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Thanks for the reply. I did not try avira as xp was not listed in min specs. I have now tried it and its a little smoother and has slightly less cpu consumption than avast. Thats even with a minimal avast installation and turning of other web shield settings. Will use avira for now then on...

Hi, just wondering as this machine cant be updated with win 7 if there is any light antivirus programs still available for xp? I have recently installed avast which took ages to boot and then the cpu was at 100% a lot of times and even web browsing was choppy. Then installed panda and then avg...

Thanks for the replies. Think I will leave xp on the machine. Install some anti virus like avast and then point the person towards an upgrade bundle from ebay or something. Yes max 4gb, I stuck the extra ram in with the intention of installing windows 7. Bit frustrating but don't want to mess...

Hi I have here a very old board, Intel D946GZIS with E2160 cpu and 4gb ram which is still running xp. Somebody has asked me if its possible to install windows 7 64bit for them. I think the cpu is 64 bit capable and the board can probably install windows 7 fine but will I be able to install all...

Just installed windows 10 pro on a new motherboard - asus h110m-a m2 with a i3 7100 cpu and 8gb ram with my existing solid state drive and an older hd4800 graphics card. Everything is very smooth and fast. But when I'm playing a game (world of tanks) I sometimes get a loud buzzing in the...

Thanks just tried what you suggested but still isnt recognised. Have got hold of an external sata cd room drive and installed. Still doesnt recognisd old drive in win 10 though

Have just installed new motherboard and components but realised old ide cd rom drive wont fit the new asus board. So I used a ide to sata adapter, cd rom now powers on and opens but bios doesnt see it. I need to install win 10 using it. Anybody know why this is?

Hi, I got a oem copy of windows 7 pro a few months back and installed it. I would now like to upgrade to a new motherboard, cpu, ram bundle. I want to do this before the free period of windows 10 runs out. Is it possible to transfer the licence to another motherboard? It will of course be the...

Just an update to this problem. The windows installation was a hacked version. I used take back command and then I could run avg which found hacktool.pby which would explain the above problems. Ive now installed and activated genuine windows.

Hi again. Still nothing under properties saying windows activated. I have the same problem again that made me format the hard disk in the first place. Cpu runs at 100% sometimes and jams the laptop up, so I end the process (svhost) and it gets back to speed again. But 50% of the time windows...

Eventually got it to boot up again. After installing updates using wsus offline now windows update has kicked into gear and wants to download hundreds of updates. Do I install via windows update now ive got them wsus program? Or do I delete the updates and then install from windows update?Think...