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I did search the forums and couldn't find anything specific to Samsung so apologies if it has been covered. I bought a Samsung Series 9 Notebook with 128GB SSD under the impression I would be able to delete all of the supplied software and recovery partition, and then install a fresh copy of...

A friend of mine just bought a new Toshiba Laptop which came with Windows 8 OEM. My question is can Windows 8.1 RTM work if it was a clean install? He is having trouble with windows 8. He wants to upgrade to Windows 8.1 even knowing that he will loose his recovery options.

Microsoft has relinquished its previous statements that it would not provide Windows 8.1 RTM to developers on MSDN or Technet and has since published the following versions on both services. The final RTM version, a major update which includes numerous bug fixes and improvements to genuine...

Hello. I thought I'd check the system files as something about the system has crippled the machine's ability to run .JAR files. Did SFC /Scannow from cmd prompt. 'Please insert your Windows XP Professional SP-3 CD now' I inserted the system disc ... The system is XP Home according to Control...

I would like to do a Windows 7 repair install of my OEM system. I followed a link for a 64 bit oem download but it would open;see below: "You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download...

I just bought an HP Dv7t 7300 Quad editions and its coming with Windows 8 OEM version do any of you know how i would go about replacing the hp version with stock windows 8 PRO ? Will it install OEM windows 8 again since the serial is embedded ? is the process complicated ?

Hello, this post just to share experience about a solved problem:upset:. I had to perform a clean install of Windows8 on an OEM ultrabook delivered with Window7 Pro preinstalled since I have been unable to boot the delivered Windows 8 Pri DVD Pack after converting the MBR delivered SDD to GPT...

noob question alert!:redface: I understand that ruby.exe/interpreter is a gui of sorts. Why is it on my oem windows 7 os?/how did it get there?(ff greasemonkey?)/do I need it?/will it hurt my computer? etc. etc. I'm running an amd a4 5300 if that helps. (no video card)

I have a 2 year-old home-built computer with OEM Windows 7 Pro installed. A few days ago, Windows 7 randomly decided that I "do not have access rights to Logical Disk Manager," even though I had used it just a few minutes earlier. I've tried to restore access rights to Disk Manager, but my...

I just recently upgraded my computer and everything installed and was working great until a few days ago. Now I just suddenly started getting BSODs, and my programs are not working correctly. I attached the "grab all" from the W7F diagnostic tool. I tried to do an upgrade since I have an OEM...

I have a PC which was running (legit) from a disk Win7 and I have since upgraded it to Win8 but now I am building a new pc and I am wondering can install my upgrade version of Win8 on my new build (I will not use it on my old pc anymore) I still have my Win7 disk if that helps!? Or will I have...

I have a question about a desktop workstation I purchased from Dell. The PC in question is a Dell OptiPlex 580 which came with an OEM installation of Windows 7 Pro x64. Please bear with the length of my post, and forgive me if I am not posting this in the correct forum. I’m not sure if there is...

My company bought about 15 pieces of desktop pc from dell. I created an Windows 7 image using Dell pre-installed Win7. I have used this image to clone 14 pieces of the dektops and there was no issue. However, the last one I encountered "Windows 7 Build 7601 This copy of Windows is not genuine"...

Hi, I've just come back to windows 8 as I found that 7 suited me better. Now I have installed 8 upgrade as I wanted Media Centre and have only until the end of January to get it for free. A couple of things are not working too well so decided to 'refresh'. I get a message to insert windows 8...

I am going to download Win 8 and install it as an upgrade to an existing Win 7 oem on a Toshiba Laptop. I have run the pre- assessment tool and the result was OK. I want to do a fresh install of Win 7 prior to upgrading, I have the disk's to do that. Will I have to update the fresh install...

I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop with Windows 8 installed. I wish to re-partition (into C and D), format, and re-install Windows 8 so that I can eliminate all bloatware. In order to accomplish this how do I accomplish the following: 1. Download and burn to DVD a copy of Windows...

Hi guys! This might be anything from a simple question to a complicated dilemma: Currently I have Win 7 Professional, acquired 2½ years ago from MSDNAA (?). I've just bought myself a new motherboard, HDD and CPU. I was thinking about upgrading to Win 8 at the same time as I'm doing my...

I have just purchased an Asus X501A. It comes pre-loaded with Windows 8, but as with all laptops they come with a stupid amount of rubbish on them. Seems that laptops no longer have the product code on the bottom so you could install a standard OEM. Anyone know how I can install it without...

So you would think like the worlds biggest social site would have an app for windows 8? like not even twitter has there app but there is alot of apps that work twitter just fine but i cannot find a good facebook one. do you think they will release it on the 26th? when OEM is out there? if not...

I had no intention of ever buying a laser printer, but a neighbor in need just came by with a brand new one still sealed in the box, so I bought it. The price for the printer wasn't too bad, but the prices of genuine HP toner cartridges are. There are four different colors of which each costs...