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    Windows 7 a few problems after system restore.

    I did a system restore a while back after I installed an incorrect sound driver that kinda left my speakers void.. after doing the restore I noticed that a few of my features on 7 didn't work any more.. Not to say that the restore is what caused the problem.. It just happened around the same...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 networking with laptop running Windows XP

    Please bear with me, I am new both to this Forum and to Windows 7! I used to have a smooth-running wireless network with a desktop (host) and a wireless laptop, both running Windows XP. My laptop was able to share documents resident on the desktop and to access the two printers attached to...
  3. Windows 7 Printing problem

    I'm unable to print in either Outlook 2003 or Internet Explorer with W7. I've tried 3 different printers. Same problem. All other programs seem to print fine. Here's the error message: Marc Sullivan
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    Windows 7 "(Drive name) could not be accessed" message

    I should say at the beginning, that the actual message is in German, but I believe this to be the correct English version. I have spent hours searching for an answer to this question, and in the past I have always managed to solve networking problems myself, but now I am stumped! Setup is...
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    Windows 7 Upgraded to Windows 7 now print spooler constantly crashes and won't stay up.

    We upgraded a few of our computers up to windows 7 from vista. The print spooler is constantly stopping and even if you restart it, it crashes when you do anything with printers. (try to print check properities anything) we have three of these computers and have the same issues. It isn't the...
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    Windows 7 Can someone help us understand SizeHigh in JOB_INFO_4 structure.

    winspool.h in the ddk for Win7 lists 4 levels of EnumJobs. 1. Can someone please explain the SizeHigh long in JOB_INFO_4 struct. 2. It should be documented on the MSDN documentation of EnumJobs also. EnumJobs Function (Windows) Thanks, -Hitesh.
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    Windows 7 Network discovery is slow, and cannot connect to NAS share

    Hi, everyone, I am having some issues with Win7 Starter on my ASUS EEE PC being able to carry out network discovery on my home network. When I go to Network, the status bar across the top fills veeeerrrry slowly. Also,the computer cannot readily identify other computers on my home network...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 not able to access computer outside of domain

    All of my computers at work are on a domain controlled by a SBS 2003 Server except for an old Windows 2000 Server that I have printers attached to it that the network uses. All of the windows 2000 computers and XP can access the printers and drive on this machine outside of the domain but the...
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    Windows 7 Cannot access XP PC.

    It is my fervent wish that one day that it will be far less trouble getting the basic computing needs to work without having to seek help. I cannot access the shared docs on the XP PC. I get the error \\*****\shared docs is not accessible etc etc. For some reason on the Win 7 PC under network...
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    Windows 7 How do I network win xp pro w/ printer to win 7 w/ router

    OK i have read other post and what i did i can see the files on XP compter belonging to win 7. but not able to find printer which are connected to xp. First off, I had all printers connected to win7 which also has the router. My husband and kids have lap tops which we are all on a network, for...
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    Windows 7 Wireless Printer- Suddenly not working/ Windows not finding it

    I have a brother HL-2170W wireless printer.. it has been working perfectly fine with windows 7, when i first set up the printer with the main computer in my basement, all i had to do with this computer in my bedroom was to go to add a device-> printer-> search for printer and it would find it...
  12. PC general maintenance

    Well I have dropped the ball on my own general PC maintenance of my home network. I have spent the last two days cleaning out pc cases as well as running all maintenance software on my pc's on my network. It's just a family home network of 4 desktops and two laptops, two routers...
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    Windows 7 How to make menu START->Control Panel-> .... cascading?

    Under Win XP it was possible to make the START menu "Control Panel" cascading. That means when I go with the mouse on the menu "Control Panel" then automatically all sub-menues were shown as separate menus. How can I achieve this in Win7? Same with "devices and printers" menu. Peter
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    Windows 7 Printing with Windows 7

    I installed Windows 7 to replace Vista. I cannot print from any program. I get a message to go to printer services and click to enable bidirectional printing, but canot find that option anywhere.
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    Windows 7 Issues after installing 7

    I did a clean install of Windows 7 from Vista because of some previous issues, thought all was well, but I am having some problems. I have a HP DV3z-1000 w/ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I installed the drivers recommended by HP and made sure everything is updated. 1) I cannot get the...
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    Windows 7 Printers repeatedly dissapearing, control panel for printers hangs....

    I have a brand new dell, with factory installed Win7. Used migration tool to copy over old files and settings from old computer. Installed open office and firefox... nothing else. Installed 3 network printers, using the drivers provided automatically. 2 are newer Dell printers, one is an...
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    Windows 7 Can't Print and would like to make notification area icons bigger

    I'm new so forgive me if I'm doing this wrong. I just upgraded to windows 7. I can't print. I've downloaded drivers, I've tried two different printers. It printed the test page when I first set things up, but now nothing. It also takes forever to cancel/delete a print job when I click on cancel...
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    Windows 7 Window 7 Printing Issue

    I just received some new windows updates on Friday and now I cannot print. My printers show up in Printers and Devices area, but when I click pring in Excel, Word, IE, it says "Before you can print you need to install a printer..." I have restarted the computer and then none of my printers...
  20. Windows 7 Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7

    Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows Please note that clean install is the best route to take. Link Removed - Invalid URL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed - Invalid URL...