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As we inch closer to the inevitable fade-out of Windows 10, the clock is ticking for an astonishing 900 million users. Microsoft finds itself engaged in a race against time, with the end-of-life date for Windows 10 set for October 2025. This impending deadline raises pressing questions for the...

So, just 4 days ago I upgraded my PC’s OS to Windows 7 Home Premium from Windows Vista Home Premium. The Windows 7 isn’t yet activated (as my final destination isn’t it) and is operating within its 30 days grace period. So, I tried to upgrade to Windows 8.1 with a product key but it wouldn’t...

I had a SSD installed in my computer with the OS on it. This SSD became to small so I bought a 500Gb SSD. I made a backup of the SSD with the OS en put that at the new SSD. But now there are two partitions at this SSD, one with same capicity as the old one and an empty one with a different...

I just bought myself a new Dell Inspiron 15 7559. I added a 250 GB SSD then migrated the OS to the SSD and set up the original mechanical drive as storage. This is a great setup. It's fast like crazy. But then a few days later I noticed a short crackling sound that happens about every 5...

I upgraded to Windows 10 and everything was fine until I started getting blue screens like mad after months of it being perfect. It turned out a stick of RAM went bad but I didn't figure that out until after I formatted and tried to install Windows 10 fresh. Anyway, during installation it...

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Hi, I have a genuine product key of Windows 7 but don't have its copy (DVD/ISO image). In this case, is it possible and lawful to install Windows 8 from a genuine copy of "Windows 8 Upgrade"? I don't want to buy the full version since it's a bit more expensive. Thanks, Culip P.S. So here's...

Hi my laptop got stolen so I bought a new one here in Argentina. The problem is that the system is in Spanish and I haven't been able to change it to English Im also totally new with Windows 8. I have tried my best to read all kinds of guides and stuff but it seems to be so many problems that I...

good morning...I am new to this forum, and i appreciate being able to reach out for some assitance..I currently have a friend who is in need of a new computer, which I can provide for him, however it has Linux on it, which he will not be able to use..while I interned at a computer repair shop a...

I have exported the emails and now I want to import them in the new OS. I have all necessarily accounts and folders but emails are imported in a new folder named "Storage folders". How to do: emails would import into accounts folders?

FYI: This is due to folks asking about changing things in a duel-boot scenario. An OS was installed then, another, hence the dual-boot... we'll call them 1 & 2. NOW, they want OS2 to exist and boot w/out OS1 The following is a way to do it: I had a dual-boot, Windows 7 x86 & x64. x86 was the...

Firstly, hello to all here.. very useful forum with plenty of extremely useful information.. I recently rescued a SSD that had seemingly failed, unfortunately i lost all data & my OS (which had to be re-installed) on my one remaining HDD until i did some research & repaired the problem. Would...

I have had a Toshiba laptop with 32bit windows 7 basic and have got a wndows 732bit Professionai which I bought fo my desktop but never used, can I install it over the existing 32bit windows 7 ar would I have to do a format of the hard disk. Or is it possible to intall with the supplied disk...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it's wise to upgrade his netbook's OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version. Link Removed

Hi Folks, I'm posting this to illustrate how I replaced\removed XP from my system in favor of Win 7. First some background. I've been using Win 7 since the beta as part of a multiboot setup on my Acer laptop. The other MS OS was my old XP install. My old XP was located at the...

Here is my case on this particular problem. This is quite long so apologies ahead of time. This computer had windows xp on it for quite some time and I decided it was time to upgrade to windows 7 ultimate. When I did the upgrade it asked me if I wanted to override xp altogether, or create...

A year faster than Vista Windows 7 reached the 10 per cent usage milestone, according to beancounters at Web analytics company Net Applications, as the OS has crossed the 10 per cent figure more than a year earlier than Vista. However the gleam of Window's 7 appears to be the only brightness...

Hi. I have an evaluation version of W7Pro on my server, which has expired. The system comprises of a single 100GB HD, which has the OS installed, and 2 x 500GB SPANNED IDE HD's holding data. I need to revert back to XP Pro while keeping the SPANNED disks intact - is this possible? I...

Proof of concept demonstration: Some have stated it is not possible to upgrade from XP to Windows 7. Here is the one way to do it. Hello again, and welcome to another tutorial from Windows7Forums.com. This tutorial is a little special; it's a little different from most. What we plan on doing is...

OK I'm running a vista ultra 64 OS on a Raid 0 set up. Ive been Playing with a new install of win 7 32 bit On a different setup and have become liking it to get me to think of upgrading my vista 64 bit to win 7 32 bit can that be done ? I don't wont to go back to a 64 bit system. because of...