windows 7 Definition and 46 Threads

@Greg Bernhardt I've been getting a lot of connection timed out errors. Anything special going on at PF? Still using Windows 7. This is just satarted happening today.

We fixed our Windows 7 32-bit desktop a few weeks back by buying a new PSU for it (see this thread for details). Now a new problem has started: the PC freezes every now and then. 1. When the PC is powered on, it works fine for some time. Then the problem starts 2. Suppose I am moving the mouse...

Hi, I'm remoting from a Windows 10 Home laptop into my office Windows 7 Pro desktop using mRemoteNG on the Windows 10 laptop. I get a super tiny mouse in the remote session. Back in the laptop all is fine. Its so small and annoying! Everything else is fine, but the teeny mouse is a real...

On occasion my keyboard locks up. IBM thinkpad, Windows 7. It occurs when I am typing a message in a forum like now. Fortunately my mouse still works, so I can save the (incomplete) message and then restart the computer, freeing the keyboard. Any ideas why it is happening and is there a...

i just bought Acer Aspire E15 and it has no system preinstalled. I have an USB containing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and i made it bootable by YUMI software. The problem is that when i power on the computer i get a windows with two options, Linpus Linux Create a bootable USB drive When i plug the...

I get to install Python on a Windows 7 box and have a few questions. In the past I always downloaded Python from python.org and added any additional packages either with pip or downloading and installing from the package's site. Is this the best way or would Anaconda (or something else) be a...

I want to start a program with the event sheduler in windows 7 when samba establishes a connection for a network drive. I am not a windows guy. How do I do this?

I am trying to watch a dvd using VLC media player. I selected option " open disc" and then clicked on play but it gives the following message "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///D:/'. Check the log for details." Please tell me what to do. I searched on google and got few results...

Dear group, I am trying to send data to another computer (offline, no internet connection...) just communication between 2 computers using putty.exe and pscp.exe (sorry if I say wrong). If you have any ideal, please advise! Thank you, Nate Duong.

Is editing Host file in windows 7 is dangerous? i want to edit Host file, so that i can bypass blocked sites. :) but i am fear whether will my pc's OS get damaged or not? :(

I have a problem. Whenever I turn on my other computer it says: "A disk error occurred" and I tried to insert a system recovery disk into the computer and I waited for hours but nothing worked. The computer screen is black after I press "ctrl + alt + delete" even though the text suggested that...

What are they? I never have any user named 'Unknown'. :confused: Virus?

I am Post Graduate in Physics and working as a researcher in Non Destructive testing. I have heard about multi-scale simulations and its applications to material modelling. Iam intersted in learning mutiscale simulations for materials modelling. can anyone provide me links that would let me...

Is there a way to reinstall win7 without the disk and without losing all of my data? The only back up I have is a bit old and I can't get my external hard drive to connect. I have a rather bad virus and I can't seem to get rid of it, so I am thinking its best just to reinstall windows.

I need some help with this problem. My housemate, a computer-illiterate lady who uses her daughter's old laptop solely to browse the internet, last evening wanted me to help her figure out how to (illegally) stream the Academy Awards Ceremony. I found a link but it wouldn't play on her Google...

Hello, i'm an astrophysics student, and i need to create a CMB map using Planck data. I have to use Healpix on IDL. I'm new in IDL, but I'm learning the basics, and i haven't particular problems. My problem is with Healpix: i can't understand what is the right procedure of installation (on...

I have problem installing Java, it gave me: Installer: Wrapper.CreateFile failed with error 5:Access is denied. I went online and find this instruction: 1. uninstaller the java 2. enable the hided folder. 3. please find this folder and delete...

I have had a brain injury - resultant included a very/real bad memory. So can anyone advise me how I might be able to get a free (am an invalid and NOT allowed to work), download of a way to compile & run programs in the Fortran 90 language on a Windows 7 platform. THANKS

I was recently bought a dell 15R inspiron laptop for Christmas, which came pre-loaded with windows 8. I CAN NOT use this operating system (I wrote a list of reasons why, but my post got lost - just please accept I don't want this). My previous laptop broke. I can't afford a new one, nor can I...

I downloaded a free version of the first carmageddon game and apparently it is only compatible with Windows XP service pack 2. I am running windows 7 64-bit. I've read that there is a trick to getting it to work. Could anyone help me out?

Hi guys, I REALLY need help on this. I need to find out what languages Windows 7 is programmed in, I know it's a combination of C, C++, C#, Fortan and Assembly. I can't seem to find this info on a "reputable site". I need to reference this, and I can't use wikipedia, Yahoo Answers etc...

Greetings, I currently have a laptop with Windows Home 7 32 bit. I would like to move to 64 bit so I can upgrade the RAM but I would rather not start from scratch. is there a way to load the 64 bit version onto my laptop without wiping out my current programs and settings? any info you...

Hi, I installed Ubuntu 11.10 as a partition on the same HD as my Windows 7; after rebooting the HD would not boot into either OS. I've tried to set partition flags to 'boot' but it does nothing. Should there be some files I need in /boot ? I'm able to mount and access the files on either...

