upgrading

I am going to be buying a new laptop in the next few weeks, but would like to query about upgrading from the shipped 32-Bit OS to a 64-Bit version. The laptop I am considering is the HP Pavilion DM1-4020sa (4GB, 500GB, 1.65GHz), which comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 32. My questions are...

Hello I am new to the forum and I really joined to post this question; although looking around the forum I think this may be an invaluable source of information. Anyway my question is this, I am purchasing a new computer that is not going to have an Operating System, and purchase the upgrade...

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Hi Guys Since this is Windows discussion I'm interested in what everyone had for their first computer, and when and why you got it. My first computer was a Radio Shack Model 100 or something like that, running Windows 3.1. I had previously worked on one barrowed for the summer from the...

hey guys i am having very annoying problem,i was a xp user but last november i upgraded to windows 7 .the very annoying problem i am facing now is that my pc's front pannel is not working(as it worked perfectly on windows xp),i installed all the new driver from realtek site but nothing...

hey guys i am having very annoying problem,i was a xp user but last november i upgraded to windows 7 .the very annoying problem i am facing now is that my pc's front pannel is not working(as it worked perfectly on windows xp),i installed all the new driver from realtek site but nothing work...

Ok. Currently I'm running an Everex Stepnote N Series laptop model NM 3500 W, 32 bit windows 7 Old piece of crap. I've upgraded to windows 7 recently and had nothing but trouble with this thing. The biggest problem is transferring files. I have a large file, approx 50 gigs to move. I plugin the...

Just bought W7 OEM pro for an old 1990 XP Pro MSI/Barton computer(bad idea), as soon as I install W7 the system goes haywire(clean install), totally unstable unpredictable, no one issue to put a finger on, hangs, blue screens, usb-irq conflicts, corrupt drivers & installations, ive seen blue...

Hello all. i've not visited this forum in awhile. Glad to be back. I am upgrading my PC. New Mobo, Proc, Memory, Power Supply. I have a registered copy of Win& Professional installed (Upgrade Addition). Will i be able to install this on my new system if i use my old XP first? Would it be more...

I had Windows 7 Ultimate since it first came out on my desktop computer. I just got a new laptop this month it came with Windows 7 Home Premium. I also changed my desktop to Linux so now I am not using my Windows 7 Ultimate. So I upgraded my laptop to Windows 7 Ultimate since I was not using it...

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I'm just beggining to get involved in the planning stages of our Windows 7 deployment ... will Windows servers require upgrading as well? We plan to go w/ the 64-bit Windows 7 - what versions of Windows Server will be supported? Thanks.

Hi... I'm trying to ugrade from Vista to Widows 7 but keep getting the follwing message: The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue. Windows needs to be restarted so necessary changes to...

Trying to get this working.... new to forum, so please point me to the right place if I am not asking in the correct forum. I have a Dell XPS 410 system with a NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2. (Dual Port DVI Card) Dual Dell 30" Monitors 3007WFP. System worked great on XP. No issues at all...

Hey gang, So, I've always been an ATI fan as far as GPU's go.. I've always had nothing but ATI video cards.. My newest build is an exception though as I decided to go with the BFG nVidia Geforce GTX 260 OC Maxcore 55 (216 processing cores) after my ATI Radeon HD 5870 crapped out only a week...

I finally did it. I finally got all my parts in and put this bad boy together. After stripping out OEM PC of usable hardware and adding it to the new case, mobo, CPU, CPU cooler and some accessories. I'm finally up and running after a little over three months. A few minor issue's but those have...

Hey everyone. I have a problem with W7 that's really annoying me. Last week, I upgraded from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home premium. For some reason, my laptop keeps going to sleep despite disabling sleep mode in the power settings. I should also point out that it happens...

hi all.... just my little story. I have finally had the time to install Win7 (pro) on 24/12. Such a relief - so far. Issues relating to the USELESS Vista garbage i actually paid good money for accounted for about 5 to 10% of my day. I've had people laugh at me when i said i actually bought it...

After upgrading from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, I find that all of my folders that were in folders automatically included in the various Libraries (e.g. Document and Pictures) are now empty and files that were not in sub-directories are missing. In Vista and still in Win7 I have two...

Hi, just joined to ask a few questions and gain some knowledge for the experts. I am about to switch my existing hardware for a new Dell 545 with Windows 7 Professional and M.Office 2007 Home & Student as I mainly use word - Excell and Powerpoint. I have a Dell Laptop with Windows 2003 XP...