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HI,

SO I m not sure how to start...

I have a HP pavillion dv7 (Windows 7) and I very STUPIDLY downloaded a program on it the day before yesterday (to root my phone), about 5/6 hours after intsalling this program my PC froze, I forced switched it off and when I turned it back on all *censored* broke lose.
Basically the black screen of recovery appears and no matter which option I take ( start the computer normally or use the recovery tool ) it just ends up starting all over again or freezing on a weird screen with a window that looks like the cmd window.....
If I try F8 any option I take just ends up one of 2 ways: a black screen starts loading a bunch of files and FREEZES at some POINT OR the weird screen with cmd window appears...
I am sorry if I am not being very clear but my computer is in English and I don't know the axact translations for all the TERMS...

I know I could go in a French forum but I it's so much harder and LONGER to express myself... -__-'

Hope one of you will help...I feel pretty hopeless right now
Do you know the name of the program? Don't worry about the language. I'm bilingual (English and vulgar) but I can manage french. It could be just a co-incidence that something failed on your computer shortly after you download the program. It's unusual for malware to cause this sort of thing. Can you boot in Safe Mode?

Hi there, I have a Windows 7 HP laptop and am having issues logging in. I think some files MAY be corrupt because whenever I try to login it displays the 'User profile failed the logon' message.

Ive seen on GOOGLE that a system restore is the best option, Ive tried to do this by going into Safe Mode, but there is no 'System Protection' tab, so it will not allow me to create a restore point.

Ive also tried a Startup Repair but it didnt fix the issue.


Any advice would be really appreciated!

Thanks so much. Did you try the F11 button on startup which causes it to go into system recovery mode?I recommend:

Going My Computer -> Right-Click Drive -> PROPERTIES -> Tools Tab -> Error-Check then restart your computer in order for it to start READING for any errors and fixing them.Quote from: Hakezu on July 19, 2015, 08:13:41 AM

I recommend:

Going My Computer -> Right-Click Drive -> Properties -> Tools Tab -> Error-Check then restart your computer in order for it to start reading for any errors and fixing them.

Hey everyone!

As much as I hate to, I am going to have to give you a brief story simply because I am not entirely sure what my issue is:

In an attempt to play Dying Light, I realized I had a corrupt dll. When I run Dying Light I am immediately confronted with "Bad Image:"

Code: [Select]C:\...\DSOUND.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an ERROR. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.
Followed with "DyingLight.exe has stopped working"

So my first attempt to fix the issue was to use Dying Light's DXSetup. When I ran the installer I was confronted with another error message:
Code: [Select]An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to determine the problem.
DirectX.log READ as follows:

Code: [Select]05/31/15 00:41:40: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_24_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:41: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll'
Target file is Version 9.5.132.0
Source file is Version 9.5.132.0
05/31/15 00:41:41: infinst: CURRENTLY C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:42: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_25_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:42: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll'
Target file is Version 9.6.168.0
Source file is Version 9.6.168.0
05/31/15 00:41:42: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:43: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_26_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:43: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll'
Target file is Version 9.7.239.0
Source file is Version 9.7.239.0
05/31/15 00:41:43: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:45: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_27_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:46: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll'
Target file is Version 9.8.299.0
Source file is Version 9.8.299.0
05/31/15 00:41:46: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:47: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_28_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:48: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll'
Target file is Version 9.10.455.0
Source file is Version 9.10.455.0
05/31/15 00:41:48: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:50: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\d3dx9_29_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXD98D.tmp\XACT_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 00:41:51: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:18: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_24_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:19: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll'
Target file is Version 9.5.132.0
Source file is Version 9.5.132.0
05/31/15 02:09:19: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:19: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_25_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:20: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll'
Target file is Version 9.6.168.0
Source file is Version 9.6.168.0
05/31/15 02:09:20: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:20: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_26_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:21: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll'
Target file is Version 9.7.239.0
Source file is Version 9.7.239.0
05/31/15 02:09:21: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:22: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_27_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:23: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll'
Target file is Version 9.8.299.0
Source file is Version 9.8.299.0
05/31/15 02:09:23: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:23: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_28_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:24: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll'
Target file is Version 9.10.455.0
Source file is Version 9.10.455.0
05/31/15 02:09:24: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:25: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\d3dx9_29_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:25: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:09:25: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:26: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX243.tmp\XACT_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:09:26: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:09:26: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:09:26: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:09:26: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:07: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_24_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:08: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll'
Target file is Version 9.5.132.0
Source file is Version 9.5.132.0
05/31/15 02:10:08: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:09: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_25_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:09: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll'
Target file is Version 9.6.168.0
Source file is Version 9.6.168.0
05/31/15 02:10:09: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:09: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_26_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:10: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll'
Target file is Version 9.7.239.0
Source file is Version 9.7.239.0
05/31/15 02:10:10: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:10: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_27_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:11: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll'
Target file is Version 9.8.299.0
Source file is Version 9.8.299.0
05/31/15 02:10:11: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:12: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_28_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:12: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll'
Target file is Version 9.10.455.0
Source file is Version 9.10.455.0
05/31/15 02:10:12: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:13: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\d3dx9_29_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX952F.tmp\XACT_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 02:10:14: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:20: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_24_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:21: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll'
Target file is Version 9.5.132.0
Source file is Version 9.5.132.0
05/31/15 12:48:21: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:21: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_25_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:22: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll'
Target file is Version 9.6.168.0
Source file is Version 9.6.168.0
05/31/15 12:48:22: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:24: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_26_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:26: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll'
Target file is Version 9.7.239.0
Source file is Version 9.7.239.0
05/31/15 12:48:26: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:27: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_27_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:27: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll'
Target file is Version 9.8.299.0
Source file is Version 9.8.299.0
05/31/15 12:48:27: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:28: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_28_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:28: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll'
Target file is Version 9.10.455.0
Source file is Version 9.10.455.0
05/31/15 12:48:28: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:29: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\d3dx9_29_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:29: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 12:48:29: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:30: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DX6F94.tmp\XACT_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 12:48:30: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 12:48:30: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 12:48:30: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 12:48:30: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:18: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_24_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:19: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll'
Target file is Version 9.5.132.0
Source file is Version 9.5.132.0
05/31/15 14:24:19: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:19: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_25_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:19: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll'
Target file is Version 9.6.168.0
Source file is Version 9.6.168.0
05/31/15 14:24:19: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_25.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:20: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_26_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:20: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll'
Target file is Version 9.7.239.0
Source file is Version 9.7.239.0
05/31/15 14:24:20: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_26.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:21: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_27_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:21: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll'
Target file is Version 9.8.299.0
Source file is Version 9.8.299.0
05/31/15 14:24:21: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_27.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:22: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_28_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:22: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll'
Target file is Version 9.10.455.0
Source file is Version 9.10.455.0
05/31/15 14:24:22: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_28.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:23: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\d3dx9_29_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:23: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 14:24:23: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_29.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:23: infinst: Installing C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\DXE91.tmp\XACT_x64.inf [DefaultInstall]
05/31/15 14:24:24: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 14:24:24: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\xactengine2_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
05/31/15 14:24:24: infinst: Target file: 'C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll'
Target file is Version 9.11.519.0
Source file is Version 9.11.519.0
05/31/15 14:24:24: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\x3daudio1_0.dll is newer than the one being installed.
Everything seems fine.

DXError.log did not contain an entry. The last recorded entry was from 3 years ago.

So unless I am missing something, the DXSetup failed without leaving any clue to what the issue is.


