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Windows 7 won't install on an old laptop
I'm going to tell you a short backstory to help you understand the issue.
I've taken a laptop from a person and promised to make it run better. The laptop is old, and needs an older Windows version to ...
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How to install com ports in windows 7?
I'm having a big problem on how to install programs since the ports are not functioning after I just downgraded my laptop's OS to windows 7.
I check my device manager, and I can't find Universal ...
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My windows 7 all of a sudden can not detect MY wifi, but can detect others
Good afternoon, I have a Windows 7 laptop hooked up, it has detected my wifi fine, and all of a sudden, after doing a reset on my Xfinity router, the laptop stopped detecting my wifi.
My other ...
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Cryptic message by HP support assistant
I've recently reinstalled Win7 on my HP Pavillion dv6 laptop and I keep getting this cryptic message from HP support assistant shortly after startup. The computer seems to be working fine otherwise (...
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Windows 7 setup on HP pavilion g6
I don't know how to describe the problem on the title.
Few days back I bought a used HP Pavilion G6. It had the OEM installed windows 7(I didn't remember which edition it was). After buying the ...
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Turn on laptop with a mouse or keyboard
I have a laptop MSI GT70 2PC Dominator. How to setup this to be able to turn on with a external mouse or keyboard (USB connected)?
These are my BIOS settings.
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Dell Studio XPS 1640 start up issues
I've had a Dell Studio XPS 1640 Laptop for about 8 years. The last 4 years I've had issues with it's booting. It will start to load and then get the blue screen of death for a millisecond and ...
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Feasibility of using 2 separate hard drives to run Windows OR Linux on laptop
I have a Lenovo T430 running Windows 7 Pro, Core i7, integrated graphics, 500GB SSD.
I am in school, an advanced beginner learning to program, and developing in multiple environments depending on the ...
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Alternate boot on Lenovo Thinkbook Ultrabook
My wife's Aunt's friend's brother's passed away, and I am charged with getting into his computer. It's a Lenovo Thinkpad Ultraboot; he set a password onto boot-up screen, and of course no one knows ...
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Windows 7 strange random freeze / lock up but not crashing
My Laptop has been suffering from a very strange random lock up, here's how it happens.
There's no sign before the lock up happen, I could be doing anything. During the last few freezes I had I was ...
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Create A Bootable Disc Or USB From Preinstalled Windows 7 In Laptop [duplicate]
I have an HP laptop with preinstalled Windows 7. I have another PC where I want to install Windows 7.
I want to know how to create a bootable disc or flash drive from the laptop to install the ...
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Upgrading Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 to 16 GB RAM
Can I upgrade a Lenovo Z570 (20095) to 12 GB or 16 GB of RAM?
As per the official specifications, it supports a max of 8 GB. Few folks over the Internet are claiming to have upgraded to 16 GB. Should ...
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I use my laptop (windows 7) for browsing only , can I run it in safemode always?
I use my win7 laptop (2GB) ,only for browsing .Can I always run it in safemode mode as if I open in normal mode my laptop becomes extremely slow may be due to scvhost , (not virus scanned using ...
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laptop not power on after travelling
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i travelled from chicago to virginia in bus and i put my laptop lenovo w530 on my back pack and my laptop not fell down no other damages . but after coming to home i try to turn on my ...
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Why my laptop with Windows turns on sometimes at night? [duplicate]
Why my laptop with Windows 7 turns on sometimes at night?
It turns off after few minutes.
Can anybody tell why does Windows 7 need to turn on the laptop?
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Using Windows OEM License key on another Laptop [duplicate]
I have an older Toshiba R-800 laptop that's dying. Before I dispose the laptop, I want to recover the Windows License key. This laptop was given to me at my previous workplace and at some point, they ...
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Windows 8.1 fresh install on a UEFI laptop?
Sorry for the vague title. I haven't used a Windows Laptop in about 4 years and the last time I reformatted a laptop around 2 years ago, I used Windows 7 (which turned out fine).
