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QI recently bought a new PC running Windows 7. My older applications work just fine but Paint Shop Pro 6 simply refuses to work. It displays a message saying that it ‘Failed to update the system Registry’ and suggests I need to use something called Regedit. What is this and what should I do...

hi, i hope someone here will be able to help me out. i recently got a new PC for my birthday and while playing World of Warcraft i have now recieved a few BSOD's. following the instructions here (hopefully) i have zipped up the dump files and attached them to this post if anyone can give...

I have several problems with my new computer. I have uninstalled Avast and Firebug (plugin to Firefox) but it did not help.. :( I sure would like to have Firebug installed but that would not work? Thanks in advance!

Is it possible to transfer everything from an old computer to a new one so it is like a mirror image? For example if I was using an Acer and wanted it to mirror image everything onto a Dell? Thanks in advance.

Just bought a new PC with Windows7 so thought I would join up. Pleased with most of it but have a few issues that were easy to solve with XP. Tried searching here but nothing came up so please accept my apologies if I post anything that has been posted before.

I've seen a few people with personalization issues, but none that are the same as mine. In my case, I'm trying to change the size of the "active title bar" from 40 point to 24 point. When I save the change, no problem. When I reboot, no problem. When I reboot a second time, it's back to 40...

I recently got a new computer with Windows 7, 64-bit. There is a program that worked fine on my previous XP Home machine. It was a program that I wrote in QB and compiled into an .exe file. It refuses to run on this 64-bit machine. Is there anything I can try? Mel

Well, I had posted a thread in the installation forum a little while ago where I had trouble installing Windows 7 on a computer I built, and now a few days later while that problem has been solved the rig has been giving me grief in a different way. I've exhausted my own troubleshooting skills...

Problem description: I've just built myself a new computer. It was my first time ever building a computer from scratch, although I have played around with the innards of my old one and replaced most things aside from the motherboard and cpu so I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing. I got...

Before i describe my problem id like to say ive spent some time searching past threads and can only come up with variations of sleep problems occuring. My current settings have sleep turned off, monitor on always. So i doubt these apply to me. I have a new computer that was built for me by a...

Hi, I just (two days ago) purchased a new HP touschsmart (pa tm2 1090eo). Everything seemed to be working out fine but then I encountered one specific, but very annoying problem. Since the computer has a touch screen, a program namned Corel Paint it! touch is included with the purchase...

Hello! I just got a new computer with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I installed Doom 3 but when I try to play the game it seems the taskbar keeps focus. When the game is starting up I can see the intro screen but there's no sound, and the taskbar stays on top. If I click the mouse the game gets...

I am having problems with the Internet Explorer 8 on my Windows 7 computer. This is a new computer that I just purchased today, so it has a new install of Windows 7. It came with home premium and was upgraded to professional. At first, everything worked fine. Now I am having problems. Here...

Hey there everyone. I just bought my new machine and put it all together. I've got a fair amount of experience when it comes to building and troubleshooting. BUT- I need your guys help on this one! I bought a brand spanking new copy of Windows 7 Professional and it won't install. I pop the CD...

Just put together a brand new computer, Windows installed fine (running x64 bit Ultimate), everything loaded up fine the first time. Then I installed the driver and utility for my network card, and everything seemed fine til I got an internet connection, at which point it froze, and the only...

I, I bougt windows 7 32 bit when I got my new computer but I didnt install it since a made the wrong order. I was supposed to get a 64bit version. Currently im going with an XP version but decided to see if I can open up my copy of windows 7 32 homeperm bit and use that cdkey with a 64bit...

Hello all, We just purchased a brand-new Gateway desktop PC with Windows 7 installed. We have a preexisting wireless network, Cable modem linking to Linksys WRT160N router, which has two laptop PCs using it for internet, both running Vista, working perfectly. The new computer can see the...

I recently purchased a new computer. I put the whole thing together but the only thing is I have no cd drives yet. So, I need to boot up Windows 7 another way. The only external hard drive I have is my 500gb My Book. I tried a program called wintoflash, that was supposed to both make my hard...

Hey everyone. I hate doing this when I know there are already other similar discussions, but I haven't found any solution to my problem and since it sounds like most others who have experienced this problem have done so after upgrading to Windows 7 from a previous OS, which is no the case with...

Apologies if this has been covered elesewhere, but i couldn't find anything that answered my question exactly. I've just ordered a new i7 pc, which comes with Win 7 Pro 32 bit pre installed. I really want the 64 bit version, but there was no option to change to 64, and it will be pre...