tech issues

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 This card was great in its' day, but is a little outdated now.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...

Hi, I have a RAID0 with 2 partitions on it and I wish I could install it on my first partition of this RAID0. I'm currently using Windows Vista with the same computer but installed on another disc and the RAID0 is working correctly. My error is the following : When I have to choose which HDD I...

:)In XP, I put into Quick Launch several folder icons: company documents, current project, .... In 7 I see them clustered into 1 icon looking like several fodlers in a vertical stand. THen I have to right click to bring up a menu, and then left click for the inidivudual folder I wish to open...

I just tried to install Nokia PC Suite 7.1.30.9 on my Win 7 x64 system.. the program install fine but when I try to run it it says connapi.dll not found and I should reinstall.. I downloaded "Nokia PC Suite Cleaner 7.1.1" from Nokia's website but when I run it normally or in compatibility mode...

One of the most amusing things during Windows 7 development was the Internet Explorer story, when MS offered Windows 7 with removable IE, i was very happy and i was thinking sure this will make EU happy as well. It turns out that the EU wanted much more, and even removing IE completely from...

Iv tried everything iv been told uincluding delete all the cache reinstall wlm fix .dll files turn off firewall completely tried reparing windows live messenger old version of messenger And still getting temp unavailable but i actually do sign in, my friends tell me i sign in but on...

I read in an earlier post that the bug/feature which killed your gadgets when UAC was off seemed to be fixed after a certain beta build number. Can anyone verify that this is fixed in the RC? It wouldn't bother me at all, except I have one game which will not run with UAC, so, it becomes a...

I have a Lenovo R61 laptop with RC1 installed (7100) My desktop folder and file shortcuts keep disappearing! Gadgets are fine, but not shortcuts. Any thoughts? Thanks!

hi so i downloaded the rc1 build yesterday from the windows site.. got my seriel number and burnt my iso to disc.. installing ok starts the upgrade.. but when it gets to putting the stuff back onto the computer its gets to 66% and it comes up with this error: werfault.exe - application error...

Yep I did it. I re-formatted my drive and installed the full version of Windows 7 Beta, not the upgrade.... I was having a few problems with buggy software and too many restores.......I had a whole list of problems of which all except one has been resolved, and that may be a problem with a...

Heres the deal, I had my machine running Vista Ulitimate x64 and everything was working fine. I upgraded to Windows 7. Right off the bat I found that: 1) My optical drive wasnt present (I did however find a fix for this) 2) Comodo firewall did not work 3) Azureus and uTorrent both didnt work...