Recently, I had a ...
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Missing Battery Health Warning Checkbox - Window 7 SP1 - Vaio Netbook
I am using Sony Vaio Netbook with retail Windows 7 SP1.
I somehow felt (but not very sure) that battery might have drained quickly today. I remember there is a setting something like ‘Warn if ...
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After installing an SSD, my laptop freezes when I start it up
After I installed a new formatted SSD my HP 250 G2 notebook freezes.
When I start it up I get a blank screen and when I push an F key after starting, I only get message in corner and nothing happens. ...
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If my taskbar turns to a light blue color, does that mean I've been hacked?
I've noticed this happen at night randomly. My Windows 7 taskbar at the bottom of my personal laptop turns light blue for a bit, then after a while it goes back to its normal color.
At my company ...
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Restore laptop to it's original OS with all data and settings kept
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad L412 which currently has an unactivated version of Windows 7 Enterprise installed. When this laptop was bought, it had an activated version of Windows 7 Professional on it, ...
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Strange Laptop battery and ac adaptor behaviour with confusing messages
I am having strange battery behaviour problems on Win 7. I don't know where to start but three scenarios happen.
Scenario 1: Laptop says Battery not detected yet unplugging Ac adaptor it still ...
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Supposedly “broken” laptop battery seemingly works fine with OS is restored. Is my battery bad?
I am working on a PC with Windows 7 starter edition. The PC is extremely slow. Nobody has ever formatted it since first use (in 2011).
The battery was marked as broken by the OS, not possible to be ...
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Unable to start computer with docking station button while connected to a docking station and laptop lid is closed, but when open, works fine
I am placing a laptop (ThinkPad L530 running Win 7 32bit OS) on a docking station within a cart and placing the laptop inside the cart and closing the lid, then connecting an external monitor to the ...
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HP Elitebook 8570p / Windows 7 - Docking issues / After entering credentials, desktop is just a black screen
When booting the laptop on a docking station, the logon screen appears and user X is able to input thier credentials. Then the desktop does not load - just a black screen. When the laptop is ...
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Why games with low system requirements are lagging?
I got a HP laptop and I dual-boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with Kali Linux 64-bit.I installed Minecraft and Counter Strike to see how they are running and both of them were lagging a lot.I couldn't ...
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Cannot access administrator user on PC
I cannot access the admin user of my laptop.
I have Windows 7 installed on it.
When i login to the admin user it stucks on "welcome" screen.
I am logged in as a guest user and trying to resolve this ...
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Windows 7 Recovery Disk not working
Ive been having a bit of trouble with my windows 7 Toshiba laptop computer lately. It started with my computer running slow one evening so I tried to restart it but when it started up, it blue ...
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VAIO Laptop not booting Windows - Boots Splashtop OS instead
I am having problems with my VAIO Laptop. It is a E Series Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT machine.
The problem is that it keeps on booting up the Quick Web Access evenn when I press the power button. I ...
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have mouse move proportionately between two screens? [duplicate]
I have a computer with two screens.. A laptop with its screen. And another screen that I have connected to it that is much larger.
I can move my mouse from screen 1 (The laptop screen), left to ...
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NumLock light on permanently on keyboard attached to Windows 7 laptop
I have a regular keyboard plugged into my Latitude notebook. The Num Lock light is ALWAYS on. If you press the Num Lock key nothing happens. How do I fix this so that the Num Lock key toggles Num Lock ...
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Install windows back on laptop
No this is not a question on instructions as to how to install windows.
My laptop came with genuine Windows 8 installed, but I didn't get a CD. After a few months I installed Ubuntu on it for trial ...
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How to make sure that installed Windows 7 OS is genuine, when buying used laptop?
Soon I am going to buy a used laptop computer. I am checking advertisements, and some of the sellers promise a genuine copy of Windows 7 OS installed on the system.