My name is maksim and this is the first time i am posting question in forums. I am using windows 7 computer which has 250 gb hard drive in it. hard drive has 4 partitions C, D, E and F. Partition C has operating system installed in it which i don't use as told by my friend. The remaining dives...

how to install SRIM software on windows 7?

I have started using Windows 7 recently. There is a program called Windows Defender included with it, and it is turned off. What is its function (seems to be some sort of safeguard) and should it be turned on?

I bought a book for beginners and it said "On Windows Vista or Window XP, navigate through Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced (System Settings), Environment Variables. Select the System Variable named "Path" and then click the Edit button. Add the address of Java;'s bin sub directory at the...

"Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host has stopped working" I keep getting the above error message (dozens of times a day). I just recently switched to Windows 7. Before that I was on Windows XP. I did a little search and discovered that this is a chronic problem on Windows Vista. Does...

I have Windows 7 OS in my HP laptop.I bought it before about 1 year.I still didn't created the recovery discs.Actually i tried to do it.One of my friend who has done it(but in Windows Vista,not in 7),told me that i just need 4-5 DVDs to do that.But when i was checked my recovery partition there...

Due to research changes I have to switch from C++ to Fortran development. In the past I have used Microsoft development tools since they are free for students, but afaik they do not have similar software for Fortran, and the Intel software is a little too expensive for me to afford. Which...

I recently built a new computer off newegg. Put everything together without a hitch, and order Windows 7 oem. I proceeded to install windows 7. Once the download was complete, I went to use my mouse, it didn't work. I figured this as being no big deal seeing as how I did not install my...

Okay, so I'm trying to connect my TI-89 to my computer (I run windows 7 by the way) so I can put notefolio files on the calculator. I have the CD and usb that comes with the calculator, and used those to connect to the computer and download the TI connect software. This is where the...

I need to do some editing of videos I've got in .VOB format from a minicam. I need to do the usual fading, video marking in and out, and inclusion of still slides. One of the more sophisticated things it looks like I need to do is to crop dynamically over time (i.e. crop the video down to...

Hello all, Although I am currently working on implementing FORTRAN on my Mac, I would also like to find a compiler that works well with Windows 7 32-bit. I initially had Win7 64-bit installed on my computer, but when I went to use my (really old) DIGITAL Visual Fortran install disk, it said it...

I have a Athalon 64 X2 5200+ CPU based system with 2 GB DDR2 RAM & 250 GB Hard Disk . I have a GeForce 8400 GS Card with 512 MB Ram installed in it as well . The Driver version of this card is 6.14.11.8160 as shown by Device Manager . I just read that the minimum requirements for Windows 7 are -...

As much as I hate to admit it, I am stumped. I recently installed windows 7 [64 bit] and cannot connect to the internet. Fortunately, I was just bright enough to install it on a second hard drive and have dual boot option [XP]. It appears modem related, but, I have not found any drivers that...

In explorer, create a folder, anywhere, I put it under windows: Name it; GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Note: make sure you include a period "." after GodMode Once explorer parses the key, it will turn the icon GodMode blue, when you click it, you should see...

I just put together a new desktop. Bought the case, power supply, motherboard, processor, etc and connected everything up. I purchased Windows 7 Pro OEM, and now I find "If the individual software license is for a desktop operating system or application software, it also must be preinstalled on...

Are there any gaping flaws in Windows 7 that have been discovered so far? What do you guys think of it as an OS?

I saw a book today called "Windows 7 for Developers" and it made curious: what exactly is a 'developer?' And what kind of background/ computer skills do you think would be necessary to read this book? (the answer will help me better understand what a developer does.) thanks!

Am I screwed? I made an inquiry at the store where I bought it figuring they would not take it back since it was opened; I was right. They said that Microsoft would take it back for me and refund my money. I thought "yeah...sure they will." Anyone have any luck taking back open MS...

No upgrade, full install of WIN 7 Ultimate. Problem is just like the title says. Screens: http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3513/75588998.th.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7209/81433304.th.jpg Icon in taskbar says: "No Audio Output Device is installed". Yes, it's...

I need to do a fresh install of a new OS on my desk top and would like to know whether or not the "Upgrade" is a full install. I figure that it is not, but I would like to hear it from someone else that may have already installed the new OS (Home Premium) before I pay the $100 difference when I...

Is anyone running Soliodworks 2009 on windows 7? I can't reinstall mine after i put windows 7 on, it just stops the installation batr and tells me to try again another time. Ihave never paid maintenance on my lisence, so will have to sort it myself. Anyone experienced problems?

I have a quad-core desktop computer with 6GBs of RAM, with windows Vista home premium (64 bit) it say's in windows task manager, in desktop, with no other programs running. That just the operating system itself and various other background tasks like virus scan, etc.. Takes up 15% of my...

Just curious of what other peoples opinions of W7rc are from the physics nerd point of view? So far, I think its great and I have yet to have any compatibility issues. Matlab 2008a runs great on it along with Comsol 3.5. I don't know if its just because its 64-bit or what but so far I definitely...