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    Windows 7 Once initial language is selected on install, can it be changed later? Windows Home Premium.

    I have purchased a brand new laptop with an OEM Windows 7 Home Premium. On the first boot it runs that wizard asking you to select locale etc. After doing some research I see that supposedly only Win7 Ultimate will allow multiple languages which is confusing since Home Premium is allowing me to...
  2. Windows 7 Understanding Windows OS Releases: From Betas to General Availability

    Allow me, from me, to strive to convey a perspective on (Windows) OSs & continums. This ties directly w/ things that are said, written & thought, @ all & various stages of things. >> 1 OS does not mean the sudden death or 100% loss of usefullness & value regarding OSs or hardware, already in...
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    Windows 7 tcpip.sys related BSOD when uploading the file please HELP!!!

    I have been to like 5 forums, nobody can help me. Please, look at my dumps! What is causing this? This is a 32 bit OEM windows, freshly installed, all drivers are up to date.
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    Windows 7 Problem with (legal) Windows 7 Activation

    I supplied a customer with a new PC system and installed an new OEM version Windows 7 Home Premium. After installation and before delivery to the customer I activated windows. My customer is now telling me that the machine is asking for activation via entry of the product key. When the...
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    Windows 7 Upgraded w7 32bit to OEM w7 64 bit problems.

    Hey guys! Ill try to make this as short and as sweet as i can for everyone. I recently just installed w7 32bit from XP, by using the upgrade version of w7, but im trying to make it so i can run w7 64bit version, so I purchased an OEM w7 64bit. My question is, is this even possible to do...
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    Windows 7 Virus Crash, No recovery options are working

    A week ago my computer crashed after my dad used it. It ran a System Fix which was a virus and a program I don't remember installing. Now when it boots it has a black screen that says Windows Memory Error and gives two options, Start Windows Recovery or Start Windows Normally. When he realized...
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    Windows 7 Upgrade From Win7-32 Bit Oem To Win7 64-Bit Possible???

    have a doubt... i have got a new laptop... config i5-second generation.. 6 gb ram 1 gb graphics card the vendor game me orginal win7 oem win home basic 7 sp1 32 bit os... he gave me only win7 32 bit oem DVD along with it.... he installed the same in my laptop... but i need win7 64 bit for...
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    Windows 7 What version to buy???

    I have been kicking the idea of upgrading to Win7, but can't get a handle as to what I need to buy. I miss the old days. One box for all your needs. Now I don't know if I need OEM, retail, upgrade, family pack :confused:. A little background. I have three systems A,B, and C. I want to put...
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    Windows 7 This copy of windows is not genuine

    I have installed W7 Professional with a Dell OEM CD that came with a Dell Optiplex PC, on a clone PC, as the Dell ended up with a burned up Main Board and was scrapped. It worked fine for a while and I now get the message "This copy of Windows is not Genuine". Do I have to buy a new copy of W7...
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    Windows 7 Persisting BSOD errors

    I've been having BSOD crashes for weeks. I haven't made any hardware changes, although I did reinstall Windows 7 Home Professional a week ago to see if it made any difference, which it did not. Memtest didn't appear to collect any errors with RAM. The BSOD's being returned change all the time...
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    Windows 7 BSoD 0x9f

    Hello, I got a brand new computer and I already seem to be having some trouble, so I stumbled into this website hoping someone could help and maybe take a look! Anyway, here are some details. Details -OS: Windows 7 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) -System type: x86 (64-bit) -Current OS same as...
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    Windows 7 No System Properties after installing Win 7 SP1

    Hi all After installing windows 7 x64 SP1 (Service pack only), System properties box/window won't open. As usual I right click on "Computer" - select "Properties" but nothing happens. There is a "Properties" option in right click menu, but it doesn't open anything. There are other options I...
  13. Windows 7 random freezing and boot problems with windows 7 after clean install

    Hey i just upgraded and put together this new desktop pc of mine i bough a new motherboard , 3 new hdd (1ssd) and a cpu and a new chassis used the ram and gpu card and psu from the old rig (which all worked flawlessly in the old rig) I then did a clean install of windows 7...
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    Windows 7 Is Deleting OEM safe?

    Hi guys, I have a Toshiba Satelite C650 Laptop, it previously came with Windows 7 Home Premium. What I did, I did clean install of Windows 7 Professional, thus deleting the OEM that it came with. I have now a peculiar problem of having laptop charged upto 99% only and it shows Plugged in, Not...
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    Windows 7 BSOD during install

    Hi, I am trying to install Windoes 7 Home Premium. Win7 is an original OEM version bought together with hardware. Before I used Vista, and after that Ubuntu Linux. Everything worked fine. Then I decided to try Win 7 on my laptop. My laptop is a Toshiba U300-159. Problem is that at the end of...
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    Windows 7 Problems installing Win 7 to a new custom build

    Support and advice will be much appreciated, So heres my issue, ive just finnished assembling my custom build and start her up after the BIOS screen i am prompted to insert the boot medium so i place the windows OEM for system builders and off it goes, from there a black screen with the words...
  17. Rumor: Microsoft-Branded Windows 8 Tablet in the Works

    Microsoft to date still hasn’t delivered a response to Apple’s iPad tablet, and the software leviathan might be taking matters into its own hands. Sources at DigiTimes claim that Microsoft has talked with Texas Instruments and Taiwanese OEMS about possibly distributing a Microsoft-branded...
  18. Microsoft said to launch Windows 8-branded tablet

    In the wake of Microsoft‘s first “Windows 8” preview, reports have surfaced that the PC software giant plans to launch its own Microsoft-branded tablet to compete with Apple‘s iPad line, and the growing variety of Android-based tablets. According to DigiTimes, the device will be a collaborative...
  19. 8 hot features in Windows 8

    Microsoft recently allowed select OEM partners to download updated preview builds of Windows 8. Link Removed
  20. 8 hot features in Windows 8

    Microsoft recently allowed select OEM partners to download updated preview builds of Windows 8. Since then, there have been several leaked images of supposedly new features that you might see in the next version of Windows when it launches (perhaps in early 2012). And Microsoft showed off some...