system configuration

I have a brand new HP Envy dv6 with windows 8 on it from the factor. I have some software that is only available in Windows 7 with upgrade to windows 8 versions 6 to 12 months off. I figured no big deal, I've done dual boots before. Well it's different now. I made a partition, formatted it...

In the past I typed services.msc in the run entry field to access directly the Servcies dialog. Now I wanted to use it again (under WIndows 7). Unfortunately it cannot be found by Win7. Did the name changed? Yes, it is still accessible through Control Panel-->Administrative tools but I...

I have 8GB of RAM. I surf the Net, use email and play a couple of Windows games; Free Cell and Solitaire. I also have RamDisk set at 4096MB with temp and tmp files along with temporary internet files. The data below is first with nothing but SeaMonkey running. The second set of numbers is...

my 16-bit clipper application software is installed on a dedicated win7-64 bit system-C drive. (CompA) the .exe file is TIMELOG.EXE (clipper 16 bit file). the folder name is TIME (since it is installed on a dedicated system, i do not need to run the software on CompA. CompA is networked to 8...

Hi, I assembled a new PC for our Movie and Video Editing Team. The configuration is : Motherboard ASUS P9X79 Pro Model Processor Intel Core i7 3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz RAM Corsair Vengeance 8x4 GB kit , 32GB total RAM Boot Drive Crucial m4 256GB SSD Video Storage WD Caviar...

On my system I have an SSD,so I have (Windows Restore) turned off. When I download a program and try to install it ,it says creating a Restore Point and sits there for a while. A log while. I have found that I can go into Safe Mode and install things with no problem,fast. Even after it is...

I would like to create a bat file that will enable Network Discovery, disable sleep or hibernation, enable autologon for the administrator, and change the desktop image... Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks, Mike

Hello all, Brand new user here. Trying to ad Hoc between a laptop with Win7 Startup and a home-build with Win7 Home Premium. I finally got each to see each other; however, all I can get to show in the Network icon of each system is C:\Users. In there I have Default and Default User (no Public...

HI ! Yesterday I opened my computer and cleaned the inside because it was full of dust. After I started it I have gotten a Blue Screen Error quite alot (every 15-30 mins) This is not the first time I've cleaned the inside of this computer and have cleaned a few others too but nothing like that...

Hello, I have problem when my windows 7 it does not load task bar or icons all and i cant do anything only have cursor i tried last known good configuration but it didn't help I think its something in registry. I can boot system up in safe mode. Can anyone help me ? Thanks!

32 vs 64 bit programs on secondary drives or partitions? I recently built a new PC and made a major jump from WinXP to Windows 8. I have been so used to organizing things my own way on my system by partitioning two different hard drives, with each partition used for different types of...

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After thinking that I'd fixed an error in the PrecisionX program for my new GPU, I find that it is not fixed. While looking to see that it was installed properly, I now find that all of my programs, including every game from Steam, is installed on both the SSD and the HDD. How did I mess up like...

Managed to resolve this by changing to CSM

hi i am tryin to setup dual monitors on my zoostorm pc. i have connected 1 monitor on the vga port and the other on the dvi port. at the moment i have the same display on both screens. my system only recognises 1 screen - generic PnP monitor on standard vga graphics adapter do i need to...

Hello all, A few of my programs are unable to communicate with their servers now and I can't figure out why as they were find two weeks ago and I haven't made any changes since then. The issue lies with a service/program within Windows as all the programs communicate fine in Safe Mode...

What drivers do i need? Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump Crash dumps are enabled on your computer. On Sun 1/6/2013 5:31:51 PM GMT your computer crashed crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\010613-13696-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x7EFC0)...

Sorry, if this should be in the hardware forum... I am doing a fresh (bare metal) install. I am experiencing a weird problem with Win7 not remembering drive letter. I am hoping that someone has run across this problem and has the answer. I tried "Diskpart automount enable". It did not work...

Windows 7 Pro and Windows XP PRO “Semi Dual boot” My question is labeled “”Semi Dual Boot” because I have a situation involving WIN 7 Pro and WIN XP Pro on the same computer. Background --How I got to where I need to make this post I had a WIN XP PRO, SP3 system installed,(100% genuine...

I have 3 hard disks of 2 TB each with plenty of space for partitions. I run a multi-boot manager with a number of Windows OSs including Windows Vista and Windows 7, along with a number of Linux distros. I would like to install Windows 8 in its own partition, not upgrade Windows 7. I am...