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    Windows 7 Anyone else thing driver signing is STUPID?

    First off, windows 7 is SWEET. A new glossy OS with great looks and great speed. Thank you microsoft (those are uncommon words...). I first got 64 bit. It was sweet. Until I couldn't get internet. Crap. That's kind of important in today's computing world. I tried everything. I have a...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 beta and Kasperski 8.0 anti-virus beta for Win7

    I've been running the beta since it came out.......also Kasper 8.0 beta since it came out. Well, Kasper recently expired.....so I went to delete it. My Win 7 CRASHED AND BURNED. So far I have not been able to revive it. I see no mention of these items together on this site. I do not know if...
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    Windows 7 Can't update Windows...Included some screenshots...

    Hey guys, I have not been able to update my RC of Win7 I ran Norton and made sure all is well and unfortunately is not. I attatched some screen shots of what happens when Itry to update: Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error I tried restarting and get nothing...
  4. Windows 7 screen goes blank during install every time...

    I am trying to install windows t RC on my HTPC. I already installed it on my office computer and it all went smooth. but when i tried to install it on my HTPC in the living room i am havign problems. it always gets to the "expanding files" portion and at some point during this process the...
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    Windows 7 HP PSC 1350 All-in-One Problems

    I have a HP PSC 1350 All-in-One. The printer was sucessfully detected when I installed Windows 7 Beta. Recently I formated the harddisc and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 RC. Now even though PSC 1350 is detected as Scanner the software does not detect as Printer. As such I can scan by...
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    Windows 7 login scripts for users that are local administrators

    Hello all, Does anyone have a solution to the unholy mess that is the way that windows 7 handles logon scripts when the user is a local administrator? To be fair Vista is no better, but Windows 7 seems to have changed things again and not for any gain that I can see. My GP logon scripts...
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    Windows 7 Touch Screen interface

    Hello, I thought I would give windows 7 a go about a week ago on my Home system and loved it so much I've decided to install on my "carpc" that's fitted in my Toyota Hilux :) The install seemed to go well just like it did on my Home system, with even the touch screen being found, only problem...
  8. Windows 7 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service....

    I have seen a 10% increase in RAM usage by turning on this feature. I wrote about it here when I first noticed it. Link Removed I now have it norrowed down to this process. I use it all the time to stream everything (all media) to my HDTV through my Xbox360. I noticed it when I first installed...
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    Windows 7 Cryostasis : SLeep of Reason.

    I recently installed Cryostsasis on my computer and I am having problems. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium. 7057, I have updated to the latest drivers, and installed the Physx patch. I have an Nvidia Geforce 9400gt with 512mb of ddr2 And a AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core processor 4800+ (2.49 ghz)...
  10. Windows Vista windows explorer crashing, in panic!

    windows explorer and rundll32 has stopped working hi everyone. i have a horrible problem with my laptop (acer aspire 6290G). when i got it, it worked great but now, after several months, just yesterday i got the error, showing that windows explorer and rundll32 has stopped working. i checked...
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    Windows 7 COD 4 problems

    Im unable too play Call of duty 4 for any lenghy periods. I can start up the game and start playing, but it sems too randomly crash afther 5-10min. Any1 else had any problems like this. Im useing Geforce 9800 ultra, 4gram and intel quad core cpu. Useing Windows 7 32bit 7057build
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    Windows 7 Vanishing files after Vista to Windows 7 upgrade

    :eek: If this problem has been identified in another thread, then please accept my apologies and redirect me. I did a search and was unable to find anything, and consequently am posting this. My system has separate physical drives. One is for all system and program files. The other is for...
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    Windows 7 FAT32 Flash Drive

    I have a flash drive that has been sitting around for awhile, I finally decided to do somehting with it, and low and behold, its FAT32. Obviously, Vista had some serious issues with FAT32 flash drives, but I had high hopes for 7. It worked the first time I inserted it, and then when I tried to...
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    Windows 7 USPS Click-n-Ship fails

    Label does not appear in Adobe Acrobat. Unable to print shipping label. Frustrating. Not an entirely new problem. The system crashed during Christmas season, and problems with Vista were reported. Click-n-ship can be a little flaky sometimes. EDIT: So I found the (two-part) solution: 1...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Crashing

    Windows 7 is now crashing for me. Its happening after I installed Kapersky Technical beta. I installed it because Norton 360 was going to expire in 2 days. So now when I log in Windows 7 I can only stay for about 1 minute then it crashes showing a blue screen. I didn't read all of it, but I...
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    Windows 7 won't connect to the Internet

    I downloaded windows 7 today and when I try to connect...there are no wireless internet to choose from. so I hit the trouble shoot button and it tells me to"use the switch on the front I'd side of your computer,or function keys if available, to enable wireless capabilities on theis...
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    Windows 7 AMD64x2 Dual Channel RAM DDR400 - And SB X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI - 4GB Pops/Crackles

    Hello, AMD 64x2 3800+ 64-bit Win7 (Activated) 4gig Dual Channel DDR 400 I have a old nforce 4 amd/sli Gigabyte K8N-Pro-SLI motherboard... using the latest BIOS that works (F9) dated in 2006... (F10) dated 2008, the board will not post) -- (and of course the latest motherboard drivers are not...
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    Windows 7 Keyboard disabled & Icons not working

    Last night my computer was fine. This morning, the keyboard wouldn't work, so I tried 2 addition keyboards. ( a 2nd USB, and also a new PS-2 type), still didn't work. At that point I discovered none of my icons worked. When I click any icon, even in control panel, rather than taking me to...
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    Windows Vista Hourglass randomly pops up every 30 secs

    I just did a fresh re-install of windows vista on my computer and reinstalled the usual programs I use. Now, every 30 seconds or so, even if all programs are closed and computer is not doing anything, the hourglass symbol pops up next to the mouse and stays there for a few seconds. It's getting...
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    Windows Vista Windows Vista Home Premium Back-Up Files

    Word Up Now, Here's a Kicker for you Gurus'?.... How in the Hell does Disk 1 Through 10 For Back-Up files have the same information from Disk 1 Through 10? Now it also has this information embedded on it saying "these files on disk 4" from Disk 1 Through 10 from the Back-Up Disks that I made...