system update

Hey everyone, I just recently purchased windows 7 ultimate 64bit, and i have ran into this problem for quite some time. When downloading things or streaming videos, my computer becomes very slow and choppy even though my cpu usage is low. I usually notice this problem when my pc has been on for...

Hello, I am experiencing the following issue on my system and have been unable to find a solution so far. I have connected a LaCie 1TB External Disk drive on my system and the disk randomly disappears from my system and is no more visible and accessible. Depending on the connection type the...

I have this weird problem that cropped up a couple of weeks ago. I have 64-bit Windows 7 installed on my system. I previously had Vista, but did a clean install. I've been running Windows 7 since the middle of December. For some reason the window borders don't show up around certain icons. As...

I have a problem with getting sound after installing win7 ultimate 7600. 32-bit system. All seems to be working, but im not getting any sound out of my speaker or jackplug. The latest drivers are installed and there is no error message with the driver. I`ve tried many different drivers. I`ve...

[Solved] ATI Drivers on older laptop not working Hello! I've been having this issue for about a week now, and have been searching nonstop for a solution, but theres nothing that works. Its a really annoying one, and i turn to you guys in hope for some answers.. See, i have this laptop, an...

Today, after a regular update of the OS (which is a Windows 7 HP 64-bit) my mouse stopped working. Unplugged it, pug it back and got an error message saying that the driver was not installed correctly because it could not be identified (I have been using Windows 7 for a month and nothinh...

Well i posted both here and smartlaunch forums to see if i can get any help. Okay am upgrading my Pc's in my NetCafe and willing to use windows 7 home premuim installed. (october version) After everything was installed correctly with Windows7 i have launched the program SmartLaunch for the...

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...