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Has anyone heard of GRUB creating an unusually high hardware reserved ram when it boots windows 7? I had a laptop dropped off that had 8GB of installed memory that both Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and Ubuntu detected however in Windows only 2.93GB was accessible and the rest was marked as Hardware Reserved. It was only after I reinstalled the Windows boot loader that it went up to 6.93GB.
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Landerig posted:How does the Sound recorder accessory not pick up any sound even with a working microphone attached? I do not know on changing the device, but there is a fix it troubleshooting wizard in help. As for saving in WAV, you have to start it with a special parameter, such as soundrecorder /file outputfile.wav
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Nov 3, 2010 01:08
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Grawl posted:Is there a way to fix this? I do have an internet connection, but when I don't (once a month), I'd like to know without having to check out my applications. I had to fix this recently, myself. I had to uninstall Hamachi (virtual network adapter), and remove all instances of my ethernet adapter in device manager (uninstall) and reboot. Since the uninstall tossed all of the previous network configuration information, the system came back up with a nice clean single network named 'Network', and no more 'Not Connected' message.
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Nov 3, 2010 15:32
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I use Launchy on my XP machine, but I just bought a netbook with Windows 7 Starter, and I'd prefer to use the built in search than install Launchy. I've created a folder with 5 shortcuts in it (.lnk files), to programs that I installed, and I've added that folder to the searching index. Once that was done, the total of indexed files in the Indexing Options dialogue went up by 5, so I know that they've been added, but none of them show up when I hit the start button and start typing any of their names. I've rebuilt the index, removed the folder from the index and added it again, checked that the folder I created has the SYSTEM permission, none of these work. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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Nov 3, 2010 15:34
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Ryokurin posted:I do not know on changing the device, but there is a fix it troubleshooting wizard in help. So, it will still save as WAV, but you have to use parameters to do it? Is there any way to get the sound meter back? See, when I test a microphone, I like to open Sound Recorder, then tap or blow into the microphone and see if the sound meter jumps. But right now I have a sound recorder with no sound meter, that will only save WMA by default, and doesn't even record sounds.
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Nov 3, 2010 18:07
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Landerig posted:So, it will still save as WAV, but you have to use parameters to do it? So stop futzing around with it and download Audacity.
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Nov 3, 2010 18:16
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Centipeed posted:I use Launchy on my XP machine, but I just bought a netbook with Windows 7 Starter, and I'd prefer to use the built in search than install Launchy. Put the folder in your user directory, or, just put the shortcuts directly in the start menu.
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Nov 3, 2010 18:23
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I have a question about the new Libraries thing for Win7. I'm using Home Premium and I've been trying to set up TortoiseSVN for Gmod add-on updating stuff. Problem is it simply won't work with the new libraries feature because the libraries don't represent the actual file/folder paths or something like that. Is there a way to just open up folders normally like you'd do in Win XP? Or is that just included in some 200$+ version of windows? Edit: I'm running on a 64-bit system Office Thug fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Nov 3, 2010 |
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Nov 3, 2010 19:04
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Factor Mystic posted:Put the folder in your user directory, or, just put the shortcuts directly in the start menu. I tried putting the shortcuts in the Users folder, and no dice. I also tried putting the shortcuts in the start menu, and I am unable. Even though I am administrator, apparently Windows 7 doesn't let you mess with the Start menu contents (I'm new to Windows 7)? Unless you mean pinning them to the Most Used Programs list. Also, these are workarounds. I'm very interested in knowing why adding a custom folder to the list of indexing locations adds the files to the index, but then fails to have them show up during searches. Edit: Just looked it up again, and it turns out I CAN edit the "All Programs" contents. I tried before and it said I wasn't able to, so I must have been going about it wrong. It works now that I've moved the shortcuts into the Start Menu folder. I wish it worked the other way, though. Weird. ahobday fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Nov 3, 2010 |
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Nov 3, 2010 19:04
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Office Thug posted:I have a question about the new Libraries thing for Win7. I'm using Home Premium and I've been trying to set up TortoiseSVN for Gmod add-on updating stuff. Problem is it simply won't work with the new libraries feature because the libraries don't represent the actual file/folder paths or something like that. Is there a way to just open up folders normally like you'd do in Win XP? Or is that just included in some 200$+ version of windows? Go to Computer or type C:\ etc in the run box?
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Nov 3, 2010 19:20
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fishmech posted:Go to Computer or type C:\ etc in the run box? Also I think if you use the Windows Key + E combination it opens a more traditional looking explorer window.