Seeing as this failed, I tried another method. I manually downloaded the dsound.dll and attempted a file overwrite. I know I am going to get chewed out because this is dangerous, but on the bright side, this method failed so there's nothing to worry about

I am the administrator for my computer, yet no matter what I try I cannot seem to overwrite my system32 files.
I have tried running Explorer as an admin, I have transferred ownership of the file to my admin account (by using CMD takeown /f). I have used a administrative command prompt to attempt move commands and the: Code: [Select]cacls C:\Windows\System32\dsound.dll /G "my owner account":F -- command
Nothing is giving me overwrite permissions.

I have tried updating my drivers but they are already up to date.

So I'm stuck with two issues. My DXSetup fails with no reason and I cannot get Windows Vista admin privileges to fix the issue myself.

The DXSetup issue is software related but the administrative permissions is windows related so I wasn't quite sure where to post this, sorry!

Here is some system information that may help:
Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2
64-bit OPERATING System
AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series (Which should be capable of running the DirectX needed.)
The DirectX version that DylingLight is trying to install is the "June 2010" package.
Steam did not report any issues with the installation and I have tried reinstalling. Moreover, I have had previous sound issues with 7Days2Die so I don't believe the issue is solely with Dying Light.

Any help is appreciated. I do not know a lot about .dll's so if I left out information please tell me and I will respond within 24 hours.

Thank you!
Run sfc /scannow from a command prompt...re-boot after...Quote from: patio on May 31, 2015, 02:12:51 PM

Run sfc /scannow from a command prompt...re-boot after...

Sometimes sfc has to be ran 2/3 times...i'd try that 1st...

Hello,
I have had this computer for a couple of years now:::
AcerAspire X1935
System Type:x64-based PC
ProcessorIntel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz, 2700 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/DateAmerican Megatrends Inc. P01-A2, 4/19/2012
OS NameMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601


It has worked great over the years. Last year I had decided to install Ubuntu 14 (just to try things out). Long story SHORT I was dissatisfied and switched back to Windows 7. However I am experiencing a RECURRING issue. When running some applications the computer will just shut down, when the power LIGHT turns back on, i hear 3 beeps instead of the normal single beep indicating a start up. I have to push the power button and let sit for a few hours before system restarts.

I WOULD greatly appreciate some help or clarification

ps. the most recent shut down occurred when playing (world of Warcraft). If any more information is needed I will gladly provide.

Thank you. From Our ARCHIVES...

Hi all

I have a 64 bit Packard Bell all-in-one running WINDOWS 7. It has a built in card reader. My cell phone popped up the "damaged sd card" message. So I tried to format it on the pc. During the formatting process my pc froze. I rebooted then tried again but when I inserted the card nothing happens now. Do I need to uninstall Realtek PCIE Card Reader then download it and install it again. In Disc Management the card Reader drive is not shown. Any help WOULD be appreciated. Have you tried a different card in the PC? It's possible that the card itself has failed.Hi there

Yes. No CARDS work at all.Where are you gettin the reader drivers from ? ?
I'm not sure if it is a driver problem YET. The card reader did work up to putting the damaged card in.

I am LOOKING for a little help for a simple .cmd file to merge multiple CSV files. See the attachments. I am using CODE: [Select]copy *.csv combined.csv to combine them all into one file.

What I need is the .cmd to put a spacer of some sort between the merged information.

Please keep it simple. The .cmd should be in the same file location as the .csv files to be merged.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[ATTACHMENT deleted by admin to CONSERVE SPACE]

Hello guys.When I OPEN mozila firefox in my laptop my win 7 slows down.what is the MATTER,what can I do?

thanksEXACTLY what is slow? Please describe the problem in detail. Also, did this just start happening or has it always happened? And what happens with other browsers?Hello Allen
when its getting slow I cant open each WINDOW easily and its getting too LONG to type or closing each window and any other programs.it happens more in the start of WINDOWS specially at the begining of working with internet.All the browsers do slow my computer but mozila does more.

best regards
Saeed Mansoori
Do you experience the same slowdown in Safe Mode or does it run smoothly?

I have file which has some lines.. e.g.

line no 20 # EVERY Vagrant virtual environment REQUIRES a box to build off of.
line no 21 config.vm.box = "test_15_4"
line no 22 # The url from where the 'config.vm.box' box will be FETCHED if it
line no 23 config.vm.box_url = "file:\\d:\\images\\test.box"

I have set a variable "replace = test_15_5".. and "SEARCH = config.vm.box"

I need a batch code which will search "config.vm.box" in file and replace next string "test_15_4" with %replace%.. Code should replace every occurrence in file.

Need this urgently... please help me...

Quote from: Accessless on JUNE 04, 2015, 04:46:06 AM

Hence why this thread is POINTLESS until Microsoft COMES up with some answers.

I'm going to try to make this sound as less complicated as POSSIBLE. I have a hp all-in-one pc that originally came with win 7 PRO oa (according to my coa sticker LOCATED on the bottom of the computer). I am currently using win 7 home, and it is giving me some problems such as not loading my integrated webcam and keyboard drivers. When I go to device manager, I can see the drivers, but the software is NOWHERE to be found on my computer. I am also getting "windows 7 not genuine errors" and a black screen b/c my product key is not valid with win 7 home. I guess my question is, is there any place I can get a valid and real copy of win 7 pro oa (x16-96076) for free and redo my computer using my product key that I already have?No free locations to get it. Only option I can think of is that if the Windows 7 Pro key is real, you can use someone elses Windows 7 Pro installation disc and then use your key vs theirs to INSTALL clean with a genuine key.

It sounds like you bought this system used and inherited problems with the purchase. Its very strange that a system with a genuine 7 pro key would have been installed with a non genuine Windows 7 Home Premium. So I question if the Pro key is any good. This link is from Microsoft
How to Tell if product key is real.

Let me guess.
The owner crashed the system and used a Windows 7 Home to fix it.
And he did not fell you.

You will have to find the drivers on the web site of the maker of the computer.
Sad to say, most PC makers no longer include the Windows install DVD.

i am having problem in the last 3 months can't even guess what it could be,
my computer automatically turns off and turns back on,
all i get is the below image which says windows has recovered from an unexpected shut down.
check for solution also not giving me any thing to follow.
2 days ago i re installed a copy of the windows thinking it will help but still the same.
please guys help me.
if you need any info about the motherboard or BIOS setup please let me know.

system basic info..
OS NameMicrosoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
System ManufacturerGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System ModelX58A-UD7
System Typex64-based PC
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz, 3060 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/DateAward Software International, Inc. FC, 12/23/2010
Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "6.1.7601.17514"
Time ZonePacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)12.0 GB
Total Physical Memory12.0 GB
Available Physical Memory9.61 GB
Total Virtual Memory24.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory21.4 GB
Page File Space12.0 GB
Page FileC:\pagefile.sys


[attachment deleted by ADMIN to conserve space]Do you notice any issues with the system clock? Wrong time. Wrong date.
Have you r tried booting into safe mode4 and see how long it will go?
C an you remove your grpahicws card anduse the internal video? If so, have yuo ever tgried that to see if maybe the graphics card is doing some th ing?

Hasve you recedntly runan exhastive memory test?
This link shows how to make a bootalbve memorty test taht does not requkire the OS. This will help isolate the issue to either hardware or sofrtware.
http://superuser.com/questions/727959/how-to-create-a-bootable-memtest86-on-usb-flash-drive

Quote from: Geek-9pm on June 04, 2015, 08:09:00 PM

Do you notice any issues with the system clock? Wrong time. Wrong date.
Have you r tried booting into safe mode4 and see how long it will go?
C an you remove your grpahicws card anduse the internal video? If so, have yuo ever tgried that to see if maybe the graphics card is doing some th ing?

