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    Windows 7 OEM Windows 7 64bit for system builds only......QUESTION?

    Hi, I am new to this site, first post. I have a PC that currently has windows XP Pro 32 bit installed. I wish to upgrade this system to Windows 7 64bit. Can you help with the following please: 1) How can i check if this PC will support windows 7 64bit? 2) I purchased a windows 7 64 bit home...
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    Windows 7 New 64-bit Win7 build/install - SLOW multitasking

    I just built a new gaming system with Windows 7 and all seems to be working well so far for the most part. I'm still installing apps, games, etc. I have noticed that during installation of games utilizing my bluray drive multitasking comes to a stand still. For example, the 1st disc of a game...
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    Windows 7 NEED HELP - No system/flash application/window media player sound!!!!

    Recently, I just built a new computer system with the following specs: _i7 930 _Gigabyte X58A-UD3R _3x2GB ADATA RAM _Gigabyte 460GTX I connected my old speakers (SoundMax 5.1) to the new computer with all the required drivers installed from the bundled driver disks. However, as far as I...
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    Windows 7 Trouble installing Windows 7 on new computer

    Problem description: I've just built myself a new computer. It was my first time ever building a computer from scratch, although I have played around with the innards of my old one and replaced most things aside from the motherboard and cpu so I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing. I got...
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    Windows 7 Blue screen

    Hello, I have just built a new system and keep getting the blue screen it comes up at random times and It comes up at least once a day, Hopefully these are the right files, cheers. Ben
  6. Windows 7 BSOD after installing Malicious Software Removal Tool update

    Just finished a new build last week, all has been going well until this morning... Before heading off to work, Windows requested to install an update to the malicious software removal tool. As it was installing, I got the BSOD with the following file error: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT Rebooted in Safe...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 installation problems

    i built a system for my sister and can not get windows 7 to load at all. i have built and fixed many systems and i'm using the system i built for my sister right now. it runs anything i put into it but the windows 7. i have tried so many ways of making it work. first was just the full install...
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    Windows 7 Motherboard Upgrade due to Incompatibility

    Hey I've recently build my new system but i guess i didn't do enough background research on my components since I was one of the many who paired an ASUS P6TD v1 board with an Intel Core I7 930. Been having problems ever since building it. Would have long stable periods and then not be able to...
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    Windows 7 BOOTMGR is missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart - newly build computer, can't format my HDD

    My system is: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" ASUS M4A79XTD EVO Motherboard 4GB RAM 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 I am sure that everything is assembled correctly, and everything...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 unexpectidly crashes

    I have just builet and intel I 7 920 with 6 gigs of ddr3 and an ATI G Force 5850 DDR5 vidio card and 2 1 TB hard drives with a OCZ 400 watt powersuply in a thermotake black case. windows keeps crashing I was able to install linux on it no problems but when I tried to install windows 7 Ultamate...
  11. Windows 7 ATI XFX 5770 or Nvidia BFG GTX 260?

    Whats the better cards out of these? There is my price range. Graphic Cards - ATI Radeon HD 5000 - ATI Radeon? HD 5770 OR BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OC 896MB PCIe 2.0 now i hear that the 5 series ATI cards have issues at the momment, with driver crashes and the CCC randomly acting...
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    Windows 7 Reboot right before installation completes/hardware?

    Hello Everyone, This is my first post so excuse me if I dont provide all relevant info right off the bat. Today I built a new workstation for my job, got everything assembled and started the Windows 7 installation process. System looks like this Antec Three Hundred Case Corsair 550 W...
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    Windows 7 Can not complete installation of Win7 on RAID 10 setup

    OH boy, I need help. Not sure what else I can try, please help (wife wants to shoot me). Quick overview: - build a system with 1 WD1101FALS HDD and installed Windows 7 64 bit no problem. All was good for few days until I got a bug to set up a RAID 10. - Went out bought 3 more of the same...
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    Windows 7 blue screan but it is not the blue screan of death

    hay all i just built an i5 system with windos 7 prem 32bit and all was good till i started doing some file transfer then a blue screan showed up then after about 10secs it just turned off but the thing is that it is not the blue screan of death what could it be i need some held thanks cshoppe
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Prof 64 bit not coming out of sleep!

    After about 2 or 3 time of going into sleep mode my pc some time won't wake up I would hve to reset and let it boot back up. I started shutting down every night instead of letting it go to sleep. Other than that I built this system and I am very pleased with win 7. Just a few little burps here...
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    Windows 7 W7 installer not recognizing Blu-ray DVD drivers

    I'm sure i cant be the first with this problem, but after searching for about an hour or so im just gonna ask directly, sorry if this is a duplicate request. I'm Building a killer system for a friend of mine. Windows 7 64bit Ultimate for System Builders Asus Crosshair III Forumla 790FX...
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    Windows 7 Blank blue screen? (not BSOD)

    Hi All, I have a new system i have built but it keeps freezing into a black blue screen, i cannot call the task manager or see the cursor at all. It is not long after boot up, but doesn't seem to be at a certain time (ie its always very soon after start up but rather random, could be a...
  18. Windows 7 General W7 Driver Question

    I just finished building a new system and decided to install Windows 7 RTM on it and waiting out the the official release date hoping that since it's the RTM I can use my "offical" serial number to register when the product is "offically" here. Once of the things that I've noticed is the...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 64bit Install Error 0xE000100

    I am attemtpting to install the win 64bit 7 RC on a brand new build. I am using a USB stick as my install media. The install boots, although it takes a VERY long time to get from when windows begins to load the setup files to the place where I have issues (about 15 - 20 minutes). Where the...
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    Windows 7 Hardware problem? - rule out Windows 7 RC

    Hi everyone, I've recently built my first system and installed Windows 7. I wonder if any of you experts could kindly assist? I'm having frequent 0x00000124 BSODs and I'm trying to go through all the possibilities. The system usually crashes under load (GTA4) but sometimes just for no...