system setup

I'm aware that there are other old posts about this issue, but I need to throw it into the forum again as it seems to be unresolved. After a new (clean) install of Windows 7, the start menu is empty - all installed programs and other items usually posted by the installer are missing. Is there...

I'm running Windows 7 on a system with two hard drives. I have the OS and applications installed on one drive (SSD) and moved my user folder (documents, pictures, etc) onto a second hard drive. Well, that second hard drive died on me, so I have to replace it. My question: how should I go about...

I have a laptop with a pair of 500Gb physical HDDs, each drive has 3 partitions. For the past 18 months I have been successfully running Vista (my original OS) on C: and Win 7 Home Premium installed on my G: partition on the 2nd physical drive. I think that Vista is irrelevant now and want to...

Hi, I have 2 -500 gig hard drives, first and the original is a Vista 32 Ultimate, the second is Win 7pro 64 bit. I love the 64 bit win 7:D. The vista is too slow and takes forever to load:(. What I would like to do is create a RAID 1 setup where as the the two HDDs will be mirrored in case of...

I have 2 hard drives both 500 gigs. One currently has Win Vista 32 Ulti, the second Win 7 64 bit. I do not use the Vista because it is so slow. How do I set up a raid 1 to mirror my Win 7 64 HD and erase the Vista 32? Or will doing this erase both drives and start from new? Or do I have to...

Did you know that the Adobe AAM Updater is scheduled to run every day at 02:00? AAM Updater plants itself in your Task Scheduler and your Startup to maintain this routine. Yet Adobe probably releases an update only every couple of months. If you try to delete those entries, the next time you...

So i built a new Comp. AMD 965 Asus Crosshair Crucial 4g ballistic Ram Samsung F3 1T HHD LG DVD/Burner So I configured my bios and all parts are good. I go to install Windows 7 for the first time. I partitioned the drive and have way through the installation process I get an error for...

Hi, Ive weird problem when i move windows on my pc. Ive never got any of this on my last s.939 platform. After i changed it to AM3(but still keeping my old 8800gt card) i have this weird problem. When i used windows xp every window i moved up left trail behind it. Ofcourse I instaled all...

Hi Guys. I hope this is in the right Forum. Briefly. I tried to reformat my dads hard drive to reinstall windows 7. It was in 2 partitions, so i ran the windows 7 disc and it ran through the motions, i formatted the c to re-install windows and it wouldn't let me. I went into dos under...

I recently did a clean install of my system. I had previously used the Family Pack key 3 times on 3 separate computers. I did the clean install on one of those three computers but now it won't recognize the key, even though it is legit. Is this a known issue? and is there a way to fix it?

Hey Guys )) A friend of mine is looking for a driver for his newly installed Win7 system (x32) The drivers we have work in XP SP3, but dont seem to want to work in Win7. The board is an MSI Neo2 875P LSR-FIS2R the drivers needed are for a "ADI SoundMax Drivers for ICH5" I was hoping one...

So after some days of playing around with Windows 7 I feel that it would be worth while building my new systems on Windows 7 rather than XP pro again. So a little advice on which way to go would be a great help please. Now I am a software developer that uses a lot of 32bit applications...

Hi, The issue I am dealing with is: I started off running XP but decided to try windows 7. So I installed it on another hard drive (while running XP, thus forming a dual boot system) after testing out windows 7 I want to switch to just that (but Windows 7 hard drive cannot boot without the XP...

I just rebuilt my desktop and installed Windows 7. I had thought to put My Pictures and My Music on separate Hard Drives from the Operating System and everything else; OR would performance be better with all on one hard drive and backing up the My Music and My Pictures to separate Hard Drives...

For the past two days my computer has been randomly freezing. When it happens, the keyboard and mouse become unresponsive and the display becomes frozen, continually displaying whatever was on screen at the time. If any sound is playing at the time it freezes, then a single, continuous tone...

hi i need an urgent help regarding dual booting.but just for some info,i want to tell u that i have windows vista ultimate x64 and windows 7 ultimate x64.Both are retail version,to which i apply crack to activate it.which works. this is the case in single OS installation. but i want to install...

1. if i put my page file swap file temp folder on its own partition, is it best to use fat32? if i remember right fat 32 is fastest just isnt the best for space usage. 2. does reinstalling windows after time (1-2 years) create better performance? im not sure what it is but windows xp and...

Good Day All I loaded Windows 7 64 a couple of weeks ago in a new installtion and it has been running very well for the most part. One thing that I find impressive is the Program Compatibility Monitor. I loaded an older 32 Bit Software Application that I thought was running well. But I started...

Ok so i bought a Belkin Easy Transfer cable to use the Windows Easy Transfer feature, the reason being is that I have several PCs in the house, 2 of them are gaming PCs, the others are HTPCs, I also have a laptop and not to mention my sister & dad uses one too, so I often have to copy files...

hello All i need help installing windows 7 when i go to boot my system it asks to press any key to boot frm CD - did it after that it a screen appeard for choosing language and bla bla after that screen apperead and i clicked on install windows 7 after that setup loaded and i choosed...