1. K

    Windows 7 Errors found after installation

    I just did a clean install of windows7 professional. My cpu is freezing every couple of minutes. I checked the event log and found many errors, warnings, and even some critical errors. I have no idea how to go about fixing these issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated! event id: 106...
  2. T

    Windows 7 Most Coveted Win 7 Image

    What do you think the most desired / coveted window you can open in Windows 7 would look like? I finally found it! And finally achieved it! It may be easy for some people but for me it's been like the search for the Holy Grail I'll attach the image... it's a copy of my Event Viewer /...
  3. D

    Windows 7 Too much time to shutdown and boot-up

    I have extremely slow shutdown and boot-up speeds. I'm using windows 7 home premium with intel dual core. I have 4gb ram on a 32 bit system. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but have collected some info from the event viewer. I would appreciate any advice. My average boot time is taking...
  4. textureDnB

    Warning: Malicious Free Driver Posts Flooding Forums

    Beware these free driver for posts that just popped up everywhere the link is malicious. Ive reported the posts so they should be handled soon but there are about fifteen of them in the last couple minutesd and still climbing.
  5. T

    Windows 7 Random shutdowns occuring early

    ok i downloaded the beta about a month ago and it has happened about four times in the past two weeks. my computer will shut down without any warning and when i turn it back on it starts back up like normal without any error messages. it just really annoyed me last night when it shut down in...
  6. K

    Windows 7 open file security warning

    i get this message when i open sisoft, and u torr and couple others, just started happening out the blue. Wondering if theres a security setting i can over ride to remove the issue thanks for your help
  7. uldreg

    Windows 7 HDD failure warning

    HDD failure warning [Solved] Hey there. I was wondering if there's any way to disable the annoying "inc HDD failure" warning that shows up whenever I'm booting my computer up. Here's a picture of said warning: Link Removed due to 404 Error To be honest I don't want to backup anything since...
  8. C

    Windows 7 Windows 7 gives inexplicable warnings

    Am using the Windows 7 RC Build 7100 and the Aero theme for my desktop. Every now and again I get a warning that Windows has detected that my system is running slow and suggests that I use a less taxing theme. The problem is that my system is not running slow at all so the warning seems somewhat...
  9. F

    Windows XP winzip + disk cleanup?

    ok, so i got a little problem or rather a worry : i had 352mb of free space and a zip file of 470+mb on the same hdd. as i didnt need some of the files in that zip, i deleted them (around 50mb). i did so directly out of winzip 10, which actually makes a new file out of the old but without...
  10. B

    Windows 7 Win 7 RC Event Viewer Help?

    I was having weird system issues (mostly system freezes) with Win 7 RC x64 after doing an in place upgrade (build 7068 was rock solid) so I bit the bullet and did a clean install. Now 1 day later I have 10,000+ events in event viewer and still have random freezes. Most entries are either a...
  11. C

    Windows 7 Any warnings on a full unpartioned clean install?

    I'm going to install windows 7 rc next week on a laptop using the advanced custom install with a full unpartion. Any worries as far as drivers. Will be doing without backup. Connection worries or anything like that?
  12. S

    Windows 7 "permission to modify files in this network location"

    when trying to save files, any files from firefox or any internet application to my desktop i receive the error: "You don't have permission to modify files in this network location please contact your system administrator" The first time it downloads a Zero size file, but the second time it...
  13. G

    Windows 7 Administrator - Run as Administrator Issues

    I am not sure where to post this but will try here. As an XP user who is now trying the Win 7 Beta, I have found most things work well and software installation and configuration has worked for most applications. I set up Win 7 as a clean install on a second hard drive, thus creating a dual...
  14. J

    Windows 7 W7 and Online Banking - a BIG Caveat

    Hi guys just a warning for the really adventurous --. If you are going to try to connect to your Online Banking account (ensure your firewalls and AV software are working properly) I'd advise your Bank FIRST by Email or Phone that you want to connect via Windows 7. Some new security systems...
  15. P

    Windows 7 Sunbelt Personal Firewall = BSOD

    Title says it all, don;t use it or you'll boot to a BSOD. I tried uninstalling in Safe mode but the uninstaller isn't available so I had to disable the service, still didn;t work, then booted to ubuntu and deleted the program file and the offending .sys file to get to boot. So consider it fair...
  16. davehc

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Beta available

    As I am sure the enthusiastic testers are aware, Windows 7 Beta has been released to some testers. But, for those who are not in the list of chosen, it is widely available already on torrents. A word of warning. Unfortunately, for strange reasons, there are posters who deliberately put up fake...
  17. davidca

    Windows 7 windows security centre alert about non virus protection

    i dont know what change I may have made to my system but two days ago, windows security centre started showing me warnings saying: Windows did not find antivirus software on this computer Same thing with the firewall. i am being told the windows firewall is turned off I have a full version...
  18. kemical

    Windows 7 Urgent: Warning About the Dangerous 'Postcard' Virus - Please Read and Share!

    Hi, I recieved a e-mail warning of a nasty virus so I thought I'd reproduce it (the mail) for the benefit of others... Hi All, this has been checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! and it is for real!! Get this E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP...
  19. Celestra

    Windows Vista Warning For People Not Getting Microsoft Automatic Download

    he I'm afraid they've found GUI instabilities, Eight I believe, one involving the Windows Media Center. Link Removed Link Removed due to 404 Error
  20. B

    Windows Vista Recovery isn´t working...?

    Hey, I´ve been trying to fix my girlfriends computer for some time now and I´m having a bit of problems. The thing is it´s an 11 month old laptop and it´s running slower than the very first computer that I ever owned. The problem isn´t in the memory because it has 2GB of memory...