os upgrade

Hello everyone, i just recently joined this forum because i wanted to seek the solution to my problem. Recently i just bought Lenovo G500 Notebook with Win8 64bit OS but i wanted to replace it with Win7 64bit for the reason i am more comfortable to use win7 ultimate OS and also some of the...

OK...just updated my laptop from 8 Pro to 8.1 Pro through the store. That was the longest OS update I've been through....1 hour and 55 minutes. Mind you this laptop is a dual boot setup, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. There is no option to customize the update to do a...

Greetings: I have a faulting disk that needs replacement. I am considering replacing the disk with a SSD/HDD Seagate 750GB, 7500 RPM disk. I also want to install Win7/64 bit to replace the original Vista 32 bit OS. And upgrade the memory from 3 to 4 GB. I am not computer savvy, but learning...

Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to post this one so forgive me if it's not. Apparently you cannot update from a 32-bit version of Windows (XP in my case) to 64-bit Win 8 using the Windows Upgrade Assistant and the downloadable $39.99 version, you have to purchase a boxed DVD set and...

Hi, I want to re-install Windows 7 Pro on my computer because my OS has become corrupted. I purchased one of the first Windows7 disk from MS several years ago and when I tried to re-install Windows, I got a message "Current version of Windows is more current than the version you are trying to...

Hi there, Ive looked all through these forum and other sites including the windows official support and cant find anything to help with my problem. I recently updated my OS from Windows XP to Windows 7. I have two HDD one for my OS install and one for my documents etc. I wiped clean for a...

I upgraded laptop's (NEC Versa E6300) OS into Windows 7. At the beginning there was no problem, but after about 1 month of using it, i got strange problem with the keyboard. Some characters (m j k l ; u i o p 0) don't type as they are supposed to type, i.e. it these char instead: (0 1 2 3 - 4 5...

I'm new to this forum, so hi all. I'm a SDM for a software house, and decided it was time to evaluate Windows 7 to see whether it made sense to move to it from Windows Vista. The first thing I will say is that we do not like Windows Vista and would love to move away from it. This is primarily...

Sorry if this is long-winded, am completely stuck and not sure what to do. I am a MS employee, got a free (legal) copy of Win7 ultimate under the home usage program and our internal help desk says they don’t support. I have loaded many OS onto laptops at work, so know the basic routine. Computer...

I've run out of space on my 320G "C" drive, and would like to add a second identical hard drive in a RAID 0 array on my Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 motherboard to improve both speed and space. This, of course, means wiping out the existing OS, and I don't want to do a fresh install if I can avoid it. I...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Hey guys, me again! :] Refer to the Image above. When I get to this part of the Windows 7 installation, I will have 3 partitions (instead of the one unallocated space as shown above). I will have one for data, one for a recovery partition, and one for my...

I have recently updated my OS from windows vista to Windows 7 Premium Edition, and since then when I start my computer. Then open a program I go through the whole set up as if I have opened it up the first time, I play world of warcraft. When I open it and log in I have to correct the interface...

It's official, I have successfully upgraded one of my PC's to windows 7. It happens to be my wifes laptop that I used as the first guinea pig. This was very time consuming but no problems. It took almost 7 hours to complete. The download took the most time. On the positive side I did get the...

I've got a fair amount of computer savvy. But when I migrated to 7 last month I guess all that was useless. Anyway, I'm running a newer HP with enough power to handle anything, so far. I installed 7 and then put my apps on and about a week later upon rebooting I get the message that I can't...

I am trying to upgrade my son's laptop from Vista to Windows 7. My son's computer is a Toshiba Qosmio and I ran the Toshiba Upgrade Tool with no problems. The problem I have now is that the virtual memory service is not starting so when I start the install of windows 7, I get the error "windows...

Hi I'm new, and I need some help. I just finished upgrading my windows XP home 32 bit to windows 7 pro 32bit using the upgrade disk. And I registered the software using the product key that came with it. I was browsing through the forums and saw that it was possible to upgrade from 32bit to...

I'm running Win7 Pro x64, which is a fresh install upgrade from WinXP Pro x32, installed during the first weekend in November, just a few weeks ago. I've included more detailed specs in my user profile, though I don't think my questions are spec-dependent. I just had the strangest problem. I...

Hows it going guys? I recently just had windows xp service pack 3 32bit on my PC but then I chose to upgrade last second, literally, to Windows 7 64 bit build 7100.0.090421. I downloaded it straight from Microsoft using their downloader, burnt it using a dvd-r writer and imgburn @ 4x speed. And...

I thinking about upgrading my current 32 bit Vista Home Premium to 64 bit Vista Ultimate. Is this possible to go form 32 to 64 bit.

Hi all I've a serious question here to any Laywers who might be reading these posts. We know this is an RC so it's not officially in production yet. What is the view / legal position you think Microsoft would take on Testing the RC in a "Productive" environment, or even in the "development"...