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    Windows 7 End of my rope

    I cant say I've ever actually seen my BSOD, but Windows claims to be recovering from one. This has been going on for the last 4 months. This computer was built in 2011 mid year. I've been assuming that this is a video card issue due to it only happening when the graphics card is "intensely" in...
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    Windows 8 New Laptop with W8

    I got a new Lenovo i5 laptop with W8 preinstalled (no accompanying dvd) I a few days I have been experiencing several problems. 1) I couldn't partition the 1Tgb disk to 150 GB (only OS), using automatic utilities coming with the laptop. All I achieved was to get two partitions of 500...
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    Windows 7 Frozen Laptpo

    Hello For the last couple of months my laptop has been freezing, by this i mean i cant do anything and i have to restart the computer using the power button. Recently it has got worse and worse to the point where it freezes on the windows screen meaning i cant even access my desktop at times...
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    Windows 7 External HDD to SATA fail

    Hello guys. So this is what happened: I had a new external HDD WD My Book Essential USB 3.0 (2TB) 6 month ago. All was good until two days ago. I rebooted my computer and I won't boot up. After disconnecting WD HDD it work perfectly But after I turned my PC off, and tried to turn it on...
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    Windows 7 About to buy a new mobo. BSOD on high load and USB

    BSOD happens frequently either during high load (gameing, video editing etc...) or when a USB device is plugged in. I'm about to buy a new mobo because of this.... thoughts? Ram has been stress tested in another computer and passes fine. but fails on mine. (memtest86+) -AMD Phenom II X6 1090T...
  6. Windows 7 After installing recent updates--no internet and no sound

    Hey, people of Windows 7 Forums. :) I wasn't really sure where to post this question, but basically, I've had a Gateway desktop for about a month now. I've had no problems with it until today. I put the computer on sleep for a couple hours, woke it up, it said I had 11 updates...I shut down the...
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    Windows 7 Flash Drives not being allocated drive letter and cannot access

    Hi. I'm hoping someone can help as I've spent many evenings on this problem and getting nowhere! When attaching a flash drive: 1. The autoplay pop up doesn't appear; 2. The device does light up initially; 3. The device doesn't show up in "Computer" 4. The device doesn't show up in Disk...
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    Restore Mac OS X data to Win 7 PC from PATA 2.5" laptop drive

    Does anyone know how to import pata 2.5 samsung hm160hc w/ Mac OS X data on usb to windows 7? I'm trying to use the Dynexprods drive enclosure and Win7 won't recognize drive...Cause its from a Mac OS X? or what? Thx, PHD
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    Windows 7 Location is not availabe, <removable device> is not accessable, Access denies on windows 7 and Vista

    I have a strange problem that is just occurred about a week before, my problem is I have a domain name and every computer (almost 50) and users are listed in active directory. About a week before when i tried to attach usb on one of the laptop (having windows 7 ultimate attached with...
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    Windows 7 Trying to transfer XP files to Windows 7

    I have files backed up on a WD My Book external hard drive from my XP computer. When I plug in the USB in my new HP Touchsmart, it opens the jump drive, but says the folder is empty. I also have files on my PNY jump drive from the XP and another Vista computer. It opens the...
  11. Windows 7 Another BSOD after copying files from hard drive

    Hi, its been a long time since i last posted about my bsod and after i fixed them i began to get more of these. the only way i can replicate the problem is when i move or copy+paste files in the computer, mostly if it is from my computer to a external hardrive or usb... i attached the latest...
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    Windows 7 "disable driver signature enforcement" - USB, network and sound not working

    Recently I need to "disable drivers signature enforcement" otherwise the network adapter, sound adapter and USB adapters do not work. I would like them to work normally. I have installed the latest drivers from Biostar for the G41-M7 mobo. No change. I have tried to go to to a previous...
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    Windows 7 error msg- 'no such interface supported'

    I uninstalled a couple of toolbars for Firefox the other day using the Uninstaller in Advanced System Care 5. I think it was the Power Clean utility which has caused the problem. Now I cant access any of my folders or shortcuts on my desktop or in the Start Menu (Control Panel, My Computer...
  14. Windows 7 BSOD while gaming.

    I started getting BSODs while playing MW3 yesterday and I'm stumped. I formatted yesterday and the problem persists so I think it's hardware related, although I hope not. Specs and info: i5 750 @ 4GHz 4GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz ATI 5850 80GB SSD 1TB Storage Logitech keyboard G500 mouse Windows 7 64bit...
  15. Windows 7 BSOD when removing USB 2.0 cable or shutting down, ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40

    Hi there, I recently received my new rig (Alienware M14X), and have had persistent problems with it. The main issue is that I get a BSOD every time I plug out the USB 2.0 cable running from my laptop to my Dell monitor, or sometimes when shutting the machine down. I've tracked the error...
  16. Windows 7 Win 7 Back-up Failure

    Hi, The external harddrive that I have been doing back-ups to with the Win 7 back-up utility has failed and no longer functions. I want to back-up to a different drive but Win Back-up seems to be fixated on the old drive that no longer exists (I pulled the USB cord). The "Mange space" link is...
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    Windows 7 bsods on new laptop

    Hi from what i can tell, these crashes are somehow related to power management. everything is fine until the machine turns off display, at which point weird things start happening. first it was constant usb device added/removed sounds. so i tinkered around with power options, making sure to...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Update causes my DVD/CD drive to NOT be recognized or accessed!

    Every time Microsoft updates Windows 7 it causes new problems on what's been a relatively stable Dell XPS8000. The latest update causes my DVD / CD drive (HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N ATA Device) to be inaccessible! By running System Restore I've brought it back from the 'bit-bucket', but I'd really...
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    Windows 7 Any options other than reinstall? Save my lifeless brick!

    Hi guys, Here is the story of my sad spiral into doom: 1) I use a SmartNav head tracker (hands-free mouse). One day it started giving choppy performance in first person shooters. It seemed to be due to a dodgy webcam driver I'd installed. No problem, right? I used Win7 restore points to...
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    Windows 7 Random Mouse and keyboard freezes

    Has anyone had a problem with random mouse and keyboard freezes in windows 7. Had 7 installed for about a month and all of a sudden my mouse will freeze in one spot for like 20 to 30 sec sometimes and jump across the screen. Read another thread on another forum of this issue and as of dec 14...