partition of a single physical Hard disk. Now, I just did a full install of 64Bit Windows 7 Ultimate, on the partition where windows XP was installed. I had...

Is Windows 7 compatible with Server 2000?

Ok decided to try installing the RC on an older system I have laying around. Guts are a Dell Optiplex GX270 SMT (P4 2.4Ghz, 2Gb PC2700 ram). I have upgraded the power supply to a Coolmax 500w, put in a Samsung 140Gb IDE HD, an IDE DVD drive and am using a XFX GeForce 6600GT 128mb AGP video card...

Okay, when the official Windows 7 RC came out, I wanted to try it, but I wasn't sure how things would work so I kept my original XP and put Windows 7 on a second partition on the hard disk. After trying windows 7 I decided I liked it, and after transfering my files I decided I didn't need...

I should have listened to myself and kept Win 7 running, But I listened to MS about the but they discovered where some folders had the wrong security Etc Etc. So I downloaded a new copy from MS burned the DVD and now just like before it is a puzzle to get running again. Here is what I have and I...

Hey got to say the xp mode MS have got in the pipe line is great for companies on the fence . Should we get win7 ? Just a thought the very fact MS are giving this new feature wxpm is it a backward move or not ? I would have to say yes . In a perfect world things should just mvoe forward but we...

After install of Win7 to an old Gateway 700LTD, it won't shut down and just restarts when clicking Shut Down, Sleep, Hibernate or using the Power Button to shut down. I have to do a hard shutdown at the point where it restarts. This is an older machine which could not boot from disk, so I...