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    Windows 7 How to reduce Shared Video Memory in Windows7?

    Hi Guyz! Just upgraded my RAM at 2GB and when i see in dxdiag it says my GFX card memory 1.5GB 512Mb Deticated and 1GB shared! How can i reduce the shared memory coz after i upgraded the RAM i dont see any big chenge! HELP
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    Windows 7 Catastrophic system behavior

    Hi everybody. Before I start, I would like to say that I am not being lazy, I really have tried to solve this problem. I have also searched this and other forums, and though there are several threads about 'the application has stopped working' for specific programs, I can't find any info about...
  3. Windows 7 Winodw 7 Pro 64-bit wierd errors at installing

    Hey all this is my first time here so sorry if I sound n00bish ^^;; Okay so i finally got a ram upgrade in my Acer Aspire M1100 Desktop and went to install windows 7 Professional 64-bit I installed it fine, however when after my computer restarted to get to the "windows is setting up computer...
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    Windows 7 blue screen of death when installing win 7

    I am trying to install win 7 on my E-machine T3516a. It copy's windows files. Then screen says starting windows. Then I get a blue screen with the error "*** STOP: 0x0000005c (0x0000010B,0x00000003,0x00000000,0x00000000) I have spent 2 hours talking to win7 technical support with no luck. My...
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    Windows 7 Win7 32-bit to Win7 64-bit Using Upgrade DVD

    Hi all, first post! So I have a new laptop that came with 32-bit Windows 7. The system restore DVD it came with contains ONLY 32-bit Windows 7, mainly because the system shipped with 2GB DDR3 RAM. I added another 2GB to bring the total to 4GB. Would it be possible to purchase an Upgrade copy...
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    Windows 7 Windows won't boot after new RAM

    I am running windows 7 pro 64bit My hardware is the following... Asus P5Q Motherboard Intel Core2Duo @3.0Ghz GeForce 9500GT graphics card So yesterday, I decided that I wanted to upgrade my ram, so I got 2 sets of 2x2GB ram from the local shop. I put both sets to use up all of the 4 DIMM...
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    Windows 7 Creative SoundBlaster XtremeMusic (Windows 7 64-Bit) Sound Issues (Static/Crackling)

    Hi. I had the 32-Bit version of Windows 7 installed last week with 2GB of RAM, and a few days ago decided to install the 64-Bit version and up my system to 4GB of RAM. Now, my sound card has sound issues, and did not with 32-Bit Windows 7 and the 2GB of RAM. I've tried all beta, non-beta (which...
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    Windows 7 Optimizing Windows 7 on an Older PC: Tips for Performance & Aero Issues

    First of all, hi for all - i'm new in this forum :) Okay so this is my question: I got computer which has: Pentium4 Northwood 1.6ghz (turbed to 1.88ghz) 768mb ram DDR 200mhz nvidia fx5200 128mb WD 320gb IDE 7200rpm Question's would be: 1-do you know any programs which could boost my windows7...
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    Windows 7 8 GB RAM Nightmare

    Hello, I installed Win7 64 on my machine, with 4GB of RAM, and everything was running beautifully. I decided to up to 8GB, and at that point the system became basically unusable. Different memory tests all showed that the memory is fine, the motherboard supports 8 GB, and it showed up as...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Not finding Hard Drive - This is one different from all others. It appears.

    Hi there, So I've been searching through the threads and probably missed what amounts to an easy answer. I just reinstalled Windows 7 after upgrading my mobo, ram and cpu. As it stands my internal Maxtor 300gb hard drive, is showing up in the Bios. In fact it shows up in the Device Manager...
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    Windows 7 How do I upgrade my Graphics?

    Well, I have Windows XP on HP Pavillion a1102n. My CPU Speed is 2.93GHz which is good. and 512MB of Ram.. I already know how to upgrade the ram and it is very easy.. But the windows 7 update advisor says my computer cant handle windows aero and whatnot.. How do i fix this problem?? Do i get...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 is Missing

    Hi, I have been using the Release Candidate of Windows 7 for a bit now and recently wanted to reinstall an overcrowded Vista which is on the C:\. Heres the Rundown before I continue: Before Windows 7: 3 Partitions: 1) A Recovery Partition 2) C:\ - Vista - 32-Bit 3) D:\ - Data After: 4...
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    Windows 7 DVD drive issues

    I've looked on the forums but can't seem to find an answer to this. I finally got Windows 7 installed (took forever, thought it wasn't working, but left it for an afternoon and it eventually finished installing), but now I can't boot with my DVD burner connected. I just get the "Starting...
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    Windows 7 Can't get new Experience Index score

    Hi everybody--not sure if the is the right spot, so sorry if this might be better somewhere else. I went right to the 7001 beta from XP, never had Vista. My original hardware was: WD 250 G hard drive Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800 2.01 G 1 G ram NVidia 8800 GTS with Physx accl. NVidia...
  15. Windows 7 Windows 7 SUPER slow loadtime after RAM upgrade

    I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard and have been running 4 gigs (4 x 1GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4; 4-4-4-12; 2.1 volts) on it with no problems. Windows 7 runs great. I decided to up the ante to 8 gigs RAM (4 x 2GB Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5; 5-5-5-18; 1.8 volts -- which is approved from...
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    Windows 7 RAM Upgrade and error/bluescreen

    Hi, I've been using the RC for a while now and it's been completely, 100% stable, so I'm sure the RAM is causing the problem. I bought two more sticks of ddr2 800 ram (1 gig each) for a total of 4 sticks and 4 gigs of ddr2 ram on my computer. These are both from the same supplier (Transcend)...
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    Windows 7 Semi Succesful Dual Boot with OSX 10.4 WITHOUT BOOTCAMP

    So, my little brother got tired of his inferior machine and gave it to me. After upgrading the HDD to a 320GB 5400 RPM WD Scorpio Blue, i also gave it a total of 2GB DDR RAM, and decided i liked Windows 7 so much, i wanted to dual boot, so that i may keep OSX (for clients) and still work this is...
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    Windows 7 Infuriating and frequent "not responding" freezes

    Hey, i recently upgraded from windows XP to windows seven. When things are working i love it and was hoping it would be the answer to the new popularity of the dumbed down mac's , but I have been having a problem that makes me want to scream and leaves my computer just barely operable. The...
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    Windows 7 New RAM memory cause 100% CPU drain

    Link Removed I tried upgrading from 2GB (the left one) to 4GB (the right one). What happend was that my computer got stuck at Windows 7 welcome screen for about 5 minutes, then the CPU is working at 100% at all time regardless how few or many programs I have started. I tried using...
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    Windows 7 Adding more RAM impossible?

    Hi All, Here's the issue: after upgrading from 2.5gb of RAM to 4GB, Windows 7 (x86) bombs: BSOD style. I make it to the "starting Windows" screen, minus the cool animation. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_NOT_EQUAL STOP 0X000000D1 (0XFFFFFFFE, 0X000000FF, 0X00000001) The hardware: DDR2 PC2-5300 2gb...