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  1. Will My Current Product Key Work After Upgrading My Motherboard and Processor?

    I am going to put a new motherboard and processor in today. I am wondering if my present Product key will work or will I have to buy an new one?
  2. Window 10 wont recognize my Processor.

    So I need to get a certain processor but I need to figure out if my processor is already good enough. But I've done all I can and my computer which is running on windows 10 won't recognize my processor at all. How can I fix this issue? I need all the help I can get.
  3. Windows 10 What CPU are you using?

    I'm using a mobile i7-6700HQ. Final question; How long have you had this CPU? I've had my Skylake 6700HQ since Dec 2016 **Note MSI has upgraded their Gaming laptop line to Kabylake systems GT73** line. *** I wouldn't personally upgrade because there's really no noticeable performance...
  4. NEWS Intel to release 8th generation of Core CPUs later this year

    At a recent Investor Day, Intel finally gave us a formal launch window for its upcoming 8th generation of Core CPUs, dubbed Coffee Lake this time around. Expected to launch in the second half of 2017, the Coffee Lake update to the current Kaby Lake processors will offer an expected 15% bump in...
  5. Windows server not running

    Been running windows server 2008 64bit on a small form factor hp desktop but when I tried to upgrade to windows server 2012 but I receive error message that my processor doesn't support the installation. But the processor is a 64based processor. Can some give me solution why I can install...
  6. Windows 7 reverting from win 10 to win 7

    I am trying to go back to win 7 ult from win 10. My computer is a HP 8200 sff (refurb) with: i5 3.2GHZ processor 8G RAM 1 TB HDD The problem is getting rid of the win 10 partitions. Most disk wiping utilities either don't have partition editing capabilities or are not set up for the win 10...
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    Windows 10 Windows works word processor

    I have a large folder of .doc files made thru Word. Windows Works error message appears when I try to open these .doc files. The message says works cannot open file.which may be in use by another app. I dont wish to use Works. How do I get rid of this app so that I can access my .doc files
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    Windows 10 Troubleshooting Missing Second Core on Pentium Dual-Core E-6300 in Windows 10

    hi, I went to msconfig and boot and advanced option, I find I have 1 processors enabled. I have Pentium dual core e-6300, so I should have two cores. I also checked my CPU in task manager. It's showing I only have 1 cores. What happened to my second core. (Sorry for the Chinese, if you don't...
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    Windows 10 Can I run 64-bit Win 10 Home on a 64-bit ready Processor?

    I have a HP dc7900 running Win 10 Home 32-bit OS upgrade. Here is my computer information reference to Belarc Advisor. Processor: 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 6144 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready. I have 3580 megabytes usable...
  10. Windows 7 Dell XPS L501X Freezes if plugged into power source

    I'm hoping someone can help me. I have a Dell XPS L501X laptop that freezes on start up if plugged in but NOT when running on the battery. My husband ran a bunch of tests, discovered hard drive was failing. Bought a new SATA solid state hard drive and bought a new windows 7 install and...
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    Windows 10 Random BSOD while playing games and browsing the internet

    Hi guys, My pc has been experiencing BSOD since 3 weeks ago. At first, I thought it was because of my old hard drive since the disk drive would spike to 100% every 20 seconds. However, I bought a new SSD and it still didn't fix the problem. On a daily basis, my pc would crash about 20 times...
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    Windows Vista Installing 4 GB Ram in Toshiba Windows Vista

    I have a Toshiba Windows Vista 32 bit and would like install 4GB's of RAM but the limiting factor seems to be the memory addressing capability of the processor. Is there any way to get around this? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, CAG43
  13. AMD hints on Zen speed

    This image was recently displayed to investors apparently showing the speed of the coming 14nm Zen processor. Orochi refers to the FX-8350 series and Summit relates to Zen. Reference
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    Windows 10 System Thread Exception Not Handled (igdkmd64.sys) problem again

    Last December whilst updating my main computer from Windows 7 to windows 10 I received the above error message. Thanks to kemical help the problem was traced to:- Last time it was resolved by down loading the following:- Download Intel® HD Graphics Driver for Windows® 7*, 8.1*, 10 (3rd Gen &...
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    Windows 7 Windows upgrade and installation problem

    I'm using windows 7 ultimate, i want to install windows 10 but when i'm installing the mouse and keyboard do not function during "keyboard type" choosing! Even mouse cursor is not seen i dont know what to do! I'm using lenovo G40-30 processor 2.16GHz intel! And 64-bit operating system. I...
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    Windows 7 I can't run the command using batch file

    Hi , Can anyone advise on this. I was running a command as below using cmd batch file typeperf "\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time" >> Memory.txt However, I could not display the output to the text file and it shows error : Error: No valid counters. Please kindly advice. Regards Wang
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    Windows 10 Creating ISO image from install.esd file - questions

    Hi everyone. I'm planning to update my PC tablet with Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 by Windows Update. I found $Windows.~BT file and install.esd file and I would like to create ISO file by ESDtoISO app. So, I have 3 questions: 1. If I create ISO file from ESD file downloaded by Windows Update on...
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    Windows 10 Videos from Youtube loading and running slow under latest Insider

    When I start the next video I have to hit refresh to get it started quickly, otherwise it just plain will never load. This happens no matter what browser I use. I am using a 2.4 ghz Sony with a Quad processor. Never seen this problem before so, not sure where to even look. Any possible...
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    Windows XP Optimum Processor for XP

    I'm building a CNC router. The Mach 3 software I will be using likes Windows XP the best. I'm going to build up a XP box that will be dedicated for running the router and need a good, solid machine. What is the fastest/most processor that XP can utilize? 4gb ram is max, correct? I welcome any...
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    Windows 10 Troubleshooting Persistent BSODs After Windows 10 Upgrade on i3 4170 System

    I am running a pc with an i3 4170 processor, gigabyte h97m-d3h mobo, 6 gigs of ram and a gtx 650 video card. I upgraded to windows 10 a couple of months ago and some time after that i was getting hit with bsods of different errors at random times. My response was to use the reset feature on w10...