Hasve you recedntly runan exhastive memory test?
This link shows how to make a bootalbve memorty test taht does not requkire the OS. This will help isolate the issue to either hardware or sofrtware.
http://superuser.com/questions/727959/how-to-create-a-bootable-memtest86-on-usb-flash-drive

Hi,
I have an acer aspire one , AMD chip, 1gb ram running win7 sp1. Over the last week has slowed down. Malware bites finds no malware. Ms security is happy. The only new thing on this computer is the little icon in the toolbar about windows 10. Task manager shows 100 % CPU usage. under processes there is MsMpE.exe (anti malware service executable) using 48000. I tried to end this process but access is denied. Can any one tell me what this is? If I go to Msconfig and disable all services and reboot CPU usage is zero. If I hide Microsoft services and disable all others and reboot CPU usage is 100% so this SEEMS to be a Microsoft service.
Any help appreciated.
Regards
GeofflYou can try setting back to a restore point in the past and see if the problem goes away. The processor in that computer is weak in processing power and so if there was a virus scan or updates happening BEHIND the scenes it would probably bring most of the functionality of the computer to a grinding halt. I had a client with Windows 7 starter on one of these and it was a very slow process even after CLEAN installation to install software and all updates.

Quote

AMD chip, 1gb ram running win7 sp1

Hello guys!

Last NIGHT I closed my laptop to sleep as usual, and today I woke up to a asus preload wizard screen, which of course I canceled, because I didn't wanna loose my data. (Last backup is 3 month, and I have the most important stuff but still).

I've had that once before, and when I just runned windows normaly it went away. This time it didn't work.
Things I TRIED :

- Safe mode
- Start with the last know good configuration in BIOS

None of them works and always RESEND me to asus reload, which when canceled sens me to a choice of either windos repair startup which I don't wanna run, or normal windows which SENDS me to asus load again.

How can I save my data and get rid of this problem?

Thank you very much !

Was wondering if anyone has ever had a DVD-ROM that spins full speed with Windows OS when the disc in the drive is not really being used?

Symptoms & What has been tried:

Computer boots and the boot order is set to check for bootable Disc before booting off HDD. It pauses for 1 or 2 seconds to see if the disc is bootable and moves on. Windows boots from HDD and the disc is still spinning full speed in the drive. For the full duration that the computer is used the drive is spinning the disc full speed even though its not being used by any applications.

The disc is a DVD-R which contains some old data to it in reference to a recent project that has me tapping into old info. I tried other discs and get the same result so its not the disc itself that is the trigger for this odd behavior.

The hard drive in this system is dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit home premium and Linux Mint 17.1.

When booting to Linux Mint 17.1, the DVD-ROM goes from the full speed to rest state of no spinning.

So, Windows 7 appears to be KEEPING the drive mounted and active spin when Linux does not, and so I don't believe this to be a hardware issue, but instead something in Windows 7 that is configured to keep the DVD-ROM active. Just not sure what is doing this...

Additionally I thought that maybe the drive itself is odd and so if I swap out this DVD-ROM with another DVD-ROM maybe the odd issue would clear up, so I swapped out the LG drive with a DVD Lite-On drive that I had, and the other drive also experiences the same oddity.

My thoughts were that maybe Windows 7 is trying to maintain an index of the drive and so its keeping it active even though nothing appears to be reading the disc because there is no blinking or solid lit LED activity. The LED remains out and not lit when spinning full speed at idle.

Last check was to take the same discs tested in this system with the oddity to a laptop also running Windows 7 64-bit and see if the OPTICAL drive spins non stop with the discs in that system. The laptop was at rest with no spinning of the disc when disc inserted and not in use by any applications.

Right now the only solution has been to remove the disc from the drive when not NEEDED to be in the drive, but its an annoyance that I cant just leave the disc in there for when I need it because I don't WANT the optical drive to burn out prematurely from excess motor use to drive motor for the disc spin. And sometimes when removing the disc that is important, I would accidentally misplace it and then have to scramble to try to locate it, whereas if it just remained in the drive it would be there vs elsewhere. I have been trying to force myself to a habit of placing the disc into a jewel case in 1 specific location of my desk so that I am not having to scramble for that disc when working on projects with its reference material. Sure I suppose I could copy the data from that disc to the HDD and put the disc back into safe keep, but this drive spin annoyance I figured I would try to correct if it can be corrected vs writing 4.7GB of data to HDD and then removing that 4.7GB reference material after the project is done etc making extra steps for myself.

Any suggestions on what to check and how to correct this greatly appreciated. Maybe there are others out there that just leave the optical drive to spin full speed and don't care about it since the system works without problems otherwise and with the disc already spun up, the disc data is that much quicker to be read by the system with system not having to wait for disc to come up to speed to be read.

Hardware:

Biostar MCP6PB M2+ Motherboard
Athlon 64 X2 4450B CPU running 2.3Ghz normal clock due to warmer room temps. (* I use to run this at 10% O.C, but due to summer temps, I set the FSB back to 200 from 220Mhz because the CPU was creeping up to 59C with overclock, whereas without overclock it caps off at 51C )
4GB DDR2 Corsair RAM
750GB SATA HDD
DVD-RW Drive IDE Master
ASUS ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB Video Card in PCI Express 2.0 Slot

My windows vista machine is having trouble booting up. During the bootup process the screen shows Dell , bios 1. something and F2 for setup or F12 for boot menu. The machine will allow me to choose either F2 or F12, but of course I don't know what to do from that point. If I don't choose f2 or f12 the computer will continue to boot up and start running Windows Vista but the screen shows basically black and white dashed lines over a green and blue back ground. It's as if the basic DOS part is working but the Window overlay, at least the video presentation part is corrupted. So, my question is, is this problem just a Windows Vista software problem? Maybe just SIMPLY reload the operating system type of thing? More likely the Hard Drive is starting to fail. If it is slow to spin up up, the boot can fail. AS for Vista, you should be able to make a repair to the OS itself without the need for a fresh install.

Here is good tutorial on Vista repair.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/repair-windows-with-windows-startup-repair/
Read it over fully before you try it. Done correctly, it should help, not hurt. The site the like above has a good reputation for giving correct advice.

Please not the above e is only for repair to the OS. It does not really fix a weakness of the hard drive itself.
In a stark bit of coincidence, I have only just gotten a Dell Inspiron 531S system to fix up.

In an even bigger coincidence, I'm seeing nearly the exact same issue.

First I found the HDD had failed, which prevented it from trying to boot at all. So I swapped in a different drive and WENT to install Linux Mint. It is very unstable however and very SHORTLY after getting to the GUI it will show a bunch of dashes going down the screen and the system is unresponsive.

So far my suspect is the graphics adapter, since it is built into the motherboard and uses the System RAM, I have been performing a Memory test. It has not shown any problems so far but has yet to COMPLETE a full pass.

I'll try to remember to update this thread if I make any progress, however my prognosis so far hasn't been very good.

For your case I would suggest running a Memory Test. you can use memtest86 for this- you'll need another system that can burn a CD-R disc, but from there you should be able to boot your Inspiron to the disc and run the test. general rule of thumb is to allow it to run overnight. If it shows any errors than the Memory is bad, and you may want to have somebody take a look at the system to determine which memory modules need replacing or to further diagnose the problem. I'm sure myself and others would be happy to help via the forum, but of course I understand that such things are often a colossal bother for those not interested in the field.An update on the system I am dealing with.

The memory test was clean. I was able to get it to start installing KUbuntu; though the graphics were incredibly glitchy. It was late so I ended up going to sleep figuring I'd deal with the installed system in the morning. In the morning, however- the system was off, and it no longer turns on.

