system update

Hi, after successfully installing windows 7 (my first windows install since XP, after which I moved to Ubuntu) and doing the initial set-up etc., installing my own anti virus software and MS Office etc, I thought it was time to let it update itself. however, every time I tell it to update...

Hiya All First post.....got a bit of an issue.I have a new netbook which has windows 7 starter installed. Go to do all the initial updates. Firstly it hangs and eventually the laptop restarted of its own accord. When it had all rebooted, most of the updates had installed with the exception of...

Hi. I am upgrading from Vista 64 Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium. I get to the expand files section, 18% 500 MB. The status bar tells me to reboot. I do that, and then after reboot the install stops with an unspecified cannot continue installing error. Only way forward is to boot Vista...

Hi guys, I'm having problems getting all of my 5.1 surround sound Logitech speakers working on a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional (x64), having completely formatted my hard drive of any previous operating systems. I have the following speakers: A.) Front-Left B.) Front-Right...

Windows update shows that "Update for windows 7 for x64-based systems KB974332" is available for installation. When I check to install that update, everything remains at 0%, so I need to shut down update aplication through task manager. I try to download that update from Microsoft site and...

Hi Everyone, System is completely up to date. I formated the HD and it will not read the recovery CD. I copied the recovery CD to a DVD and tried to boot from it. No good. Now what?

Hi I'm having trouble with Windows Update. I'm trying to install the language pack and Windows 7 Test Update form there, but i keep getting this error message. Code 800F081F Windows encountered an Unknown error Have anyone else got that error? I am currently using Microsoft Windows 7 RC...

Hi I am so far impressed with W7 (its stayed on my machine alot longer than vista did and I actually am beginning to use it more than my XP install) however now I am trying to remove the junk the MS insists on installing by using the Turn off windows features options. I can uncheck the items...

The improvements to Microsoft Office 2007 are here. How is everybody doing? Is it what they expected? Link Removed due to 404 Error 1.KB963678- Office Excel Help 2.KB963670- One Note 3.KB968503- Outlook Junk Mail Filter 4.KB963669-Power Point Help 5.KB963665-Office Word Help...

Hi there, apology on the multiple thread started if its the same problem i used to setup a ad-hoc network on my laptop to share my 3G mobile connection with my wife's laptop but since a system update for windows 7 a few days ago, my created ad-hoc network didnt show the "share internet...

I installed the trial version of Trend Micro, it istalled and updated correctly but I get a message that the Firewall did not start, is asking to start the Base Filtering Engine service, but it is up and running, restaring the service or the machine does not help. Anybody seen this?

Good News Build 7022 Visual Studio 2008 Works (32 Bit) Hi everyone Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition (includes Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, SQL server 2008 express edition. .NET 3.5, Visual Web developer 2008 SP1) ) all work flawlessly. Note however I installed these on VISTA...

Hi Kyle Can't understand your post on Photoshop CS4 -- I installed the extended version without a hitch on both X-32 and X-64 systems --works like a DREAM compared with VISTA - I'm running this on a Laptop where I've chucked out the 2 X 1GB Ram cards and installed 2 X 2GB (4GB). Windows update...

I am installing Vista 32-bit home SP1 on my desktop as an upgrade to XP SP3. I got through all the steps and there were only 3 programs that I was told wouldn't work with Vista, but they wouldn't be a problem. Anyway, this all started at around 9pm last night (Thursday). I went to bed at around...

You'd think I'd know this one by now, considering the EXACT same thing happened to me last year. Today I installed some updates to Vista. As soon as that was done, my sound went out. I tried updating my drivers, it said they were already up to date. So I tried doing the rollback, but the...

Hello, I would like to know based on this rating how good is this system for the future of gaming and video authoring. I'm wondering if I should update any of my components. Image of scores provided for visualization: Custom Rig built by me for XP (now Vista) Link Removed Thanks