I have a Windows vista Home edition and will be upgrading to Windows 7 professional. Windows 7 professional doesn't allow an upgrade path from vista home so i'll need to do a clean install. My question is if there is some way to make a backup of my programs and then just transfer them into...
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Please read, Even though I was not having the problem described in this article, I ran the fix and yes I had the old files instead of the new as stated.It will do no harm to check the fix will only work if your machine need it.
Excerpts from another forum..No credit to me.
I can say from my...
I have bought the upgrade of windows 7 to professional 64 bit system. Since my pc is running the 32 bit system I have to remove the old OS by deleting it on the hard disk. I have 4 partitions to my hard disk and I dont know which to format or delete or what.
I have Disk 0 partition 1: System...
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: 0000000000000002
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: FFFFF80002A95A83
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\031911-17752-01.dmp
C:\Users\Hass\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-41184-0.sysdata.xml...
Hi all,
Well.explorer.exe size has changed...But there has been windows 7 updates,etc.
Every winodws 7 update is up to date,etc.But i would replace it but i don't know if its changed from an update or infected,etc.Thanks,So would anyone know if this is the legit file?.Thank You
The size of...
Lately I've noticed two identical appearing icons on my desktop, entitled desktop.ini.
Do I need these. I'm trying to reduce the clutter.
One says last modified 8/8/10 and the other 6/26/10.
When I start to delete it, it says it is a system file.
Can I delete it?
Mel
Hi, I am having serious problems with my PC at the moment.
It started a couple of days ago when an error appears on one of my hard drives (second drive) during bootup, but after the first encounter I logged into windows fine and thought nothing of it. A while after my desktop froze and I was...
I am having a number of minor but niggling problems with my computer like
1 After installing the latest update of Nokia Ovi Suite I can no longer connect my Nokia phone to my computer as Nokia Ovi Suite will not, or cannot, install the drivers.
2 My web browsing is sometimes quite slow...
I have a desktop I've been using with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit since launch with very few issues. I downloaded SP1 for it from this website's link and installed it. Ever since the install I get BSOD 7F error messages about 6-7 times a day. I've attempted to uninstall SP1 through the command...
Having changed from XP I find the "Search" facility in Win 7 to be unsatisfactory for my purposes. Whilst it will locate files that have been indexed I am unable to locate system files and others. eg. .exe and .dll. I have just had need to locate a .dll file and the search facility would not do...
Javascript will not run in IE 8 32-bit under Windows 7 post malware. Will run in IE 8 64-bit version.
Previous description:
EDIT: Original problem seemed that is was an ActiveX problem, but now it seems that the issue is actually the running of Javascript in IE8 32-bit. It has been reset and...
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All my custom themes just stopped working!
I had a problem with very slow loading of video thumbnails, so I found this solution:
* open windows start menu
* type cmd and wait for cmd.exe to appear listed under the title Programs:
* right click on cmd.exe and choose "Run as...
i have just built a computer and im trying to install windows 7.
it copies the system files over in milliseconds (which cant be true) and when its expanding the files it just turns off at 67%?
also when i am trying to format it to be found it wont show on my other computer ? :mad:
I purchased a laptop with Vista installed by the manufacturer and the recovery info on another partition. I've since reformatted the C: drive and installed Windows 7. Now, when I run SFC, it is comparing files (I think) to those in the Recovery partition (which is Vista). How do I set up my...
I have got an error with system restore as follows;
System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and
settings were not changed.
System Restored failed to extract the original copy of the directory from the restore
point.
Source: %System Root%\registration...
I'm doing a Windows 7 tutorial. In it I'm imaging a Windows 7 Virtual Machine. I rebooted the VM and booted from my physical WinPE CD.
The book SPTK 70-680 (Ian McLean) gives pretty good instructions but I have different drive letters than what’s in the book.
The book says to enter...
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Specs:
Windows 7 (x86) installed on a Raid0 array, Intel E8400 (stock), Asus P5K-E, 4x1GB OCZ ram (@800MHz, 2.1V), Ati HD5770 graphics card, Sonata case (550 W p/s)
Occasionally when gaming, my PC crashes. 60% of the time, the display gets distorted for a fraction of a second, then the monitor...
Just bought a 1TB external hard drive for use to back up files and system. Now, i understand Windows 7 backup will not back up Program Files and System files even if they are selected, instead that i done by creating a system image. Am i correct in saying that when i go to 'Let me choose' in the...