Turns out the Power Supply failed. I was able to get it to power on with a backup power supply (which is of course not small enough to fit in the case itself, because the system uses a TFX form factor)

My suspicion is that this was also causing the Graphics issues. My "solution" is to replace the Power supply. I'm replacing it with a new TFX form-factor supply and I'll see if that resolves the issues I was seeing on the system- if they persist I will replace the graphics card, but I think the PSU was failing and that was causing the issues on the system.

Anyway, getting back to the Original Posters Inspiron 531s, given the similarities, I'm apt to also suspect the power supply, especially given that, looking online, it seems that the 531s power supplies have a lot of issues with failure.

I don't mean to monopolize the thread with Inspiron 531s issues, but since I'm doing some research and testing with the exact same system that is having almost the same symptoms it can be useful information for deciding how to proceed with the system to get it working again.THANKS for the info. from my trouble shooting description, you can tell I'm not too savvy when it comes to working on computers. But i'll share yours ideas with our local computer repair shop guys. thanks

When opening a word document either in my documents or a ATTACHMENT in an email.
I have to wait for the following process to take place.
Please wait while setup prepares the necessary files-Configuring Microsoft Enterprise 2007 after this lengthy process the word document will open. This takes about 5 minutes.
I have WIN 7 professional.
The disks I have are April 2007 x 1-Sept 2007 x 2 and WIN 7 upgrade October 2009 x 1. I have used repair option without success, Any help would be appreciated

I have tried MS SUPPORT but they require payment, also I have tried links to upgrade to office 2010 but none appear to workSince it is an Enterprise license, why don't you ask your employer's IT department?

so for about a month now i have been having some problems with games crashing, not working on high resuliton even though they should and more... My computer specs are :
8 gb ram
5869 mb graphic(Amd Radeon HD 7700 series)
Procesor:Intel core i5-3350, 3.10 Ghz
I have a bad MONITOR but i dont know if that causes the crashes or screen quality. tell me in the comments PLEASE. And WOULD it be smart to reinstall widnows and wipe everything? cause i have been thinking off that. maybe i have some unkown VIRUSES. Btw should i upgrade the graphics care or the procesor?No, you don't need to reinstall windows and i don't think it's of your monitor. It's also ok with your graphics core and CPU.
Can you tell which games caused this problem?

PLEASE HELP! WHEN I INSERTED MY FLASH DRIVE ON MY LAPTOP IT BECAME A SHORTCUT ICON OF A DRIVE AND MY FILES WERE NO WHERE TO FIND. WHAT HAPPENED?WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS?You need to provide more information.It's something you are doing on your end as this is the 2nd time you've had this issue...SCAN with antivirus,maybe that is virusYou MAY wanna re-consider your sig and the affiliate link...

Or we can just remove it.

i cannot SEEM to upload the cbs file because it is 8.5 mb in size how can i do that so someone can help me. i am running windows 8.1More info...i got a error stating that the windows has FOUND CORRUPT files but was unable to fix some when running sfc /scannow and that the cbs log file can be located at C:\windows\Logs\CBS. was wondering if someone can help me with fixing the corrupt files

Run it again...sometimes it takes 2/3 times...PS>...no guarantees .i ACTUALLY ran it multiple times and NOTHING worked. I need someone to analyze the cbs log which is too big to post here. 8.5 mb. Then post it to a file share site...and Post the link to it...here is the link http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=94936

Who here turns their computer off when not in use?

I've read from multiple articles and many videos ( linus being the most credible ) recommending and saying its ok to turn your computer off when not in use.
Reduces heat and potential wear and tear. The other thought is though everytime you turn your computer on your wearing on the parts as well.

Personally I turn mine off everytime I walk away. It literaly take 4 sec. to shutdown and 6 sec. to turn on.I usually turn off at night. During the day, I usually let it, or them, go into sleep mode after some inactivity. My laptop will automatically switch from Sleep to Hibernation (which is a fully powered down state) after being in Sleep mode for a certain length of time. There is no right or wrong. Do whatever makes you happy.I turn off all my computers when not in use. Some I have set to place into sleep mode when left for a period of time inactive such as my wifes computer.

The BIGGEST savings in shutting down is lowering your electric bill by a small amount if a regular computer, or greater amount if a extreme gaming rig with multiple video cards and 8-core AMD CPU etc.

There are pros and cons to cycling a system powered on and resting powered off.

Pros of powering off when not in use:

1.) Computer takes longer to accumulate dust and animal hair inside because cooling fans are not drawing in air. ( * Generally lasts longer )
2.) Lower electric bill
3.) Home computers do better when they are at least rebooted (warm boot ) to reset the memory and boot fresh since 99.9% of home computers are using Non-ECC ( error checking memory ).
4.) Hard Drives are not spinning when idle wearing on the mechanical hardware that make up HDD's.
5.) Motherboards with electrolytic capacitors take longer to dry up electrolyte because the capacitors are only heated when in use to vent out electrolyte vapor.
6.) Cooling fans last longer because less wear on the fans over a period of time.

Cons to powering off computer:

1.) Upon every power up there is a sudden draw for heavy current consumption that if you had lower quality components could eventually stress components that take a current draw spike on every boot such as VRM's, Power Supply, and other power related / conversion/ or filtration components.

2.) Heat cycles CAUSE EXPANSION and contraction that could fatigue parts over time. * Very unlikely to occur with quality parts, more likely with systems that have inadequate cooling and run too hot and then cool and run too hot again without emergency thermal shutdowns in which the components are thermally stressed.

3.) You have to wait for it to boot up before use. If you have a newer system with a SSD its not that bad, but if an older Pentium 4 or Celeron computer running Windows 7 on 1GB RAM, and a slow and older 40GB 5400 rpm IDE Hard Drive, it could be 2 or 3 minutes before your at the desktop to be able to use it, such as Windows 7 32-bit tested on a 2002 year eMachine with a socket 478 Pentium 4 2000Mhz with 1GB 266Mhz FSB RAM on a 60GB Samsung IDE HDD and integrated Intel 845GL graphics on 64MB shared memory took about 3 minutes to get to desktop after clean build with CPU and HDD running full bore
to boot for all but 8 seconds of the initial POST time delay.

Also to note when a computer is powered off, the soft power, which allows computers to be powered off of the front power button can cause a system to draw around 7 watts, if you add the flat screen monitor to it idle you will see about 12 watts as for its in its low power mode with backlight off waiting for a signal.

If your looking to save electricity its best to power off a power strip or battery backup that powers the computer.
The argument of leaving it on somehow making it last longer is nonsense IMO - Even if it did affect the lifespan, the machine will long outlast its useful life before any wear that that somehow causes would cause problems.

I'll leave my machine on or put it to sleep if I am currently working on it (for example I'll leave it on if I need to quickly run to the shop or something) because shutting it down means I need to reopen all my applications and get back working again when I get back to it. However, I won't leave it on 24/7 or anything, all that does is waste power and therefore increase my electric bill!

As Allan says, do whatever works best for you.Where's the off switch again ? ?Quote from: patio on May 30, 2015, 05:13:58 PM

Where's the off switch again ? ?

Have a cheap Acer Aspire one 722 netbook with WINDOWS 7 that belongs to one of my granddaughters.
It has become extremely slow slow. I figured a lot of junk files and no maintenance. Ran Kaspersky twice and had no problems. Then removed junk files and browsing HISTORY. During defrag harddrive after several minutes it shut the pc off. Retried again with same results. Then ran disc check and repair and same thing happened. Went to system restore,
tried that twice, both failed. Figured it was time for a recovery to factory condition. I had made a system image on a usb flashdrive when I purchased it for her. Followed all instructions. When it reach "Installing Windows Files" that shut the pc off. Tried again 3 times with same results. Removed flashdrive, reset bootup and started it up. Went back to advanced recovery and choose option 2, recovery from pc harddrive. All went well untill it reached, "SETUP is
Starting Services" I then got a message, "Windows could not FINISH configuring the system. To attempt to resume
configuration restart the computer". I have restarted 8 times. Sure could use some help.
Sounds like the HDD is toast...DLoad and run the manuf. diags. on it ...You may have multiple issues.

