legacy systems

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...

Hello world! I have been using XP and Windows 7 for a while now, and have been keeping my media all on my XP partition. Windows 7 added it's permission settings to the "My Documents" folder of my XP installation just fine, and was working without a hitch. Yesterday, I tried to share the XP "My...

When Vista came out.....no LEAP protocol....months later, finally, a KB allowed Intel ProSet to show LEAP as a security protocol option (Windows6.0-KB932063-x86). Fast forward: Win 7 Beta....again, out of the box, no LEAP.....why not? WEP and No authentication are both options, and are low /...

I started installing windows 7 build 7057, (Orbit30) from my bootdisk but for some reason the computer wouldn't boot from the disk so i decided to install it from my HDD into a 2nd partition. It started installing fine, until i had to restart (currently i have windows 7 build 7000 and vista as...

I did the W7 as an upgrade to Vista. I'm having major BSOD issues and constant auto-reboots, I can't seem to figure out what is triggering the BSOD, it just suddenly appears and then reboots the computer. I would like to reinstall W7 or go back to Vista, however when I try to run the...

Is it really impossible for MS to use old WinXP drivers in the new OS ? I see no reason, why everything should be changed. Most of the old PC can not be moved to Vista, because there is and never will be drivers for 7. We allready decided to jump over Visva to spare money. We have about 14000...

As the title says. My install constantly freezes up (usuall during expanding files). This happens with 4 different ISOs both CD and USB. I managed to install it a couple of times but it just freezes then anyways. My comp is OLD (2004) but it easily meets the minimum specs and surpasses what...

Using a Dell Inspiron 630m with Intel 915 Initially does not recognize graphics card, uses Generic PnP monitor. This gives terrible resolution capped at 1024 x 768. Video Controller and Video Controller (VGA Compatible) appear in Other Devices section of Device Manager with yellow warning...

I have used Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, 98, ME and 95. Lets face it Microsoft have an almost impossible task to replace XP! For me XP is so good, it runs all my software, all my hardware, no problems. Vista will use most of my hardware but not software. Windows 7 wont run properly...

Hey guys, Just wondering, does anyone know what will happen to XP after June 30? Will Microsoft allow people to use it freely, or just be avaliable illegally (or resold only from old stock).