upgrade issues

I'm an old man and I'm not as up on these computers as you younguns. I've had a Samsung SCX-4100 printer/scanner for years. Always worked great. Old computer died an ugly death and I was forced to buy a new machine. Has Win 7 (had XP sp3). Samsung has a scanner utility called SmarThru 4. Used...

Hello I've just bought a new laptop with windows7 x64 and WMP12 and I'm trying to watch a video on a website i've used for years and it won't work. I get the following error message when i try to upgrade i get this followed by this I've tried looking for updates on the microsoft...

My computer is an intel quad core 6600 with 4gb ram. Currently it has WinXP 32bit running. I have one hard drive which has two partitions (c and d). I've backed up all my stuff on to d and I wanted to install Win 7 64bit from scratch on the C partition. I stuck the Win 7 DVD (full, not upgrade)...

The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue. You can’t upgrade 64-bit Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 64-bit version of the installation disc, or go online to see how...

I reinstalled over the original to fix the thumbnail problem now the BSD is back memory problem I have upgraded the Video card driver and the printer The problems when I get up grades from microsoft for w7 they install and within a short time BRD memory management on some bootup it stall on...

I installed Windows 7 on 2 machines that were formerly loaded with XP pro. They are part of an Domain with a Server 2003 Domain controller, 2 terminal servers, and a Linux File server. We are running AD, and the XP machines could browse to domain Shares on all the servers by Name. When I try...

I saw thread on similar problem and mentioned I need to make sure services.msc -> Virtual Disk Service (VDS) to automatic and started. I made this change and click the install again. The same message shown again. After message the VDS will stopped. I can restart and try install again. no luck...

Have a e6600 dual core, evga 680i board, 4 gb ddr26400, gtx260, win 7 pro upgraded from vista. I have looked all over and tried almost everything. BIOS detects dual core as it allows me to enable or disable the second one, and intel proc id tool detects 2 cores. However, windows 7, and any...

I am helping my Dad with something. Here is the situation: He bought a new Dell Studio XPS laptop that came with Windows 7 64 bit, Home Premium. For some reason he bought the Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade from the Microsoft Store for $200+ a few days after receiving his new laptop because I think...

Hi, I recently upgraded my computer from windows xp to windows 7 64 bit. Everything works fine except today when I plugged in my USB stick. It came up with device not recognised and I couldn't access it. I've tried in all USB ports, with no luck. Tried using another device int he ports, which...

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...