The times when it shut off while doing things sounds like it might be an overheating issue so make sure the air vents are clear of dirt & lint and make sure the fan is running. Overheating might have been why it was running slow as well.

Your current install issue could very well be caused by the hdd so follow patio's advice for that.Thank you both for the help. Will let you know how I make out.Quote from: AtjehCyber.com on July 07, 2015, 10:16:33 AM

same problem to me.. waiting for good answer

I've just re-installed WINDOWS on a new hard drive, installation went on fine without a hitch. Activated, no problems...

I didn't notice any problems until I installed LAN drivers. Again the installation went on fine and dandy, but no automatic driver updates occured. I tried manually updating (via device manager) but it just GETS STUCK endlessly searching. Windows update ALSO does the same thing.

I also can't join a homegroup, after a long WAIT I receive a simple message stating "Can't join Homegroup" (Although this may be due to the same name being re-used).


So i'm kind of stumped. Without an error message to go on... well where do you start? Oh and FIY: I have internet access as evidenced by this forum post (from the offending PC).

[Profile PC] When you installed Windows again, did it include all drivers? The drivers should be on another CD from the computer manufacture.

How do you get Internet? Some kind of thing must be working.
Do you have another PC or laptop on a LAN?
Never mind, I download a copy of Windows from Microsoft foolishly thinking that it would be a more up to date version than my launch date disc. As it turned out Windows did not feel it necessary to tell me that it needed to shutdown to install updates which would allow Windows to receive more updates (I believe they had some sort of security problem with the original system).

Hello, i was on task manager and winlogin.exe, atieclxx.exe, and csrss.exe had no username or DESCRIPTION. I also logged onto my computer and noticed the wallpaper was all black which was not how it was set when I last logged off. Appreciate all help thanks.Welcome to CH. Volunteers are ready to help you.
If you believe these changes were not made by you, then yhou mayu have some kind of computer virus.
Do you have an Anti-Virus program?
If so, did it give any warnings?Quote from: bl0wmeup on June 09, 2015, 08:26:30 AM

i was on task manager and winlogin.exe, atieclxx.exe, and csrss.exe had no username or description.

the wallpaper was all black which was not how it was set when I last logged off.

Attempted to install gateway RECOVERY manager.. I get the FOLLOWING error.
Vista 64 with 8mg.

Can not find ETF base folder REGISTRY...

What causes this error and how do you correct it?
Hello

I'm mayani

I need to download '' ETF Base Folder

there are lots of editions of windows 7 both avalible only to the consumer/company and only to companies (7 home premium, embedded standerd 7, Windows THIN pc, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 7 Starter, ect.) but which one is truly the lightest?

Windows XP is lighter then windows 7 but it's old and I want to get away from it.... I want to find an EDITION of windows 7 that would make a netbook or any older laptop work well... would only really use it for the internet and not much more

I don't really want to deal with Linux, please don't suggest that!Windows 7 Starter Edition is what came with most lightweight Netbooks with Intel Atom CPU's about 6 years ago. I decided 6 years ago to buy my Toshiba Netbook with Windows XP Home because I knew that XP would run well on a lightweight dual-core at 1.66Ghz and only 1GB of DDR2-667Mhz memory. My concern with Windows 7 Starter and only 1GB RAM was that 1GB was going to be a bottleneck. Later I upgraded to 2GB RAM after I was given a dead laptop that had 2 x 2GB DDR2 667Mhz sticks in it and I swapped out the 1GB for a 2GB stick which is maximum supported in the single RAM slot that the netbook has. I have been tempted to upgrade to 7, but I have heard from others that Windows 7 Home Premium of which I use to have an available unused license key available for from the 3 license package I bought I was told was going to crawl on a Intel Atom 1.66Ghz CPU. So I left mine at Windows XP Home and SP3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editionsStarter is the lightest but is not available on the retail market - It can only be found pre-installed on machines. All the other editions will be around the same. Realistically you don't need THAT much for Windows 7 to run reasonably well, for basic web browsing you would be okay with 2gb of RAM. Embeded Standard and ThinPC are also not available on the retail market and are not designed to be used as general purpose OSs.

What you do need to consider however is the cost of the upgrade - This will likely be around $100 which would often be not far off the cost of a much more powerful, used Windows 7 laptop.my netbook never had the option of coming with Windows 7 Starter, it only came with Windows 7 Home Premium and was about $700 when it was new.... I got it for $200 and was wondering how could I make it run at it's fastest? I disabled all visual themes, set walpaper to solid color and set performance to best for performance. what elce could I do? I also don't have any programs, exept for Google Chrome and I have absolutly no files on the computer.What machine is this? What spec is it?Quote from: Whitie III on May 28, 2015, 03:19:27 PM

my netbook never had the option of coming with Windows 7 Starter, it only came with Windows 7 Home Premium and was about $700 when it was new.... I got it for $200 and was wondering how could I make it run at it's fastest? I disabled all visual themes, set wallpaper to solid color and set performance to best for performance. what else could I do? I also don't have any programs, exept for Google Chrome and I have absolutely no files on the computer.

What machine is this? What spec is it?

You may be going the wrong way. There is no easy way to make it faster other than two areas. First is more memory, which is limited in the 32 bit version. Second is the use of a Solid State Drive alongside the regular drive. But your Net book already has a SSD?

Usually when a system is slow like you appear to be observing it has a lot more to do with applications running in the background than with the Operating System itself.

... I want to get away from it.... I want to find an edition of windows 7 that would make a net-book or any older laptop work well... would only really use it for the internet and not much more

In the first post you said:
You have a HP Mini 210-1099se with an Intel Atom CPU.
Most customers seem to be be happy with it.

What Internet applications seem to be slow? Are your trying to watch HD movies over Internet? If so, a better OS will not help. It may be a limit yoour ISP puts on the bandwidth.
Another issue is the video drivers.
Do you use the correct drivers for you HP Net Book?
Just trying to help.

still running the factory build so the computer so is running like it come out of the box exept for the removal of some factory adware and addition of google chrome... don't even watch hd on my other computers... I think this computer has the best keyboard though... maybe the new ssd i got on it's way will speed it up a little plus make it run a slight bit cooler as i think this netbook has a 5400 RPM drive and not a 7200 RPM hdd for longer battery life as they probably would claim

I'm using a Toshiba Satellite C-650. I ENTERED the factory recovery mode by pressing "0" upon startup. The factory restore mode continued as it usually does (I had done this a few times before for maintenance). Right after the Warning screen I received an error: f3-fff6-0011. No one on the Toshiba forum was able to identify this error. I am now unable to boot windows in any mode.

What I want to do is take the HDD from the Toshiba, plug it into my Acer and either factory reset the HDD from my Acer or create a factory restore partition from the Acer, and then put the HDD back into the Toshiba. That way the windows copy that is TIED to the Toshiba motherboard will still work... if this is possible.

Unless of course there is a way to exit the factory restore screen (which I am currently unable to exit on the Toshiba). I am unable to boot to SAFE Mode as of the most recent boot attempt. Putting it into another PC won't work...
Replace the CMOS battery with all power and battery removed and start over...Quote

Putting it into another PC won't work...

Replace the CMOS battery with all power and battery removed and start over...

This is probably a dumb question but...what if you can't find the CMOS battery? I looked into every place on the bottom of my netbook (Acer Aspire One) and found nothing that even looked remotely like a coin.

