system upgrade

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...

In the past seven days, I've had 288 errors saying "Performance power management features on processor x in group 0 are disabled due to a firmware problem. Check with the computer manufacturer for updated firmware." These errors are causing several games to crash and cause a hard reboot to...

Just bought W7 OEM pro for an old 1990 XP Pro MSI/Barton computer(bad idea), as soon as I install W7 the system goes haywire(clean install), totally unstable unpredictable, no one issue to put a finger on, hangs, blue screens, usb-irq conflicts, corrupt drivers & installations, ive seen blue...

You want to deploy Windows 7 but you can't let go of Internet Explorer 6. Unfortunately, that's no longer feasible: IE compatibility problems need to be solved fast to prevent Windows 7 delays, according to recent report from Gartner. Link Removed

Hey all, kind of new to this so bear with me. I'm running a bone stock HP Blackbird 002 which I pre-ordered. It came with the following from stock: MOBO - ASUS Striker Extreme CPU - Pentium 4 QX6850 Extreme RAM - 2 GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 800 MHz GPU - 2 x nVidia 8800 Ultra SLI HD -...

I have a NAS (Western Digital MyBook World Edition) and recently I've upgraded my OS to Windows 7 64 bit (from 32-bit Vista) and I'm experiencing strange problems with NAS presently. When I start it up while Windows is working the system discovers it and allows access, but when I shut the...

I have a Gateway laptop, running Windows 7 Professional, and it is a 64-bit system type. The laptop uses Pentium Duel Core CPU. The processors are T4200, and run at 2.00 GHz each. The RAM is 3.00, and the Hard Drive has 175 Gb free space. I also run Microsoft Security Essentials. The problem is...

Got an interesting one. I have one PC left running Vista that has two sets of spanned volumes as follows: All drives are dynamic. Silicon Image 3124 SATA Controller Card: Port 0 - 1TB Port 1 - 1TB Port 2 - 500GB Port 3 - 500GB Marvell Controller on MB Port 4 - 500GB Port 5 - 500GB...

I just completed a successful upgrade as I did not want to loose anything on the computer. The only item that had to be upgrade as well was a .net feature and then it went quite smoothly. Now that it is complete I am looking for the Wow factor but don't really know what to look for as the...

Hi everyone, I’ve just upgraded to a new system and installed Win7 x64 Ultimate. I’m still adapting to the new OS so I’m faced with some small problems one of which is Sticky notes: I’ve read many threads about not being able to change the font for sticky notes, however, the font that is...

HI All, Appreciate if anybody can help me here. I just bought a Toshiba Satellite L640 running on Intl Core i3 350M with 4Gb RAM. I'm currently using Windows 7 pro 32 bit. I'm trying to clean install Windows 7 pro 64 bit but face error as attached after booting up on the DVD and...

I am an experienced system administrator (mostly on Unix, but also on Win XP). I've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The data disk, where all of the user project folders are stored is separate from the system disk, and untouched by the upgrade. I am the owner and...

I've read a lot of threads on this forum already by people who've had similar problems to this, but frustratingly enough none of the solutions that helped them seem to have fixed my issue. I have a new install of Windows 7 (OEM Home Premium). The PC formally was used for Windows XP. The...

PLEASE HELP i have a vaio vgn-cs120j with windows vista home premium preinstalled on it everything was working fine but when i installed windows 7 on it the fn and touch sensor av control keys are not working please help