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my dell inspiron 1545 has vista home basic. now, how do I get windows 7 home premium? can I upgrade? how much will that cost?

I have installed windows 7 and it seems the latest version of utorrent is incompatible with the OS. The problem is that when the torrent is downloaded the system crashes. Here is the hijackthis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:34:15 AM, on 31-Oct-09 Platform: Unknown …

Hey I get an error when trying to activate Windows 7 Enterprise, it says a problem occured when Windows tried to activate. I have a legal copy and a legal product key, but it gives me the error and won't let me enter the product key or go online to …

When I try to play from library or a CD a cursor just runs up and down the playlist and nothing will play. I get no audio on websites like YouTube or any I receive in email . I get video but no sound. I had same problem with media …

Hi ! I use windows xp with MS word 2002.Every time I open a word documet it copies itself with the title's first 2 words altered to a dollor sign($) and ~.so if I name a file ultra.doc it would appear ~$ltra.doc, a duplicate of the original, inside content -nothing …

My monitor is displaying everything in IE in very LARGE font, I have tried changing screen resolution, updating display and video drivers,and just unplugging etc and nothing works

Need to change the default in the Removable Disk Format window from Fat32 to Fat. This is for a reoccuring need to format in Fat ONLY. Any ideas?

I have a friend's Gateway MA7 laptop, because it had a [u]horrible[/u] virus problem. The only anti-virus on it was McAfee (which is worse than nothing, in my opinion), and it had such an infection that new programs couldn't be installed. To be on the safe side, I low-level formatted …

Hello, so here is my problem. The last month or so I noticed that my RAM usage was quite high. So looking through my processes I noticed my svchost's were really high. Most of them are below 10k, but two really caught my eye. When my pc was at it …

This is for an IBM Thinkpad R40. The computer has XP (service pack 3) installed, all windows updates installed, etc. Basically, I can connect to WEP and unsecured networks, but nothing in regards to WPA. As a matter of fact, when I attempt to connect to a WPA network, it …

For about the last month, I have had the icon in the start menu saying that I have an update that should be installed. But every time I allow it to "install" it never really does from what I can see. Does anyone have any news on what is up?

i have a new compaq laptop with Vista(HOME) 29september 2009,but i am also continue updated of vista,can i updated window 7 without any pay?,if yes than tell me process

I installed the Port Reporter service on a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 computer. The installion completed successfully but when I go and start the service I get an error - [I]Could not start Port Reporter service on Local Computer. Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectantly.[/I] And this is …

Hi to everyone! I'm new on the forum, I'm posting a new thread so I can get some help with my printer. I bought not long ago an HP CP1515n [url]http://www.informatica-i7store.com/productos/scanner-printer-hp-impresora-escaner/Informatica-HP-COLOR-LASERJET-CP1515N-943TGQ0.php[/url] and It's impossible to make it work with windows 7. I tried the original drivers, and nothing I get …

can anybody tell me.How should i do password protection to the folder in windows xp.Kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.

Alright, so I'm currently working on doing the work around and burning my own ISO file off of what I do have for Windows 7 (i have 32 bit Vista and am upgrading to 64 bit Windows 7). I just noticed that my command prompt when it opens up defaults …

I need a new computer and am wondering whether to buy a bare m/c and install XP, or to buy one with Windows 7. I use Office 97 which works fine with XP, though no longer supported. It seems it aslo works with Vista. Has anyone tried it with Windows …

Ive just installed 7 pro 64 bit. I also have vista home premium 32 bit installed on the PC. after installing 7 i thought it would set up a dual boot, but it didn't. It just boots straight into 7. Anyone have any idea how I can access Vista and …

i'm hoping there is someone out there with win xp 64 BIT VERSION who had to overcome some problems to get iTUNES on their compter. two things to note. i downloaded it and it told me it needs a 64 bit version of win xp. that's what i'm on, but …

I want to check which windows files are missing or corrupted. Surely there is a program to do this? Chkdsk only checks the integrity of the disk, not of the files that might be missing and neccesary for windows. Any help?

Are temp files and invalid entries destructive for your system and how can I clean it?

i need help with my dvd drives, one of them is a LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5236V the other one is a LITE-ON DVDRW SHM-165H6S, my computer will pick up the dvd drives, but no matter what i put in the dvd drives, it will not read or play anything...

Had an old server donated to my church that had the DBAN program ran on it. Now when trying to install Server 2000 the monitor is black. How can I install?

