Recent questions tagged windows vista

Description : I currently have Windows Vista. I tried upgrading to Windows 7 with the software I purchased, but it won't let me. What could be the problem?

Last Answer : poisonedantidote I tried the 32-bit Windows 7 disc for installation. The Windows 7 Upgrade Adviser said my system is compatible and meets all the requirements, yet I still could not upgrade.

Description : What could be the reason for the discrepance between the space used and the combined size of all folders on the system drive in Windows Vista?

Last Answer : The page file and hibfile.sys?

Description : Can anyone reccommend a decent, free video file converter?

Last Answer : Try this before you download anything: http://www.mediaconverter.org/

Description : Has anyone tried the Windows 7 yet?

Last Answer : Nothing can be as bad as vista , not even falling into a vat of rotting horse crap is that bad .

Description : How do I determine my ram speeds?

Last Answer : It should tell you how many MHz the ram has on the package it came with or the sticker that is on the ram stick. And the reason why it has 2 1gig sticks instead of 1 2gig sticks is because it runs more efficiently when it’s dual’ed.

Description : Windows 7 on External Harddrive?

Last Answer : I suppose you could but any external drives are going to be slower than internal drives. Get ready for that. I haven't tried a dual boot system before but you could probably configure your BIOS ... 2-5 hardcore Linux guys to come along to berate you for using Windows. That happens everywhere.

Description : Why can't Vista 64 bit view Vista 32 bit apps?

Last Answer : Technically, it should. When you install a 32-bit application it puts it into the Program Files (x86) folder so it can properly Emulate 32-bit processing with that program. Now given that some programs ... this) But maybe if you told us what program you were trying to run we could help better.