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    Windows 7 I need a W7, Vista Basic, Sun VBox, Dell restore DVD guru

    I am running W7 Home Premium on a Dell Vostro 220 that used to run Vista Basic. I have Sun Virtual Box VM installed and use it to run Windows 2000. I would like to add my old Vista Basic OS as another Sun VBox Virtual Machine. However, I only have the Dell Recovery DVD and not an actual Vista...
    • walterius
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    • dell installation os support recovery dvd sun vbox virtual box virtual machine vista basic vostro 220 windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 - 32 or 64 Bit for gaming?

    Hello. I am going to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate from Vista Basic 32 bit. As said in the title, I am curious if I should go with 32 or 64 bit OS. I do alot of gaming on my PC so I would like to have which ever one would increasing performance. I would appericate your opinions on what I should...
    • Screamz91
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    • 32 bit 64 bit gaming operating system performance processor ram upgrade vista basic windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Games

  3. Windows 7 Windows 7 networking issue

    Hi guys! I've got this issue with W7 RTM and I haven't been able to figure out how to solve it. I have a couple of folders shared on my desktop running W7, but I can't access them from any other PC. I tried from PC's running on XP pro and Vista Home Basic, and an error box saying "Is possible...
    • julius
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    • access denied error code file sharing networking permission issue rtm vista basic windows 7 workgroup xp pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 Windows Activation

    Just got a new PC--Dell with Vista Basic. I immediately downloaded and installed Windows 7. I did not activate Vista before installing Win 7. I have tried several times to activate Win 7 but it will not accept the product key number on my PC. I get a message to the effect that the key is not...
    • fibaldwin
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    • dell pc installation issues operating system product key reinstallation technical support uninstall issues vista basic windows 7 windows activation
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Windows Vista Business No Aero?

    I just installed Windows Vista Business on a new PC and I can't get Aero. Under "Windows Colors and Appearance" from the Personalization Menu all it shows me is Windows Vista Basic, Windows Standard, and Windows Classic color schemes. I'm running a 2.2 ghz PC with 2 gigs of RAM, with a genuine...
    • username
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    • aero color schemes genuine edition graphics settings installation pc performance personalization ram vista basic windows vista
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Alternative to group policy editor in Vista Basic?

    Running Vista Basic on a notebook with multiple user accounts. Since no policy editor exists on the basic verssion, from what I have found, is there another method to make configuration changes to ALL users? Specifically, I want to set the power settings globally for all users. MORE...
    • n8tgc
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    • configuration group policy notebook power button power settings shutdown command standby user accounts vista basic
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Will my PC support Windows aero?

    My specs are as follows: HP Pavlion dv4000 Intel Pentium M processor 1.80 GHz 1 GB RAM 128 MB Graphics 100 GB Storage OS: Windows Vista Business Vista System rating: 1.0 :( So ofcourse because of my low rating, I cant use Windows aero. The setting to chose is is also not available...
    • netlover
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    • color schemes graphics hp pavilion pc specs performance ram upgrade system rating vista basic windows aero windows vista
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware