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I'm planning a new pc for my dad (parts for reference: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Td3bcT). He ran Windows 7, and I heard that the upgrade tool to get Windows 10 for free still works. However, I'm wondering if I can use his Windows 7 key on his old computer to activate Windows 10 on the new...

Hey, So basically i have an EVGA GTX 760 2GB SC video card that i've been using since 2013, And in the recent years i barely played any intensive games (Mostly LoL) and only safely overclocked it a few times about 2 months ago. A few days ago during a game in League of Legends the textures...

Hey, So basically i'm gonna build a new gaming PC soon and i have a few questions about backup and the transfer to Windows 10. I currently have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit installed on my 500GB SSD, and i have a 5400RPM 500GB HDD with 3 partitions. I'm planing on buying a new NVME 1TB/2TB SSD...

Hi, I recently tried booting up my old pc running windows 7. I got it started but after I tried updating some drivers i encountered the blue screen of death. Now I feel like I've tried every possibility I can find. I can't boot into safe mode, I just get BSOD. I've executed several commands in...

I am trying to install windows 7 on a PC with an ASRock A320M-HDV motherboard. However, nothing at all works. keyboard's of any type of port, mice with also just about every port, and other things. Now, I am dual booting with win7 and win10, and win10 works perfectly. However, win7 as said...

hello people, greatings from Argentina. i need help whit a few programs that seems to not connect to download the necesary files to work. 2 of this programs are for scraping images and videos of games for multi emulators. 1 is skraper.the other is universal xml scraper. i fresh install windows...

Hello people! So im building a new pc tomorrow, i only want a old hdd from my old pc which got windows 7 installed on it, my old hdd have some really important large files which are in E and D drive, so C drive is useless for me as it only have windows n programs on it. For new build i will...

I was playing 7 Days to Die and then lag. My screen went black I couldn't hear anything but I think there was something on the black screen. I turned off the desktop PC and turned it on. I see windows logo and then just black screen. I found out that my keyboard didn't react to anything. When I...

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 \...

I bought a new hdd and installed windows 7 on it, my usb keyboard was working then, the rest of usb wasnt. When i installed drivers for usb, ethernet etc. the keyboard stopd working, ive used driver booster for the drivers and cant get my usb to work, even though everything says updated...

Hey guys. So, I'm dealing with this odd problem whenever I'm gaming. Randomly into the game my monitor goes black, says 'DVI-D no signal' and everything stops working except the mouse, the keyboard and the PSU. No sound, no image, no response at all. The only way to fix it is to reboot. It's...

I downloaded web series from telegram but the videos are continuously legging and same videos playing normally in mobile ,i think the problem is in that videos other videos playing normally on my pc Pc spec P4 1.80gz G610 2gb asus gpu 2gb ram Win7 Video player: latest vlc and mpc hc I will add...

My PC isn't really slow, But i want to make it faster, Should i disable Aero theme ? Spec : Intel Pentium E5700 Samsung 4GB 1333mhz & V-Gen 2GB 1333mhz PC10600 MSI GT 710 1GB DDR3 ASUS P5G41TM-LX WD Blue 500GB 7200 RPM

So I'm planning to Upgrade from my Windows 7 ( Enterprise 64-bit SP1) to Windows 10 64 pro. My C partition where windows 7 is installed on is practically empty. Only some programs are installed on it and are easily re downloadable like Chrome, Nvidia drivers etc. But these aren't the ones i'm...

Hi all, So I'm trying to netplay with a friend in a different city using an emulator. The two emulators we've tried using to connect to one another are Kega Fusion and Zsnes. So far, we've been unsuccessful. I'm aware of port forwarding and setting up a Static IP. For the sake of practicality...

Hi! I'm a complete novice when it comes to PC building, but thought I'd try and revamp my family's old 2012 PC by installing a new GPU. It's an HP Pavilion p7-1167c Desktop PC with Core i5 2400 Processor 300 W PSU (new) GeForce GTX 1650 GPU (built in) Intel HD Graphics 2000 Windows 7...

I was installing drivers normally, The driver installation did not fail but, The driver works if Driver signature enforcement is disabled by pressing F8 before windows logo appears, Any solutions ?

So a long list of things lead to this problem. I cloned my win 7 ult. drive so my girlfriend could play games without getting a virus from shady game mod sites resulting in me losing all my files. I went to swap my original SSD back in to the PC, unplugged, and held power button to drain...

Hi all, I'm running windows 7 x64. The BSOD occured after I used a program called driver hub to update my drivers. It was going well, however after attempting to download a driver (I believe it had to do with a USB driver but I can't confirm) my computer shutdown. I restarted the computer and...

So I I tried to install windows 7 on an old laptop to retrieve some very important files. So to save the files, I opened command prompt in the installation setup then tried to make an unallocated space by shrinking volume on my disk drive to make new partition. (This laptop doesn't turn on...

