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i previously burned my music onto cds when i had a computer with xp on it. it died and took all my music files with it. now i am trying to put my music back onto a new computer with windows 7. media player lets me rip store bought ones, but it wont do squat with the burned cds. whats its problem. really hate windows 7 and this is just another thing to make me swap to a different operating system. how do i get my music back onto this horrid machine. View the thread

when I click on word starter on my desktop I receive a message saying cannot be opened. Have tried the suggested methods of resolving the issue but nothing changes the result. I am also unable o open any of my word documents in my folders. View the thread

I have a number of these files in my C drive under user, appdata, local. I think they are restore points. My question is....can I delete them and start over? I'm having trouble with backup saying it is having trouble reading a shadow copy. I'd like to start fresh. View the thread

I had Windows 7 (retail Upgrade version, with key) running on my old computer. Just built a brand new computer, and wanted to run my windows 7 on it (and disassemble my old one). My original plan was to build everything new---except my hard drive---and I had asked the Microsoft Community before hand if I could do this. The replies were that I could, but I might need to do a repair install and then reactivate Windows (because of the hardware change). I tried that---but after numerous attempts, Windows simply wouldn't load from my former drive. By looking through the error reports, I came upon, "Root cause found: Unspecified changes to system configuration might have cause problem." Didn't know what to do at that point. So, today I purchased a new hard drive. I looked at Microsoft Support (using my laptop), and under "Reinstalling Windows 7," it said to choose the "Custom Installation" (which is, of course, a clean install). I did so, and when completed, I tried to reactivate Windows 7. I went through the procedure with a phone representative, and ended up getting the "0xC004F061" error, caused because I'm trying to use an upgrade version and didn't have Windows XP installed. So, the representative said there was nothing she could do, and hung up on me. Had I understood that I needed to have XP running, I could have installed it first---although my copy of XP is OEM because I received it when I bought a computer years ago, and so, maybe the key on that wouldn't work anymore as well? But in my present situation, I don't know how to remove Windows 7 from my (single-drive, single-boot) system to give that a try. Any suggestions? I likely can't even pay the $40 and upgrade to Windows 8, because the Windows 7 version is not activated. Linux is looking better and better... Thanks for any assistance. View the thread

This happens quite frequently and gets worse.... as I try to do streaming vidio. The system crashes and it will restart.... but I get no feed back from microsoft....even after several updated crash reports. Seems Vista gets more unstable as time wears on . Only was installed 2 months prior.... I've tried restore points to no avail. I've tried all kinds of microsoft fix it solutions...Still no help. This is a true licensed copy of Vista by Microsoft. View this thread

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installed the latest update from Microsoft on Tuesday, December 11th and now Postscript OpenType fonts have disappeared from applications. View the thread

I'm retiring a HP laptop with VISTA (installed at factory). Can I legally use the VISTA software to upgrade an older Inspiron laptop with XP? I'll NOT be using the HP computer anymore in the future - so the VISTA would be used on only one computer - although not the original one. View this thread

Cierro la sesión de Windows Vista y no puedo apagar la PC se pone la pantalla negra y no me da opción, sólo se apaga despus de presionar el botón de prender View this thread

screen resolution 800/600 text size smallest. icons are very big and users wants to make smaller. is there way? View the thread

I purchased online and have downloaded the Windows 7 Pro upgrade (3 files: exe and setup1 and setup2) but when I run the executable I receive the following message "Unloading the Box - We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this applications was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only" I have changed the folder securities permissions but still keep getting the same message. Please advise what I may need to do to complete the installation. I View the thread

can anyone help me?Thinking i was deleting things on a flash drive to make room i deleted off computer instead. Now i can't open anything or use a cd or the flash. Everything says server execution failed. I feel such a doink View the thread

I've tried every instruction given from helps, hints etc. and still can't get any envelopes to print. My OS is windows 7 with Microsoft Word 2010 and the printer is an Epson NX400. I've made sure everything is updated and connected correctly, too. Please help. View the thread