This is probably a dumb question but...what if you can't find the CMOS battery? I looked into every place on the bottom of my netbook (Acer Aspire One) and found nothing that even looked remotely like a coin.

My Acer Aspire One netbook, Model AOD250, is no longer supported by the Mfg site. It's original OS was XP Home and was upgraded to 7Ultimate, which worked fine until last week. Ever since I'm getting BSOD Stop error ox00000A-2-1, then 0x81C197IE, all in the same sequence. Do you think that "IE" at the end could be that Internet Explorer might be the culprit? At any rate, I never use anything other than FireFox. Can't get into Safe Mode no how, EVEN with a CMD, but I can get to Recovery. I'd made backups but the system says I can't use them, and if I could just find a cmd to MAKE it boot into the recovery partition maybe then it would be okay. Tried doing what was suggested in some of the other BSOD posts, but without Safe Mode I'm STUCK. Won't recognize my USB or anything else. Sorry if I'm being long-winded here. As I bought the netbook used it came with no recovery disks. My bad.
Please help as soon as you can, I realize how busy you must be. Thanks.The info on using the Recovery Partition is still listed at the Acer site...doesn't matter if it's out of warranty or not...it should work.
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Stop error ... 0x81C197IE ... Do you think that "IE" at the end could be that Internet Explorer might be the culprit?

I think I'll just ditch the @#$% Acer and buy another laptop.

It happened twice this week. First time it happened I had to force restart. Yesterday it happened again but this time I had the BSOD. I tried to CAPTURE the screen with the camera but it away before I could.

I think both times it happened while I was playing a game called Warframe. First I hear that "disconnecting" SOUND (the sound you hear when you remove something from the USB/audio ports etc) coming from the speakers. That sound happens every 10 -20 secs or so. Then suddenly the PC freezes and at the same time I hear a loud buzzing noise coming from the speakers.

I looked it up and I read it could be the sound card (?).






PC Specs:

Dell

GPU: GeForce GTX 650

CPU: Inetl (R) Core (TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz

Memory: 6.00 GB RAM (5.98 usable)

Current resolution: 1920x1080, 60Hz

Driver version: 352.86

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Systems type: 64-bit OS
It happened again just now, but I got a screenshot of the BSOD.

It happened as soon as I connected a game controller into the USB PORT in the BACK of the PC. Again the Warframe game was open, but now I'm starting think it has something to do with that port in the back.

Borrow a sound card and swap it in there...you'll know overnite.
Make sure all power is unplugged swappin the card...

PS. you will NEED to install the cards drivers from the manuf. site...OKay I'll try this and I hope it works. *Hugs*

My computer keeps SHOWING an eeror message saying that i share an ip adress with another computer on the wifi and i cant CONNECT to the internet. I dont know whats wrong with it and i REALLY need helpSome details please.
That error message COULD mean that you NETWORK has not been set up correctly.

My laptop's getting SLOW so I want to format. But I can't seem to BACKUP my data on my EXTERNAL hard drive. This 500GB drive already contains the backup of my other laptop, but it has just about enough space to contain the backup of this one, too. It has 283GB free and my computer has only 277.5GB stored data.

I tried backing up my data to it using Windows Backup & Restore, but AROUND HALFWAY through it says that a backup file could not be created because of an I/O device error (the error code is 0x8078002A). I've done this several times with the same results. I ran a Chkdsk on my hard drive as admin, but in normal mode. Windows found no problems.

How can I fix this?
You need to make more room on the external...it needs swap space as well as backup space for the image to be successful.Quote from: patio on June 17, 2015, 08:00:27 AM

You need to make more room on the external...it needs swap space as well as backup space for the image to be successful.

Some Windows 7 users complain that upon backing up the computer, they keep on receiving a message error code 0X8078002A every time. Thus, they cannot back it up properly. When searching the web, we find quite a number of cases involving this same problem; but none of them seemed to be resolved. If you are one of the victims of this error, here you may find solutions to deal with it immediately.

You need to make more room on the external...it needs swap space as well as backup space for the image to be successful.

I foolishly bought a Dell All-in-One with Windows 8.1 and only 4 gigs of RAM. It would not (could not) do anything, not even play a simple video. Dell wouldn't HELP me and kept insisting it was fine. I don't know a lot about computers and kept trying to make it work until the return period had expired. Now I'm stuck with it.

I added another 4 gigs of RAM but that's all it will take. It works a little better now but is still pretty useless.

I'm willing to buy Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit with a license key to put on it (instead of the 8.1) but I don't know if it will take Win 7. I've tried to look it up with no success. Win 7 would make it compatible with my laptop which would be another plus.

Here's the info about it:

I've been told that it has a laptop system in it.

Dell Inspiron 20, Model 3045
Processor: E1-2500 APU with Radon HD Graphics (1.40 GHz)
64 bit os, x64-based processor
Now has 8 GIGs of installed RAM

Does not have touch capability.

I would be so appreciative of any help or advice.

ThanksI can't see Windows 7 making it much faster, the CPU that that machine is an extremely low end laptop chip - You won't get much more than basic web browsing out of it. You'll still get the free upgrade to Windows 10 when that comes out but I doubt that will make much of a difference. The machine is certainly not worth spending the $100+ for a new copy of Windows 7 for it. If anything, Windows 8 is slightly faster than 7.

If I'm totally honest you would be better off selling that machine and putting the money from that along with the money you would have spent on Windows 7 to get a new, more powerful machine (potentially used/refurbished). The CPU will be a limitation in anything you do.I agree with Camerongray if your looking for a 2nd opinion.

Its unfortunate that the ADDITIONAL 4GB of RAM probably made no difference for you. If you were to sell this computer, I would put it back to 4GB and sell the RAM stick separately or retain the stick for a better computer that you pick up as a refurb that uses that same RAM type/speed.

I have a Netbook that I bought in 2009 with Intel Atom 1.66Ghz was ok for about 2 years of its life and then it quickly lost its battle with trying to keep up with mostly video streams. As the players and videos became more to process, higher definition, the netbook started to lag. I thought maybe a system restore back to factory might be the cure, but I did that and its clearly the fact that the content to be played is more demanding these days vs 6 years ago. I tried adding more RAM to see if that would help, but it didnt help much going from 1GB to 2GB of RAM with it running Windows XP Home SP3. I have been tempted to sell the netbook, but the fact is that its just not worth much and I might as well just retain it for wired/wireless network troubleshooting with a nice small compact computer with 9 hr battery life and occasional programming. I probably only use it 1 or 2 times a month anymore vs using it almost daily 4 or 5 years ago.

You might find where your computer isnt worth much money and it might be worth just keeping for checking e-mail and uses other than video game or video play like my netbook is. Might even be good to keep it for a tinker computer for friends or family to use when you dont want them on your better computer if you are the head of household etc.Thank you both so much for the disappointing but very needed information. I guess I'll just wait for Windows 10 and, hopefully, that will make it a little better.

I can't afford to buy a new computer right now so I'll just have to live with this one for a while. Fortunately, I have my old laptop which still runs great but doesn't have the beautiful big screen of the new computer.

Thanks again!Quote from: jmvoya on June 21, 2015, 05:19:50 AM

I can't afford to buy a new computer right now so I'll just have to live with this one for a while. Fortunately, I have my old laptop which still runs great but doesn't have the beautiful big screen of the new computer.

Hello all,



I have never had this issue before, so I'm completely at a loss of what to do.


As of today, whenever I try to scroll down a page in my browser(when the processor is being heavily used) the entire page goes black. Little glitches like scroll bars appear all over the screen and it slowly sorts itself out, but usually remains partially black until i scroll back up to the top of the page.

