Windows 7 64 bit

Forum discussion tagged with Windows 7 64 bit.
  1. H

    Question Windows 7 updates - some failed to install, many (?) missing ?

    Greetings; I pulled out my old desktop that hasn't been used in 8+ years. It's a Win 7 home premium 64 bit system w/ service pack 1 installed. Before I put it in storage - I (tried) to install all the updates available as of 11/2015. I now see that many of those updates failed. And I...
  2. H

    Windows 7 installation on an Apollo Lake CPU (N3350 Celeron) gets stuck at "starting windows"

    As for the bios I disabled secure boot, TPM, enabled CSM, and disabled any option related to security in bios. However, I'm always getting stuck at the "starting windows" screen. I tried multiple ISOs after watching a couple of youtube videos on "how to install Windows 7 on modern hardware"...
  3. A

    Question I can't enable Virtualization because the option is grayed out ?

    When I press F12 in my startup it takes me to the menu where when I go to Advanced there is a grayed out option called Intel Virtualization and I can't enable it.(It is already disabled)When I try to select it, it just skips over to the next item and I don't know why this is happening. Some...
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    Question Is it possible to install a 4TB SATA HDD on a Acer X1900 Mini PC ?

    OK so I would like to upgrade an old 500GB SATA HDD on this old mini PC. I want to install a 4TB SATA HDD but the BIOS (MegaTrend) only sees it as a 1.8TB. Can I install Windows 7 Pro on this drive using MBR partitioning the drive into two partitions ? Will Windows 7 allow me to create two...
  5. M

    Question gigabyte h410m s2h error windows 7 installing

    please help me i have h410m s2h gigabyte moth.. i need to install windows 7 raw but keyboard and mouse hang and not working when installation start particulary during choose time and relegion and keyboard language please help me i need this verision . some important note 1-i install another...
  6. Brandon Umali

    [SOLVED] 1 hour or more booting time problem

    Hi everyone, I want to ask question here regarding what's happening to my PC. What is the faulty hardware on my system? I have a 10 years old PC, designed just to do my daily tasks everyday and sometimes play low end games. It does a hell of a job to be honest. Here's the system...
  7. D

    Question Problem at start windows 7

    Hi everyone For a couple of days when I start up the following 3 messages appear Samsung Magician -> WMI service is disabled ¿enabled it? Dipawaymode -> The service did not respond in time to the start or control request AISuite3 -> The service did not respond in time to the start or control...
  8. zEddie27

    Question Non-stop BSODs --- stop code: 0x00000116 ?

    So I recently got a Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT and a MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4G. and I have been getting non stop bsods, the "nvlddmkm.sys" indicates it's an nvidia issue. the stop code is 0x00000116 I've tried many methods but none of them worked, I've tried *Uninstalling the driver using...
  9. isv_andrew

    [SOLVED] Brand new HDD keeps disappearing when in use. What would be the problem?

    Hi! I got this new HDD (Seagate BarraCuda 3.5 2TB 7200rpm 256MB SATA3 (ST2000DM008)) to upgrade my storage and after I set it up in Windows, formatted etc. it looked fine at first, but after I tried to copy some files to it (nothing big, a couple hundreds of MBs) I noticed that the file copying...
  10. Nathanot14

    [SOLVED] Windows 7 install doesn’t recognize hard disk…

    So I tried to install windows 7 on my Medion s6421 laptop, but at the point where I normally should select a disk partition to install the system I cant get any further. It doesn’t show any hard disks… I already tried to install the sata controller drivers from the manufactor, but still no disks...
  11. luzhun

    [SOLVED] Nvidia Control Panel brightness adjustment is not working ?

    Hello. In the Nvidia Control Panel, the brightness level used to work until I had updated the graphics card drivers in which it does nothing when adjusting the brightness slider and clicking apply. I had upgraded the graphics card itself recently and was hoping this new driver for another...
  12. SeverinV

    [SOLVED] Modified memory high usage in one game ?

    Hey, So currently I possess 24 GB of ddr3 memory. When I run pathfinder: wrath of the righteous game the used memory ramps up to 12 GB but I also get modified memory high usage around 10 GB. I know it is caused by this game because when I exit it, modified memory usage just disappears. I tried...
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    [SOLVED] PC With Windows 7 Home Premium Won't Boot Up After Upgrading

    I inherited a Gateway PC with Windows 7 Home Premium on it. Initially it started up just fine. Then I started updating Windows 7 as it was not updated for a good while. Cut a long story short, Windows would not load after being updated. I suspected it caused a corruption of some kind. I also had...
  14. flvviu

    [SOLVED] Windows 7 on Ryzen?

