When rising subscription costs and new features like the forced Copilot integration push even the most loyal users to question their software choices, open source office suites have suddenly become a hot topic. If you’ve ever found yourself sighing at yet another subscription fee, you’re not...
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Hi everyone,
I find myself in a bit of a bind.
I'm fixing a PC for a family friend - the motherboard died. Anyway, it was running Windows 8.1 - (I believe it was a cracked version - dunno, didn't build it).
So anyway, the motherboard died, so I swapped like for like - A Gigabyte SKT-AM3...
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Hello, I have restored an older laptop of mine, it originally came with Windows Vista (which I liked)
I now have installed a new HDD and am contemplating my next best plan.
I do have a Windows licence for Windows Vista on this machine, unfortuately I know of no way
of getting Vista. I could...
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Hi guys
So, I have a laptop that came with windows 8, I upgraded to windows 10 for free when it came and everything went okay. Now I want to upgrade my laptop HDD to a SSD, but I was wondering how will this affect my windows license key. I read some articles but the more I read more confusing...
Just wanted to share some information for anyone else having a certain boot problem related to atipcie.sys. Pauli pointed me in the right direction in another thread. Apparently, this problem is not uncommon. Atipcie.sys is one of the drivers associated with ATI video hardware.
Symptoms: In...
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I am building 2 computers exactly the same.
I have purchased 2 copies of Windows 7 pro
I have installed one copy Windows 7 Pro and all of my programs and data files on the first computer and activated it.
After I get the second computer built I would like to avoid re-installing everything on...
Preface: I'm building my own computer from scratch after having headaches with my current one (a Dell) for about 4 years. Seeing since it's come from Dell, they've saved me the pain of installing Windows 7 myself, and have also handily provided me with a sticker that displays Proof of License...
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I need to create an unattended ghostcast installation for windows 7 that won't care about the dell computer type. Here's the criteria:
Install using ghost cast from flash drive
Fill all windows installation forms
Auto Enter the windows site license key
Ask computer name
Install the correct...
good morning...I am new to this forum, and i appreciate being able to reach out for some assitance..I currently have a friend who is in need of a new computer, which I can provide for him, however it has Linux on it, which he will not be able to use..while I interned at a computer repair shop a...
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Hey guys,
I currently have Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
installed and I have to reinstall Win7 due to a dying hard drive. Because of this I plan on buying some new RAM and a new hard drive (an SSD if it matters.) My only concern is that I would be forced...
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As you may know that Microsoft is making its own "Surface" tablet as well as its own smartphone. And it seems their intention is to make everything like notebooks, desktops, ultrabooks themselves, just like Apple does and this has already created tension between MS and the OEMs. May be MS...
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