Anyone still running Windows 7?

I need to migrate my bookmarks from an old machine running Windows XP over to my new computer running Windows 7. I'm looking for some guidance on how to handle this transfer without having to do it all manually.

Thanks.

Maybe try it this way.

That's specifically for Internet Explorer Favorites.

If you're using something like Firefox or Chrome, just export your bookmarks to an HTML file, upload that file to Gmail / Outlook / Yahoo... then on the new computer, simply import those bookmarks from the HTML.

Joshua Garcia3 said:Let's see if this works. That’s how it is..

As far as I can tell, the whole thing takes place on a single machine. Personally, if I were in this situation, I’d just move everything from a computer running Windows XP over to one running a more modern OS.

Jamie Howard3 said:From what I can gather, we're talking about a single machine here. Personally, if I were moving data from a PC running Windows XP over to one running Windows 7, I'd handle it this way.

Exactly, Windows 7

Bookmarks don't actually have anything to do with Windows itself—they're strictly a browser thing. If you're sticking with IE, you can just grab everything in your Favorites folder and toss it onto the new PC. As for Firefox or Chrome,
already laid out exactly what you need to do.

wanderingcobra83 said:Alright, look, I’m honestly not even sure if I’m asking this in the right spot, but I’m kind of at my wit's end here—please, someone, help me out.😢

So, I went through the whole ordeal of transferring a few photos from my digital camera over to my computer, only to turn around and delete them right off my hard drive immediately after. Honestly, what is wrong with me?
Ugh, honestly, I’m sitting here wishing I could just get those files back right now, but every time I plug the device into my PC, it just stares back at me with that annoying message saying there are no new recordings on the device. It's so incredibly frustrating!😲🙂

So, basically, what you're telling me is that I'm completely screwed now—like, there's absolutely no way for me to get any of the photos off my camera and back onto my computer? Seriously?
What on earth am I supposed to do now? Seriously, I'm at my wits' end here.🙂😢😢

Look, if you haven't been busy snapping more photos onto that same card in the meantime, you can actually get those shots back pretty easily. Just grab an undelete tool—something like Recuva should do the trick perfectly fine.

Good day!

Does something like this actually exist? I've searched everywhere and found a few tools that require Core Temp or something similar to run in the background. What I'm really looking for is a standalone gadget—I'm asking because every suggestion I've received so far has been Speedfan, Core Temp, Real Temp, or similar apps... I need something that works entirely on its own.

Has anyone found a lead on where to find something like this, or is anyone else using a tool like that?

Why does my default movie player keep switching on me? I have KMPlayer set as my default, and everything works fine until I open a video with BS Player. Once I use it, it automatically forces BS Player to become the primary player. When I try to launch something again using KMPlayer, it doesn't reset everything back to KMPlayer; instead, it stays stuck on BS.

This happens whenever I just use the Open with option and pick whatever is available, rather than going through Choose default program. If I actually go to Choose default program and select it from the list, it stays fixed—until I open a file with BS again.

@ quietpanther
Something like this?

@ rustywalker1
"Extensions - all supported filetypes are entered as text separated by comma: asf, avi, divx, m2v, m4v, m2ts, mts, mkv, mp4, mov, flv, mpeg, mpg ... If you don't want to open a specific file type with BSPlayer, just pull its extension out of this list. You can also toss in new extensions here if you want BSPlayer to handle them by default." (link)

That’s it! At least I hope so, since I'm away right now, but everything is running smoothly here (E6600)...

Thanks!

First off, I apologize if this topic has already been covered—it's hard to tell when you're scrolling back through 365 pages...🙄

To get straight to the point: I'm running into an issue where the Windows 7 loader keeps throwing an Unsupported partition table error.

