old hardware

Just attempted to install Windows 8 Release Preview on my old beater laptop and got a surprise. This is the same laptop that is already running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and had ran the Windows 8 Developers Preview. "This PC can't run Windows 8" "See below if you're inerested in finding out...

Hello everyone, I have a problem that is driving me crazy. My computer is as follows: Motherboard Asus P4S8X-x CPU Intel 2800 Ghz 2 Gb Ram Video Card Sapphire Radeon X1550 512 MB AGP It 'a bit' old-fashioned but so far it has always done his duty. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32 for about 2...

My old computer's motherboard died on me and so I replaced the whole computer with a new Dell 620. It comes with an Intel i3 processor, 4 gigs of memory, a 500 gig hard drive and Windows 7-64 bit. Not a bad computer for $399. I was able to plug in my old hard drive and retrive most of my old...

Hey there Getting random BSOD with win7 that i've nv gotten with my old XP SP3. The only new hardware i added was a very old DDR2 1gb Ram and a samsung hdd which probably isn't the issue. i've used the SF diag tool v4 to gather all that u guys need to help me :) as well as the rammon html...

i think my pc is old for win 7 i recently getting this BSOD.... i've enclosed zip file of the minidump can any1 suggest a solution? thanks Link Removed

Greetings. This screen appeared : Link Removed Before windows loaded. Precursors to this included : All freezes for seconds\minute the unfreezes, sometimes while cpu 100% sometimes not. It also could freeze and show BSOD and start scandisk or something. It occured more often in-game (wic)...

hey guys, so i own an old pc, and i have an SB Audigy LS. now there is a new driver on the manufacturer's website but it doesnt work. the only driver that works is the one that comes from Sony's website. its an older driver but it works because the newest driver freezes the computer...

I have installed windows 7 on a very old HP compaq Evo and it works perfectly but only if I switch OFF and ON, if I have to restart it just don't switch back ON it gives me a black screen. Can someone help me please on this.

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Source: Neowin.net - Windows 8 'Aero Lite' button elements revealed Personally, I don't like them, too plain, too IE9. I'm sure the Windows 8 developers could have come up with something a little more exciting.

Just bought W7 OEM pro for an old 1990 XP Pro MSI/Barton computer(bad idea), as soon as I install W7 the system goes haywire(clean install), totally unstable unpredictable, no one issue to put a finger on, hangs, blue screens, usb-irq conflicts, corrupt drivers & installations, ive seen blue...

the other day me and my friend want to see if a Mac OS would working on a pc and it did after a lot of playing around with the settings. has anyone else tryed this befor and if so do you like it? and would it run good on a Dell LapTop very old Laptop (sorry if Thread is in the wrong fourm)

Hello all, I am new to these forums and could greatly use your help :) I have an old HP Pavilon 533W with 2gigs of ram and a 40GB harddrive and I would like to install win 7 on it I have an .iso file of it.I can not burn DVD so I know I can just extract the files and and start installation...

An issue of a friend, who just bought a brand new Gateway NV5378u which had Windows 7 pre-installed. When he first turned it on, the Internet did not connect. We later found out it was an issue with the router, which is on the compatibility list but was not, for some reason, being compatible...

Hi all! I´ve recently instaled Windows 7 (x86) on an a bit ancient Toshiba Satellite M30 (single core 1500mhz, 512mb ram, and geforce fx go5200). Its fast and stable, besides the lack of raw power and memory. With a little tweaking i could get the Aero working (amazingly did not slow down...

My DVD is not working properly. Sometimes it is abel to read a disc and sometimes not. when it stops working it can be solved by rebooting a couple of times but it is still just a 50/50 chanse per reboot so to speak. i realise my dvd is quiet old so that might be the problem but i would rather...

I have an old 2001 desktop that actually is quite a powerhouse (well in its day it certainly was), and Vista works fine with it (the driver issues are now sussed, all thanks to compatibility mode). But there's only one slight problem. The graphics rating in the WEI is 1.9, just 0.1 off from...

Anyone on this board ever use the awesome media center OS called GeeXboX? I am extraordinarily pleased with this super lightweight linux OS. I have an OLD 600 MHz P3 in an even olde ISA based (1 PCI slot the rest is ISA) Gateway PC using a video card that is made by nvidia but is so old I can't...

I must say, I'm easy when it comes to operating systems. I was lucky enough to get into the Windows Vista, and subsequently, Windows 7, Beta testing. I therefore had the advantage of not having to dig to deep into my pocket to examine the OS’s. Although my preference is Windows in all...

I got a Canon Printer which have no Vista support from official site which I wish to use it in W7. I know it's an old AIO printer but sometimes the scanner comes in handy, but problem is I only get hold of XP driver for it. I tried installed the Virtual XP mode beta and I try to setup my...