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    Windows 7 Serious problem Repeated error messages about the OS not being genuine

    I am at my wits end with this. I have had my Asus laptop for almost a year with no problems with the OS. After weeks in hospital finally got home and turned on the laptop. Now I am getting repeated error messages saying my OS is not genuine. ANY advice or thoughts are much appreciated.
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    Windows 7 W7 Not recognizing many programs (screenshots inside)

    I have a very odd problem that happened out of the blue. W7 Home Premium 32 bit, no viruses or recently installed programs. As you can see in the screenshots, theres that "icon" that says the OS doesn't recognize the program. MANY of them. What can be causing this, any help would be appreciated...
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    Windows 7 black screen of death problem

    So I force restarted my computer and it showed up the black screen of death. I can't run in safe mode, I just can boot other OS's, like Ubuntu. I can stay with ubuntu and I thought it was an os problem, so I installed ubuntu but it keeps showing up me the black screen of death. I searched for...
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    Windows 7 BSOD bccode: 7a

    My rig is just a few weeks old and I've been getting BSODs. Reinstalled my OS once and still getting some. Any help from you experts would be greatly appreciated :)
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    Windows 7 I Deleted All My Partitions (All Files Including OS) In Windows 7 Disk Utility.

    I Upgraded My Windows7 Starter To Ultimate Recently And Everything Was Going Fine, But I Wasn't Happy With The Disk Space Because I Had Ubuntu As Second OS And I Wanted More Space For Win7. ( Ubuntu Was In The same Partition As Win7 C: ). I Searched For Ways Of Increasing The Size Of The...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Fresh Install BootMGR missing

    Hi I just purchased Dell Inspiron n4010 laptop without OS... I am trying to install Windows 7 enterprise edition but every time i get the error BOOTMGR IS MISSING Press CTRL....... I have changed the default boot options to dvd from hard disk...but the error persists I also tried to install...
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    Windows 7 Hate to say it but Windows 7 sucks in my experience

    I just have to say it, my Windows 7 experience has been less then great... In fact its been horrid. I have built my first computer just recently from the ground up with my own choices in hardware, nothing is defective and yet Windows 7 has been giving me nothing but issues. I honestly dont see...
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    Windows 7 wont install freezes at 10%??

    HI, im having some problems installing windows 7. i had vista home premium but it started going very slow so i decided to install win 7 ultimate as i use it at work and its alot nicer tbh. I reformatted my partition and started the install tis gets to 10% usally can get up to 16% and then it...
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    Windows 7 Problem with Win7 x64 sticky notes

    Hi everyone, I’ve just upgraded to a new system and installed Win7 x64 Ultimate. I’m still adapting to the new OS so I’m faced with some small problems one of which is Sticky notes: I’ve read many threads about not being able to change the font for sticky notes, however, the font that is...
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    Windows 7 Keyboard/Windows Acting Weird

    sometimes, at random times, it seems like my computer reads an input of Alt without me touching it. it happens a lot when i am typing which makes it so that when i hit they next key while i am typing i am entering into a menu or going back to a previous web page, loosing all i typed. i thought...
  11. Windows Vista strange "carousel" display issue

    Hey guys, first of all thanks for clicking on the thread and I'll be very informative so give me a hand here please :p I am encountering a very strange issue under Windows 7 Professional RTM installed on my netbook. At completely random times, the screen will go into what I can only describe...
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    Windows 7 Activation Problem Windows 7

    Here's my problem. I downloaded Windows 7 from a special college deal for $30 I upgraded from vista, but it screwed up my computer. I would get blue screens at random times while I was using it. I decided to clean install instead, but then I realized the stupid file they gave me only works for...
  13. Windows Vista Important Message To Laptop Vista Users Thinking Of Switching To Win 7

    If you have a laptop and are considering adopting a "Windows 7 OS" right now. It might be more prudent to hold off. Windows 7 has been labeled the biggest blood sucker of Lithium Batteries than any other "OS" that proceeded it. There have been many complaints that Windows 7 effectively kills...
  14. Windows 7 Resolving Unique Black Screen of Death Issue Without Safe Mode Access

    My buddy came home from Christmas vacation to find his desktop suffering from the Black Screen of Death, but it's acting a bit differently from most people's experience. Same black background with only mouse response, but he never gets to the log in screen He can't launch Task Manager...
  15. Windows 7 HELP, .exe file association is locked to Notepad

    [Solved] HELP, .exe file association is locked to Notepad Hello everyone, I am a computer fool who has just jumped on the Win7 bandwagon because i was tired of XP clogging my machine up ( not to mention infested with bugs). I had wanted to run a .exe/.exc file and somehow, windows determined...
  16. Windows 7 SDL r fail hard, so how secure is your OS?

    I almost couldn't contain myself... and you guys pay money for this OS? Laurent Gaffié blog: Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 Remote Kernel Crash
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    Windows 7 Must enter serial number each time you open Lightroom

    Installed 64-bit Lightroom 2.5 on new Win-7 box. Entered serial numbers and LR started OK, but when I close LR and restart, it asks for serial numbers again Lightroom Forum provided the link You must enter your serial number each time you open Photoshop Lightroom 1.x, which gives registry-fix...
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    Windows 7 I can't upload or save images, what is the problem?

    This has been going on since I downloaded the OS. Everything works fine, except when I want to "Save Image As" to save an image to my computer, or upload a picture, for say, an avatar. When I try, my computer shows that it's going through the process, but then it stops and doesn't do anything...
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    Windows 7 Youtube crashes my browsers...

    I'm running windows 7 64-bit on a dell xps 13. Almost everything is great, and I'm impressed with the OS as a whole. My only grudge is that whenever I try to play a movie on youtube, firefox stops responding, and has to be closed. This happens in both IE and firefox. Are there any...
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    Windows 7 impressions of windows 7

    Recently upgraded to windows 7 and in many ways I like it a lot. I went right from xp to 7 so maybe the downsides I have are holdovers from that stepchild. Dual screening in 7 is horrible. Many of my applications that I used to run spread across both screens or nearly across both screens fail to...