old computer

Hi I posted about having issues doing a clean install on my old computer, that I'm going to pass on to my nephew. Neemobeer and nmsuk gave me some help getting around the issue with running the install do to a formatting conflict. Once I got past that the install went smoothly and Windows...

I have lost my windows 7 log in password, when i start my computer and press F8, and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt it still brings me to the log in screen. Is there a work around ? I do not have the disk or USB for this computer as it is quite old (2009).

I have an old pc, which has Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 processor, 1GB DDR2 Ram, 500GB hdd, g31 motherboard. Windows 7 32bit runs quite good on it. If I add ram, and increase it to 3/4GB ram. Will it run windows 10 64bit perfectly, Or I'll have to use windows 10 32bit instead?

This started happening a few days ago. Whenever I close out the browser in Google Chrome, I'd get the BSOD. BUT every other browser such as Microsoft Edge and FireFox does not have that problem. I tried uninstalling Chrome, rebooting, and reinstalling Chrome but that doesn't fix the issue...

Hello, I just found my old pc and it has windows xp installed on it, last time I used it, it worked perfectly and now a few years later it don't work! Whenever it tries to load windows xp it always reboots and starts over, even in safe mode. Can someone please help, thanks in advance! :)

On one of my (older) computers there is a defect sector on the hard disk. Checking the surface of the hard disk shows a red square for it. It seems to me that all the "usual" reserve sectors are already in use. Every thing else works on this computer. No unusual noise comes from the hard disk...

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I have an old PC having inbuilt modem(attached to the motherboard). Recently upgraded from DSL to this high bandwidth Cable plan Link Removed. Is there any other way to connect the internet to that PC? This one is an old model and is having a faulty Ethernet port.

To make a long story short, my friend gave me his old gaming computer and told me that it needed a hard drive so my friend and I moved over the one from the PC I was using which was running on Windows 10. When I got my PC, it was running on 8.1, it was activated and I was able to upgrade with...

working on my old computer today looking for the whitebox file funny can't find it can anyone tell me how to access it,

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex (Beta) is inow available in the Store for Windows 10. I just played it on my old pc w/ FX 8350, 16GBs ram and 2 GeForce 760 2.0GBs in sli and it worked fine. Store page say's 4.0GB video card and it doesn't support sli or crossfire yet. It uses one video card. I lowered...

I have been playing with windows server 2008 for about 2 months now, or less, I installed it on an old computer. It has been running fine up until now. I has developed a problem. It keeps rebooting and i am unable to get inside the OS. It starts up and at the windows logo it reboots itself...

My pc keeps asking me to download windows 10. but today it started downloading on its own. i don't want windows 10. can someone maybe tell me how i fix it, cause ill be beter off with windows 7. that's because of my old pc :).

Hi, I`ve spent a week on google trying to find a solution to my problem and its starting to drive me nuts. I got my old pc out of the cupboard and when I first tried to use it all went well and when I tried to update the OS it just hung on the checking for updates screen. I`ve tried numorus...

Hey guys.... :) Today I want to present to you a solution for lagging people...... ;) Although many of you have good computers, there are some that have terrible computers and never really have the enjoyment of playing your game as much as I do.... And trust me, I know what I'm talking...

I'm staying at my parent's house for a week and got an old pc there. For some reason windows xp is not getting installed. I want to play a game on it but windows 10 isn't able to handle even light web browsing! I don't know much about linux so please help me choose one that requires low specs...

Hi I am new to this forum so apologise if a similar question has already been asked. I have an old desktop currently running vista, old and very slow. I also have a laptop running Windows 7 but the laptop is busted beyond any hope of repair. Can I deregister the Windows 7 license on the laptop...

I'm trying to install xp on an old computer we don't use very much. I can't find the product key. Currently i can't connect to the internet. I tried the UNATTENDED file but that code didn't work. I tried the regedit path but there was no WPAEvent listed. Any ideas?

it is a 7 year old computer that has Win 8.1 and drivers up to date it has been in daily use with my home Wi-Fi, but it has not been out of the house for awhile. We are on the road an we both are accessing our on road residence at the moment Wi-Fi with our surface 2 (Win 8 RT) and Surface 2 Pro...

I would like to transfer files/settings etc from my old pc to a new one using Windows Easy Transfer. The old pc is running Windows 8.1 and I’m assuming the new one is too. I have looked at a couple of videos online, and they clearly show that once opened you will be prompted to select what...