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I am told that you can upgrade Windows 7.0 RC to Windows 7.0 Final version. I only see an upgrade to Ultimate is there a workaround to go to Windows 7.0 Professional. I have a HP Pavillion a1410n Desktop and it came with XP the restore discs are XP. I …

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hey people,ive got a problem with my pc.so yesterday i installed new update for window then at the end it said sumthing about my window not being valid or sumthing and it stopped responding.so i turned it back on when it loaded up tho my keyboard and mouse were not …

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Hello, everyone! This is my first post. It appears that my issue is unique from any problem I have read. My other computer is a Dell Inspiron laptop with 1.0 GHz running XP, and it will not properly boot. All it will do after POST and the "Starting Windows" spash …

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I have Windows XP home edition, and Internet Explorer 6. This happened before but I did something to fix it, and I don't remember what. What happens is whenever I click on a javascript link, it doesn't do anything, or just sits there and has the loading cursor forever. Any …

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OK, so given that Microsoft has seen fit not to include Fax and Scan with Vista Home Premium (although Business and Ultimate users get it) what Vista friendly third party apps are you using to replace the missing fax functionality? Assuming, of course, you do not have an all-in-one printer …

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This morning my HP Pavilion 7915 worked fine. Then I got some kind of update from Adobe and tried to run it. It said it was already there, and asked if I wanted to overwrite or put it elsewhre. I could do neither. Also, I believe I may have had …

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Hey, I am having problems with the sound when playing DVD's on windows media player. It plays sounds when i watch an mpeg or some other movie file but when i play any DVD's no sounds comes out. I have gone through all the settings a few times now and …

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i has a Easy Cap 4 channel usb dvr capture the driver it can with not working with vista can you help me with drivers to work please

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I have an HP Laptop with Windows Vista. I have had problems with spyware and viruses and such and now the thing runs slowly in whatever i am doing. How do i restore to original factory settings? I understand there may be "better" solutions, but i really don't mind restoring …

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I have 64-bit Vista Home Premium with IE7 (also 64-bit). Unable to download and install flash player with that version of IE. I also have 32-bit Firefox and flash player works normally as expected with it. When I view Program and Features, I see Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and Adobe …

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Hey all, I'm having a problem with my Internet Explorer. Every time that I try to use it I simply get, "The Page Cannot Be Displayed"/ "Cannot find server or DNS error". However, despite this my Mozilla Firefox works without any problems. What seems to be the issue at hand? …

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On my Windows 7 laptop at home, I'm getting usb host controller error code 43. My usb printer works and my usb flash drive works but my external 250gb usb drive does not work. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Hi what is Torrent and why it is used? What is the benefit of installing this software? Please explain about Torrent in detail. thanks

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On Windows xp there was an update or macro of somekind that allowed you to print the files in a directory or folder. "file" dropdown, hit print director, and it provided a basic listing of your files in that director. Nothing like that apparently exists in Microsofts downloads for Vista. …

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Can Someone Please Help Me Reformat My Cpu Its A Window Xp I Cant Afford To Pay Someone So Need Help Really Bad I Want To Clean It Out And Start All Over Like Brand New Plz And Ty

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