software compatibility

I have two hard drives, each has two partitions, XP is on C and Windows 7 is on the second hard drive. XP was installed first. then 7 in a dual boot. When I am in XP I can see all the hard drives like normal. When I am in Windows 7 I cannot see the C drive with XP. Windows Explorer only...

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Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post but having looked around seemed best to me. My mothers computer recently failed. She had Vista installed on a striped raid array, unfortunately one of the disks failed, and she never thought to backup any of her data. However on the disk that...

I am running W7 with and old Eudora 7 program. I am having trouble sending muliple addresses on email. If I am in the address book and want to select a random group of addresses if I hold down the contol key i am only able to choose two addresses. The third address deletes to first one I...

I was just wondering if anyone knew whether Symatec Client Security 10 works with Win7 Ultimate (32bit)?

Hello, I am writing from Italy. I own a Samsung SGH-E900 and a PC with Windows 7 64bit. I wanted to know if there was a way to operate the cellular phone with Windows 7. I tried to install PC Studio 3 (of my CD, which is compatible for Windows XP) but the drivers I install them, but if I connect...

Hi, I'm doing some work trying to convert older .hlp files to be compatible with Windows 7. What format are Windows 7 help files in and how can I convert .hlp files to it? They still need to interact with the software as well. Any help is much appreciated, Thanks! J

I've got Windows 7 Pro, and needed to install the Virtual PC option to get access to XP. All went well and everything is installed. However, when I switch to the XP session, I cannot connect to the net and I get a "The page cannot be displayed" error. None of the other software for accessing...

I have recently upgraded from windows XP Home to Windows 7 Home Premium. In XP I had no problem getting all my audio to come out of my 5.1 surround speakers and all was dandy. Ever since I upgraded I have faced the issue of various applications not making use of all channels. Namely...

I've used Hosts files for many years. This spring I started using Orbit's downloader to save flash video files while using RC7 and no problems. I installed it on my new retail install a few days ago. The first thing I noticed was my IE shortcut to Weather channel didn't load then some more...

I have tried to install windows 7 64 bit on a asus k50ij running vista 64 bit. I am installing from an upgrade disk that was mailed to me because i bought the laptop shortly before the release. The installation always hangs at Copying Windows Files 0% I ran the upgrade advisor and uninstalled...

Hi there. I have before on Vista used a program called Spacetime 3D. I now have Windows 7 Pro x64 RTM and it says it cannot find msvcr71.dll It had worked fine even in Build 7100 of Windows 7!! I have searched and have found the file, but no one can tell me where I am supposed to put the file...

Is there such a thing as some software that is for Windows Vista but not Windows 7? The reason I ask is because sometimes I want to install some software that the manufacture site says it's Vista compatible but they don't mention Windows 7. So my question is, if a software is compatible for...

I have this very annoying problem , Ctrl + A,C,V not working in any programs. But Ctrl + S for saving files and other are working fine. I've both in Normal and Safe Mode , same issue. Any solution for this one ? I've tried updating all the drivers for my system which has a compatible version...

Soon I will be switching from RC to Retail version of Windows 7 both 64 bit. Right now I am dual booting and all my software works in both. Is there any practical reason to keep Vista My PC it just went out of warrantee? I want to wipe 7 format it then resize partition for the new install. Joe

I have recently installed windows 7 on my laptop, hp tx2500. I like it but what worries me is that, youtube videos are not loading. When i click on a link, i get the image of a circle in the center of the video, indicating that it is loading but it never does, some times i get a blank black...

For some reason after switching from vista to 7, one of my files no longer opens with the proper program. I tried to change it the normal way (right clicking it and going to open with, clicking on browse and choosing the correct program) but whenever I do that it simply goes back to the original...

I'm using Vonage Companion and I have a Skype phone plugged into a USB port. For some reason when WIN 7 goes to sleep it drops the drivers for the phone. So I unplug it and plug it back into the USB port and it would work fine. Later I found out I could go to the control panel. Click on Hardware...

Hello. I'm using Windows 7 professional and i'm facing problems when i start unpack 2gigs+ .rar files my cpu usage is around 0-20% but while after running unpack my cpu usage goes 70-100% and all my usb ''unplugs'' from windows. Used programs: Winrar, 7-zip and Free RAR Extract Frog but all...

Recently installed Win. 7 Ultimate over Vista Home Premium. Real easy, no problems. When I went to use the Windows Live Movie Maker to make a slide sbow of some vacation photos, I could not add music. When I installed a Music CD and tried to down load it into the computer, it went directly to...