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Hi all, I'm curious if anyone else has run into something like this. I've had Windows 7 Beta and RC and now RTM on my home desktop and have had no issues whatsoever, however they were all clean installs. Now, I've gone ahead and upgraded from Vista Business to 7 Pro on my laptop. I haven't...

Is there anyway to tell whether the PC I am on is using a retail version or the RC? I have been asking around and have been unable to find a definitive answer. I have tried comparing winver, dxdiag, registry keys, and system properties under control panel and from what I can tell all are...

SOLVED - Oscdimg.exe is not a valid win32 application I hope someone can help..... I just purchased the Windows 7 ultimate student version with the intention of doing a clean install over my Windows 7 RC. I've been trying to make an iso using the instructions here in this forum, but no matter...

So I was going to change one of my songs ID3 tags the other day and I realized that not only do the ID3 tags not display in window's explorer, but they also don't show up in the details tab under properties. Also they are unchangeable via the properties details tab. I did a little looking on...

In XP it was as simple as right clicking the nic icon near the clock and selecting status, why is this excellent and user friendly feature taken away from us in vista and windows 7? Why are we forced to beat about the bush to do simple useful tasks? As a network Administrator this is extremely...

I used to place Properties button on Explorer bar near back/forward/up buttons. So I can click on folder/disk for example and then click that Properties button and their properties windows would appear. It is very convenient. In Win7 I can't do it. Is there any way?

I was wondering if any of you knew of an alternative to foldersize on XP that would work on Seven, I already lived for too long without it on windows Vista... It basicly showed the foldersize next to the foldername in windows explorer, at the same place as windows show the size of regular...

Hi! For some reason I can only click on some shortcuts and click 'open file location' and actually get to the files actual location.. for most shortcut it only opens the same folder as the shortcut is in (ie the desktop). If I open the properties dialog for the shortcut, the 'open file...

Hey iv been searching google for a while now but there is very scarce information about the topic. IS there a way to tag videos on windows7? I tried looking in the properties but that didnt help. I found this ancient program called abc avi tag . Any help would be appreciated, Thanks in...

Hi, I have a weird problem with Windows7 under "Local Network Properties". I can't change IP adress because when I choose TCP/IPV4 the "Properties" button is unaccessible. I tried disabling IPV6 and reboot but nothing changed. Windows Version is : Version 6.1.7600 Numéro 7600 The PC is...

I have recently installed the Windows 7 RTM x64 and everything's great minus one small issue. I cannot get my volume control to show up in the taskbar. I right click and go to properties of the taskbar, and it brings me to a menu that says "Turn system icons on or off." However, the menu for...

How do I turn on the 48-bit color on desktop ? Earlier versions allowed to choose color in desktop screen properties, and how can I do it in 7 ? Thank you.

When I look at my C drive in properties windows is telling me i have used 168 GB of my 200 GB hard drive. This is impossible as i did a clean install and only transfered about 38 GB of data back to the computer. Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix it?

Hi all, Upgraded from Vista 32 bit Ultimate to Win 7 32 bit same. Everything else works great except Win 7 wont keep the TCPIC /DHCP settings on boot. Whenever I boot up I have to go into Network adapter propperties and dump some whatever ip address into 'protocol Version 4' and hit the...

I have instaled Windows 7, and i am wery happy, the only issue I've run into is that ATI Catalyst control centre wont show the display properities (resolution and whatnot) like in vista. Not sure if I have to do some fiddling or it is not included yet for various reasons. I am using Catalyst 9.6...

ive been playing a game on pc and a friend got me windows 7 about a week ago. any ways i need to add something to the target area in the propetys f the game icon on the desktop and it is slightly faded and i cant click it. any idea on how i can add something to it in the target area sorry the...

Folks, Been poking around for a few days now and haven't found a solution. I am trying to get into my network properties for an adapter so I can share the Internet connection on that adapter... but when I right click on the Network and select properties it starts about 25+ wermgr.exe tasks and...

I recently (1 week) moved from Vista to the RC with a clean install that was supposed to format my laptops hard drive. Now when I view my C: drive's properties it says 168gb used and 33gb free space. I have a couple word docs and maybe 1gb of music that I've actually put on since I installed...

Hi does anyone know how to change the folder background in win7. I have tried all the apps for vista but they dont work. I get the custom background tab under folder properties but when I click apply nothing happens. please help but I'm no expert though I could do with an app!

I have a Win& box running fine and installed a CODEC I need from Pegasus. This is a commercial product and needs activation. Before one went to Device Manager and to Audio devices and then (mysteriously) you could find Audio and Video codec's that are installed. Accessing their "Properties"...