I recovered my windows 7 64bit laptop from failed RAM and now have a error that says MSVCR80.dll file missing. The laptop boots and the OS works fine but I can not update. I have spent numerous hours on google, you tube and microsofts tech net and I am not getting anything that helps. Can someone help me stop this insanity? Please? I Thank you now for being my hero, who ever answers this post!! View the thread

mcafee total protection is incompatible with my volstro 260 home desktop from dell manufaturer please help View the thread

All I want is to use email. How do I delete facebook, twitter, etc. from my system? View the thread

Windows XP had the drop-down at the top with the options, but I haven't been able to locate it in Win7. How do I access the print, print preview, edit, etc. on Win7?? Please help!!! View the thread

On other email accounts I can find my sent email. Where is sent email in hotmail View the thread

When I send and email with an attached document is downloads as a zipped document. People with MAC computers can't read/open it because it looks like spam and they don't get it or their system is unable to open it. I would like to discontinue the zip format when I'm attaching documents to be downloaded from the email I 'm sending. How do I do this? View the thread

my computor is telling me to use an ethernet cable what does this mean ? View the thread

I did a quick search on the forums, and couldn't find any thread similar to this one. I apologize if this is the wrong the thread group to post this in, and for the generic thread title I have many different questions pertaining to this subject however. Video app - Is there anyway I can generate a playlist for videos such that a video will play automatically after one finishes? If this is not available, is there an autoplay next file function? How do I get files that have different codecs and containers like mkv to be recognized inside the video app? When I go into my videos, I see all the files contained in my entire library joined together, ignoring which folder they belonged to. Is there anyway to display the proper folder hierarchy reflecting the folders the files originated from? Music app - My computer's display will turn off while I am playing music, I feel that since the computer is producing activity (playing music), an idle state should not be triggered. Is this not possible to achieve? I have album art embedded into each of my .mp3's or .flac's, but the music app does not seem to be picking it up, why is this? On the now playing section of the music app, there is no search for quick finding of a song. There is a scroll display where you can seek specific songs in some order, but if you have say, 700 files, it can be unruly to search. The same goes for looking at the my music part of the music app. What alternatives are available to me? View the full article

I have a Advent 7083 Laptop,Windows XP,with AVG anti Virus Protection(which has lapsed). I want to install Norton Gold Edition. When I tried to install Norton on myPC (eMachines) Vista Basics, my PC turned itself off and will not let me restore or do anything else. A message comes on PC screen to say:A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your PC. If this is the first time you've seen this STOP error screen, restart your computer. Check to make sure any Hardware or Software is properly installed..... If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed Hardware/Software. Disable BIOS memory options such as Caching or shadowing..... Technical Information: Stop: 0X0000C1F5 (0x00000000) (0x00000000) (0x00000000) (0x00000000) I have used F8 and safe mode, to no avail. PC returns to above screen. Any ideas? So hence my insecurity about installing Norton on Laptop. If anyone can with either of the above, i would appreciate it. Thanks Alemap View this thread

Why am I getting an important update message however, I am also told the updated is no longer available when I am prompted to install? The message reads I need a disk for Microsoft works9 where would I be able to find such a disk? KB2754670 Security Bulletin MS12-028 It states 64bit is vunarable but I,m using 32bit. I do not know what to do View the thread

Hi as above I am currently running Vista Ultimate 32 bit,And have just purchased a new computer that runs a 64 bit system I have a genuine windows OPS product that contains both 32&64 bit disk.How do I deactivate the 32 bit to install a clean 64 bit on a new HDD.I am planning to use a kill disk to wipe the HDD on my old computer but have read other people have had problem reinstalling the 64 bit version as windows will not activate the licence,Any help or advice on this would be really appreciated. View this thread

Hello. I repeatly have the Errors 8024200D and 80070002 for KB2769195 and "Intel Corporation driver for Mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.0)). I'm not able to install this two updates since a few days (I've already tried reboots, fix-it, fix-it aggressive, manual fix-it) - but all the patches from the last patchday I was able to install successfully. I would have CBS.log ans WindowsUpdate.log (abaout 11MB), if somebody is interessted in. Many thanks in advance Hausi View the full article