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OK...my question is fairly simple: I installed w7 build 7600, is that Build the final version? When I open Everest and look at the info on my OS it still says "Trial". Does this mean it will shut down at some point or is it indeed the final retail version. I was led to believe it was the final...

Alright i have a new new laptop and everything trust me the specs are more than good enough for win 7 im running win 7 64bit i was on utorrent and my whole laptop froze, nothing i could do, i had to hold the power button to power down then when i turned my pc back up after a couple of minutes...

I'm new here AND new to 7, (7 Professional). I currently have XP on a Raid 0 array. Can I install a third hard drive and install 7 on it and have a dual boot system or do I have to dump XP altogether? I'm waiting with the install so I can find some answers. Can anyone answer or help?? Thank...

The problem I am having is the system will go into S3 sleep but it will not come back up. It reboots the system upon wake up and I get a (How do you want Windows to start?" window. S1 sleep seems to work fine. I have adjusted the network card power management and set all the power management...

Hello ALL I wish to install XPM in Windows 7 so as to run legacy applications. I recently read a handful of information in different windows-forum to learn how ; however, someone said that we should install the VPN ( Windows6.1-KB958559-x86.msu ) afore the image WinXP Mode (...

Hi all, I have just registered so I'm not 100% sure if this is the right place to be posting this. I have just pre ordered Windows 7 Home Premium and looking for a new anti virus to go with it that will hopefully work better than McAfee (which is totally annoying). I heard that Kaspersky...

Hi! I'm gonna modify the folder in Windows XP called "Default User", in Windows 7 called "Default". (=I'm gonna do it in W7 :p ) What I have modified: -Change the desktop background -Change screensaver -Change the who of the systemicons thats supposed to be shown -Change site...

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...

Link Removed Since there's no way to bump a topic with new information, and I can't edit the topic title, the only way I can relay this additional information is to make a new topic. Sorry for the additional clutter, but I really really really really REALLY need this working in the next half...

Hi guys, I've been having some significant sound problems since installing Win7. I have an MS-7185 motherboard with onboard sound. I have the Realtek AC'97 drivers, version 6.0.1.6285. I have 7.1 surround sound speakers. There's a background sound process (SOUNDMON.exe) which I believe is...