Anyone still running Windows 7?

You should probably give this a shot—try hitting F2 to get into the BIOS and see if you can tweak the boot order in there. Also, look for an option for network boot or "boot from LAN" and set that to disabled; that should stop that annoying PXE error from popping up on your screen.

What's the bare minimum setup for Windows 7?
I'm looking to install 7 on an old machine.
1.2 GHz Intel Pentium processor, 768 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD.
Will this actually work? Thanks.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications

Benjamin King2 said:You should give it a shot—try hitting F2 to get into the BIOS and tweak the boot order there. Also, look for a "network boot" or "boot from LAN" setting and set that to disabled so you can ditch that annoying PXE error.

Tried that, but I don't see a way to disable it—I can only change the order they're listed in.

I called the Toshiba Center today, and they’re claiming the issue is actually with the installation disk.

Anyway, back to the grind—going to keep tinkering and see if I can crack it.
Thanks for the tips!😉

Quick question if anyone's got the answer.

Shouldn't a computer—even if it doesn't have an OS on it right now—be able to run something like a movie or a CD?
Does that actually depend on having an OS installed? Because every time I try, I just get hit with that "media test failure" error.

It’s possible my install disc isn't bootable, so that's definitely on the table.🤷
But it feels a little weird since everything works perfectly fine on my other PC—it loads up and asks for installation commands without a hitch.
The guy over at the Toshiba Center told me it's because there's already Windows XP installed on this machine.

What do you guys think?

Robin Johnson said:What are your thoughts?

This description is incredibly confusing 🙂.

How can there be no OS installed if Windows XP is already on there? I mean—what kind of CD are you even trying to load?

If you want to watch a movie, you need the specific SW to play it, which—well, obviously—has to run on top of an existing OS.

That error message you’re seeing might just mean the CD you're attempting to read is corrupted.

It’s not even confusing.
What I was saying is the computer I’m trying to install this on doesn't have an OS—it's brand new, straight out of the box.
The machine I used to test if the disc actually works (my old desktop) is running Windows XP.

But hey, thanks for the reply.
Now I get that the computer needs an operating system installed just to play a movie.
Clearly, something is wonky with the disc itself.

Anyone figured out how to actually get into the BIOS on Windows 7? Every time I boot up and mash the Del key, I just get stuck looking at this window http://prntscr.com/164dwu. I was reading through some guide that told me to hunt down the "advanced bios features" section, but I’ve looked everywhere and there’s absolutely nothing by that name in my menu. Can someone please walk me through this? I just need to find the "First boot device" setting so I can get this CD system running. 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd3JTGAs-q0

Melissa Phillips4 said:What’s the bare minimum setup needed for Windows 10?
I want to install it on my old PC.
A 1.2 GHz AMD Pentium processor, 768 MB of RAM, and a 40 GB hard drive.
Would that actually work? Thanks.

Honestly, you might as well be trying to sweep snow in a blizzard. You *could* technically do it, but it’ll be a miserable experience. Stick with Windows XP—it uses way less RAM, leaving more room for everything else actually worth running. 🙂

Honestly, pick whichever one you want—x64 doesn't really matter here.

Benjamin King2 said:Honestly, pick whichever one you want, because the x64 version doesn't really make a difference here...

I keep running into these weird errors whenever I try to run the installer, almost like it’s telling me it isn't compatible with Windows 7 x64?

It was pointing to some issue with System 32\olepro 32 dll—could that be the culprit? Well, I think I found a workaround by just dropping the olepro.dll directly into the program's folder, and that seems to have done the trick...

So, I just looked at my screen and noticed the wallpaper has gone completely black, and there’s this nagging little message sitting in the bottom right corner that says:
'Windows 7
build 7600
This copy of Windows is not genuine'
I guess I'm wondering, what exactly am I supposed to do to get things back to the way they were before this happened?

Jesse Diaz3 said:Out of nowhere, my desktop background just turned black and there's this little message sitting in the bottom right corner saying:
'Windows 7
build 7600
This copy of Windows is not genuine'
Does anyone know how I can get things back to the way they were?

So, are you running an unlicensed version of Windows?

So, this just popped up on my laptop out of nowhere... I guess it’s just one of those things, but does anyone actually know how to fix this? Could someone maybe walk me through what I need to do? 😁

Not gonna happen—piracy talk is strictly off-limits on this forum. You’re better off asking whoever installed those bootleg Windows on your machine.

Well, I didn't realize that, though honestly, I just ended up getting this laptop as a gift, so it doesn't really matter much—I suppose I'll just have to figure things out as I go. 🙂

So, I was running Windows 7 on my laptop and decided to install the new Windows—everything seemed to go perfectly fine during the setup process. But then, when I booted the machine back up, I got hit with that "Choose One Operating system" message (or something along those lines)—you know, that annoying boot menu screen? It’s giving me the option to pick between Windows 7 or Windows 7. The first Windows 7 listed is the new one I just put on, while the second one is just my old Windows 7 installation hanging around. Does anyone know how I can actually get rid of that old Windows 7 entry so it stops asking me?

It looks like you didn't format the disk or partition during your Windows installation. Honestly, the best move would be to just start the Windows installation process over again—when you hit that part where it asks about partitions, just wipe everything out, delete all the existing ones, and then resize them however you want. That should do the trick.

Larry Ortiz5 said:It sounds like you didn't actually format the drive or the partition during the Windows installation. Honestly, the best move would be to just run the installer again—when you get to that part where it asks about partitions, just wipe everything out, resize them however you want, and call it a day. That should fix it.

Yeah, I did click Format, but my laptop kind of froze up on me for a second—it was being a bit finicky—but I pushed through and hit Next anyway, and that's how things went sideways. I found this tool called Easy BCD and I'm going to try to use it to clear things out, but if that doesn't work, I'll just have to bite the bullet and reinstall Windows from scratch...