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Hello I am experiencing random BSOD's (most frequently after boot). My computer used to have hardware malfunctions (without dumps), but i managed to narrow it down to a malfunctioning cpu and/or motherboard. I replaced the original (striker extreme) board and the cpu (e6850). The ram has also...

This has turned out to be a heck of a Monday as Intel Corp., the microprocessor giant based in Santa Clara has revealed that it halted production of 6 Series chipsets (codename Cougar Point) due to a design flaw that can affect their SATA performance, significantly. The bug is with one of the...

Ubuntu may be a great replacement for Windows, but it doesn't have to be for the netbook market. It runs, surprisingly, better than you think. More...

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Hello all, I bought a Windows 7 Pro 32bit OEM from Newegg soon as it came out. Recently my motherboard died so I decided to build another computer and dump the old one. Problem I have is the original dvd is bad, the disk will not load. I get the windows 7 spwizeng.dll is not a valid...

Hi there, I'm currently running windows xp sp3 and I'm going to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on Monday when my WD caviar black HDD arrives. Now my XP is running on a 70 gb raptor and I'd like to know what's a good way to wipe my data because I plan to replace it with the caviar black. I...

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I think the video card on my main PC a HP d5000t bit the dust last night the card is NVDIA GeForce 9800 GT. It shows an error code 43 in device manager. I tried deleting driver and reinstalling and no luck. It was strange when It happened. I booted up the PC and it froze and mouse cursor...

Hello, I had purchased LenovoG410 laptop a year before,and now,it can no longer hold charge.I am trying to purchase a new battery for the same laptop,but need help finiding out the manufacture date of laptop battery.How can we find the manufacture date?I searched my old battery all the...

Hi, I just got my first Windows 7 PC then down loaded Windows Live hoping to find a simple news reader. I really don't want to learn Live right now. Where can I find a simple news reader to replace Outlook Express. Thanks

what happened to the water cooler forum? does this replace it?

If you have a laptop and are considering adopting a "Windows 7 OS" right now. It might be more prudent to hold off. Windows 7 has been labeled the biggest blood sucker of Lithium Batteries than any other "OS" that proceeded it. There have been many complaints that Windows 7 effectively kills...

Hi, Upgraded from XP Pro to Win 7 Pro and mostly good. Badly miss the little utility that added features to the top bar in Windows Explorer, 'Folder Size' for photos etc. Anyone know of a replacement?

Hi Dell are going to replace my laptop on which I have installed a full retail version of Windows 7. Is there anything I need to do on the old machine to make sure I can install and activate the operating system on the new machine? The replacement will actually be 'exactly the same' model...

About three days ago my Windows 7 told me I need to consider replacing my laptops battery. "There is a problem with your battery, so your computer might shut down suddenly". I did the energy report thing and it said my battery's full charge was 37%. The weird thing is, overnight my laptop...

What now....I bought windows 7 family pack and my hard drive crashed on my apple cumputers virtual drive. The HD is being replaced. Do I need to contact microsoft for a different product Key? What do I need to do? :frown:

Is there a compatability list for windows 7 somewhere or what because i'm haveing a problem with my internet and my ISP says it's got to be a driver issue but all my drivers for my Wireless addapter are updated and still the problem presists i have a TRENDnet TEW-623PI. And if that ends up...

I purchased the windows 7 pro 64 bit OEM version ,installed it and everything is fine. I then misplaced the win 7 disk or it has found legs and left ,i also thought i would be smart and stick the purchase receipt in the Cd case,so this to is gone. I did though, remove the license and stuck it...

Tried the 32bit disc and it went right to setup for install but the 64bit disc just grinds away in the drive. I tried a few other discs and they work fine, how do I get a replacement for this thing? Or is there a work-around for this? Running 64bit vista currently with no problems.

Hi. New to the forums, and had an interesting problem I hope you all can help me with. First off System Specs: Laptop: Dell Precision M4300 OS: Windows 7 RC 64 Bit CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20 GHz Display: NVidia Quadro FX 360M Ram: 4 GHz (don't know clock cycles) Alright, now the...