    Hi!I've been trying for a week now to install Windows 7 to the following configuration: MSI B350M PRO-VDH AMD Ryzen 3 2200G ASUS Radeon RX560 STRIX 2x4gb Patriot Viper RAM 1TB Seagate Barracuda 500gb Crucial P2 I've tried installing Windows 7 in the past,and i actually succeeded,but not i...
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    Question Refresh Rate Resetting

    I'm on Windows 7 (ready to be bullied) and whenever I try to change my refresh rate to anything 75hz and above it just resets back to 59hz, it sucks since im used to 144hz and it just started doing this. i have a msi optix mag241cp monitor that supports 144hz
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    [SOLVED] Dual boot W10 and W7 issues

    Hello, I want to install windows 7 on another drive in my computer completely apart from my main windows 10 drive. So I went ahead and made a bootable windows 7 ISO and tried starting up from it. It gets to the "starting up windows" and the logo but then the pc just power cycles and is stuck in...
  17. harryswartz

    [SOLVED] trouble loading Win7 after storage drive upgrade

    I just upgraded my old Samsung 1T HDD (Storage) drive to a Samsung SSD 1T drive. I have 3 partitions on the drive. I did a copy/paste of files from the HDD to the SSD. (Obviously I could not copy the same drive letters. I planned to change them once I disconnected the old HDD.) I restarted and...
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    [SOLVED] Upgrading to Win10, but keeping the software

    I have an older Thinkpad T540p laptop running Windows 7, whom I like very much. It works very well and has never failed on me. I'd like to upgrade the OS to Win 10. The problem is, I have tons of data and software there: programs, Steam games, GOG games, other stuff. I really, really wouldn't...
  19. darkshadow5

    [SOLVED] Can't install windows 7 on my pc

    I have an Asus x540S pc and it has been previously working on win10 and now i want to install win 7 on it using my usb drive (tested working on another computer). After it finishes installing and after it restarts the loading win 7 screen appears then i get a BSOD with the error code...
  20. Y

    [SOLVED] creating windows iso on a usb using rufus

    hello, creating windows 7 64 bit on a USB using Rufus should I let the selected options of Rufus or I need to change anything, like changing partition scheme..etc?
  21. Michaillebedinskij

    [SOLVED] This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification.

    Since on old windows 7 had a disc error which... Windows can't read a disc which error contained: This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification. When I bought a new DVD+R, I tried to install windows 8 iso from...
  22. I am new

    [SOLVED] Pulled out laptop cd to hdd bay windows seems to be perma dead

    I have a laptop that has one of those (converters?) that let's you put in an hdd instead of a cd/dvd and I kinda pulled it out (normally using the little lever) at the time the laptop was turned off for sure and had no battery(then I put it back it again normally) but a few days later I charged...
  23. K

    [SOLVED] Windows 7 Brightness Slider has no effect on actual brightness

    Why is my Windows brightness slider is adjusted, but has no proper effect on actual brightness? No matter how you adjust the slide, brightness is always at max, only decreases (dims) between 40 and 55. I have tested every possible Intel HD graphics driver version out there and checked it in...
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    Question Glitchy motherboard splash screen, and black screen/resets at Win 7 log-in, after GPU driver failure ?

    Pretty sure it's the new Radeon drivers, version Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.11.2; I installed them a few days ago and twice they've caused a BSOD at random times. So, yesterday, when I saw the graphics display starting to mess up, I saved what I was doing and forced a hard reset. Afterwards...
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    Question Installing Windows 7 on Asus Prime H410-A

    Hello, I recently bought a new PC with the following specs: Asus Prime H410-A Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Windows 10 Pro x64 I don't like Windows 10 and I've been trying to install Windows 7 from a USB drive. So far, I've done the following: Created a Win7 Pro x64 bootable USB 3.0 (from ISO...
  26. Hardquery

    [SOLVED] Windows 7 8 drivers installation on x570 b550 for 3600 4650g CPU APU

    Hi, I am aware that it's possible to install Windows 7 on a PC with Ryzen 1st Gen or Ryzen 2nd Gen Desktop CPUs. However Windows 7 does not install or work officially with on Ryzen G APU processors. AM4 motherboard vendors gigabyte msi released drivers for Windows 7 64 on AM4 platform too...
  27. Senbonzakura_miku

