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Purchased Win 7 to install on my laptop and then the motherboard went Kablooey (had been on the decline anyway), so I went out and purchased a new HP G6--535DX Notebook with Win 7 Premium 64 bit already installed. I got the computer home, booted her up, everything worked just fine. Internet...

Hi, i have a brand new PC with Windows 7. When i installed software (neverwinters nights 2 and Sympatico ISP (dial up) i got no icons in start or on the desktop. Nor can i figure out how to get to them. Graden

Hello! My mother just got herself a new PC with windows 7 home premium edition and it will not pick up her ADSL Modem, can anyone help? Cheers - Tim

Just powered up a brand new PC with Windows 7 pre-installed and I havent got a signal to the monitor (faulty video card I think). My dilema is, is it safe to power down the PC at this stage. Presumably, Windows 7 is asking me to set it up etc. Or is it safe to power down now, without affecting...

Hi, When using sites like BBC Iplayer or youtube the sound plays fine but the video freezes for a second every few seconds, I also see the same issue in VLC, Windows media seems fine. Also my PC Beeps repetitively when i exit Firefox after having choppy playback, this last for a minute or so...

I've just bought a new computer with a 64-bit Windows 7, and I can't get online with it because my old Retail Plus IEEE 802.11b/g Mini Wireless USB Adapter, which worked fine with my old Windows XP computer, doesn't seem to be compatible with my new one. I've plugged in the adapter and used the...

I'm getting a window popup upon booting win 7 telling me that microsoft.net framework 2.0 needed to continue. But I looked and it is already installed. I looked around on the net and see a few other people with this error message. If I hit ok it just goes away and the syatem operates as normal...

Hi i just got the new computer and from what i know currently, if you buy a new computer than you will get a free window 7 later. Not sure how to get the window 7 later... either some kind of coupon or the new computer is made to download window 7 for free... I didn't find any window 7...

I'm wondering if anyone knows an answer to regarding the registration of Windows 7 when it's finally released October 22nd. I built a new PC and was going to install a copy of Windows XP Pro and then upgrade to Windows 7 Business Pro when it came out. In fact I have already pre-purchased my...

I`m currently operating Windows XP Home Edition version 2002. This week i`m buying a new computer which will have Windows 7 on it. In my current XP are the games i.e. Start>all programs>games>listed games. In the new Windows 7 will the same games be on there particularly the 3D Pinball and if...

This happened on another computer, so I thought it might've just been the computer itself, but now it's doing it on a brand new computer. What's the problem? Well, here's what happens. Whenever I turn my computer on, and it didn't do this for a long time, it just started doing it recently, I...

So I built a new pc and just installed Windows 7. The installation appears to have gone well, but I'm encountering the following issue: when starting up, windows goes to a screen with a desktop backdrop (the minimalist one with the bird and leafs, if that is of any importance) and it says...

So I've tried with two different copies of Windows 7, 7077 and 7100, and it says finalizing installation, then restarts. Then it comes to this black screen and doesn't move. I'm not sure what to do from here. I've tried formatting and reinstalling. This is a new computer I've built and no...

HI ! When I start up my vista. it's perfectly fine.... and then when i go to my documents and start browsing through files... then my vista will start loading and loading and loading and makes my pc slow and slow and slower.... taskmanager says nothing is using my memory, but according to the...

Hi All, I have a website I visit and they have links to 200 documents. As I click the document and read it, the link on the page with the 200 documents turns purple - which would mean it is a visited link. So, now I want to back up these "visited links". Where can I find them? My IE settings...

Hi All, I just got a new Vista PC to replace my old one. Both have Windows Mail 6. How can I get the folders, mail items, and mail rules over to the new PC from the old PC? It sounds simple, but I just cannot get it right ! Regards, Rob

Hi, Ive just built a new pc and installed Vista Ultimate on it. I have a home network consisting of a cable modem plugged into a Belkin router, and 3 PC's connected to that sharing internet and files. This works fine with the pcs i have now. When i took my old pc out and plugged the new (vista)...

i have a new pc, i tried to install XP MCE on it and it crashed. I had already set up the partitions. When I now try and install on it again I can only see the small C: partition that I created. I have no OS installed on this machine and I need to clean the drive and have the full 320GB...

hay, my dad bought a new laptop with windows vista. but there was no window vista installation cd....:confused: i called up the place wer he bought the computer from, and they said i can just copy the installation files from the computer hdd.... so i tried to find how to copy these files..but...

Many may be wondering about this. There are about several ways to get a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows Vista now. If you're a software developer you can get a subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network and get a final copy of Windows Vista for non-production use. IT professionals can...