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Has anyone upgraded from Vista X64 to Windows 7 X64? I'd like to know whether its a good idea to upgrade over Vista X64 and whether all settings like favourites, desktop icons and other stuff like program settings are retained in the upgrade. Thanks.

In IE7, any new tabs would open next to the tab currently being viewd but now the tabs are opening at the end of the current tabs. What setting do I need to change to make the tab opening order like it was in IE7? Thanks.

How can I merge Expression Web with Office 2007 so when I install Office 2007, Expression Web is also installed with it? I already added Office 2007 SP1 into the updates folder but also want to add Expression Web. Thanks.

I am about to do a clean install of Windows XP and want to import my cookies from my current install to the new one so I don't have to re-enter all of my username and passwords on websites. How can I do this? Thanks!

I uninstalled a driver for my network card and when I reinstalled it, the device name looks like this under Device Manager: I don't quite understand why the device name is appended with a #3 instead of looking like this which is how it was before: How can I fix this? Thanks!

I have a strange problem which I haven't been able to fix. Basically, any image I open on the desktop with the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" takes 4 seconds to load no matter how big or small. I hear the hard drive grinding. If I open the same images not located at "C:\Documents and...

I have just ordered parts for a new PC I'm building for myself. The processor is the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300. Would I be better off running a 32-bit operating system or 64-bit operating system? Vista or XP? Thanks.

Which one is better? Coolermaster IGreen 430W PSU - 85% Efficiency ATX12V v2.2 120mm Fan - +12V @ 27A http://tinyurl.com/2ujbdh Antec EarthWatts 430W 80%+ Efficiency PSU - 80mm Fan 4x SATA PCI-E - +12V @ 30A http://www.antec.com/specs/EA430_spe.html Thanks!

I have tried to install Vista (clean install on blank HD) but after it is done installing and loads up the Welcome screen for the first time the prompt to create an account and enter a Username and Password appears but then quickly disappears. Due to this, I am unable to create an account...

I just reinstalled XP and everything and whenever I am browsing through Windows the floppy drive seeks for no apparent reason. It does this like atleast once a minute and sometimes a couple of times in a row. What is causing this? The floppy drive itself works fine so it must be something to do...

BSOD: STOP errors in XP :( I've been getting lots of STOP errors recently in Windows XP. The ones I can remember are as follows: 0x0000000a 0x00000024 0x00000050 0xc000021a 0x10000050 What could be causing this as its starting to corrupt files on my hard drive. I've attached some...

I have a fairly old PC now (circa 2002) which has a ASUS A7V333 motherboard that doesn't support booting an operating system from a USB drive. Is there any program I can use that would load from floppy or CD that would allow me to boot an OS from a USB hard drive? Thanks!

Is there any application out there that would show me all processes and what each process takes up in terms or memory and any possible memory leaks? I have 512MB of RAM and since recently after booting up I only have 100MB available whereas a few weeks ago I would have roughly 300MB available...

I have a ASUS A7V333 motherboard with 2x256MB KingMax PC2700 DDR333 RAM and have 1 RAM slot free. I was wondering whether a stick of 512MB Kingmax PC3200 DDR400 RAM would be compatible with my motherboard and existing RAM to bring the total to 1GB or would a 512MB Kingston PC2700 DDR333 RAM be...

First time I've had this problem with Windows XP Pro. If I set some folders to display the files in Details (List) view and reboot my PC those folders view will default back to Icon view and instead of that folder opening up full screen it openes up in a small window so the folder settings and...

Is there any way I can save or export the custom order I have my IE7 favorites? Like if I re-install the OS I can just copy the favorites folder into the C:\Documents and Settings\User folder like I usually do and the order won't be alphabetical? Thanks!

Wireless was working fine on my Acer 5012WLMi laptop until today when I formatted it (WinXP x64 was on it) and put XP x32 onto it. The wireless card is basically not picking up any networks. I know its the laptop because I have another laptop which is working fine with my Netgear WGR614v6...

I've been using proxy servers for some time now in Internet Explorer 6. Today I decided to change the address as I usually do this every month or so but despite enabling the field, I can't enter a address or port anymore :dead: Any idea on how I can fix this? I tried the following...

Are these voltage figures healthy? The +3.3V rail usually flashes leaving a red line in the graph and sometimes one of my hard drives shuts down and then restarts again so I'm not sure whether the PSU is the problem or the hard drives are dying or it might be both :dead:

I get this error when trying to delete certain files off one of my HDs (120GB WD1200BB E-IDE) and I can't access these files either. Any method of deleting them without formatting the HD?