Hi All, Usually able to deal with PC monsters but this one has me all but beat. It's a Dell Inspiron 1525 for a colleague with 32bit Vista on it, SP1 only (SP2 wouldn't install but after a lot of online searching and trying various fixes, I decided it's the …

hey people i have a small problem with my xp.. now this has always been a smallish problem with it but now its getting way worse. the system is just randomly shutting off... like if i leave it on for a night it usually will be restarted when i wake …

I'm stuck at the welcome screen but this isn't a typical locked out scenario; I know my password, my OS is fine, but I installed a new videocard driver which makes my monitor think its much bigger than it is. As a result, all I can see is the OS …

Hi, Good afternoon, I am kindly asking if you can assist me on how to reinstalling my PC (Window Xp). Your kind of assisting me will be greatly appreciated DANIEL WAIRON

I am using a windows xp pro as my operating system. I want to upgrade it to windows vista. I heard that you can upgrade xp to vista without re moving your files using the upgrade copy for vista. May someone help me how to do it. Thank you for …

I installed the new Windows 7. One big problem, I can't open more than one window in Internet Explorer. If I am online on a page... and if I click the IE icon to open another site, it just reopens the same window I am already in. Anyone know of …

I'm having trouble getting the computer to shut off completely. I log off and then hit shut computer off and get the screen that says i can safely shut down computer instead of it shutting down by itself. I can't even get it to shut off by pushing the shut …

Hi there, I have windows XP.I tried to find this channel for movies but some unknown site came up,i tried closing it but it was taking long so tried to close it using taskmanager.suddenly it closed.I logged off and switchd off my laptop and now everytime i try to switch …

I installed Windows 7 this morning, then installed VC++ 2008 Express again. Now I want to install a dependency walker in its installation folder. But suprise suprise, the folder is marked read-only. Using Windows Explorer to change permissions does nothing. Yes, my account is set up as Administrator (already checked …

i am trying to get sound from my computer but none is coming out of it. it keeps telling me no active mixer device when i check it in control panel. what is wrong with it

I have been plagued with this for several months now and still have been unable to get rid of it. Anytime I play certain games (Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Shattered Galaxy, Atlantica Online, Shot Online, Pangya to name some of the ones that do this often) if the game …

I have windows xp ultimate and I had received a virus in some part of my operating system. So I deleted it. Now my computer will not start up. Goes to the safe mode selection screen. And that is it. How do I fix this problem?

My computer will not boot from xp cd. It works in other pc's vista cd boots fine. PC work fine and boots normal

Hello to all I have just got a lap top with Vista,using my desk top pc running vista I set up a home network but I don,t seem to be able to share files ,when I go into network using my laptop I click on my desk top and I …

I know there have been many threads on this. I looked them up, but most were too specific to help. I'll reprint the message just in case: [code] We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If …

The title pretty much explains it. Windows XP wont boot to the desktop. When I turn the computer on, it gets to the loading XP screen then a blue screen appears briefly then it reboots. I entered the boot menu and checked boot orders, made sure all HDDs were connected, …

Ok I just got a new nVidia Geforce 9600 GT graphics card and I can't seem to get the sound to work and I have an HDMI cable plugged into my graphics card. My pc shows no playback devices. How do I get the sound to work?

I see many DVD to computer software packages available out there and I don't mind paying for the software as long as it does the job, quickly and easily. Does anyone out there know of such a program? Thanks.

I am having trouble with some websites "remembering me". My Yahoo email accounts are fine, but theroyalforums.com, kroger.com, and jaycfoods.com will not (there may be a couple others also). Once I close the browser it "forgets" me. Any suggestions? Thanks much!

My computer is always having a problem. Now my computer is fixed i want to have a boot disk for me to use it in the future if there will be a problem. Please guide me step by step. Thank you for those who will reply.

I know that there are countless threads already on this, but even after trying all those suggestions I still can't seem to resolve the issue. I was installing BitDefender and had to restart the computer. The computer would boot up and seem to be loading Windows, but then it just …

I have installed a fresh copy of WinXP. I recently came to know about spyware malware adware so i installed IObit security, Malware bytes Spybot, counterspy ,Superantispyware. I could get some 20 infected items I removed it. IObit security there is a security option where i never installed security updates …

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Hi friends, I was having two o.s installed windows 7 & windows xp sp3 at that time i was getting o.s selection menu at start time. But now i have formatted my windows 7 partition and reinstalled it now i am not getting any o.s selection menu at start up …

hello everyone, i have a new pc and it runs on windows 7, and i never had this problem with my other xp pc, everytime i create an html file with images (i have tried jpeg, gif and png so far) only png shows up and not jpg and gif, …

Help!!!! i need someone to help me,virus got into my laptop and and i format my computer without backing up and i lost everything, and i am trying to find where can i download my back up? i am using Windows vista home premium 64 bit edition.

i might have typed a wrong command at CMD or RUN few months back, but now i realised that everytime when i opn CMD, there will be something that was not spose to be there. it's something like this: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] <C> Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. [B]'C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchust.exe' …