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On two separate RTM installations, if I right-click on icons often enough (no set number of times) during the course of a session, I get the error message that explorer is restarting. It doesn't usually affect what is running but it is a pain to see the icons disappear and reappear. Is anyone...

I use the RTM and I was told by my it that the keys won't be ready till Mid October so when the Retail comes out how do you upgrade without doing a fresh install?

I have a partition on my hard drive: C & D. My "C" Drive has good old Windows XP and "D" drive has Windows 7 release 264 pre-RTM (activated). I have not used XP for six months. I got the Win7 RC and kept upgrading all the way to release 264... compliments of ... WZor Question: I want to...

I have a partition on my hard drive: C & D. My "C" Drive has good old Windows XP and "D" drive has Windows 7 release 264 pre-RTM (activated). I have not used XP for six months. I got the Win7 RC and kept upgrading all the way to release 264... compliments of ... WZor Question: I want to...

Back when I had version 7229, something really frustrating would often come up. A random application I was using would stop responding. I didn't think much of it because I thought, well it's pre-rtm so there's bound to be some problems, right? Well, after adding a second monitor, the freezes...

I am using Windows 7 RTM downloaded from Microsoft Technet site on 6 August. I having problems with the cursor jumping around while typing text in a text box especially in Yahoo Messenger. While typing the cursor would jump back to a prievous point in the line of text or sometimes highlighting...

I get a message when I do this that says I am trying to upgrade a 32 bit os to a 64 bit os or visa versa, but I am running windows vista ultimate 64 bit? How can I get the upgrade to work? I have the RTM release of windows 7 ultimate x64 and 32

i've completed the install for windows 7 ultimate x64 twice and no luck, it goes through everything perfectly, then it reboots to finish the installation and the progress bar moves... but then it blue screens and restarts. After the restart it will start loading windows 7 then display and error...

I created a homegroup on a W7 RTM machine that I was using for testing. Didnt bother to write down the password because I wasn't planning on using it on another machine at the time. Later I installed a new W7 RTM over the test version. When I try to join a homegroup it wants the password...

I've been using the BETA since it came out with no problems, recently because it expired and RTM wasn't on msdn yet at that time i installed the RC and since then i've been having a couple of random issues. Before i just remove the RC and grab a copy of the RTM i thought i'd ask here. (I don't...

Hi, does anyone know why windows 7 randomly seems to keep on scanning for my network? Sometimes when i try to access the network drives, windows 7 seems to be scanning for the files on the drive, i notice a green bar going across at the top and it slows the pc to a crawl. I am using the final...

I have just got a MSDN subscription and would like to try Windows 7, bit confused by which build I want though. I have access to versions updated on the 7th August which are 65921 Enterprise and 65922 Ultimate (x64) but how do these compare in terms of how new they are vs the RC and RTM that I...

The RTM version of Server 2008 R2 is available for download on TechNet. Make sure you go to the "Top Downloads" section and use the Akamai plug-in to download the iso and not File Transfer Manager. :)

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...

plsssss help, i dont to DL it in torrents.

I installed RTM (x86), and did a "fresh install". When setup was done, I went to delete Windows.old and Windows.000. Windows.000 deleted OK. Windows.old ( which has /Windows and /Program Files directories in it ) won't delete. The OS keeps telling me I need "Trusted Installer" permission to...

Hey gang, So now that Windows 7 is at the RTM stage (and has been for a while) the time to upgrade certain drivers is upon us.. It's important to remember that not every "beta" driver will still work on Win 7 RTM.. Keep this in mind if your going to install the RTM.. I'd recommend doing a...

I am upgrading RC to RTM and it says The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue: Storage controllers: AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller My controller is 100% up to date and functioning fine...

Hi all, Having an odd problem which has only started happening with the RTM build. Let me describe the symptoms. Every 5-15 minutes i seem to loose internet access. However, if i have an open connection, in this case a remote desktop connection, it remains working just fine. But if i try...

I am having a problem getting KB973923 to install on Windows 7 x64 RTM. Windows Update says it is installing it, but the progress bar does not move. I have waited for several hours and the update won't install. Pressing the "Stop installation" button in Windows Update doesn't do anything. I...