Anyone still running Windows 7?

Honestly, I don't think that's really a Windows issue at all 😂 because when I'm using my Wireless connection, I'm seeing transfer speeds around 12-13 MB/s 😂

I'm running Windows 7 and I'm trying to get some new drivers installed for my graphics card (ATI 3870 x2), but I've hit a bit of a wall. Every time I uninstall the current drivers and try to run the new installer, the system just insists on reinstalling the old ones anyway. I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong here. If anyone has any idea how to bypass this loop, I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks.

Hey, does anyone know where I can grab the American English language pack for Windows 7?

ironcrane62 said:Hey, does anyone know where I can grab the American language pack for Windows 7?

If you're running Ultimate, maybe just check under Windows Update.

Taylor Morales31 said:Honestly, I’m just explaining how I managed to get it working on my end, so it might just be that you don't have the right Bluetooth driver installed; your best bet is to grab the latest one directly from the manufacturer's website. For me, I just jump into the HP Wireless assistant, toggle the Bluetooth on, right-click the icon in the system tray, select "Add a device," and then follow those steps I mentioned earlier...

If that doesn't do the trick, there's a helpful link right there in the Control Panel window: "What if Windows does not detect the device?" You might want to try following those additional troubleshooting steps too... 🙂

Thanks so much for the help😉...😉I actually got it sorted out by downloading the driver straight from the Dell website...

Where can I find the Language bar in Windows 7?

Taylor Campbell4 said:Where can I find the Language bar on Windows 7?

Just right-click on Taskbar - Toolbars - Language bar and check that box. 🙂

Keith Bennett38 said:Right-click on the Taskbar - Toolbars - Language bar (check it) 🙂

Heh, I don't even have a Language bar showing up—not sure why that is.

maybe give this a shot:
RUN ctfmon.exe

Read up on it here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...3-9f9cb08fefc9

Or maybe this is even better:

http://www.sysprobs.com/language-bar...ista-windows-7

Keith Bennett38 said:Or even better:

http://www.sysprobs.com/language-bar...ista-windows-7

Thanks so much—I actually had it set to "hidden" in those deep settings and totally missed it. It used to be easy enough to just right-click the taskbar to fix things, but now that option isn't even there.

My integrated camera on this HP ProBook 4710s running Windows 7 is totally dead.
It won't even show up when I try searching for devices in the settings.

Microsoft software update (or whatever they're calling it these days—it should really be happening automatically), Windows updates, and things like that.

Nathan Lee14 said:The built-in camera on my HP ProBook 4710s isn't working on Windows 7.
It doesn't even show up when I search for devices.

It’s kind of weird that it’s not showing up in the device list at all.

Maybe try using the HP Softpaq download manager? You could just grab that and let it hunt down whatever drivers your laptop actually needs.

http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cach...0-225-121.html

I have a quick question
Honestly, I’ve been loving my Windows 7 (64-bit) setup lately, but I think I might be missing some key drivers. My laptop won't even go into sleep mode properly because it keeps throwing an "unexpected shutdown" error at me... plus, it seems like Java and Adobe Flash have been crashing on me quite a bit recently. Any advice? Also, I've noticed certain songs and videos just won't play—could that be a driver issue too, or am I looking at something else entirely?

Emily Kim said:I have a quick question
I actually really like my Windows 7 (64-bit), but I clearly don't have all my drivers installed—my laptop won't go into sleep mode because it keeps throwing an "unexpected shutdown" error. On top of that, Java and Adobe Flash have been crashing lately... any advice? Also, some songs and videos won't play; could that be missing drivers too, or something else?

That sleep issue might not actually be related to using the 64-bit version or your drivers. You could try using hibernation instead of sleep to see if that works better.

As for the Adobe Flash issues, I don't think the 64-bit OS or the drivers are the culprit here either. Hopefully, someone else can weigh in with a better idea.

Does anyone have any idea why my Windows 7 Ultimate refuses to actually boot after I install it? To be clear, the installation itself seems to go off without a hitch. It gets all the way to the "Welcome" screen, hangs there for a moment, and then suddenly just displays "Windows is shutting down." Then it reboots, tries to load again, and immediately triggers another shutdown. It’s stuck in this endless loop of starting up and shutting down before I can even touch anything. If anyone has run into this or knows a fix, I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks.

Bryan Cooper said:I guess I'm wondering if anyone knows why my Windows 7 Ultimate won't boot after I install it. The installation process seems fine, but once it reaches the welcome screen, it just hangs there for a bit before saying "windows is shutting down." Then it restarts, tries to boot Windows, and just keeps looping through restarts. If someone might know how to fix this, I would appreciate the help, thanks.

That's probably what happens when you download Windows from some random site you can't even identify.

I have a quick question
I used to have a dual boot setup running both Windows 7 and Windows XP
After I tried reinstalling Windows XP, the dual boot menu completely vanished during startup. Now, I can't actually boot into Windows 7 anymore, though if I go into My Computer, I can see that all my files and programs from the Windows 7 partition are still sitting there on the hard drive.
Is there any way to get that dual boot menu back so I can access both Windows 7 and Windows XP without losing any of my data or installed programs?

Maybe give EasyBCD a shot. 🙂