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Hi. I am planning on upgrading from XP to Windows 7. Right now, I have 2 hard drives on my computer (C: and F:). All of my files are on the C: hard drive (300GB) and F: (1TB) is empty. When I install Windows 7, I'm planning on installing it to F: , and later copying files over from C: instead...

Does Windows 7 have a A-B repeat feature when playing music mp3's? A-B repeat is a feature where you can select a section within a music file or sound file and then the media player will repeat that section over and over instead of playing the entire song. I cant find it in the player. It...

Hi In Windows XP, I am able to right-click within a folder, and when I choose New there is a listing of multiple file types that can be created (DOC, TEXT, HTML) and Folder. In Windows 7, when I do the same action, the choice available for New is only Folder How can I make this all New to...

Using WMDM I have created a small application to read portable device information, my application works fine on vista and XP but has one problem on Win7. Problem: I am not able to get drive letter of USB device. I am calling GetName of IWMDMDevice interface, on XP & VISTA this API returns...

Installed Windows 7 last week and realized that unless the laptop is plugged in, I cannot read the display. It looks almost like it's brightness/contrast gets put on the highest level and I cannot make anything out. Sometimes it will fade back to correct if I don't have any programs running...

Hello people! I just installed Windows 7 over Windows Vista, now there's two systems on my computer. I want to remove Vista, but I don't know how to do it, anyone who can guide me through it? I would be very thankfull.... Btw I searched for "two operative systems" and couldn't find any...

I have W7 installed on my 'C' drive and I have a 'D' partition that I would like use for Vista. Can I just install Vista and point to the 'D' partition? Do I need to install Vista first?

Just a quick question here, but do I have to install the programs I want to use off my Windows XP partition to Windows 7 or can I drag them to the start menu somehow so I can use them? I'm mainly wanting to know for my NOD32 antivirus program how do I use that on Windows 7? The little red x...

Sorry if someone has already asked this - can't believe no-one has! - but I've searched the forums and can't find anything... Where is the Software Explorer tool from Windows Defender? Particularly the tool to manage Startup programs? I agree in Vista it was awkwardly positioned since you...

I wasn't sure which section to put this question in, so please let me know if it belongs somewhere else. I can't figure out how to specify a search anchored to the beginning of the item when using the Media Player search window. For example, how do I search for all songs with titles beginning...

Hey..i have Vista RC1 installed on the D partition of my hard drive with XP Pro on the C partition..my question is..on January 30th when Vista actually comes out, what happens to the Vista I have installed? With it deactivate itself and i can't use it anymore? Will it force me to upgrade to the...

Frequently lately i have bee asked about Windows Vista and active Sync. to this i Replied Windows Active Sync does not work in Windows Vista. windows Vista uses its own sync program and therefore active sync is not supported. it seems to be a little strange when Microsoft wants to have the lions...