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Nov 3, 2010 19:27
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Squibbles posted:Also I think if you use the Windows Key + E combination it opens a more traditional looking explorer window. Nope, still brings up the Libraries explorer. I just found out what it was, I downloaded the 32bit installer, not the 64bit one for SVN  . I'm glad that was it since I like Libraries, I didn't want to remove it.
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Nov 3, 2010 19:30
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Office Thug posted:Nope, still brings up the Libraries explorer. There is no such thing as a Libraries Explorer, Libraries is just the default folder for a new explorer window.
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Nov 3, 2010 19:34
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Office Thug posted:Nope, still brings up the Libraries explorer. Libraries is nothing more than grouping a couple of folders together. You can make as many or as few libraries as you want, in fact. If you're trying to tell a program where to save its files and you want it to go to someplace covered by your Documents library, just tell it to go to C:\Users\Office Thug\Documents since that's the folder in the group anyway.
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Nov 3, 2010 20:41
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Issue I'm hoping someone can help with: Starting recently, I can't minimize or unminimize windows by clicking on their taskbar icon unless they're the active window. Also, their taskbar icon will flash orange out of no where. Any idea? Edit: Found the culprit; it was f.lux. Had to uninstall it, not just exit. Dominoes fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 4, 2010 |
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Nov 3, 2010 23:49
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Guerrand posted:So stop futzing around with it and download Audacity. That works! But it raises some more questions. Microphone and sound card are working fine. Audacity proved that. I can play WMA's with no issues, so the files that Sound Recorder is outputting should play. They play but there is no sound. From what I can tell, this new sound recorder has zero configuration options, so there's nothing to accidentally break... So why the hell isn't it working? I mean yeah I have a workaround now but I still would like to know why it's outputting blank files.
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Nov 4, 2010 00:11
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Centipeed posted:I also tried putting the shortcuts in the start menu, and I am unable. I'm not exactly sure what you need to do, but there are some ways to make changes (add folders, shortcuts, etc.) to the Win7 Start Menu. Here are some links that may be useful: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/296-start-menu-all-programs-add-delete-shortcuts.html http://www.sharepointcomic.com/archive/2010/05/27/edit-the-start-menu-folders-in-windows-7.aspx Disclaimer: I can't help you if this hopelessly fucks your start menu, so proceed at your own risk
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Nov 4, 2010 05:43
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Office Thug posted:Nope, still brings up the Libraries explorer. You can see the actual path to any included folder by right-clicking on a Library and choosing Properties.
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Fuschia tude posted:You can see the actual path to any included folder by right-clicking on a Library and choosing Properties. In fact, you can simply rightclick and select "Open folder location" (or hit 'I') to go the actual location of the file on the harddrive. It annoys me to no end how half-assedly they have implemented Libraries and things like browsing devices (with paths like "Computer\phone\Internal Storage\"). Anyway, there's your fix.
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Nov 5, 2010 05:39
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I'm currently loving my new Windows 7 install but wondering how/where to find things like custom themes?
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Nov 5, 2010 13:03
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I'm selling a laptop of mine this week and I realized I have no idea about the best way to wipe the computer completely back to factory. Is it still standard to use the OS disks? fakefastedit: Windows 7
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Raenir Salazar posted:I'm currently loving my new Windows 7 install but wondering how/where to find things like custom themes? what exactly do you want to "theme"? there's an entire subforum at sevenforums dedicated to this but really most of what you can do is making aero different colors and adding different background sets. some of the more popular tweaks off the top of my head are XP-style context menus and explorer interfaces (which I find useless) and xp-style start menu replacements (which *are* useless)
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Kilometers Davis posted:I'm selling a laptop of mine this week and I realized I have no idea about the best way to wipe the computer completely back to factory. Is it still standard to use the OS disks? fakefastedit: Windows 7 for max safety I'd wipe the machine (zero the drive + factory restore,) or reload it back to the user account creation screen, leave it there for them to fiddle with. you could probably get away with just deleting all user accounts except for admin and letting them create their own. disclaimer: I've never done this(sold a machine), curious to see what others would recommend thrawn86 fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Nov 7, 2010 |
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Nov 6, 2010 10:09
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Are OEM keys compatible with regular versions of windows? I have a Revo 3610 that I want to upgrade the hard drive in, can I get the product key and use a regular install of Windows 7 as long as I use the correct version (I have the windows 7 iso's with the modified file to install any version on prompt)? I'd rather do that so I can skip uninstalling a bunch of shitware.
