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Hello I am wanting to move my hard drive with win 10 home retail to a new machine . Is there a way to do that or do i have to buy yet another copy of windows 10 ? Thanks for any info in advance.

I just got a new machine and it already has windows 10 pre-installed. you have to choose the language. And the same thing goes on over and over again. I will not be able to use the machine when I have not yet been able to restore these initial settings. Some solution!

I have a boxed retail copy of Windows 7. The retail license allows me to use it on one computer at a time but I can also wipe a computer and install it on another as long as its only ever used on 1 at a time. I paid the extra for a retail copy rather than an OEM copy which is locked to one PC...

I know that several windows 7, 8 and 8.1 are receiving notification to reserve their Windows 10 download on July the 29th. Does anyone knows how the preview/technical insider will download a copy. In my case I bought a new machine (with 8.1) to test windows 10, several months ago. At this moment...

Hello. Had a member recommend Acronis for backup. I have looked into and am contemplating their solution. From what I understand you can also move from computer to computer. If I get a new machine (which I will need shortly) and the operating sytem is more advanced can I switch over then...

Caused by: ntoskrnl.exe Driver mouse/keyboard? iso help :/

I'm setting up a machine for our new developer with Visual Studio, SQL management, and SVN. We have other developers currently using these already. I'm uncertain about one thing, do all current users need be logged off these apps before installing on the new machine?

I just built this machine. I've attached everything I think I'm supposed to, I'm sorry if I missed anything. My CPUID-Z screenshot is formatted a bit funny, I'm sorry about that, too. Thanks for the help! -Lou Link Removed

A friend just put together a new machine and has been receiving a BSOD every few hours. Here are their minidump files. Any help would be appreciated.

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i am living and working in fiji, so just to let you know i don't have a lot of resources at my disposal. i have an old office system running xp, with some important files, folders and programs on it. we just purchased a new win 7 machine. for those in the know, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET...

hi.. i have blue screen on new machine pc with news components, asus sabertooth x58, intel i7, hd caviar black wd, ddr3 corsair 1600 etc. the blue screen is every time, on internet, copy files, etc..the last blue screen say interrupt exeption not handled, but in the others times, is...

All, I support a large population users on XP. We are working on rolling out Win7 Pro to all users. We are not performing in-place upgrade but providing new machine to users ( new image and hardware). We have a standard image with few 3rd party software on the image. Issue: We have...

Hi there, Brand new machine, started fine, with windows home 64bit. After installing and updating some basic software (chrome, avg, eq2), I tried to create a document folder only to be told I didn't have permission. I went to the control panel to create two new users (one for me and one...

Hi, I am new to this forum, and am an ageing, enthusiastic IT amateur but a long, long way from being a professional, so please be gentle.:) I have two desk tops and an old Dell notebook that run fine on XP I recently bought a new Acer Aspire 4736 Notebook to replace the old Dell, and was...

Hi! The install stops making progress at 85% expanding files. I left it for 45 minutes and it still made no progress although it is clearly not frozen as it responds to cancel commands etc. Tried formatting and making partitions again with no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated! It is...

Hello All, My first post here. My problem is I have a retail Vista Ultimate I wish to reinstall on a new box I built (64bit). However, I cannot activate it over the internet because it was installed on an old 32bit machine I no longer use. How do I activate this darn OS. Do I have to purchase...