pre-installed os

Hello there Windows fans.... Apologies if this post already exists, please feel free to delete and refer me. I have a laptop that came with Windows 10 preinstalled. I would like to install Windows 7 but keeping 10 maybe for a later date. Can anyone suggests the best and safest way to do this...

So I was downloading a video editing software today, but it turned out to be a fairly nasty virus. My computer blue screened numerous times as a result. And now, whenever I log in, Windows is asking me for the product key I was given when I purchased windows - but Windows was pre installed on my...

Hi, yesterday I wanted to delete everything on my PC so I put Windows 8.1 on a USB and started the recovery process. I read online that Windows would remember my product key in the bios but It's now asking for a product key. I got Windows pre installed so I don't have the key anymore. Can I get...

I'm continually getting the kernel_data_inpage_error BSOD at quite random times - during skype calls, bringing computer out of sleep mode, playing games - and I can no longer say it was a one-off kind of thing, but I'm not sure how to fix it, and found this forum hoping for some help. I ran the...

Hello, few months ago I bought a new laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. After some time, I installed W7 again and now I want to go back to W8. But unfortunately, I found out that my laptop has no product key sticker on it, I can't even find any certificate in the box that my laptop came in. Is...

I'm hoping you guys can help a guy who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just bought the HP Envy 17t-j100 Quad Edition with the 1TB hybrid drive and the 240GB SSD Upgrade Kit that you can get on the Customize and Buy page. I wanted to put the OS onto the SSD because I haul my...

Hi guys I brought a dell a couple of months ago (Inspirion 17R) I have been having huge problems with the internet on it, so i wanted to reset the computer to see if that would fix the problem, but it then comes up with "There was a problem resetting your PC" and i have no clue how to fix it...

Hi all, I don't know if i'm in the right place or whether this problem has been posted before...so here goes... I shutdown as usual the other day and now today i switch on and win7 is not loading. It comes up with Launch Startup Repair or Start Windows Normally screen. Windows will not start...

ok, I'm not experienced with problems like this so... I have a toshiba laptop which came preinstalled with windows 7 home so I have no disc(before you say that)and I got the computer december 2010 so roughly 2.5 months ago. When I try to boot it comes up with an error in a popup box which...

I got a friend who apparently downloaded a Virus on his computer, and now his computer wont load past th BIOS /POST (power on system test) screen….. I was thinking… just get a Live Linux/Ubuntu CD, using that and retrieve whatever important he has saved on his HDD… and then re-install WIN_Vista...

Yesterday i installed an Windows update and i restarted the computer right before i left, cos i were going out with some friends. When i came back it was off, and when i tried to turn it on it says "No bootable device -- insert boot cd". And i dont have a boot cd cos this computer had...

I have a Packard Bell Istart D2314 on which the Vista operating systen came pre-installed and without any disk or instruction book as it was an ex display. It has worked ok until now. I have allowed automatic download and install of updates usually carried out on shutdown. The mosy recent...

Hii. I bought a laptop a couple of days ago, with 32bit Windows 7 already pre-installed, but I noticed the CD/DVD Drive isn't showing up in 'Computer' section. Link Removed due to 404 Error After looking into it, I found in the divice manager that there was a little yellow triange by the CD...

Just bought a Eee PC-1101HA with Windows 7 pre-installed, when start up the PC first time it wants an admin password to login? I have not created any and there is no password in the manuals!!! What is this? Just bought a Eee PC-1101HA with Windows 7 pre-installed, when start up the PC first...

Hello, I am currently using Windows XP Media Center Edition on my desktop PC which came pre-installed from the vendor. I dont have any license/serial number for this OS. The PC came with a recovery partition on the hard disk from which I can boot and reinstall Windows XP Media Center Edition...

I bought a new notebook preloaded with vista home basic I let windows load and do it's thing and then it asked me to restart Since then it is impossible for me to get past the welcome screen in regular mode First I thought it was password related but I can logon in safe mode with my...