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Link Removed Ad hoc networking thought to be unavailable in netbook edition is there, noted Windows blogger says - Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in Windows 7 Starter, the edition installed on most netbooks, but it did not actually disable the ad hoc wireless feature...

What is this " Starter " Is it any good?????????????

I have a desktop with Vista. I just bought an Acer netbook with Windows 7 64 bit OS. I'm trying to setup a home network. I want to house everything on my desktop and be able to retrieve it from the net book. I've been able to link my Vista desktop to my Windows 7 netbook. I can not go...

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Windows 7 is great for hardware Manufacturers notice higher sales By Link Removed - Invalid URL Friday, 27 November 2009, 09:24 NUMBER TWO PC maker Acer claims that it has been doing well after Microsoft released its Windows 7 operating system last month. Acer's CEO Gianfranco Lanci told...

I recently bought a new netbook that came with Windows 7 Starter installed. I want to be able to type in Chinese and Japanese. Is that something that the Starter edition can do or do I need the full version? Also is it even advisable to install full Windows 7 on a netbook? Thanks.

ok i've of this little netbook that has no optical drives and windows 7 which is of course... on a dvd. now last time i needed to install XP on it i used syspart because there was no option to boot from USB. here is the how to i followed: 1) Install the hard drive as a slave in a working...

Computerworld - Microsoft Corp. may have ditched the three application limit on the Windows 7 Starter Edition, but other restrictions on the netbook-only version of the operating system will be an unwelcome surprise for many netbook buyers, according to a survey published Monday. Link Removed -...

I recently bought the best buy package of a desktop, laptop, and netbook and I am having problems installing my printer on the desktop. It installed fine when connected to the laptop. I have called Canon support for the printer and they referred me to HP which was of no use. Here is what it...

Hiya All First post.....got a bit of an issue.I have a new netbook which has windows 7 starter installed. Go to do all the initial updates. Firstly it hangs and eventually the laptop restarted of its own accord. When it had all rebooted, most of the updates had installed with the exception of...

I havent been able to use this feature since the RC build. I tried using the registry hack to force enable it but it still doesnt work. All the other Aero functions (Peak, flip, snap) work by default. Also tried Link Removed - Invalid URL but i could not find the option regarding aero shake as...

Hi guys, I have no idea how to measure how much resources does win7 built in firewall consume. On my PC I use comodo (it takes less than 2MB of RAM) - note that I use it without the defence+ module (it's annoying and I'm an experienced pc user so UAC is enough). The thing is that I've...

I've noticed on my friend's laptop that this option turns off most aero effects and saves battery (he has an Intel integrated gpu). On my netbook however (Gateway LT3103 - gfx: ati x1270) it doesn't work, all of the effects are there. Though it does set every other setting correctly this one is...

Hi, this is my first post on this forum and hope for some help. I have a home network with 4 xp pro pcs. I have set up everything working very well through my D-Link 855 router. Now I bought myself a Netbook, Samsung N120, upgraded memory to 2GB and setup Windows 7 Ultimate, what nice OS...

Firstly, i would like to say that Windows 7 is great, IMHO. I purchased a new Netbook while I was on a business trip in Hawaii. My Acer notebook, albeit only 5 years old, is just too heavy to be toting around. My concern is this, i have downloaded the Win7RC 7100 Build, really like it, have...

I'm not sure what's going on here, I got sleep to work a few times on my Toshiba netbook, but suddenly no luck. When I put it to sleep then press the space bar to wake it, the power light turns green but nothing happens. Not a blip from the hard drive, nothing but a black screen. Anything...

Application Window Refuses Resize I am running Windows7 Starter on an Acer Netbook. I installed the Kodak furnished version of the Arcsoft MediaImpressions software. When I start the application it opens a window to full screen but hides the toolbar below the bottom of the screen. The window...

Windows 7 cuts almost a third off the battery life of some netbooks shipping today with Windows XP, several recent reviews and user reports say. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Not too sure if this is the correct place to post this. I am attempting to install a program callede PdaNet. It keeps giving me an error during the installation: updatedriverforplugandplaydevices err=0xe0000206 any ideas on what this is? not sure but it may have to do with my...

Ok. Here's the deal. I acquired Windows 7 Ultimate RTM the other day. I intended to go from XP to 7. I don't have a disk drive on my computer (a netbook) and don't want to spend the money on a 4Gb + thumb drive. My computer had my entire disk drive partitioned into 2 partitions (1 for all things...