windows upgrade

  1. Windows 7 Need help figuring out what happened.

    Ok I've done an upgrade to my pc. I swapped out the motherboard and the harddrive. Before I did the swap I installed everything to the drive while it was in another case. Then I put it in my case that has two other harddrives. Now all of them were working when I did the change over. One of them...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Video Driver Issue

    Hey guys, I've been having a recurring problem at least twice a day, and more when I watch video, where I'm using my HP 6930p elitebook and the screen goes white with dull lines running through it. My laptop originally came with windows vista and was upgraded through my school to windows 7 32...
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    Windows 7 Strange Error While Upgrading My Windows.

    The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade, complete each task, and then restart the upgrade to continue. You can’t upgrade 64-bit Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. To upgrade, obtain a 64-bit version of the installation disc, or go online to see how...
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    Windows 7 Administrator gets access denied on folder access, must take ownership??:

    I am an experienced system administrator (mostly on Unix, but also on Win XP). I've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The data disk, where all of the user project folders are stored is separate from the system disk, and untouched by the upgrade. I am the owner and...
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    Windows 7 activation problem

    I puchased a windows upgrade for my two home computers (laptop and desktop) from Costco a few months ago. It had the 64 bit version which I needed for my laptop and the 32bit version for my desktop. The laptop was running Vista and the desktop XP . I upgraded both machines and all was well...
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    Windows 7 Black screen on Installation of Windows Professional Upgrade

    I'm very glad to have stumbled across this forum! I've recently purchased a new ASUS computer (N61V I think), it came with Windows 7 Home, however for school the techies will only work with Windows 7 Professional, so thus, I cannot use it at the moment. I went through start, and went to...
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    Windows 7 Upgrade to Windows 7 stalls at 63% (Not 62%)

    I decided to upgrade my Dell 1525 Inspiron laptop from Vista Home Premium (32 bit) to Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit). I bought the Dell disks and ran the upgrade assistant first. It told me to uninstall two programs - which I did. I should say I do not want to do a clean install for...
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    Windows 7 How much space sould win 7 install take up?

    I have recently done a fresh install of windows 7 ultimate and it says that it has taken up nearly 35gb on my hd? Is this normal? i have a loptop with 100gb hd and checked it straight after install and it said i only had 65bg left
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    Windows 7 XP network: Can ping IP and server name, but still can't browse

    Recently upgraded one machine on our small office network to 7 in order to learn the product. All other transition went smoothly and impressed with increase in speed and ease of use for the average user. Stats are: Dell Dimension E520 Dual Core 1.8GHz 2GB Ram Windows 7 Ultimate PC is wiredAll...
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    Windows 7 Back up files dilemma

    I have just upgraded from Vista to 7. That went well. Before I performed the upgrade I carried out a backup to a second HDD for the first time. I have just gone to search the back up and have dicscovered it is in 149 seperate files and one global catalogue. Apart from going through every file...
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    Windows 7 Problems with storage controller and ATI Catalyst

    I'm trying to do a 64 bit upgrade, I'm currently running Vista home premium 64bit on a dell studioXPS 16 laptop. I'm having trouble with my install, I get so far in the compatibility and I get this message. The following issues are preventing Windows from upgrading. Cancel the upgrade...
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    Windows 7 Windows Media Player problems

    Hello, I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista on my PC. I have all my media files on a WD external HD. The problem I am having with media player is in the libraries.. When clicking "organize" then "manage libraries" and then "music" it just disappears and does nothing. If I follow the same...
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    Windows 7 Windows Upgrade from Visto to 7.

    This is for my wife's laptop. We bought it with Vista installed and the option of a free upgrade from Dell to Windows 7. I followed both supplied disks including removing the McAfee Anti-Virus, Itunes, Google Toolbar and proceeded with the upgrade. This ran for about 2 hours at the end of...
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    Windows 7 BSOD on fresh W7 install

    it's a bit of a long story, but I have been battling the blue screen of death for months now on my machine. My system specs are: Dell Deminsion 8400 (really just the case and mobo are Dell OEM) Antec 650w psu Geforce 9600GT 512mb western digital harddrive 4GB Crucial ballistix ram Pentium 4...
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    Windows 7 Pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit UPGRADE to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit?

    Hi guys, I emailed Microsoft support this question and got a useless answer back; they just sent me a link to download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, which basically told me what I already knew (that my system is capable of running Windows 7). So I called them just now and the so-called...
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    Windows 7 SoundMax Integrated Digital Drivers

    I recently updraded from XP Pro to Windows 7 Enterprise, all is working well except for my sound. Device manager, sound properties tells me; this device is not working properly, tried uninstalling but after reboot, driver is still listed with yellow exclamation. Any help would be appreciated.:)
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    Windows 7 IE8 Won't Open After W7U Install

    I recently installed W7U 32 from Vista and everything works fine except IE. I've tried to open it a dozen times and I always get this, " IE has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Window will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." It...
  18. Windows 7 Here it is folks...

    Hey all! Well after much arguing and frustration here is the guide on how to perform a Clean (or "custom" as Microsoft calls it) Install using the Upgrade Media with Windows 7. :) Enjoy! Paul Thurrott is the one to thank for this: Link Removed due to 404 Error
  19. Windows 7 Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7

    Overview Agood solution for XP users. This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows 7. If your computer is running another version of...
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    Windows 7 error 0x80070017

    i am trying to upgrade my laptop from vista to 7 and every time i try to do it goes through just fine until it gets to the transferring files stage and then it gets to 49% and then hangs there and doesnt move. after awhile an error message comes up saying "windows cannot copy files required for...