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When I try to do a clean install of Windows 7 I get the loading files white progress bar you normally get during an installation, it then goes directly to the scrolling progress bar that would normally appear before a Windows startup, and then goes to a blank Windows 7 desktop with only a cursor...

Hi Guys....I went to the Fonts folder in Win 7 and noticed that it now displays what the font looks like in the thumbnail icon. (which is nice). However, I noticed there seems to be 2 different situations. Some of the fonts are displayed on the icon in black and some seem to be grayed out...

Hello. I did a clean instal of Windows 7 using an upgrade CD. I was using XP Home SP3 . I now find that my C drive has a 9Mb unalloctated partition. Properties show, in the volume tab that this partition style reads "Master Boot Record". Is this normal , would you expect this to be there...

let me start by saying I didn't know this was an illegal app or something, I simply had a problem with updates. Whenever i would run update, it would detect two updates and then often would fail downloading and installing one or two and rarely would install them and then restart and the update...

License Key verification hi im wondering how i can check if my license key to windows 7 is real and not fake without activate it?

Hi folks, I have a relative who is running Windows XP Media Center on a Dell Dimension 5100. In my opinion MCE is somewhat "quirky." He expressed interest in upgrading to Windows 7. How well would Windows 7 run on this machine? From what I understand it doesn't run all that bad on older...

I've got Windows 7. I have Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. It works with Windows 7, also compatible. When I want to save a document. There is a list of folders to save in on the right tab. It's called: My Recent Documents, Desktop, My Documents, My Computer and My Network Places. Is this...

Hey I have a dual display and was wondering if it is possible to have a slide show running but have alternative pics on each screen?? *same theme but to have diff pic showing on each one at the same time...help appreciated!

something went wrong when i was installing DirectX to play Call of duty on my pc, and it wont let me play, and i heard the only way to uninstall directx was to do a complete reinstall of the OS or by using RegEdit. i dont want to do a complete reinstall because that takes forever. A website said...

Hello, I just upgraded (I hope it is an upgrade) to Windows 7 from Windows XP. Yesterday I tried to copy files from one of my old hard disks but in the ende received the message that 64 of the files could not be transferred because their file names are too long. Instead of going back...

I just turned up my new Windows 7 laptop and I was wondering if anyone knows if Windows Photo Gallery can run on Windows 7 or is there an equivilent in windows 7?

I have read where you can make a complete system image with Windows 7. I know that it does work with 7 ultimate, but I'm pretty sure that the home premium does not have that capability. I hope that I am wrong because I will be getting the home premium. Does anyone know if I am correct? Thanks.

In Xp Pro I was able to restore my system to a previous restore point of my selection going back months to the date I instatled the system. Is it possible to go back months in windows 7? I attempted to restore in windows 7 and was only able to go back to the beginnig of September. If so can...

Hi In windows XP i could search multiple files at one with the use of a comma. For example 2452,2452,2462,5632 would return the files 2452.jpeg 2452.jpeg 2462.jpeg 5632.jpeg This method allows me to find all of the images I require. However in my use with Windows 7, I have yet been able to...

when i play songs in media player12 it stops after a min and says that an aideo is disconnected or reconfigured. after that without closing i play the next song it works fine till i hear the songs completely. at times i open windows explorer and just click and scroll the side bar the player...

Hi, I just downloaded the 64-Bit version of Windows 7 RC. I currently have Windows XP SP2 installed on my machine. I just wanted to know if it is safe to do online transactions and internet banking in the RC version of Windows7 or should I wait until W7 RTM is released? regards, CuteBug

Hi All, In Windows Mail, when I copy a mail that I have saved and paste it into a new E-mail, when they recipient tries to open the web link in the E-mail I sent them, they get "Address not Valid". When I look at the actual Sent Item, I see an "mhtml:{" with a bunch of characters appended to...

hello evreyone. i've upgraded my 7000 build to 7048 build and one problome was fixed, but another poped. when i'm trying to download any file(exe,zip...), in any browser(mozilla,ie) there is a progress bar and evrething and the download is correct but when the file is done with the download...

Question: When reformatting hard drive, how many times is it being rewritten? I was just curious, plus the question was put to me and I had no answer. Thanks.

I cannot get the Insert Symbol feature of Word 2007 to work in Win7, Word keeps freezing on me. When I click on the "More Symbols" button, Word freezes. Can someone else try this for me and let me know if they run into the same problem. Thanks.