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  1. HOWTO: Remove and Replace Nexus 7 Battery

    Is the Nexus 7 so internally complex that you can't change the battery? Perhaps not. Check out this video, as we rip a broken one right open. For the record, although our sites emphasize Windows products, Android products are great as well. Too bad this one took a turn for the worse. We had to...
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    Windows 7 Random BSODs, Tried everything, Totally out of options

    Hello, For a while now, i've been getting these bluescreens, I've reinstalled windows, reseated everything in the PC, done everything in my power to try and fix them, and usually I can do it myself with WinDbg, but I'm stumped now. I really have no idea what they are saying at all. In the...
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    Windows 8 How to replace windows explorer shell with your own program?

    Hi everyone I made my own windows replacement shell, but im having trouble finding out where to replace it at , in windows xp all i had to do was go to regedit find windows explorer and replace it to some thing like this C:\myprogram\name.exe and then when i restart the computer my name.exe...
  4. Windows 7 Hard Drive Hassle

    I just received a replacement drive for a WD5001AALS 500GB Black that had some bad sectors. The "new" drive is a WD1001FALS white label 1000GB. While I'm not very pleased about the label, I thought that the size difference sort equaled things out, but I wasn't sure how it would effect my...
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    Windows 7 If I bought this laptop, could I upgrade the processor by taking it out and replacing with a faster

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    Windows 8 Whats this new replacement for bios and why?

    When did computers start using this thing called ueifi I believe? Confusing to say the least and for me at least not that easy to get to. The only complaint as such I have with my new Sony laptop. I never can seem to remember which function key gets me there, and from what I have seen of it...
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    Windows 7 Extremely high access/seek time for hard disk

    After a long wait of 2 weeks I got my Hands on new Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN - Corei7 3610QM, 8GB DDR3 1600, Nvidia Geforce GT650M, and...... a 5400 rpm HDD :(Seagate Momentus ST1000LM024).....The system was not delivering the expected performance, so i did a benchmark of the HDD using...
  8. Windows 8 The Hidden Windows 8 Start Menu Replacement

    One of the more controversial aspects of Windows 8 is that the Start button has disappeared altogether — a conscious choice by Microsoft to encourage people to adopt and use the Metro interface. There’s not much chance of it officially returning, but there is a minor replacement of sorts built...
  9. Windows 7 "CPU Fan Error! Press F1 to Resume" (cpu fan gummed up)

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this, though this one seems to be the closest to a general-hardware forum on this site. A couple of months back, I was having an issue with my CPU heatsink/fan not spinning at the correct speed. Upon examination, it was fairly clear the fan itself...
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    Windows 7 New Warranty Replacement MOBO - can only use remote desktop w/IP address

    I have a desktop machine that I built and the ASUS motherboard died. ASUS sent me a replacement under warranty (exact same model). This machine is running Windows 7 Professional. I used to be able to access remote desktop from my other PCs using the DNS friendly name. Now I can only access...
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    Windows 7 Best total replacement shells

    What total replacement shells do you like for Win 7? I've heard about #E and LightStep, but #E is no longer developed, and I didn't like lightsteps theme setup (too much hassle if you ask me) are there any other shell replacements that are free and in development?
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    Windows 7 Strange Problem Consider Replacing Battery

    Hi, I bought a new battery 2 months before, it is working fine for for 2 to 3 hours. Recently i am updating my windows after that i am getting to consider replacing battery message. Then i re-install my win xp also, but it shows same message. So please suggest me what is the Problem?
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    Windows 7 What's a good replacement for Daemon Tools?

    Daemon tools was giving me blue screens and I'm not sure what software is a good replacement for it so I thought I would ask here. I would appreciate it if the software does not have a history of causing problems for people either xD
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    Windows 7 how do I replace the main gateway PC in my home network

    Hello, I am replacing my main computer which is connected to router in home network and wonder if all I have to do in put new tower in place of the old and the computer and router will read each and network will be set up. Thanks
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    Windows 7 Should I say, Goodbye MSE

    :confused: - My notebook suddenly became unresponsive. I looked in Task Manager and found 99% of the CPU cycles were being consumed by MSE. Should I say Goodbye to MSE? What would the replacement be? What If ? - I configured its real time features? How significant might that be?
  16. Windows 7 Will new motherboard void my copy of W7

    I have a damaged PCIx16 slot & need to replace my motherboard, when I re-install W7 will it see my mobo as a whole new machine (1 copy per machine) and reject my W7 serial when it tries to activate online? Could someone help clarify this for me please.
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    Windows 7 Need Help Matching Dell XPS 8300 Hard Drive for Urgent Driver Update

    Dell 8300 xps, 6 GB, I see urgent at the Dell site for driver update to the hard drive. Dell replaced my original hard drive two months ago. How do I match the one I have with the one they want to update. I have seached everyywhere to see if any of the numbers in device manager or system...
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    Windows 7 this is incredible i had bsod on my sony laptop and now sony replaced it and new one also has bsod

    My previous sony vaio(almost new)started to get bsod *fact> that this one got a replacement memory before it was a 4gb memory now its 6gb. Soo they did a system restore because sony couldn't find anything in software problems. So after the recovery it still had bsod, they changed the hard...
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    Windows 7 Digital signature needed - no Updates

    Hi Have a Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 W7 X64. Hard drive crashed..installed WD replacement and installed the 3 discs for windows 7 Premium and the disc for drivers. Got message "Windows cannot verify Digital Signature for the drivers........... So re-re-re installed the 3 Windows discs...
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    Windows 7 windows7 install from hard drive going bad

    Hopefully this is the right place for this! I have a hard drive that has windows7 home premium installed that I am being told is going bad and needs replaced. Here's my question: is there any way to reinstall my copy of windows 7 home premium from my going bad hard drive (it has the recovery...