windows 7

For a gamer it seems to be the best thing to stick with Windows 7. Only pro: Has DirectX 12 Cons: No games use DirectX 12, and no games ever will except a couple of ones microsoft paid for. In Windows 7 you can choose which updates you want and if you want them. In windows 10 updates are...

When I plug a USB flash drive into my computer, it makes the normal sound like when a USB device is plugged in but the USB drive doesn't appear in the Windows Explorer. All other USB devices seem to function properly (headset, mouse, keyboard, bluetooth adapter, etc.). My OS is Windows 7 x64...

Today I bought a new SSD, the Crucial MX300 525GB. When I install windows, everything works until it reboots and gives me the error: 'Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hardware'. I get this when installing windows 7 and windows 10. I already tried the msoobe fix...

My windows 7 x64 desktop has suddenly started having no network at boot but the network eventually starts a minute or two later. Running "ipconfig /all" at boot only shows: Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kevria-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node...

The solution (for me) in a nutshell: install KB3050265 / reboot / install KB3135445 / reboot I wrote all of the below before I saw the "Fix for windows 7 update" sticky here on Anandtech. I'm going to post anyways to relate what worked for me. It's an alternate fix. As I say below one of the...

Yeah, that figure seems about right, at least compared all the companies I deal with which none plan to move from Win 7 thankfully. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/99-of-businesses-have-not-upgraded-to-windows-10-according-to-study/?ftag=TRE20d3f17&bhid=88132330

One problem that has always bugged me with Windows is that the file copier in the OS will give copied files new "Date Created" and "Date Modified" metadata. For example, if I copy a file originally created/modified in 01/01/1999 at 12:00PM and the time right now is 08/15/2016 at 12:00PM, the...