Dell has a free upgrade in place but vista home basic systems do not qualify.

I had posted a link before i checked if you may have been eligible ( https://win7.dell.com/Eligibility.aspx )

Do you have an upgrade version of 7 ? Did you do a clean install ?

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-XP-Microsoft-Software/b/qid=1256496708/ref=sr_tc_2_0?ie=UTF8&node=694886

Have you tried MSI tech support (http://www.msimobile.com/customerservice/contactus.aspx) ?

http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora

It's called User Account Control (UAC) and even though you are an admin, you're given a regular user token and are prompted any time you require elevated permissions. In Vista it can be turned off...

Possibly; it would depend on the source of the addon.

I have only ever used addons from mozilla.org (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/) after reading the reviews, and so far so good.

Try going to Tools(in Firefox) > Options> Content tab; At the bottom you should see Languages, click on the 'Choose' button and select French and Remove.

I suggested FF because it's also built on Mozilla and I'm almost positive that I've seen the issue your having(and the workaround I suggested) in the knowledge base (http://www.mozilla.org/support/)...

Try downloading and installing Firefox as the default browser. Then launch Seamonkey and set it as default again.

Are you able to see/use the drive? If not, check this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314634.

Try installing a different application(other than Adobe) to open PDF's
like Foxit Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/).

Check Tools>Options; Advanced tab; click Config Editor.. button; filter for 'sound' and ensure that mail.biff.play_sound is 'false'.

If so, my guess is that your profile is corrupt. Maybe try...

Try PC Wizard (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/PC-Wizard/1076891867/1); it's a good hardware detection program and it's freeware.

I disable them all(except antivirus) and if I notice that any would be useful I re-enable them. Most just load part of the program to speed up its launch when you do use it.

Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/installation-instructions.aspx) states in their installation instructions that you must do a 'clean' install of the release candidate if you've...

Try using ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/download); under the Tools you can easily(and safely) disable any of the programs running at Startup. It's also handy for cleaning up temp files, etc.

My recommendation is ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download).

I too have had similar problems; Flash player seemed to be the culprit in my case. I now find that FFv3.08 (and Flash 10.0r22) is much more stable.

Some shots of build 7077 that a bud emailed to me.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099

Are you manually adding the printer or does the driver software automatically do the printer installation? If it's the latter, be sure to run the setup as administrator and you may also want to...

The Dell cd will be customized for the desktop and i think you'll find that it will NOT work in the hp laptop. A regular(no brand name manufacturer) oem copy of xp home should work using the license...

Give Microsoft a call, they can fix you up over the phone. I did it when a BIOS update caused the windows activation on my oem system to de-activate. Took less than 10 minutes.

Just double click on the top border of the task manager window.

You're in 'tiny footprint mode'; you got there by double clicking in the space above the tabs.

Have you tried turning off windows' firewall? What happens when you boot to safe mode with networking and try browsing?

If you can ping successfully by ip address and not by name the problem is with your dns settings.

Once you've booted from the HDD, what happens when you run setup off the CD ? Maybe the problem is your CD drive hardware ?

Just a guess. Does it work if you switch the service's Startup Type to 'Manual' ?

i like imgburn (http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download)

It's not the processor, you need to add more RAM.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Great White North!

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Service Pack 4 ?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867778

The cd only has the files necessary to install XP; the license is on a label attached to the computer case(or bottom of a laptop). I'm guessing both computers are from the same manufacturer and this...

SP1 ?

maybe SP2beta.

Definitely sounds like Vista doesn't like your notebook much either.

Can you change your home page to anything else at all ? Have you tried the Reset on the Advanced tab of Internet properties?

The BIOS settings of your new motherboard are probably not the same as the old one. Try this: Enter setup and disable Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), save and reboot.
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Try ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/). Just be sure to backup if you use the registry cleaner feature.

The following is from Firefox's knowledge base (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/):

If Firefox processes that remain in memory at exit are a recurring problem, try these solutions:

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