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    Windows 7 External Powered USB drive not connecting correctly

    Firstly like to say Hi to everyone and thanks for the support forum has been helpful in the past already. Basically I have the windows 7 beta installed on a samsung netbook NC10 and must admit considering it is not a powerhorse machine I am impressed at how windows 7 is actually running. The...
    • Zeus
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    • beta chkdsk command prompt data recovery disk management external drive file system format drive icybox local disk my computer network issues ntfs power supply raw file system samsung nc10 storage tech support usb windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 D: drive does not show up in My Computer

    Hi, I just installed Windows 7 build 7000 succesfully with no errors at installation process. I am running Win7 on Sony VAIO FE41S. I installed Win7 on clean drive with no upgrades etc, at the installation I selected C: drive as windows location. Everything went great but when i first...
    • barmenis
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    • data recovery disk management drive issues drive letter hard drive installation my computer partition sony vaio windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation

  3. Windows 7 My Computer on the Taskbar

    is there a way to put an icon for (My) Computer on the task bar instead of pinned to explorer? or is there a way to change the default location of the explorer icon?

  4. Windows 7 positioning windows on desktop

    I don't know if I'm being dim and missed a switch or something but I can't seem to arrange my windows on the desktop anymore so that they appear where I need them when opened ? this is important to me as I am used to working in My documents and My computer simultaneously with those two...
    • ickymay
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    • bugs clean install desktop documents layout my computer positioning user experience window management windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  5. Windows 7 Edit Windows Explorer Properties?

    How do you edit Windows Explorer properties? I was reading Tim Sneath's article and would like to edit Explorer's properties to start from My Computer as opposed to My Libraries.
    • MoistDef
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    • customization explorer file management libraries my computer properties settings user interface windows windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  6. Windows 7 Edit Windows Explorer Properties?

    How do you edit Windows Explorer properties? I was reading Tim Sneath's article and would like to edit Explorer's properties to start from My Computer as opposed to My Libraries.
    • MoistDef
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    • customization editing file explorer file management libraries my computer properties settings windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer Problem

    Upgraded from Vista Premium a few days ago, and Windows 7 generally seems to work fine apart from a problem with Windows Explorer crashing everytime I try and access Control Panel, My Computer, Documents etc from the start menu. It then restarts the desktop and does not open the file at all. I...
    • Jay_88
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    • access antivirus beta control panel crash desktop documents explorer issues my computer problem reinstall repair run scannow spyware upgrade windows 7 windows update windows vista
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 My Computer on Taskbar

    Hi All, Since the Libraries function is able to be pinned onto the taskbar, I was wondering if anyone has managed to pin the my computer link onto it. So what I mean is, you could click an icon on the taskbar and it would launch my comptuer where you would then be able to view your harddrives...
    • Skybok
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    • first post hard drive libraries my computer pinning removable drives taskbar user experience
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Seeking Help with Windows 7 Installation Issues and Application Errors

    I just installed a fresh windows 7 copy! I was satisfied with it and formatted the windows vista off my drive.. I love it, its like so fast and sleek. Im in <3 with it. But im having lil problems. I cannot access My Computer, the *My computer* window either hangs or takes unlimited times to...
    • saad
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    • control panel drivers installation magicdisk my computer newbie performance printer troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista flash drive crashes Vista

    I have a PNY Optima Pro Attache 2G flash drive, and when I plug it into my PC with Vista Home Premium, nothing happens. When I go to My Computer, its icon shows up, but when I try to open it or just click on it, Vista crashes ("not responding"). This drive is supposed to be compatible with Vista...
    • ajack
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    • compatibility crash data recovery flash drive home premium my computer pny tech support usb issues windows vista
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista New to Vista and new to Firewire

    I have a new laptop with Vista and a 4 pin firewire slot. I am connecting a scanner and the software is not recoginzing that a scanner is present. I can not find the scanner on the My Computer page. Should I if the connection is working? If not there, does that indicate anything? Thanks.