Also, when I'm in a menu, everything I scroll over goes either black, or rainbowed. Right=clicking, for example, and going to paste from the top, leaves most of the menu blacked out, like some Soviet censor got his hands on it. Big black boxes, sometimes with rainbow colored single PIXEL lines are what is happening.

Any ideas on how to fix? Started a few hours ago. Ran my anti-Virus and CCleaner but no effect.Sorry for double, here's a screen grab of what's going on.


Note that this is now happening even without my cpu using a ton of power.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]And again apologies for multiple postings; I'm figuring out as I go along what's wrong. Here are TWO more images. The red boxes are where images OUGHT to be; this is a google image page.


The second picture shows the 'rainbow' effect I spoke of, when a pop-up menu shows data for a file.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Tell us about your computer. What operating system are you running? What brand & model? what graphics card/chip do you have? The more information the better.
My initial suspicion is that you need to update your graphics driver, but without more details, I can't say for sure.Quote

My initial suspicion is that you need to update your graphics driver, but without more details, I can't say for sure.

Hi,
So I've came back from a Florida vacation and power on my PC. Everything work for about 30 min then i play a game. My game froze up, i restarted the CPU and the CPU just kept on restarting. I've took apart the CPU and replace it with parts from my BROS CPU. Looks like the MOTHERBOARD is shot. i have a p67a gd80 b3, i'm in need of SOMETHING similar to this motherboard. Please, i need help.A quick search shows it is sold by Newegg and others.
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MSI P67A-GD80 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel P67
Core i7 / i5 / i3 (LGA1155)
DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC)

I transferred the Windows 7-64 bit from one SSD to another SSD, it boots & functions except for 1 thing; Device Manager shows Error Code 10 (This device cannot start) on any & all USB Mass Storage DEVICES. Windows 10 on the same SSD & on the same computer does not have this issue. USB mouse works under all scenarios.

Don't think it's something to do with the difference in SSD's: Samsung 840EVO-120GB vs Samsung 850EVO-240GB.
2 Windows builds on a single 120GB fit, but with little room left over.
Am now back to using 2 drives: Samsung 840EVO-120GB & WD Scorpio Black 320GB.

I've tried all the "Code 10 Error Message" fixes & none of them work. Performing an OS repair may do more HARM than good. Anyway, Windows 7 will be upgraded to Windows 10 soon. This one REALLY has me baffled.

If nothing else, learned a lot about multiboot with BCD which is nothing like the old boot.ini. It does require a UEFI/BIOS instead of the old BIOS-only. Conversion from MBR to GPT works as does dual booting into either OS.
Interesting fact: If Win7 is the default boot, you get a DOS-type screen to select the boot, if Win10 is the default, you get a graphical screen.

BTW, 2 tools have been indispensable for transferring OS's & repairing BCD's:
1. Latest version of Macrium Reflect v6, WinPE boot disc. This one is good for restoring partitions from a backup drive & can fix boot issues.
2. AOMEI Partition Assistant, WinPE boot disc. This one is good for managing (copying) existing partitions.Last year when I was researching my SSD purchase (Samsung Evo 840) I saw a forum topic about USB Mass Storage Error 10 on Windows 7 new install, and the culprit was Rapid Mode in Samusng Magician.

http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/new-win7-pc-usb-storage-device-driver-code-10.206770/
Thanks. I figured it had to be something to do with Magician. Didn't make sense how it would have any affect on USB.
Right now, I have the 840 installed; Rapid Mode is enabled. Also have INTEL RST enabled.
Magician has this note on the Rapid Mode page:

Limitation: RAPID Mode only accelerates one SSD, even though the system may have more than one supported SSD.

I'll have to try it again sometime.

BTW, I did notice that the Magician TRIM feature was disabled for Win10 since it is supported natively.

About Task Manager : should I be doing some 'clean-up' there ? There's certainly a lot of items running there.

Ok, some hate Windows Defender, what IS a good free Av. ? Should we just try one after another till we find the one most suitable for our particular O.S. ?

THANKS all, for the advice/help/all this while I run WD on my Windows 8.1 and MicroSoft Security Essentials on all my other computer and I find they are up to the task. There's very little VIRUS floating around these. Most of the malware usually zip right by the AV. As for the task Manager, I've never heard of anyone trying to clean it. Those are all process that are running on your computer. UNLESS you're having problems, you should leave them alone.My recommendation would be StartupCPL from Mike Lin...it lets you manage which apps load on startup and decrease your overhead...
Do Not disable ANYTHING that you don't KNOW what it is...

I have this GAME that i really wanted to play. But i realized my graphic card is not powerful enough so instead of BUYING the whole COMPUTER i just wanting to buy a new graphic card. My cpu is
Graphic Card: Q965/Q963 EXPRESS FAMILY CHIPSET
Processor:INTEL PENTIUM DUAL CORE 1.59Ghz
Ram: 2GB
I dont know if the graphic card is integrated and can you tell me how to check?
If its not i need some cheap graphic card options please
PIs this a laptop ? ?...if so yer outta luck upgrading.

Hello! A couple of days ago I spilled cereal on my laptop and the SCREEN went black and stopped working. I FREAKED out and didn't know what to do so I tried wiping it off then got advice to put in rice. I didn't know that I had to turn the laptop off at first so I think the motherboard might have gotten fried in that time it was on


Anyway I turned the laptop off after a while, and today when I turned it on it actually started working and the screen wasn't black so I thought it was all okay

But then When I started typing, the letters would come out differently


For example "D" would be "FSDA" and "Q" would be RWQEU and some letters weren't even working. What's wrong with it? Is it possible that the motherboard is fried or? Please help
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got advice to put in rice

What?

Can you remove the keyboard from the laptop?
Clean it with rubbing alcohol.
Let it dry completely.

Hello
3 out of 5 times I try log on I get message " Proxy Server isn't responding". so I go to Tools ,Internet Options Connections , Lan settings Then I Uncheck the USE a proxy Server BOX, press ok, and my internet is back and stays operating until I log off then sometimes when I try get back on net its ok others I have go through the above sequence again .
I have put up with it about a year but i really could do with a permanent solution if anybody here has a solution i would be very grateful
Cheers richThis sounds like you have malware on your system that is directing you to a proxy to steal information.

Did you ever have this system intentionally connected to a proxy to where this is not malware and just a registry key that needs to be fixed to set the default back to disable proxy?

You're infected...what protection apps do you have ? ?Hello not really SURE what you are saying, but the SETUP I have has not changed in the 3 YEARS I have owned my lap top, ( does that explanation cover what you are asking ?)

I use Kaspersky protection
rich

This was set up by a friend who is no longer available to assist me with this. I have two networks set up in my house, one is invisible, you have to know it so you can LOG into it. The other is a "guest NETWORK" that has no pw, you can just jump in. I would LIKE to add a pw to it or disable it so i have some control over who USES my connection. I get my internet through a comcast and have a Linksys ROUTER. I have been in my setting in the control panel and network sharing options but can't figure it out. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.

Thanks
MarkTypically router settings are dealt with using your browser. Typically, the router will be accessible by going to http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1

However they have another username/password combination. Unless they left it for you, that could be a problem.Look at the bottom of the router.What is the model number of the router.
Linksys model BEFSR81 ver 3

Still not quite sure why the OP is against using a 3RD party tool....or the web to find this STUFF...

Kinda why i bailed on this one.@patio

I am not against using a 3d party tool mate..I just WANT to know if there is a built-in windows tool that would show the specs without the need for the internet . DLoad and INSTALL SIW System Info for Windows...Free.Thanks Patio for the tool ...

so I guess there is no other way than using a 3d party tool



Where did you find the online specs. for that Acer ASPIRE model?