Hello guys! I am not sure if this is the right section for posting this issue. If it isn’t, I apologize in advance. I bought a new SSD for my old Toshiba Laptop since its stock HDD is about to fail, according to HD Sentinel and CrystalDiskInfo. They both say I have 176 reallocated sectors on my...

I have an old Windows 7 computer that collects dust in the closet, but it has a bunch of old files and programs that I don't want to get rid of. My girlfriend says it's an eyesore and has to go, so I'm now tasked with getting all my precious stuff off of it. Now, I would just go through...

Hello, I am in dire need of assistance. I have an older Toshiba laptop that is either a L55 or something for the model from 2012 (don't think this is that important) that won't start up. It was working fine as of last night, it isn't a virus or anything, and I do not believe it recently updated...

Basically, when I try to install Windows on the laptop it fails and gets stuck in a boot loop. It works only if I first install it on a different PC and then just move the SSD to the laptop. This only works with Windows 10 since it can adapt to changes in hardware. The problem is that the latest...

I have a HP TouchSmart 600-1100t which has be sitting in storage for about 5 years. The computer was fairly new when it was stored and in good condition. (This is a all-in on computer built into the monitor) When I try to start it, it acts like it is starting windows, but then stalls. When...

I cant open any file that isnt made on this pc this is the error shown i have no clue how to fix. Error: Word eperinced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions. *Check the file permissions for this document or drive *Make sure there is sufficent memory or disk space *Open the...

Hello, I recently sold a PC on ebay, but totally forgot to blank out the Windows 7 activation key (used to activate Windows 10 on the PC). I know that this can be bad as it seems like anyone who looks at the picture can use the code for themselves, and then cause issues for PCs using the same...

Hello, I'm new to posting so forgive me. I have a Windows 7 Home Premium PC. I was replacing the graphics card with two older ones (hd 4870 x2). My newer one died. While i started it up for the first time with these cards in the system it booted up just fine to the desktop. While it was...

Windows 7 fails to boot up and says boot mgr missing. I can get into bios and set hard drives for startup. SSD with windows 7 is set as primary. windows 7 disc too old to repair or reinstall

Imgur: The magic of the Internet clone software used: samsung data migration. hello i cloned my samsung 840 to 860 but now the cloned ssd says win 7 not genuine. i am running oem key. MS and samsung are such <Mod Edit>! MS made my entire background black in just few min of this message while...

HI! I am having two laptops ACER ASPIRE 5733z (Windows 7 32 bit home premium)and HP Probook 430 g2 ( windows 10 64 bit pro) and two ethernet cable (6 metre and 50 metre) When connected with 6m wire both of the laptops perform very fine but in case of 50 m wire the acer one works extremely well...

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my old laptop, at first it was fast but then it got really slow. When I right-click on desktop and choose "Screen resolution", then "Advanced Settings" and then "Adapter" it shows me this: View: https://imgur.com/hdKjVJ3 (I'm sorry that I took the picture with...

Hello, a few weeks ago i plugged in my second old monitor, so i now have 2 monitors with 1080p and 60hz. But now when i play a video(youtube and twitch) on my second monitor and i move a program on my first monitor it moves like on slow motion. It looks awful like i have under 30fps. For some...

yesterday, i bought a laptop. and when i checked the laptop, everything seems normal like a common genuine windows 7. i decided to upgrade it to windows 10 pro since i have the retail license key i can use for more than 1 PC. (not an installation CD/USB) when i tried running media creation tool...

Hello folks, i have an old laptop packard bell nj65, i turn on and sometimes the screen turn off and i must use a external monitor and works well on that way , somtimes the laptop screen turn on and i can see for a few time until thisturn off again, my question is how i can get logs of the...

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...

Hi! My friend has a genuine copy of Windows 7. He was thinking of upgrading to 10 but I know the free upgrade program has ended but at the same time I saw that it's still working? Has anyone tried to do it recently? Thanks.

this is error code: 0x0000007E (0xFFFFFFFFC0000006, 0XFFFFF80002F45993, 0xFFFFF88002E66698, 0xFFFFF88002E65F00) Please help. I tried automatic startup repair, but it failed, I cant restore windows because I dont have any restore points. I have win 7 CD. I dont know what happened. Please help

I have a computer which usually downloads anything as 4-8 mbps speed. But since yesterday there seems to be a cap where the downloads are capped at 1mbps. When i took speed test it was fine but during download it gets stuck at 1mbps. I tried to download the same torrent file which i did last...

I have a computer which usually downloads anything as 4-8 mbps speed. But since yesterday there seems to be a cap where the downloads are capped at 1mbps. When i took speed test it was fine but during download it gets stuck at 1mbps. I tried to download the same torrent file which i did last...