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Hi, My trusty netbook needs to be retired after 5 years of hard graft, and I'm looking to replace it with a Windows-based tablet. My current preference is the Surface 2 (not the surface pro 2, for the avoidance of doubt). Battery life is key for me as I use it primarily in court, where I...

This may have been addressed so far so I'm sorry for the re-post but I couldn't find anything helpful by searching. I ran several games fine (world of warcraft, counterstrike, etc) before installing windows 7 and now I cannot play them since the installation. The games run ridiculously choppy...

Originally I "updated" my Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 Professional (student version). Unfortunately this seems to be a little unstable. Would I be able to insert my W7 Professional upgrade cd and then "custom" install over my partition that has my W7 professional on it already or would it say my...

I had the RC running since it came out and everything worked perfectly. Now that I installed the offical Professional version I can not get Windows 7 to detect my Nvidia 8600M GT graphics card. When I bring up dxdiag it says Standard VGA Graphics Adapter, it does detect that it is a NVIDIA but...

Hi, I've had Windows Vista for a little over a year and I have been completely discontent with it. It's gotten so bad to the point that now everytime I start up, I get a bunch of random corrupt file messages, drivers that need to be reinstalled, etc. Also, over the course of time, a bunch of my...

EDIT: NVM found out you can pre-order the Professional version instead. Mods please lock.

Microsoft promised that by purchasing the pricey Ultimate edition of Vista users would get all kinds of extras. However, for many, those extras turned out to be little more than a few screensavers and a poker game prompting some significant grousing. Now, that frustration has turned to...