operating systems

Well, my nephew dropped his laptop with win 7 (Dell) and their software/recovery stuff is cr*p (you don't get an actual windows disk when you buy the product - thanks Dell!) and it won't boot so I tried to help him recover gigs of music etc from the "bad disk". Using win 8.1 I was able to buy...

Well so much for my want to install windows 7 again after hearing that windows 7 will get the upgrade to windows 10 for free. According to articles and keynotes Windows 7 users will be allowed to upgrade to windows 10 for free, but according to my last phone call to Microsoft this wont be the...

Hi So, after a few years I decided to try Linux again. I chose Puppy Linux because it sounded nice, easy and fast. I made a bootable USB flash drive, booted from the USB and tested Puppy Linux. After the try-out I booted back to Windows and began experiencing some problems: 1. All the USB...

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Hello everyone! I have one question. In my computer I have already two OS - ubuntu and windows 8. Can I install third OS - windows 7 and remove ubuntu? If you have please give me some tutorial how to do that. P.S. sorry for my english. I hope you all can understand what i'm saying. I hope I can...

Hi, My 1Tb non-system disk has been giving trouble recently, so I bought a 2Tb replacement, fitted it, Robocopied the files I wanted over, took the old drive out and rebooted. What happened was a Windows 7 OS recovery was attempted and failed. I couldn't boot the computer. I installed...

Straight from store with Win 8 Installed. 2 months of Blue Screens of Death every day or 2. After a couple of months it finally gets somewhat stable. 8.1 upgrade.. no problems. Win 10 on ORACLE VMWARE .. Oracle only has Guest Systems up to 8.1. Obvious is to go to Windows 64 bit Other. No...

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I am curious about Microsoft Windows. So I have a few questions. Microsoft Windows needs an antivirus program because it is in danger of getting viruses. Microsoft Windows also needs anti malware protection, antispyware protection.. Windows needs firewalls to protect from hackers. Windows...

Hi. I have been given a computer with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit installed. I would like to install Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit, but without interfering with Vista. The reason I need to do this is because the PC I was given has Microsoft Visual Studio on it, (installed on Vista) and I...

I Know This is Totally Random But Which Windows Do You Use?

Now seeing the title above I am sure most will say "ME!" but lets take a look one of Micrsofts biggest issues: Inconsistencies between OS versions. Now as a linux user I have had my fare share of UI changes, features given/removed, nitpicks and nags but since it is more or less a community...

Okay now I have an issue with windows, namely secureboot and UEFI. This is not for my computer but for my fathers machine. As an early birthday present I got my father a HP Pavilion laptop that came preinstalled with windows 8.1 but he didnt like it and wanted a dual boot. So I gave him Ubuntu...

I'm getting a new Lenovo G510 (or possibly Z500) in a few days, and was trying to decide how to manage the operating systems I'm going to install. What I would like to do is: Primary Partition - Ubuntu or Mint (Most Frequently Used) Primary Partition - Storage Extended Partition 2 logical...

Windows 8.1 may get the start menu back this autumn, as Windows 8.1 Update 2. http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/operating-systems/the-next-windows-8-1-update-could-come-this-autumn-as-windows-8-2-1244018?src=rss&attr=all

Does the SP1 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005? Exist I only have SP2 and SP3 both x32.

I plan to soon upgrade my OEM Windows 7 to Windows 8 and then Windows 8.1 I believe my main operating system will then no longer be OEM and be able to be transferred to another pc. I also own a full version of Windows 7. Once I upgrade OEM Windows 7 to Windows 8.1, how can I use the full...

Hi all, The heading says it all. I have a legitimate new Win8Pro Upgrade dvd with serial. Can I clean install Win8Pro with this from scratch, or do I have to upgrade over my existing Win7 Home Premium x64 Laptop? After reading some posts on the forum I see that a clean install of Win8 would be...

I see that HP has decided to start selling Windows 7 machines again http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57617490-92/hp-resurrects-windows-7-pcs-by-popular-demand/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 I guess the Windows 8.1 and the start button gimmick didn't work out that well. Maybe with Windows...