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Nov 7, 2010 21:17
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Traxxus posted:Are OEM keys compatible with regular versions of windows? I have a Revo 3610 that I want to upgrade the hard drive in, can I get the product key and use a regular install of Windows 7 as long as I use the correct version (I have the windows 7 iso's with the modified file to install any version on prompt)? I'd rather do that so I can skip uninstalling a bunch of shitware. It should work; I've done several reinstalls with OEM keys plus probably the same ISO you're using, all without incident. Vista and 7 seem to be much less picky than XP about which keys will work with which installers.
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Nov 7, 2010 21:23
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Kilometers Davis posted:I'm selling a laptop of mine this week and I realized I have no idea about the best way to wipe the computer completely back to factory. Is it still standard to use the OS disks? fakefastedit: Windows 7 Definitely don't just delete the user accounts. This leaves all kinds of personal data behind, and most people are using the admin account anyway. Make sure you have the license key! Then boot off the install media, then click "Install Now". Choose "Advanced", delete the partitions until it says "Unallocated Space" and then reformat it or just hit "Next" if you aren't concerned about someone doing a forensic analysis of the drive. If you are really paranoid, download DBAN, burn it to a blank disc & write zeros to the disk before reinstalling. Does anyone know how you terminate the install so when the new owner boots up they get the screen which asks for the user name & password, so they can just enter it themselves?
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Can anyone suggest some image-viewing software? I find that the image viewer included with Win 7 kind of sucks for the following reasons:
I've tried the faqs, but haven't found an SA-approved image viewer. Google suggests Irfanview, which I'm willing to try, but I'm curious if anyone has any other suggestions.
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Nov 20, 2010 00:42
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Irfanview.
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Nov 20, 2010 00:43
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Suniikaa posted:Irfanview. I use it, but amn't happy with it's clunky UI and viewing modes.
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Nov 20, 2010 02:57
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papa horny michael posted:I use it, but amn't happy with it's clunky UI and viewing modes. I like FastStone MaxView
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Drosian posted:Can anyone suggest some image-viewing software?
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papa horny michael posted:I use it, but amn't happy with it's clunky UI and viewing modes. You may like Xnview which is a bit more flexible and has a better UI. Unfortunately it does not properly support uuencoded directories (directories where some of the folders are in a foreign language) but there are early betas with that support in their forum.
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Nov 21, 2010 11:17
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Has anyone done volume licensing for a corporation with Windows 7? For the love of god, can you please tell me what I need to buy if I'm picking up workstations with OEM Windows 7 Pro? Do I only need a select agreement or do I need to buy software assurance for each workstation or do I need to buy a Windows 7 pro upgrade? I've spoken with 4 vendors plus the MS hotline and they all tell me something different. All I want is a drat volume key to use for making an image.
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Nov 22, 2010 04:23
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As far as I know all you need is SA for each workstation. Our company buys HP desktops with Win7 and we just imaged one and use that for each new PC we buy.
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Nov 22, 2010 14:39
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AlexDeGruven posted:I had to fix this recently, myself. I had to uninstall Hamachi (virtual network adapter), and remove all instances of my ethernet adapter in device manager (uninstall) and reboot. In the end I fixed it by uninstalling both Hamachi and my VirtualBox Virtual Network Interface. After a reboot the icon went back to normal.
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Nov 22, 2010 15:16
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Couple years ago I built this PC and installed an OEM Vista Home Premium. Could I upgrade with OEM Windows 7 Home Premium or will I require the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade? It's really tough to Google a straight answer to all this MS license poo poo 
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Nov 24, 2010 02:40
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How do I get my GFX card to always use PCI-e 2.0 instead of 1.1? It's giving me stuttering issues when it's not on 2.0 playing back hd movies. Nor is my cpu being used up instead, so it just lags. I got around this by having it launch in full screen and in focus, but  I like alt tabbing...
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Nov 24, 2010 02:42
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OEM vs. Upgrade version - if you're buying it retail it doesn't matter. Get the cheaper one. The PCIe question - under the advanced power options there's some PCIe power management settings. Turn those off or to low and it should fix your problem.
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LoKout posted:The PCIe question - under the advanced power options there's some PCIe power management settings. Turn those off or to low and it should fix your problem. Those are already set to off. 
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