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After a HDD failure, carried out a clean install .. Now however I have ended up with some 'odd' account naming. I have the following view: Link Removed My account (administrator) instead of being .. 'Rick' is now 'Rick.Rick-Home-PC' I know that home-pc was name I gave to computer...

Hi everyone, I just started working in IT and my boss asked me to install a Konica 1600w printer on another person's pc. It installed perfectly on my computer, but when I went to install it on the other one, I keep getting this error. I have read around other people's solution for this problem...

Link Removed due to 404 Error By Paul Thurrott As with previous Windows versions, it’s possible with Windows 8 to configure your PC with two or more operating systems, choosing between them via a boot menu of some kind. And this configuration, typically called a dual-boot or multi-boot...

Yesterday when I install Windows 7 on my friend PC I realized it has Realtek audio chipset, and though the drivers for this audio chipset were installed, still the Windows has no audio. The issue was caused because the built-in Realtek audio drivers in Windows 7 were not compatible with the...

:( hello all i have 3 PC's in my home based work office. all on a work network , not homegroup PC-A running Win7 ultimate PC-B & PC-C running Win 7 Pro PC-A andPC- C are used by humans, PC-B is the "file storage" PC accessed by and saved to from A & C if i create a folder on B from A i can...

Hi All seems am missing something here,, my host pc is connected wirelessly via a dlink air plus usb adapter to my home wireless router and i am trying to connect another pc in my home office via a Ethernet cross over cable to share the internet connection i have changed the settings to share...

Hi Whenever my system is woken from I assume its sleep mode ( My power options are Sleep mode after 30mins and 'Turn off Display' after 10mins". I commonly find some programs will not work,they start to load up and then hang. A windows 7 prompt comes up and I then click 'Show problem details'...

Hi, first time poster long term luker! If anyone can help me with this, I'd appreciate it. I have currently been plagued by this BSOD for a week or two now, and it's getting to the point where I need to ask for help, as it's driving me mad. Firstly the common file that crashes seems to be...

First off, I am VERY new to networking, so you can't over explain anything to me. I am trying to set up a network between a Windows 7 PC (call it PC-1) and a Windows Vista PC (call it PC-2). PC-1 has a backup drive, which is backed up nightly. So I want to have a folder on this PC which I can...

What is the best and easiest way to move my online downloaded and purchased programs from my vista pc to my win 7 pc? The easy transfer won't do the programs will it?

Hi guys I've recently assembled a new PC and installed W7 on it, only to then find that some of my cherished software won't run on W7 whereas it did on my old pc running XP (which has now been dismantled and cannibalised). So I've decided to make my new machine a dual boot. Having looked at...

I just bought Win 7 Home Premium OEM today, and a 1TB Samsung hard drive on which to install Win 7. The Windows install process went smoothly, but now when I start my PC, it does not give me the boot screen to choose Win 7 or XP. I had the RC installed before, and everything was fine. Any ideas...

(SOLVED Thanks TorrentG) BSOD on a custom built PC Hi everyone, new to forums. registered to get some answers hopefully about random BSODs. I built a computer for my brother a couple months ago. (i7-930 (no errors on prime running for 2hrs), gigabyte x58ud3r mobo (with latest bios), 1tb...

Setting up 2 PC home network Hi ppl, I would like to set up a small network of two PC's both running windows 7 Ultimate. I already have a router so I can use them both now, one at a time, by use of a hardware-switch for the common monitor and by switching keyboard and mouse. This is kind of...

Hi all, fist time poster here...hope u can help me. my mb went down a couple of days ago and just got puter back. it now has the intel gpx drivers installed instead of the ati 5770 drivers which is the card that is installed in the system. i tried all i can think of to get the ati drivers...

Hi, Am setting up new VAIO PC (rescue discs already made so DVD worked), and changed the partitions (resized C: down and added two more) on my hard drive with Partition Wizard, went easy, using the "default" drive numbers offered, E and F, I assumed that D was not available as the DVD was using...

Hi guys, I've searched and searched for answers on this, but have come up empty handed. I just bought a new PC with Windows 7 64 bit. It is connected to another machine running XP. The computer running XP is connected to the net, via a wireless adapter. The router is connected to another...

Hi, A few quick questions on Word. We recently built a new PC that is running the 32 bit version of 7 Home Prem. We moved a bunch of word docs from an older maching running XP Home generated in, I believe, Word 2001(if there is such an animal...it was pre-installed on a Dell we purchased new...

Hi I have a ReadyNas Duo which has been working fine on my old PC running XP. I have just installed a new PC with Win 7 and I am having all sorts of issues. I can see the NAS and access all of the folders and files. However, when I try and save them, I get 'Access Denied' messages. In...

Hey everyone, I just got a new really nice PC for gaming. I first noticed the problem when i started playing Prototype. The game's graphics run completely fine, but every 30 seconds or so the game will freeze and then play again. I figured it was the graphics so it turned it completely down. and...