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    Windows 7 Access Denied C:\

    Hi, I've seen other similar threads which have been resolved but my problem differs slightly. The problem started when I was trying to share files with an XP machine, however I'm not sure what the exact cause was. What changed before the problem: I played around in HomeGroup and advanced...
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    Windows 7 Unable to resize/move/close ('X' greyed out) windows

    Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...
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    Windows 7 W7 Can't Stop CPU Throttling

    Not sure which forums to start posting this at so I will start here and move my way around. So here goes: I seem to be unable to stop Windows 7 RC1 7100 from auto Throttling my CPU. CPUID reports that the multiplier is fluctuation anywhere from x21 down to 8x dropping my corespeed from 3519 down...
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    Windows Vista Can i use a windows 2000 logon screen?

    I've made a hidden account using the steps below, Therefore, you cannot see the hidden account from the welcome menu. Now, in the Windows XP, all you had to do was press: Ctrl+Alt+Delete+Delete; however, windows vista does not have this option, so i was wondering if there is any way to enable...
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    Windows 7 Windows Explorer crash when opening media files.

    Although I've tried the registry edit in disabled sessions, whenever i try to open a media file in any folder, it says "windows explorer has stopped working" and restarts after the media file starts playing. Also, I can't turn off sounds even though i have "no sounds" applied. Those are my only...
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    Windows 7 Boot errors after expanding windows 7 partition

    Hello, This is my first time posting, so please be patient with me. The issue: I partitioned my drive and installed Windows 7. I've been growing increasingly confident of W7 and decided to start fazing out Windows XP. Using GParted Live I successfully shrunk the XP partition and increased the...
  7. Windows 7 Missing hard drives/partitions and optical drives

    Missing optical drives OK so you have lost your DVD/CD drive after installing Windows 7 Beta. Heres how to fix it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11*CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Apparently it seems that this is an age old fix for even XP systems. If you...
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    Windows 7 Renaming Hard Drives

    I am having a really difficult time "renaming" or "labeling" hard disk drives (ide) and (sata) and (usb) When I right click the drive and choose rename, it does nothing after I type the new name in, I also have tried to go into Disk Management to label them, same efffect, does nothing. (also...
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    Windows 7 Lost virtual memory / paging file on upgrade

    I upgraded to the beta from Vista. In Vista, I never had any memory related problems. Since starting with the beta, I began getting out of memory errors. I looked into it, and realized that for some reason, there is no longer any paging file in use. The problem is that I can't do anything to get...
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    Windows 7 Remote Desktop not working

    I can't seem to be able to remote desktop into my windows 7 pc. i have set my router to aim port 3333 at it, i have changed the port in the regedit to port 3333 on the win7 pc i have turned on remote connections and added the user i want, but it still fails to connect any ideas?
  11. Windows Vista Tips and Tricks: Enabling Aero Glass without a Supported Graphics Card

    :D Hi!!! Believe it or not, there's a way to cheat Vista into using many of the Aero glass effects even if you don't have a graphics card that supports the full Vista Aero theme. Try out this registry edit instead: 1. From the Start menu, type regedit and open the corresponding application...
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    Windows Vista Unable to login to hidden Vista Admin Account

    I have just done a fresh install of Windows VISTA Business x64 and have created 2 user accounts one is standard, the other is an admin account I have hidden the admin account using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList How do I...