Recent content by atguy10

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    How To Tutorial: Block Windows 10 from updating a specific driver

    Do these fixes stay after a major update (eg. v1809 to v1909, or v1909 to v2004)?
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    Downgrade Win 8 Pro to 7 Pro: Huh?

    Most of the time, the laptop will come with recovery discs for both Win 8 Pro and Win 7 Pro. You just install the Win 7 Pro discs (no key needed). I know HP EliteBooks and ProBooks come with both.
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    Win XP question

    That Dell might be using a propriety fan connector so you must replace it with a Dell fan or else it won't work.
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    No windows 8 key with new notebook ?

    The tools are only available to authorized repair shops. You might find them via Google. From my understanding, there would be no need to retrieve the old key from the old motherboard. Microsoft stores your activation statistics in their database. When you boot up the first time after a...
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    No windows 8 key with new notebook ?

    The key is embedded in the BIOS. Technically, you shouldn't ever need to use the key. If you need to reinstall Windows 8 (and you are using the correct media), it will automatically fetch the key from the BIOS. Also, when repair shops replace a motherboard, a new key will be embedded into that...
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    Question about upgrading to Windows 8 from 7, does the install affect the BIOS ?

    The BIOS will not be changed. The original hard drive should work fine when you connect it back. Just don't hook up both hard drives at the same time. That might alter the boot record on one of the hard drives, causing it not to boot up properly. This happened to me once.
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    Strange... New out of the box HP has ASUS background photo

    Yeah, the Asus wallpaper is weird indeed. If your computer came with a Windows 8 (non-Pro) sticker on the side of the computer then you are not supposed to have WMC. So you did get a free upgrade to Windows 8 Pro. That tech was not supposed to do that, but just be glad he did. If your computer...
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    What is the point of desktop DIMMs anymore?

    Yes, I agree. DIMM's should be killed off in favor of SO-DIMM's. They should also make half-height SO-DIMM's to further reduce the physical size. And they should make all motherboards have at least 2GB of RAM soldered on. This might happen to a certain degree post-Haswell when most CPU's will...
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    Hp elitebook 8440p power connector is broken

    As someone already mentioned, try turning it on with only a charged battery. If it works then the power jack is broken. If it doesn't work then the motherboard has problems. Either way, you're looking at replacing the motherboard because the power jack is soldered to the motherboard...unless...
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    Is there any way to recover MS Office Product Keys from a Windows.old folder?

    It should be in: windows.old/Windows/System32/config/ Also, make sure to run Magical Jelly Bean in administrator mode. You can also try Produkey. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
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    IE9 crashing

    This.
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    Can my 6 yr old laptop handle Windows 8 pro?(upgrade)

    The deciding factor will be drivers (video, sound, ethernet, wireless). If you can find the right ones then you can use Windows 8. Also, you might be able to use Windows 7 or even Windows Vista drivers for Windows 8. They all share the same driver model. One last thing, your CPU is only 32-bit...
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    Windows 7 unable to see file in browse folder

    Make a new user profile and see if that works normally. If so, use that new profile instead. If not then you might have to reinstall Windows.