Anyone still running Windows 7?

Does anyone know how to get Windows 7 or Vista installed on an external hard drive via USB 2.0? I need to know which specific files require modification. Right now, I have Windows XP home edition running on the external drive. If anyone has the solution, please write it down for me or send it to email:adresaregistracija@gmail.com

mistynomad43 said:Does anyone know how to install Windows 7 or Vista onto an external HDD via USB 2.0? Which files actually need changing? Right now, I've got Windows XP home edition running on the external drive. If anyone knows, please write back or shoot me an email at adresaregistracija@gmail.com

Maybe this will help you: Windows 7 to USB External hard Drive [ must Read ] 😉

So I just finished installing Windows 7 Ultimate, and the OS isn't picking up a single thing. All my buddies are telling me their graphics cards were recognized automatically right out of the box, but I’m sitting here with nothing. Anyone know what the deal is? Thanks.

boldcanyon14 said:I installed Windows 7 Ultimate, but once the setup finished, it didn't recognize anything. All my buddies tell me their graphics drivers just worked automatically, but mine didn't. What am I missing here? Thanks.

Did you actually run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor before installing the new OS to see if there were any potential "issues"?
Is the graphics card really the only thing acting up?

I haven't actually messed around with that tool myself, but from what I gather, it’s basically just checking if your rig meets the specs to run Windows. My setup could definitely handle it, so no worries there. The thing is, nothing actually installed for me—it just sat there. Also, quick question: if I’ve got my own original Windows product key, does that work for any version, or am I stuck using it only for the specific one I bought?

Just for the machine you actually bought it for, obviously—one license per computer. 🙂

Let me know what kind of specs you're running.

cosmicrider5 said:What kind of issues are we talking about here?
On my laptop, ever since a certain Windows update rolled through, I haven't been able to get network discovery to work at all. Then it finally clicked—as soon as I disable the firewall, everything starts working perfectly again. It turns out that the update somehow wiped out every single one of my inbound and outbound firewall rules.

It just kills my connection to the router, and nothing happens until I physically unplug the cable and plug it back in.

AMD Phenom II X4 955be
Gigabyte 870a UD3 motherboard.
4 GB of DDR3 Kingmax.
The MSI N460 GTX Hawk. Honestly, seeing this card pop up again just brings back all those memories of trying to squeeze every last drop of performance out of aging hardware. It’s a classic, sure, but man, does it feel like a relic sometimes.
I've been looking at that Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB drive lately. Honestly, I'm not sure if it's worth the headache or if we're all just chasing ghosts at this point.

I asked because I’m still sitting on that original MSDNA account we all got back in college—it comes with its own CD key, but it only lets me download Windows 7 Professional. I was really banking on getting my hands on Ultimate, though. I've decided I'll just wipe everything and reinstall Pro from scratch, but I can't help wondering why the upgrade didn't just happen automatically. Part of me even thought maybe my graphics card was released after this version of Windows came out, so the system couldn't recognize it since I can't even get online yet. I won't be able to connect until I install the Ethernet drivers from the motherboard CD just to get some internet access, but honestly, I'm just not sure. 🙂 Look, sorry if I'm asking some rookie questions here, but this is my first time ever touching Windows 7.

That CD key only works for the Professional version; if you're running Ultimate, you'll need a different one. As for the graphics card, just install the drivers manually afterward directly from the Nvidia website.🙂

Alright, thanks a ton. I honestly thought we were dealing with some massive underlying issue here 🙂.

Zachary Barrett4 said:It just kills my connection to the router, and nothing happens until I physically unplug the cable and plug it back in.

I actually ran into something very similar. It wasn't that my connection would drop randomly, but rather that it wouldn't establish a link with the router during bootup. I could get it working if I manually disabled and then re-enabled the network card, though.
As it turns out, the fix was setting that Adobe Bonjour service to "Automatic (Delayed Start)." Once I did that, everything worked perfectly.

Thanks for the input, cosmicrider5.

I actually stumbled upon another little "glitch" today—it seems my router just refuses to reconnect after it's been running for about 24 hours straight without a break. I ended up giving it a full factory reset 😁 so we'll just have to wait and see how things shake out tomorrow evening, I suppose.

Zachary Barrett4 said:Fosna, I'm talking about piracy here, so don't try to lecture me. 😛

So, what was the last ship you raided?

😂

(sorry, had to 😁 😁 )

Apropos Win 7... anyone else dealing with Intel network cards that act up right after running a Windows update?

just grab the latest drivers from the Intel site for Windows 7 and use those instead.

Rachel Rodriguez72 said:you should check the Intel website for the latest drivers specifically for Windows 7 and just use those!!!

I really appreciate the suggestion, but I actually managed to sort everything out on my own 👍 it turns out the issue was definitely with the router after all 😁>

Zachary Barrett4 said:Thanks for the suggestion, but I managed to get it sorted out. 👍 Turns out it was the router after all. 😁

Just go ahead and install those Realtek's drivers regardless!

Could someone please lend me a hand? I've run into a bit of a snag: I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7, and my old Windows XP files have been tucked away in a folder called "old.windows" on my C: drive, which is eating up quite a bit of space. I'm wondering if it's safe to delete this "old.windows" folder? I actually tried to wipe it once before, but I got a warning suggesting that deleting it might cause Windows to malfunction. (Was that perhaps referring to a standard Windows.old folder, or am I facing a genuine issue here???)

Amy Torres42 said:Can someone please help me out? I'm running into an issue—basically, I just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7, and now my old XP files are all sitting in this "old.windows" folder on my C: drive, just eating up all my space. I want to know if I can just delete that "old.windows" folder. I tried deleting it once before and got this scary message saying Windows might not work right if I did it... was that talking about a "Windows.old" folder or am I actually dealing with a real problem here???

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Rachel Rodriguez72 said:Just go ahead and install those Realtek drivers regardless!

So, turns out it wasn't the router after all, just another headache with the network connection—why does this always happen? -.- I think I'll just head over to Realtek's website and see what they have.

Help me out here, people, for God's sake! It’s not even Windows 7 XP, but my screen just flipped upside down and I have no clue how to fix it. Right now, I'm staring at everything completely inverted. If anyone knows how to flip this back, please help—I used to know the trick, but my brain just totally blanked on it.

Ronald Peterson10 said:Someone please help me, for the love of Bog. I’m not even on Windows 7 XP, but my screen just flipped upside down and I have no idea how to fix it. I'm literally looking at everything sideways right now. If anyone can help, please—I used to know the shortcut for this, but my brain is totally blanking.

Hit Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow. If that doesn't kick it into gear, just head straight into your graphics card settings and find the Rotate option. 🙄