    Question Keyboard disconnects since japanese language is set

    The problem start to happen only when for once time japanese language is added as another of keyboard's languages. my meaning is: Control Panel \Clock, Language, and Region \Region and Language \[tab] Keyboard and Languages \[Button] Change keyboards... \[tab] General {&} [button] Add \...
  28. F

    [SOLVED] I cant upgrade to windows 10

    I have a windows 7 and i decided to finally upgrade to windows 10. I used the windows installation media as i have seen online (here, here and, several other links). I then used it, it started to download. After "Processing" to 100% it said , "your windows is not activated. Please enter your...
  29. KaiserPhantasma

    Question Black Screen only and a movable cursor to move when booting

    Whether in normal mode, safe mode or any, hell even in safe mode with command prompt it doesn't show the command prompt what can I do about this, tried windows memdiag, chkdsk, startup repair, even tried putting in the CD (or in this case a flash drive) windows installer to repair but it didn't...
  30. 0verVoid

    [SOLVED] Stuck in black screen after installing new GPU can anyone help?

    So every time I put in my new GPU (GTX 1660 Super) I get stuck in my Bios splash screen and cant do anything almost like it froze and then it just sends me to a black screen after a minute or so and every so often I get a beep from my pc. Is there any way I can fix this? I have an old pc and im...
  31. New Guy Here

    Question Runtime errors

    Hey guys, I try running some apps but they show me the errors: 0xc00007b & api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing. I tried following some YT tutorials, downloaded the latest version of C++ & some .dll files, pasted in System32 & SysWOW64 but nothing is happening at all. Any solutions? :l...
  32. S

    [SOLVED] Two HDD (W10 - W7) in one PC stepping on each other

    Hi everyone, i have been using Windows 7 (W7), but now i am upgrading to Windows 10 (W10) because of company policies. I have choosen to use a new HDD to install W10 (disconnecting the old W7 HDD before). When i installed all programs to the new W10 i restarted and also connected my old W7 HDD...
  33. Danayel-Z32K

    [SOLVED] Help! Can't install Windows 7 from 10!

    Hello! I built a new PC (brand new in fact) and I'm trying to make it work. Out of desperation I installed Windows 10 but later I regretted it and decided to go back to Win7. The problem is, the bootable USB I have the OS in, (Win7) doesn't begin the setup software. When I try to boot from the...
  34. Derethor

    [SOLVED] BSOD while downloading game via Steam

    Hello, first off I wasn't sure where to post this, since I've never used this forum before, but I need some advice or direction since I am sorely lacking in technical know-how when it comes to PC's. Been having issues with my PC BSOD'ing whenever I try to download a certain game through the...
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    Question Windows 7 HDMI to tv no sound

    If this is in the wrong area please move. So I got an odd issue. I got a GTX 1070 aero edition. And a TCL Roku 65" tv. I'm trying to connect my PC (windows 7) to my tv however. With regular HDMI it seems to connect no signal but it's showing up on my screen resolution and such. Weirder yet I...
  36. R

    [SOLVED] Secondary partition not showing up after reinstalling Windows 7

    A friend recently brought in an old Fujitsu laptop and asked me to reinstall the OS on it and moved all his data to partition D on the same hard drive. He had Windows 7 but wanted me to try installing Windows 10, but because the specs weren’t really that good I decided to just go with Windows 7...
  37. TVic97

    [SOLVED] Computer won't recognize keyboard and mouse at login

    Hi, Not the first person to ever ask this but my computer will not recognize my keyboard and mouse at login. I am using a ssd that already has windows 7 from my previous build. I upgraded my cpu and motherboard and on the first boot up they were recognized in BIOS but once windows starts they...
  38. S

    Question Windows 7 stuck in rebooting loop

    I opened a pc after 2 months there was windows repair error. I tried but it sucked at detecting error. I formatted and reinstalled windows 7 but it again after 2 days started giving same windows repair error. If i select start windows normally it goes into rebooting loop. Please suggest is the...
  39. proteek

    Question Reverting back from new Windows to the old one

    So I have decided to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7. Now if for some reason, I decide to revert back the changes, meaning roll back everything to the way it was before (including the OS and all files), is there any way that can be done? (I haven't installed Windows 10 yet)
  40. MillertimePC

    [SOLVED] Upgrading to intel Core 2 Extreme Qx6800

    I have a Dell Dimension 9200. I know its old, but i know there's ways to make into a lower end gaming PC. I upgraded to windows 7, computer has 4gb of ram, a geforce 7900 gtx and a 1tb HDD. Beyond popular belief, i have read you can upgrade to 8 gb of ram and up to an intel core 2 Extreme Qx6800...