tech help

so i am trying to upgrade from VISTA to Window7. I have a compatibility issue. Window7 will not install with Microsoft OneCare installed. So I removed it using Add and Remove Programs. Well no luck. So I downloaded the OneCare Cleanup Utility. NO LUCK. I tried the clean up twice with shutdown...

Hello, I'm about to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium but I made sure I updated as much drivers as possible and ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. I currently own 2 wireless adapters for my wireless internet in the other room a D-Link DWL-G132 USB adapter and a Ralink Corp PCI Turbo Wireless...

I am one of the very unlucky few who has Windows Vista Home Basic. I have A LOT of important files, and no backup discs whatsoever for backing up files. I have a huge problem here. I want to install windows 7 professional but I only have windows vista home basic. I have been told that I'll have...

I have Windows 7 x64 installed (the retail version) and when I plug in my webcam, it downloads and installs some drivers which works fine. However, when I try installing any version of the QuickCam sofwtare, I get a messgae about incompatability and the installation aborts. I've tried the...

Not sure if Iam doing this right I purchased a new computer October 9, 2008 the software was windows vista home. When windows 7 is realeased the people who quailfy are people who purchased June/2009. Does this mean we have to purchase another operating system less than a year. Does anyone know...

Hello, I have a modem ZTE model MF626 and i can get with it 1.2 mbps using WIN XP and WIN Vista. I intalled it in a laptop with Win7 and i have two problems, the first one was solved by myself: 1. The modem was regonized like external CD drive, now i fixe it and win7 regonized it like a...

Every time I play Left 4 Dead for longer than about 10 mins, I get a BSoD. I am consistanly getting STOP ERROR 0xA. After looking into this, windows support sayd it is caused by having an nvidia gpu, chipset, and at least 4 gigs of ram, (i have all of those). So I just removed a stick of ram to...

Hello I have have this problem since the installation of RC version. When I press shutdown button, logout works and then computer stays in "shutting down" forever... I have to shut down computer by pressing Power button 6 seconds... At startup it sometimes tell that computer was unexpectly...

I have downloaded Windows 7 Build 7229. But i have no dvds since i wasted 10 getting the rc to work. I know there is a way you can install windows 7 through upgrade but can i install it to a dual-boot if it stays on my hard drive. So i have two partitions. If i keep the download on one can i...

This seems really strange to me and would like to tell the group what has gone on with my system for the last day or so. I set up a home group over the weekend and some where along the way, I lost access my VPN at work. I tried different computers and different OS's Vista Ultimate, XP Pro, 2000...

Been trying to use a card reader i got for my microsd kingston 2gb. When i try to copy big files onto the card it gives me i/o errors. Tried formatting, formatting to different file system (fat32). There aren't any company drivers or firmwares. It worked straight out of the box on vista 32bit as...

Problem: The windows doesn't boot. It gives me the first screen and goes directly to a blank black screen with a cursor. There are no options at this point but to hit ctrl-alt-del and restart the computer. After restarting, on the first screen, there's an option to enter BIOS setting by pressing...

Hey when i try to create a new virtual machine it says file could not be created but if i continue later i "seem" to finish until i run it when it loads up the DOS window and then gets stuck on DHCP ... Any suggestions thanks :) Seb

I'm trying to install windows 7 build 7100 via bootcamp on my macbook, but I haven't got any CD's. Is it possible to install via a external HDD? Heloooooooo!!!

:mad: I am trying to delete a homegroup and start another one. I cannot share files on my current home group! CAN SOMEONE HELP ME EITHER SHARE FILES ON MY CURRENT GROUP OR START A NEW ONE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE FILES ON THAT!:mad...

Greetings all! I thought I would post this here and see if anyone had any ideas before I am reduced to wiping my drive and starting with a fresh install of Vista. The problem is this. I am trying to install a Virtual CD program that is, according to their site, Vista compatible. However, the...

hey guys, apparently my gateway mt6728 laptop has decided to rebel. when powering on it immediately says bootmgr is missing ctrl alt del to restart. ok so i got a recovery disk and have gotten to recovery console, and even followed all the steps mentioned in ntldr is missing thread to see if...

I'm a big fan of "Log Me In": www.logmein.com but it will not install on Windows 7 for some reason. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks

Hi All, I just got a new Vista PC to replace my old one. Both have Windows Mail 6. How can I get the folders, mail items, and mail rules over to the new PC from the old PC? It sounds simple, but I just cannot get it right ! Regards, Rob

Should anyone be in the same boat ... Because of the high cost of full Vista versions, I purchased an upgrade. The thing is that with brand computers or some brand computers, it looks like that Xp home is installed on a FAT32 partition and Vista home premium wont install on that. I have an...