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    Windows 10 Upgrading windows 10 home to pro

    We have bought laptops with windows 10 Home SL , I would like to upgrade to Pro what is the cost involved in india.
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    Windows 8 Issues Activating Windows 8.1 After Motherboard Replacement

    Hi everyone, I find myself in a bit of a bind. I'm fixing a PC for a family friend - the motherboard died. Anyway, it was running Windows 8.1 - (I believe it was a cracked version - dunno, didn't build it). So anyway, the motherboard died, so I swapped like for like - A Gigabyte SKT-AM3...
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    Windows 7 Information on boot problem and AtiPcie.sys

    Just wanted to share some information for anyone else having a certain boot problem related to atipcie.sys. Pauli pointed me in the right direction in another thread. Apparently, this problem is not uncommon. Atipcie.sys is one of the drivers associated with ATI video hardware. Symptoms: In...
  4. Windows 7 Using the same Windows 7 Key on multiple computers

    Preface: I'm building my own computer from scratch after having headaches with my current one (a Dell) for about 4 years. Seeing since it's come from Dell, they've saved me the pain of installing Windows 7 myself, and have also handily provided me with a sticker that displays Proof of License...
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    Windows 7 Question on Reinstallation

    Hey guys, I currently have Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 installed and I have to reinstall Win7 due to a dying hard drive. Because of this I plan on buying some new RAM and a new hard drive (an SSD if it matters.) My only concern is that I would be forced...
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    Windows 8 End users, OEMs, Windows 8 and Microsoft following Apple's business model!

    As you may know that Microsoft is making its own "Surface" tablet as well as its own smartphone. And it seems their intention is to make everything like notebooks, desktops, ultrabooks themselves, just like Apple does and this has already created tension between MS and the OEMs. May be MS...
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    Windows 7 file extraction problem on Win 7 Pro install

    I have Win 7 Pro bought online during last winter's college student sale. No original CD, but I burned two copies of the download. I'm trying to reinstall Win 7 on a new processor and motherboard. Backed up the old system drive and have been trying a clean install with no success. During file...