upgrade issues

During expansion of Windows files the upgrade aborts with 'device driver missing' - no other info is displayed. Had upgraded all my drivers before commencing the upgrade. Any pointers will be appreciated.

Previously I was using Windows media player 11 on windows XP. I edited many of the mp3 tags from windows media player 11, advance tag editor. Recently I upgraded to Windows 7. Now windows 7 or wmp12 does not show tags only which were edited from wmp11 and it is able to show tags which were...

I have a dell vostro 1720. It came with XP with a 7 upgrade. I did the upgrade per windows/dell instructions. the issue I had was that every icon I clicked (didnt matter what program it was) took me to windows media center. I tried messing around with it (first mistake) and all of the icons...

Hello everybody I have a problem and I think it is a driver issue? I have before windows vista and my network work very nice. later on I bout windows 7 upgrade. And there the problem begin " the net seems to sometime disconect? it can be for just 3 to 30 second? and its starts again?? they told...

Alright, now i have gotten an Acer Aspire One 532h-2Bb for Easter(the 2Bb doesnt really matter theyre all pretty much the same). I havent used it yet because its still in QLD with my mum. Anyways, I'm 90% sure its got Windows 7 Starter, the other 10% would be that it has XP. Now i want windows 7...

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista. With Vista, when I connected my Motorola E815 cellphone via Bluetooth, it showed as an additional "drive" in my files directory, making it easy to simply drag and drop files (pictures, music) from my phone to the computer. I have successfully...

So, here's the situation, and any help is greatly appreciated, I've banged my head on the keyboard for hours trying to figure this out. I've searched forums, searched Microsoft's Support site, and must be blind because I can not find a solution to my problem. I have a client, who has a...

My laptop, an HP Pavilion dv7-1120em (Intel Centrino 2), originally running Vista Home and upgraded to Windows7 Home Premium (32 bits) in December, stopped showing my USB jump drives about a month and a half after the upgrade. In the beginning, I had only one jump drive and, when it became...

Problem-1: can't connect my notebook computer to a projector using the 15 pin VGA cable after upgrading from Vista (32 bit) to Win7(32 bit). Problem-2: can't insert an SD card into SD slot and have it open (nothing happens at all, like the device is not even connected). When looking at the...

I was hoping you might be able to point me to a resource that could help a relative having trouble upgrading to Windows 7 - 32-Bit on a mainstream PC built for Windows XP. I was a bit disappointed that he was on a call with support for 1 ½ hours to help him through a BSOD issue. In the end...

Okay, so a couple days ago I bought Windows 7 as a part of a promotional thing and got a student discount. I downloaded the .iso and burned it to a disc. I've installed it on my computer, and now almost everytime I attempt to install something I run into some kind of error or bug that basically...

I've recently not only upgraded to Win 7 but am now also using the Office 2010 beta but had this problem with Word 2007 as well, but it's not a Word issue (I don't think). Basically when I used XP, I was able to hover over a document name in Explorer and if I had put information into the...

Well, that pretty much says it all. I encrypted a directory with bitlocker in Vista Ultimate and then did a new install with Windows 7 Professional. The encrypted file is on another disk. Is there anyway I can decrypt the file? As you might expect, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

This is for my wife's laptop. We bought it with Vista installed and the option of a free upgrade from Dell to Windows 7. I followed both supplied disks including removing the McAfee Anti-Virus, Itunes, Google Toolbar and proceeded with the upgrade. This ran for about 2 hours at the end of...

im not a tech savy person in the first place, but i upgraded to windows 7 and now its saying no audio devices are found. i believe i have an hp pavillion dv6-2066dx, but other than that i dont know much about it. also it says i dont have the authority to do system restores or even fully download...

Here is the situation, I have two computers on my home network, one is a desktop running windows 2000 and it has an external hard drive attach to it. The other is a laptop recently upgraded to windows 7 home premium. I had Windows Vista before and was able to map my Windows 2000 hard drives...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FE11M laptop... Intel Duo processor 1GB RAM etc etc... Not a bad spec but a year or so old...with XP or Vista installed I got roughly 2.5 hours max battery life... Just upgraded to Windows 7...the battery life goes down at a rate of nearly 0.5% per second, I am getting...

Hi there, we bought a pc from pc world and sent off for the windows 7 upgrade. I tried putting in the disc today but it said our computer wasn't listed and that we should download the windows 7 drivers (does anyone know how i find these and what do i download and how do i install windows 7...

I turned my computer on this morning,it booted up as normal and I noticed a critical update was downloaded. Turned it off after 4 hours of usage. Turned it back on 3 hours later and nothing but a dark screen and a long continuous beep, pause, then beep again. I powered down, waited, powered...

Hi, tried to install my new Windows 7 on my PC here today but instead got the message: Windows was unable to create a required installation folder. Please reconfigure your boot.wim file to use the flag of 9 settings for the first image, and restart your installation. Error code: 0x8030002F...