Here’s the timeline: Yesterday, I set up two partitions on a 2TB HDD and installed Windows 7 Ultimate, then got it registered using the loader. Today, I decided to redo the process (to fix a driver issue), but this time I selected "UEFI: TSScorp CDDVDW SH-224DB" under the BIOS > Boot device settings.
After doing that, the loader gives me the Unsupported partition table message. (Should I have gone with "AHCI boot device" or "Windows Boot Manager" 😕🤷 instead?)

I’ve spent some time Googling and trying to wrap my head around terms 🙈 like

MBR (Master Boot Record)
EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface)
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)
GPT (GUID Partition Table)

But honestly, I’m still not quite sure what my next move should be or where exactly I'm going wrong.

I did see somewhere that just formatting the entire drive might do the trick, but I'm not entirely certain if that's enough to fix it.

Just wanted to let you all know that formatting the entire drive fixes (all) the problem(s) 😬

Back again! 🙈

Why can't I get anything done in Disk Management on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 setup? It looks like you might have hit "send" a little too early! If you have a specific post or message you need me to rewrite, just paste it here and I'll get right to work on it. You can definitely shrink a partition down to less than 50% of the total drive capacity.
I've got a 2 TB drive, and now that I've finished installing Windows 7 Ultimate, I was looking to merge everything into one large partition. C Once you've finished the installation, just go ahead and shrink the partition right there. It looks like you might have cut off your message! If you were trying to ask something about a technical issue or just wanted to start a conversation, please feel free to type it out. I'm ready whenever you are! I'm planning to set aside a partition of about 100 GB and convert the remaining space—roughly 1.8 TB—into something else. E partition.

Is there any other way to handle this if "Computer Management > Disk Management" isn't letting me do it?

Why don't you give this program a shot? I've heard it's actually pretty solid—plus, it won't cost you a dime.

http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm

We've started doing some software inventory at the office and tackling our "troublesome" components.

We realized that several laptops have Windows 7 Home Basic installed 🙂

I have a quick question. Is it actually possible to upgrade from Home Basic to Pro?

I know you can't just jump straight there, but could I move from Home Basic to Home Premium, and then from Premium to Pro (that part involves $0.38)? Is that even worth the hassle, or should I just grab a Retail Pro license and call it a day?

ty

edit: Just got word that even Home Basic OEM can be used for commercial purposes (on business machines) :/

I’d suggest you take the cost of upgrading from Windows 7 Home Basic to Windows 7 Home Premium / Professional / Ultimate
and weigh it against what it would actually cost to jump from Windows 7 Home Basic straight to Windows 8 / Pro.

Honestly, the price gap might not even be that significant. 🤷
The real kicker is whether your hardware can even handle the newer Windows versions.

The real issue with upgrading to Windows 8 is that my user base is getting older, and they tend to react pretty poorly to big changes. It took me a long time just to get them comfortable moving from Windows XP and Office 2003 over to Windows 7 and Office 2010 🙄

That’s exactly why I’m trying to avoid any drastic shifts.

The bottom line is that I need to make sure all our computers stay compliant during software audits. I’m seeing conflicting reports online—some people say Windows 7 Home Basic is perfectly fine for commercial use, while others claim it isn't, and it's tough to find a definitive answer.

If anyone here has experience dealing with this, please feel free to share what you know.😉

Look, nowhere in the license terms does it say you can't use Home Basic for business.

Found this on the Microsoft Community:

Both Windows 7 Home Basic and Windows 7 Home Premium can be used for personal and commercial purposes, just as long as it meets your needs and objectives.

You can check the actual license terms right here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal...s/default.aspx

This might come across as a bit of a silly question, but I figured it was worth asking.
I have this specific laptop model where all the function keys are hardcoded by the manufacturer to perform these useless little tasks—switching to a projector, adjusting volume, and so on.
There is an Fn key intended to allow the standard function commands, but besides being incredibly impractical, it doesn't even work for some reason.

How can I configure the keyboard to ignore its primary shortcuts and instead provide me with actual F10 or similar inputs?
It would be logical to handle this through the Keyboard settings in the Control Panel, but naturally, that option isn't there. -.-