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The BSODs I've been getting are strange, They're all different types of BSODs and at different moments, Some while gaming, others while watching movies and some even when doing absolutely nothing. Any help would be great from the dump files. Thanks.

Ok, so I have a Gateway desktop computer, and when I got it it had Windows XP on it, Everything was fine then, my audio all worked perfectly. But when I did a clean install of Windows 7 suddenly all my sound was gone. I looked in Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Manage Audio Devices, and...

I am having that painfull issue with RDP protocol error when shadowing another user in Terminal services. On my old laptop I simply followed the guide to swap the old Vista mstsc etc and all worked well. Last week I upgraded my laptop and it has Win 7 64 bit and the fix doesnt work. Have any...

Hello, I think somebody should have encountered this but somehow i can't find a relative thread or document regarding our problem. Let start with a network layout. In our company network we have 3 gateways. Default gateway is a ISA 2006 server. We don't use the isa client so we're all Secure...

My Computer Hardware: CPU: INTEL|CORE I7 920 2.66G 45N MEM: 2Gx3|OCZ OCZ3X1600R2LV6GK R VIDEO: VGA SAPPHIRE|100283L HD5770 1G R MB: EVGA|141-BL-E757-TR X58 RT I boot from my WINDOWS 7 64-BIT: PROFESSIONAL EDITION Operating System Disc and everything runs and installs just fine. But...

I am trying to upgrade from Vista Home Premium to Win 7 Ultimate using a DVD bought at retail. The upgrade process hangs while Gathering programs and settings, always at the 86% mark. Yesterday it hung at 6:00 PM and I let it run overnight -- at 9:00 AM next day it was still hung. No error...

Hello I just bought a new computer and it came with windows 7. I am trying to download itunes however when i get the install process I lose the window and any other commands or prompts don't show up anymore. I have tried to disable the firewall I downloaded the 64bit which is what I have. I'm...

I have just started receiving an error message which I had not previously encountered on boot up. It says, 'There is already an instance of Pidgin running'. Pidgin is my IM program and I have placed it into my Startup folder. I also run WinPatrol which shows that there are two instances of...

Dear all, Firstly, wow you have a wonderful forum here, seems nice, anyway I'll get straight down to my problem. I have a Windows Vista machine, a custom modified/built machine, I am not sure if it is a hardware error or compatability error but I can't find anything to say it isn't, It...

I purchased Windows 7 in three forms an ISO, 7 Professional and Ultimate. I tryed to install all three on an HP Media center. None of these would install.. it would set up to the point of restart and then nothing but a blank screen. In the past three weeks as I tryed each of these options I...

Whenever I try to search in my Start Menu, I only get ghost search results which I cannot open: In many places I have seen instructions to delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6} key in order to fix...

I have EA Sports F1 2002 which ran perfectly in Windows Xp. I now have Windows 7 and the game continually freezes. I have tried the compatability mode with no success. Can any one help please?

Hiya all, Could do with some help please. every time i open any web page its not expanded. no matters how many times i Expand or drag it to expand. after i close the page then reopen its gone smell again. I'm running . is there a "tick" i need to put somewhere to keep pages expanded. Also...

Hello. I'm doing fine with most of my Windows 7 upgrading, but there's one exception: My 5 year old Sony laptop. It uses an Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 video card. This card was great in its' day, but is a little outdated now. By itself, it has 32 mb of video memory... not enough to run Windows...

in my opinion sadly the only thing you will experience from microsoft hotline is a waste of your time, and / or money. my reasons were based on the following. i was transferred to three different reps, each of which i was asked my full name, phone number, email, edition of windows and reasons...

Sony tells me that my RZ10CGP desktop isn't supported under Windows 7. The major sticking point from Windows 7 Advisor is that the advanced encoder board (otherwise known as the motherboard) driver isn't compatible. That sounds like a big drawback to me, something to to with kernel streaming...

Dear All, I bought a copy of Windows 7 on a UK student deal, paid, got the link and order confirmation, carried out a clean installation with no problems. The problems came after. I would be very grateful if you guys could offer some advice on any of the following issues: 1) I have heard a lot...

Can I upgrade from Vista to Win 7 without installing Vista SP1 first? Whn I ran Win 7 Upgrade Advisor it said I needed to install Vista SP1 first. Problem is that I had to uninstall Vista SP1 after I installed it to begin with when it first came out because it caused a myriad of problems which...

Hi guys, I just recently upgraded to Windows 7 and I'm very glad I did. It's really a great OS! :p I have one little problem though. It;s not annoying but it would be very nice if it can be fixed. In the audio mixer of Win 7, there is a slider with the application name "Name Not...

Hey guys I have been using the search feature and nothing seems to help... I am getting the cannot inbox error with the windows 7 home premium 64 bit version. I am trying to install it on xp 32 bit, I have tried creating the iso with the help on this site via the file download and placement in...