When I type in on-line forms or e-mails; when I type on my machine's log in SCREEN; when I type on Word or in other apps my keystrokes are not always entered. I adjusted the delay rate and that seems to have helped. Except that does not seem to be the action that should be used to fix the problem.Welcome to the CH forum.
Experts here are ready to help with technical problems.
However, the interpretation of cryptic MESSAGES is beyond most of them.
Please indicate what Window s System you are using.
Have you had this issue just recently or is it a old problem.
Did you recently download any unusual programs?
Do you often have many programs open at the same TIME?
Do you scan for virus on a REGULAR schedule?

I have windows vista

Yesterday ,after rebooting, my computer performed a disk check. After rebooting again, the computer WORKED NORMALLY *until* I came to the windows logon screen. Instead of having just two user ACCOUNTS (Administrator and Our Family), a third one appeared. This one was also named "Our Family" and was password protected. Neither of our user accounts were ever password protected. Not knowing the password I obviously couldn't access that account. After logging in to the non-password protected "Our Family" account I noticed the desktop screen has the safe mode appearance even though I wasn't in safe mode. Also Java quit working, the audio service wouldn't run, and the 6to4 adapter wasn't working properly among other issues. I decided to try to restore windows to an earlier version. In attempting to do so, I receive this error message:



I went to services to turn on the Volume Shadow Copy Service however I received another error message:

Do you have an EXTERNAL backup?
What AV programs do you use?
Has you HDD ever shown any issues before?
If so, when and what?
What is the "the 6to4 adapter' and can the computer run without it?Hello Geek-9pm

Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 08, 2014, 09:28:50 PM

Do you have an external backup?
From before this problem started? No. I'm also unable to use the backup utility now as it "can't be used in safe mode".

What AV programs do you use?
Windows defender and Norton

Has you HDD ever shown any issues before?
None.
If so, when and what?

What is the "the 6to4 adapter' and can the computer run without it?
It translates the IPv6 addresses used by Vista into IPv4 addresses, which are still used by most ISPs, ROUTERS and other networking devices. (Information from ehow). The computer can run properly without it.

I have windows vista

Yesterday ,after rebooting, my computer PERFORMED a disk check. After rebooting again, the computer worked normally *until* I came to the windows logon screen. Instead of having just two user accounts (ADMINISTRATOR and Our FAMILY), a third one appeared. This one was also named "Our Family" and was password protected. Neither of our user accounts were ever password protected. Not knowing the password I obviously couldn't access that account. After logging in to the non-password protected "Our Family" account I noticed the desktop screen has the SAFE mode appearance even though I wasn't in safe mode. Also Java quit working, the audio service wouldn't run, and the 6to4 adapter wasn't working properly among other issues. I decided to try to restore windows to an earlier version. In attempting to do so, I receive this error message:



I went to services to turn on the Volume Shadow Copy Service however I received another error message:

My computer sometimes will often say: Internet Explorer can't display this page, when I try to search for something.
Then there may be a long period when it will not do so.
I have tried to understand the suggestions in Internet Tools but can't find anything amiss.
Can anyone offer any sggestions?

Thanks for any help.
Ivan CopasDoes this happen when you put a search phrase in the dual-purpose web address/search box? If you go to google.com, bing.com, etc. first and then enter your search phrase in the search box on the web page, does it work without issue?I had google set as the default and it WOULD load their page every time so I think I SEE the light...
So, your suggestion that it was trying to go two ways at the same time is spot on...
Thanks so much Soybean!
Ivan CopasIn case this issue is not clear to some forum viewers, I'll give an example. If I enter border collie in IE's dual-purpose URL/search box as a search phrase. Instead of doing the search, IE converts the search phrase to http://border%20collie/ and displays the error message: "This page can’t be displayed". As we can see, IE incorrectly attempted to convert the search phrase to a URL, i.e. web address, and that does not work.

I thought this additional explanation might be worthwhile in case anyone KNOWS a solution to make the dual-purpose box work the WAY it is supposed to work. I've often thought the dual-purpose concept was not a smart idea. A separate search box on the browser toolbar was, in my opinion, a better design. I FOUND this technet post which appears to describe the exact same issue. It seems to be caused by different versions of the Provider add-on conflicting with changes made to the search site itself.

Windows 7, PCSpecialist laptop.

If I am holding a key the application/program freezes but my mouse cursor will still be moving around and its still responding just doesn't update VISUALLY until after I release all the keys. For example:

In photoshop I can't do THINGS like shift+clicking or space to navigate around my document.
I can't navigate in 3D scenes.
I can't ctrl+click to select files.
If I'm travelling in game I can't then look around with my mouse.

It happens with GRAPHICS tablet, mouse, trackpad and I've tried UPDATING graphics and tablet drivers, tried adjusting Palmcheck settings - so I just don't know now.

This is a hindering my work (and play) so any constructive feedback is hugely appreciated!Hi it might be your keyboard and mouse are broke all somethings wrong with the connection. Ignore the above post. Does the same THING happen in safe mode?

I have a new Lenovo G500 that came with Windows8, now upgraded to 8.1. I don't like it, and would like to install Windows 7. I imagine if it will run Windows 8 it will run 7 without any problems. What's the best way to buy it? I would like to receive a disk as opposed to just downloading it, and I'm not super-computer savvy, but can load it from a CD. Can I save the 8.1 system to a CD or something in case I want to use it later? I'm used to XP, and feel I can learn 7 faster than I can learn 8. TIA.1st thing i would do is visit the manuf. site and make SURE the PC has Win7 drivers for EVERYTHING...especially if it's a laptop...
As far as purchasing 7 i would only go to a reliable Vendor for it...shop around.
PS. If you are a registered student at University MS offers substantial discounts on all their products so check into that as well...Quote

PS. If you are a registered student at University MS offers substantial discounts on all their products so check into that as well...

Not sure what I do when I check to see if the laptop has W7 drivers. What do I look for? And.....any suggestions on reliable vendors? Tx.

Not sure what I do when I check to see if the laptop has W7 drivers. What do I look for?

Can I save the 8.1 system to a CD or something in case I want to use it later?

In 2009 I bought a Compaq computer with W7Pro downgraded to XP. Now I would like to go back to W7 Pro on it and do not know exactly how to PROCEED. I was sent discs along with it, I believe for 7. Small problem--I believe the discs are DVD and the player on the pc for CDs only. I do have the product key. Could I download W7Pro from the internet, if the discs do not work?
Any other tips would be welcome because I barely know the questions to ask for such an endeavor, let alone the answers.First, since there is no direct upgrade path from XP to W7 you need to be prepared to format and start from scratch. All key data needs to be copied to some off-disc medium and you will have to reinstall all programs. As for installing without a dvd drive, see here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/how-can-i-install-windows-7-without-a-dvd-drive/306ccb07-690f-4bd9-9dca-9793058bfd8aThe best solution all around would be using the original discs as they would contain all neccessary Drivers specifically for that PC...
Why do you think it's only a CD player and not DVD ? ?

Worst case if it is indeed CD only you could borrow 1 for the install and swap it in there til finished.Okay--A Belarc report that I found says it has hpCDDVDW TS-H653R [CD-ROM drive]. The reason I thought it must not handle DVDs is because I have tried to copy my document files onto a DVD. Something must have been wrong OTHERWISE. I have learned in the past that some brands of CDs, even, will not work when others do. Still, I have managed to GET all the files from documents that I think most important to save off onto CDs. I am not concerned about saving my info. I want to do a CLEAN install. I already have a W7Pro 64 bit machine that I bought and use regularly because I was afraid of this task with the XP. But now the time is about up and I feel I must get er done. I simply want to get W7 onto the other machine. Folks seem to think I am concerned about saving and transferring files, but that is not it.
Thanks for the tips. misrQuote

The best solution all around would be using the original discs as they would contain all neccessary Drivers specifically for that PC...