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    Windows 7 Blue screen in windows 7

    Hi guys you see i have a error in windows 7. i have windows 7 64 bit Here are my PC specs 4gb ram intel e2200 2.2ghz dual core Intel G35 IGP 640 HDD and my problem is that i randomly get a blue screen i get this in vista and windows 7. Here is the problem i get Problem signature...
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    Windows 7 Help with changing 'My Documents' target please!

    Hi I just installed Windows 7. Now I encountered one problem... Before installing, I made back up of all files and that included My documents. I just drag it to the 'Back up" folder and the copy was made. After the install, I organzied everything that includes moving my documents to the...
  3. Windows 7 "Roaming" AppData directory despite NOT using roaming profiles?

    On the two systems I've set up with Win7 Pro (x64) thus far, I've noticed that some applications store their settings in a "Roaming" directory and others store their settings in a "Local" directory under my C:\Users\username\AppData\ directory. There's also a "LocalLow" directory containing...
  4. Windows 7 Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7

    Overview Agood solution for XP users. This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows 7. If your computer is running another version of...
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    Windows 7 help with back up prior to re-install

    Hi all, Just a quick question, I am planning a re-install off win7 on a crucial 128gb ssd (finnally managed to bag one) dous any one know how to back up windows settings and particularly windows live mail?(i have some mail i dont want to loose! Can I use the files and settings transfer...
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    Windows 7 Speed up Boot/Welcome screen

    I have just "blogged" this: I was having a discussion on another forum, and got fascinated by an observation another member had made. If you use the default desktop, the welcome screen only stayed for 2 or 3 seconds. If you customised the desktop, this deteriorated to, in the worst cases...
  7. Windows 7 Folder Application Data appears many times?

    I wanted to know if this is normal.... I did a search for something that happened to be in my C:\ProgramData\Application Data Folder but in the search results I saw something strange..... The Folder "Application Data" repeats itself many times! Is this normal? Attached is a screen shot of the...
  8. Windows 7 Content.IE5 location quirk

    We have started testing Windows 7. We have discovered a quirk in the storage of temporary internet files that may have some security concerns. The official literature of Windows 7 says the storage point for the Content.IE5 folder has been relocated to...
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    Windows 7 Where to move Rasphone.pbk

    Trying to move a users rasphone.pbk to a windows 7 laptop. Any ideas as to where it goes now? Thanks Mike
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    Windows 7 Snow Leopard Bug

    Looks like the susposedly superior Mac has a bit of a problem Updated: Major bug in Snow Leopard deletes all user data Seems like MS isn't the only one to make blunders. Joe
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    Windows 7 Answer not autologging on

    Hi there, I've successfully made an answer file on SIM that gets through the whole process unattended. However right at the end it always asks for user name-also it hasn't named the computer. Here is my answer file. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend...
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    Windows 7 2 My Documents folders ?

    i opened %userprofile% folder and found that there are 2 My Documents folders. Does windows 7 allowing same names now ? Both are exact same name, copy name paste to other has no effect as if they were named differently but not. This making me confused where user data is stored. Is this normal ...
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    Windows 7 Please help in recovering my lost drive

    hi friends,i have just now installed windows 7 rc on my computer,but during installation i have accidentally clicked Load driver button(at the stage where it asks for partition,format,new,load driver,etc) and then my D drive button and came back and continued with my installation.After complete...
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    Windows 7 First BSOD, now it won't boot

    I've bene using Win7 x64 RC (7100) for several weeks now without any problems. This morning while renaming some files in Windows Explorer, Explorer locked up, and I couldn't close Firefox either. Couldn't ctrl/alt/del either. As I was about to just reset the system using the power button, I got...
  15. Windows 7 Want to reinstall - what do I backup?

    [SOLVED] Want to reinstall - what do I backup? After formatting a totally different primary partition on another drive that had held an older XP, for some reason Win 7 seems to think it's been dumped instead as it now won't load at all. And when I thought about it, I realised that for some...
  16. Windows 7 Itunes libarary problem with Win7 RTM 64

    I'm trying to restore my Itunes library from an XP install where the library and music were held on a spare hard drive. I have Itunes64 installed on Window 7 and it works okay except for the problem below. I've moved the Music folder in Win7 to the spare hard drive. Hence when I select...
  17. Windows 7 Microsoft Warning against Piracy

    Microsoft warns about activation crack, but 'pleased' people want to install Windows 7 By Tim Conneally and Nate Mook | Published July 29, 2009, 6:20 PM Print Article E-mail Article Link Removed31 Comments As to be expected...
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    Windows 7 Cannot restore Old XP .DAT files on my Windows 7. I used 'files and settings wizard'

    Before upgrading to windows 7 I backed up all of my data onto an external HDD by (in XP) going Start,all programmes, Accessories, System tools, Files and Settings transfer wizard. It made a load of .DAT files in folder called USM2T.UNC. Can anyone now tell me how I'm supposed to restore these...
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    Windows 7 Files Disappearing After Downloading on Fresh Windows 7 Installation

    I installed 7 last night and managed to download a couple of apps and install them (Skype, AVG) however now trying to download other apps (printer driver, itunes) and the downloads complete, however the installer files vanish, tried downloading to desktop, user data\downloads etc and getting the...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 RC Major Error, Everything on C: Deleted?

    Hi All, I've come across a major problem with my windows 7 rc drive. It has been running perfectly for the last week and i've been loving the changes. Until today everything was fine, i had left my pc on to download a "linux mint" iso image whilst i was asleep. When returning to check on the...