On a couple of occasions I have ...
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Realtek ethernet port does not work in HP 1000 notebook PC with Windows 7
A day or two back, my HP 1000 notebook had been in sleep mode for a long time. Then when I opened the screen the LAN light turned off. The weird part is that the LED for LAN glows when the screen is ...
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unmountable boot volume 0x000000ED on my laptop windows 7
I am in a pickle.
I was unistalling some usless programs when my laptop died & when I turned it on I had unmountable boot volume 0x000000ED (the blue screen)
If I hit repair windows it goes to a ...
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Windows 7 laptop black after BIOS
I'm getting a black screen after BIOS.
I've read some other questions (one two three). Unfortunately, none of these apply to me.
After my BIOS displays the HP logo, I authenticate with my password ...
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Fixing poor battery life on Windows laptop
I am a college student and I use my laptop in lectures to take notes or (in the event of a boring lecture) work on assignments for other classes. With only vim and a web browser open, I still only get ...
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How to remove extra start item from boot menu?
I bought a laptop recently. While Windows 7 was installing, the battery died. So I plugged in the charger and re-installed Windows 7 Home Basic from the start. After completion of the procedure I now ...
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Windows 7 Laptop keeps entering sleep mode even though power settings state never [duplicate]
I have all my power option settings set at never, sleep, hibernate, dim monitor. However when I step away from my laptop, it enters sleep mode. What else can I do? Running Windows 7 on a Toshiba ...
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Why isnt the ISO I burned to a DVD bootable?
I downloaded an ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit From Digital River to try to restore a laptop.
I downloaded the ISO and burned it to a Memorex DVD and tried to boot the laptop from it using the ...
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Numberpad software for keyboard without numberpad
I've bought a new laptop with windows 7 and just realised that it doesn't have a number pad function like my old laptop did. I used to be able to press the Fn key on my old laptop and have access to ...
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How to diagnose a duplicated fuzzy image on one laptop screen?
I have an older dell laptop that has suddenly gone from displaying the full resolution to showing the screen twice, almost like in widescreen mode, one on top of each other. They are very fuzzy, yet ...
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Microphone fault after installing windows 7 on my Toshiba Satellite Pro
I was wondering if anyone could help me fix this microphone problem i've got. I was using vista ever since i've bought this laptop and just few days ago, a friend of mine gave me a copy of windows 7 ...
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Warning when battery is fully charged
I would like to get an alert (with sound) when my laptop battery is fully charged.
How can I do that?
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What causes the computer clock to change radically and how can I fix it?
My girlfriend just sent me the following photo:
Apparently that was what greeted her, along with a load of license expiry warnings, when she booted her laptop this morning. She then rebooted to be ...
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Acer laptop screen won't start unless I click fn+f4 help needed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Acer laptop screen won't start unless i click fn+f4
I have an Acer laptop. When I turn it on, the screen turns on and then turns off before the Windows 7 login screen ...
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Laptop screen is suddenly rotated
I turned my laptop upside down to get some dust that had gathered under the keyboard to fall out. But then suddenly, everything was sideways. The entire desktop had turned 90 degrees, the trackpad ...
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How can I diagnose my PC regularly pausing / hanging up [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to diagnose repeated freezing of windows 7 (comes back alive in few seconds)
I have a borrowed HP nx9420 laptop, running Windows 7 Pro, no SP. Very regularly, maybe every ...
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How to use second PC as extended monitor
I have 2 PC's (notebook). Both have Windows 7 32bit. They are cross connected with LAN cable.
How to use PC 2 as extended monitor of PC 1 ?
I want to achieve same effect as I would connect external ...
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Weird Slowness on My Win 7
I have dual boot (Ubuntu and Win7) on my computer for 2 months. My computer is Sony VAIO VPCF22S1E. It has i7 CPU and 8GB RAM
There is a weird slowness for a few months on Windows 7 OS. While using ...
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