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Windows 10, Arggghhhh!

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So, I had to reformat my hard drive (long story)... Went fine but (once everything was back up and running) I forgot to hide then uninstall the KB3035583 update that downloads the windows 10 update. Even though I've uninstalled it now, Windows must have downloaded the W10 update files and tries (and fails for some reason) to install it every morning at 3 a.m. It's really annoying. Just glad...

Is it possible to install WIN7 on flash drive?

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I have a old emachine 250-1162 with Windows 7 Starter and the HDD is failing in it and I don't have a extra one laying around at the moment. I was just curious if I could use a usb thumb drive to install windows on for the time being?

Can't acquire a Windows Seven Ultimate.

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My old computer has been somewhat rendered unusable and I am in the process of getting a whole new pc. I usually shop at PC Specialist for all my PC needs but I have encountered a small problem. PC specialist no longer sells the ultimate edition of any of the Windows OSs; and I am in need of a windows seven ultimate os. I took a search on ebay and amazon and I have concluded there are a...

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Upgrade Problem

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First of all I KNOW I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit edition. I did verify it through the System Info Performance View and Print screen. From Windows 7 desktop I ran the Install disk. Chose Install Now - then chose Go Online to get latest ... I chose the AGREE box - I chose the 64 bit UPGRADE option. Everything goes fine but then I get this error: The following issues are preventing...

Windows 7 Professional OEM Disk Capabilities

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It's time to do a fresh install of Windows 7 on my device. I have an OEM Windows 7 Professional Disk & Key and a retail Windows 7 Professional set of disks (32 bit & 64 bit) Disk and Key. I would like to install the retail version, but here's where the problems begin. Although I have a complete retail version which I purchased it is a 2009 copy ergo no SP1. Well I thought I'd just go to...

Slipstream Windows 7/SP1 ISO W/ All Updates

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I have taken to installing Windows 10 via a Fresh Install of Win7 as a precursor to installing Win10 The biggest problem has been doing an FnR (Format & Reinstall) of Windows 7 as a precursor to installing Windows 10... Oh my gods, the Windows 7 UPDATE Server takes FOREVER!! So, what I want to do is take my standard AIO Windows 7/SP1 ISO and add only the updates necessary to facilitate...

Freezes when trying to boot from the installation CD

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As in the topic. I zeroed out my HDD, set BIOS to UEFI, put the installation CD in, switched the computer on... I was shown the usual progress bar "Windows is loading files", then a text appeared that "Windows is starting up" or something like that, then the screen blinked with some distorted graphics, but went back to normal soon, and then... Then nothing. I had to hard reboot the laptop. This...

Windows Boot manager does not find the boot drive

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Hi, Have a new computer with freshly installed W7 on a SSD drive. The computer boots properly unless external HD are connected. If I have external HDs connected (USB 3) it fails to find windows. I've been into the BIOS and there Windows Boot Manager is set as first choice and I have disabled booting from external drives. Why is WBM unable to find the installation on the SSD? Can I...

downgrading from 8 to 7

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Hi guys, I have an HP ProBook 4530 pre-installed Win 8. I want to downgrade it win 7 and for that, I know that I need to disable Secure Boot in BIOS but I can't find that option there:( Could you please help me how to solve that problem? I want to install Win 7 from a USB flash.

One Drive Two Situations

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Hello The computer has a C drive and a D drive both with almost the same folders and files. I want to delete/format D drive however it is the Program Files and Program Files (x86) and the Windows 7 OS. On D drive Program Files (x86) is missing. On Start all the application’s ‘properties’ reference c:\program files(x86) thus my conclusion C drive is the drive I need to keep. What I...

Format last time. Please help me. :)

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Hi. I am going to do a full final clean install format in legacy mode from windows 10 back to windows 7 home 64bit. I have Asus H61M-K Mother board Asus Strix 970 GTX Graphic card corsair 8gb Low profile RAM Ivy bridge I7 3770k 3.50ghz corsair HX 750i PSU ssd crucial 120GB

New Hard Disk

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Hello everyone. I recently bought a new hard disk to my desktop(WD 1TB 7200RPM) and when I'm gonna install Windows 7 it doesn't work. Comes out this message" windows cannot be installed to this disk this computer's hardware may not support booting this disk". I checked my motherboard( Phoenix Bios) and I can't found what is the real problem. Anyone knows ? (Sorry bad English)

Windows 10 is waiting in Updates, don't want it

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My "work" system, which I'll call "this laptop", is Windows 7 Pro. I have another laptop with the same system and it installed updates a little while ago, so I thought I'd better check this laptop so I could install the updates in a controlled fashion. However, when I went into Windows Update in Control Panel I saw, to my horror, that Windows 10 was waiting to install and there's no option to...

Downgrade from 10 to 8.1 to 7?

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I have a beautiful new desktop. It came with 8.1, and never having used 8 or 8.1, I decided to just wait for 10, which I did, and installed it. I immediately became aware of the privacy issues, the mere idea of which enrages me---WHY? WHY can't people simply mind their own business? My desktop has been sitting idle since I installed Windows 10; I've read about things to do to opt out of...

Can't upgrade to Windows 10

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I have a Dell Inspiron 560 desktop and I just phoned Dell to find out if I can get a system recovery disk in case I upgrade to Windows 10 and don't like it and want to go back to Windows 7. The customer adviser told me that Windows 10 cannot be downloaded onto this computer, however it is waiting for my in the Windows Updates program. Does this simply mean that when I actually select to do the...

Problem after Downgrading from Windows 10 -> Windows 7

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My laptop had installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I have upgraded with no problem to Windows 10. Then I started facing a lot of problems and I was forced to downgrade to Windows 7 again but I have used a USB containing Windows 7 Home Premium. After the downgrade on my C drive where there is only one partition I can see only three folders(attachment 1). It seems that after the downgrade...

Windows 7 Licensing

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I have recently found out that MS/Dell no longer have COAs on the outside of their computers as they're trying to cut down on piracy. Instead, they use a SLIC table in the BIOS. Our general procedure upon receiving a new computer from Dell is to immediately wipe the factory image and install our company's own. In this case, what license key are we to use? We use an XML file to apply the key and...

need install iso for win7 home premium

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I tried MS, you enter the product key and it tells you it is OEM so you can not download it from them? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7 I also tried this, but the everytime the iso size changes and they are all duds. *Removed* The laptop is an Asus model N73J So what to do?

Cannot disable Windows Features with AutoUnattend.xml

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I created an answer file in Windows SIM. When I install system disabled features are still there. :mad: Code: ---------

Solved SATA HDD format causes BOOT failure

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hello. my desktop has 2 SATA HDDs. WD 1TB SATA6 & SAMSUNG 160GB SATA3. I was doing Windows 7 installation on the 1st HDD(WD) using the 2nd one(Samsung). I formatted that by NTFS, then copied files from my Win7 disc, made that HDD active, & went for install. all went fine. installation was nicely completed. but the problem is that there was no SYSTEM RESERVED partition created which always happens...
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