system upgrade

So I've been using ReadyBoost for a few years now (4GB stick formatted in exFAT file system seems to work nicely). And now I'm upgrading my system to a hybrid hard drive (was going to do SSD but 750GB with 8BG flash cache was cheap as heck compared to SDD). I'm looking for someone with real...

I have a computer that I bought refurbished and they loaded the 32 bit version of Windows Home Premium. I need to run the current version of Photoshop and it only runs on 64 bit. Need to do a clean install and I have no problem with that since their are very few programs on the computer. My...

Hey everyone. I am once again running into a BSOD within minutes of booting into Windows 7 Pro. I don't know where this came from but two days ago my system was running just fine and now, I am getting nothing but a big pain in my butt. My two dump files and the info about my system are...

Built new puter and installed Windows 7 Pro.....backed up old system before system went south (had Vista on it)...had been using Mozilla Thunderbird........backed up profiles (including old mails, as far as I know) specifically.......both system back and profile backup on external drive on new...

No Beta OS should ever be installed, except as, follows: 1. On a spare machine 2. Virtually 3. As a dual-boot. 4. Run from a USB stick Never as an Upgrade or replacement to an existing, current, non-beta OS. Never on a production machine. Nor, BTW, can one move from 1 Beta of an OS to the...

I first found out at the beginning of last year that there was going to be a Windows 8,and that Microsoft had finished making Windows 8.And I read about and saw a preview of what Windows 8 was going to be like,and I knew right away that I did not like it. To tell you the truth, when I first saw...

Hey everyone, Background info: My company uses blank CCID cards that store a name and number on them and we use them with our handset devices so clients and customers can vote and interact with our software. We have been using windows xp to read and burn our smart card's internally and...

We've touched on the topic about the speed of Win-8 compared to XP and Win-7, but tonight I decided to do something about that. I moved Windows 8 from an old 80 gig Sata II drive to a new Seagate SATA III (6GBM) drive on a SATA III controller card. Windows XP would not run on the SATA III...

I have a dual boot system with Win XP (installed first) and Windows 7 x64 (installed second). I want to replace XP with a clean install of another Win7 x64. Are there any concerns, issues to be aware of ? Will multiple boot menu be still available after installation? Thanks! Zabukowski

My system installed he W7 SP1 a week or so ago - immediately had a problem: my ATI 9600 graphics card stopped working with the upgraded driver giving the error message: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing (code 39). The legacy drivers...

If anyone is thinking about upgrading or building a system then for RAM at least the time is now.. I have been noticing more and more articles like this one: DRAM prices drop even further I've got my eye on some very cheap DDR2 which is now definitely playing second fiddle to DDR3. At one...

Hey there, Im new here and I just wanted to just ask a quick question to anyone that will hear me out... Ive currently got 2 systems running.. -Win 7 32bit with 2x2gb DDR2 ram -Win XP Pro with 2x512mb DDR2 ram and I currently have a single 1gb DDR2 ram card spare. as my Win7 system is only...

So first off i didnt know where to post this so im posting it here. Alright so i upgaded my Sony Vaio VGN-NR310E Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit to Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit and everything worked for a night then i woke up and our power was turned off and when it came back on the usb ports...

Hello. I have a small problem whit yahoo messenger since i upgraded to win 7 sp1. It seems every time i close yahoo, the icon in the right corner bar doesn't dissapear. It also doesn't work, i click on it right click, left click, nothing. I can open a new yahoo messenger from the desktop icon...

I am using a computer as a storage area network, which means i have a shared hard drive mapped to 12 computers in the network, since i upgraded the operating system from server 2003 to windows 7 professional 64bit I'm having a problem that only the computers with windows 7 can access the...

Hi there , First I thought it was just a problem with the Logitech G700 gaming mouse I have but then I try to switch to another mouse an the exact same problem persisted. PROBLEM: When I click left mouse button I almost always get double click command. And dragging is almost impossible...

hey guys i am having very annoying problem,i was a xp user but last november i upgraded to windows 7 .the very annoying problem i am facing now is that my pc's front pannel is not working(as it worked perfectly on windows xp),i installed all the new driver from realtek site but nothing...

This part is never easy... I write this post in a saddened tone, if a tone could be added to words typed in a word processor. My main system, housing most of my support utilities, files, information, music, games, pictures, and all sorts of fantastic things is on its death bed. Prognosis: Hard...

Hey everyone, So here is my problem. I was refastening my wireless card after taking the precautions of turning my system off and ground myself (literally a simple 1 minute project)..what happened next was that i must have touched something (I have no idea what, I thought i just tapped my mobo...

Hi, looking for some advice. I have a Retail version of windows 7 Home Premium which I've been running as 32 bit for some time now and have decided to upgrade my system and want at the same time to change to 64 bit, my questions are, can I reinstal from the same disk and select 64 bit and will I...