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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...
  4. 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...
  5. Windows 7 How I fixed my shutdown hang problem

    Symptom: Shutting down, shutdown screen would start then hang and required me to hard power off. Solution: I had uninstalled the Windows Fax and Scan option in the Turn Windows Features On/Off from the Programs and Features section of the Control Panel. When I did that, it did not uninstall...
  6. Windows 7 Networking Vista and W7

    Hello! I work in a small office of about 5 people. We have 2 computers running Windows 7 and 3 computers running Windows Vista. The problem I am having is that the windows 7 computers are able to see and use the printers and files on the vista machines, however the Vista machines are NOT...
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    Windows 7 printer settings could not be saved error

    Hello, I'm running an HP 2600n printer. It works fine via USB, but I'm having problems setting it up for my home network. I have another computer running XP, whereas my main one is Win 7 Home Premium. Both computers are running fine on the Internet. When I select devices and printers, I right...
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    Windows 7 Windows XP to Windows 7 network

    Hi everyone! this is my first post here and i hope I didn't miss any similar topic - i've used search and the results didn't answer my question...Here is The Issue: I have 2 laptops connected to a home wirelles network... one comp is running win 7 and the other win XP. Both laptops have...
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    Windows 7 Mac home network not viewable. Help...

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and I did a quick search to see if anyone else asked this but came up with nothing. Here it goes... My home network is nearly entirely Mac based (with the exception of a few printers and back up drives). At one point I was able to see my Windows 7 machine on...
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    Windows 7 External HDD Not Appearing in My Computer: Troubleshooting Assistance Needed

    I plugged in my external HDD , it installed and is showing in the devices and printers.....but is not not seen in My Computers.please help me resolve this problem.....I need to use my HDD.
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    Windows 7 Intermittent Printer Disappearance Issue When Printing Maps on Windows 7 Ultimate

    I have Windows 7 Ultimate installed on an HP laptop. It was an upgrade from Vista Home Premium. I have just encountered a problem that I have not seen before. This occurred when printing from one of the map programs (happened with both Google maps and Mapquest). When I print directions and...
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    Windows 7 Sharing files Delimena in Windows 7 with vista and xp HOMEGROUP?

    Setting share files and printers seems to not be as easy as it was in XP and Vista. I tried all the forums so far and have not found the trick. With all options tried in Windows 7 as the forums state, one can not see the other non Windows 7 pc in a home that worked fine prior to Win7 with same...
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    Windows 7 Adding Windows 7 PC to XP Network

    Our church presently has a peer-to-peer network of 12 PC's, all running XP (mixture of Home and PRO), and 3 networked printers. One of the PC's (XP PRO) is used as a "server" and contains a database accessed by the other workstations. Also, this PC is a collection point for backups of "My...
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    Windows 7 Printer Networking How to

    I found the real answer to the windows 7 additional printer driver problem for network sharing. It is in the name windows 7 names the printer. The INF file has it listed as a different name, there for it does not see it as a driver for your printer. You can change this in the INF file to match...
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    Windows 7 Frustrations with Printer Driver Installation on Windows 7: Seeking Solutions

    So i wasted my money upgrading 3 computers to 7 for my business. SO when i went to install 3 of my printers, it wouldnt or couldnt locate the driver folder which i had downloaded from the manufacturers website. So now my complaint is that Windows 7 doesnt allow you to Browse and manually point...
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    Windows 7 How to remove Ghost Printers?

    Hi, i am currently using windows 7 home premium 64bit I had a wireless lexmark printer (Z4290) and i removed it because of having issues, however now i seem to have two ghost printers, (Printer and Printer (copy 1)). i keep removing them but whenever i refresh the device and printers list...
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    Windows 7 Windows Printers still hanging

    When I add a printer, the printer is not visible in the window 'Printers'. The window is hanging on the 'green' status bar at the top. How can I solve that? This is wat I see: Link Removed due to 404 Error
  18. Windows 7 PROBLEM - Adobe Windows7 Color Calibration

    There is a PROBLEM with the ADOBE, NVIDIA, OPENGL, WINDOWS7 driver. If you open a gray scale picture in Windows7 Photoshop, it will appear to be purple. I tried GeForce drivers 182, 185, 190, and MicroSoft Win7 reference drivers. I have also tried color profiles, sRGB, AdobeRGB 1998, Acer...
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    Windows 7 Browsing Scheduled Tasks on Remote Computers

    I am using Windows 7 (Build 7600) x64. Is there a way to get Scheduled Tasks and Printers and Faxes to appear when I am browsing remote Server 2003 machines on the network? -j
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    Windows 7 devices and printers problems

    I was adding a new bluetooth device to my computer, when I restarted, now when I click on devices and printers, I get a blank page, the green progress bar slowly crosses the address bar all the way across then just sits there, and the page is blank. The network page is also blank. This has...