upgrade issues

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    Windows 7 Can't use Windows Anytime Upgrade

    It's just dont work! I can't find any upgrades, and, once I will find them and load, i can't install it.
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    Windows 7 How do you delete vista?

    I have got Windows 7 working by upgrading from Vista and now have a dual boot system. I cannot find out how to delete the vista partition or any other way of reclaiming half the disk! W7 won't let me partition, format or delete the vista partition. Can someone tell me how to do it?
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    Windows 7 Help-Reading problems

    i'm using windows 7 ultimate upgraded from vista home basic, i am able to read dual layer disks which have content on them,but when i insert a blank dual layer disk,it is not being recognised.i had no issues reading from vista,problem started immediately following installation of windows 7...
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    Windows 7 Problems with sound & WMP12

    Ever since I installed the new Windows 7 upgrade, my laptop speakers won't play a thing, ever. Yet if I plug headphones in, I get sound coming out of the headphones. Also, whenever I try and play anything in Windows Media Player, it comes up with a message saying "Windows Media Player...
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    Windows 7 Invisible files

    Hi all. I did a download upgrade to Win 7 on my Vista machine. It went extremely smoothly, and I love Win 7 so far. Except: I had been using a program called Magic Folders with Vista. This is an app that hides folders of your choice, even encrypts the files therein if you want. When I...
  6. tmgarvey

    Windows 7 Dealing with MS support is like dealing with the insurance company...

    If there is a way to avoid providing contracted-for services, they will. I called because, post-upgrade, my Outlook 2007 completely stopped working. Because my Outlook 2007 is a "volume license" (from my hosted exchange service provider), they were insisting I get tech support from my mail...
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    Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Problems

    I have Vista on a Dell computer thats 2 years old. I bought the Vista upgrade to 7 version at Best Buy. I ran the upgrade advisor and it never would complete it's run. I saw from the Windows Community Forum that I should do a clean boot and then rerun the upgrade advisor. I did that, found...
  8. trmpt98

    Windows 7 Windows & Professional 64 slow install & Boot

    Hello all, first time I have posted, but I am stuck. I am attempting to install Windows 7 Professional on my machine but am experiencing extremely slow (2 hrs) install. Then when it did install it took 20 minutes plus to boot up. I have tried removing all the RAM but one stick, using just a...
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    Windows 7 Encrypt - Decrypt on Vista and Wins 7

    Oh my God ! I have a Windows 7, and now i lose everything, hix ( sorry about my Poor English ). What's happening with Encrypt tool on Vista and Windows 7 ? Last week i encrypt a TEXT file, that include alot of important informations. When Windows 7 is released, i Upgrade to Windows 7 and now i...
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    Windows 7 HP dv9000 9930us - Constant BSOD after install only works in safe mode

    Hey all, I've got: HP notebook a Pavillion dv9000 9930us 4 gig DDR2 SDRAM Nvidia Geforce 8600M GS 320 gig HD Was: Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Now: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and windows 7 does not love me. Every time I install things look to be going smoothly, then on the first boot (and...
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    Windows Vista Win 7 Install - 100MB Partition Wiped Data Drive!

    I've been using the Win 7 RC for quite a while now, and really have enjoyed it. Ordered a couple copies of the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for my wife and I. Got her PC all updated no hitch. Unfortunately, I've been fighting the process on my system all night long. It's just been one thing...
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    Windows 7 cannot to upgrade to windows7

    hi there, I try to upgrade my laptop from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate. But when it comes Expanding windows files(21%), it request to restart and after restart i have 2 options: Window Setup and Windows Vista and then i choose Window Setup. But after it starts up and says: "Windows...
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    Windows 7 Very slow operations with open/save dialogs W2008 R2/W7 (x64)

    Hi, I'm having this issue since I moved to W2008 R2 64 bits. I was using W2008 X64 before and it worked absolutely fine. As I'm using W7 X86 on my notebook since it was available on the MSDN website as a RTM version, I thought I would like to have a homogeneous working environment so decided to...
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    Windows 7 BSOD multiple times daily, debugging here

    Hey all. I have searched around for a couple days now to find some info on my error and resolve my problem. However, i could not find any one particular case to mine. I get a BSOD ATLEAST 5-6 times a day since my upgrade to W7. Before with XP i never had a BSOD in over 3 years. Anyhow here is...
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    Windows 7 Drive letters switched

    My computer had Vista Ultimate on Drive C, and XP Pro on Drive D (dual boot). I wanted to upgrade to Windows 7, and couldn't upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional (which is what the Action Pack CD is). I purchased Laplink PcMover Update and ran it on the XP installation then...
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    Windows 7 Boot Error After Dual Boot Setup

    Hello All, I had XP Pro installed on one drive then I installed Win 7x64 on another. After setting up 7 without any hassles I rebooted and received this error: "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check...
  17. Tietsu

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Install Issue

    I just picked up my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate from the Student Tech Center at my university. I have Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) already running and I want to clean install this time. Trying to install it but it keeps on hanging at the Installing windows in the bottom middle of the screen. The...
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    Windows 7 Upgrading Windows 7 to a better version

    I've got a upgrade related problem that I can't seem to figure out. I'm current running the RC of Windows 7 Home Premium and recently got a release copy of Win 7 Professional via Microsoft's Academic Alliance (which, for some reason, got it about a month before the official release date)...
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    Windows 7 A required privilege is not held by the client. (PIC included)

    This is what I get when I try to copy a file from the backup dvd i made when I was still using XP. I double checked that the disk was working properly and the files were there OK by opening the file in another computer using XP and another using Vista. After getting too excited and stupidly...
  20. J

    Windows 7 Reverting Back to Vista from Windows 7 / Disappointments of Windows (Gamer points)

    I want to go back to Vista Home Premium x64! Windows 7 disappointed me and actually gave me a harder time than Vista did when I moved from XP to Vista. \ I checked an instructions document out about how to rollback to Vista from an upgrade to Windows 7. By using the windows.old folder located...
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