I have Updatet windows vista home premium to windows 7 home premium. I installed with clean verision, but everything is still on my computer and Vista to....And every time I start it, it asks if I want to use Vista or 7...
View 2 RepliesWhen I u/g to 7 from Vista it left a bunch of folder on each partition of my hard drive. They were prefixed by the $ sign.They are large - many Gbs and I want to get rid of them.When I try to delete them I get the usual UAC window asking for permission, which I give, but then I get a window saying that i have to get permission from PBS - OFFICE - PCPBS.I am signed on as administrator and further checking with whoami.exe shows that I am PBS - OFFICE - PCPBS.I have given PBS - OFFICE - PCPBS ownership and full control privileges via Properties/security/owner tabs but I still get this problem.Why do I need permission to delete when it is telling me that the permission is needed from ME???? If I am logged on as PBS - OFFICE - PCPBS - according to whoami, why is it still telling me that I need permission from myself?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit from Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
While in Vista, I had automatic backups to an external drive. I cannot delete these old backups manually, and the Backup and Restore module does not recognize them as backups, so it won't manage them.
How can I delete these old backups. When I try to delete them, I get an "Access denied" error. I can't even open the folder with the name of the computer.
I have seen in the program files folder that windows sidebar is still there. I wonder, can I delete some old vista stuff that isn't used by 7 after my upgrade? are there programs folders like this that I can rremove? or Is 7 still using this for gadgets? I didn't do a clean install some I am not sure if these a reminents of old programs that no longer work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like to remove Vista from my dual boot setup. Here is how I got to where I am now.
I had Vista installed on my PC hard drive (was C. Later, I decided to install Windows 7 HP on a new and seperate HDD. I unplugged the Vista HDD and added the new HDD and installed Windows 7 as if from scratch (I was worried that the install would mess up all my files on Vista). After the Windows 7 was up and running, I then reconnected Vista redesignated it as drive E: and after some searching on how to, I created the dual boot using my Windows 7 disk so I'm assuming the boot file in on drive C: along with Windows 7.
I now want delete the dual boot and Vista so I can use the drive as a backup drive or possibly Win8. I have found several methods to do this but none that really have my specific situation.
My system dual boots to either Windows 7 or Vista Ultimate, or, at least it is supposed to. Something happened and now the system just boots to Winodows 7 without giving me the choice to boot to either. When I use F6 I find that only Windows 7 is listed in the Operating Systems box.
View 1 Replies View RelatedNew laptop has Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. I have two business programs that won't run on a 64bit system. Partitioned the hard drive to install Vista Home Premium 32bit to create a dual boot system solely to run these two programs.Can't get Vista to load. Followed tutorial meticulously. All goes fine until the "Vista will boot for the first time" step. After this first boot, the screen returns to the "completing installation" page. However, the process dies here and the progress bar across the bottom of the screen never moves, even after an hour. Reformatted the partition and started over with same results. Multiple attempts always die after the first boot.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI need to replace a W2K computer on a domain with a Windows 7 computer(laptop), but I want to keep the same computer name.I need the ip, username, profile to stay the same. Can I delete the computer from the domain and name the new computer that name I deleted and still keep the users profile on the new machine, as if it was the old one?
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI have two drives (C and D) with Vista on one and Win 7 on the other (not sure if they're actual drives or partitions of a single drive, how do I tell?). I am dual booting and never use Vista. Starting to need the disk space and want to delete Vista. Is this difficult in this scenario?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI had recently installed windows 7 on my laptop running windows vista. I did not remove the existing windows vista installation, and thus win 7 was installed in a dual boot combination. Now, i want to remove vista from my laptop and use windows 7 only.The problem is that during installation, win 7 was installed on logical drive and windows vista was on the primary drive. Thus, i cannot delete/format the windows vista partition. Also I cannot transfer the boot drive to the partition containing win 7 because the vista partition is the active one.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have dualboot XP SP3 and Vista Ultimate on my system,,and now i want to install Windows 7 over the XP OS. I wish to keep Vista with Windows 7 without reinstalling Vista.
Can I just install Windows 7 over XP , or should i be careful for MBR,or boot....
I have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista with key codes etc and I have a legitimate upgrade disk for Windows 7. I had Windows 7 installed on a previous system build which had a HD crash and now I am starting again from scratch (wiyh backed up data).
Like a dolt, I installed Wondows 7 before I remembered it was an upgrade edition. I've looked all over the MS site and don't see a method I can use to Activate Windows 7 from this point. way to use my legitimate Windows disks and keys without having to wipe the drive, install Vista and then install Windows 7 yet again.
It's aggravating to have legitimate software and not be able to use it without needing to trick the system - surely there is a way to not have to start all over?
I have currently installed ONLY XP Pro. I used to have Vista Premium installed on a separate partition, But I uninstalled that. I purchased Windows 7 Upgrade disk.
Here's the question, Do I need to reinstall Vista to upgrade to 7 using the Vista key?
I have recently upgraded my win vista 32 bit to windows 7 32 bit home premium. If my comp crashes do i need a vista bootable cd or can i repair it from windows 7 cd which i purchased
View 1 Replies View RelatedI dropped my computer (Dell Inspiron 15R) and the hard drive went bad.Got a new hard drive installed with out an OS.I had a Windows 7 32 bit disk and started to install it, but failed to realize it was an upgrade disk and there needed to be an existing OS for it to work.Now I have an old Windows XP, SP2 OS disk and when I try to install that, I get the blue screen of death every time.How can I delete the Windows 7 upgrade I put on there first, so I can install XP and then use my Windows 7 upgrade?
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm new here and have a couple of questions about upgrading, I searched through some of the update threads and it still seems to be up in the air about whether or not you will be able to do a fresh install from the upgrade disc; I guess this remains to be seen.
One thing I want to do is max out my RAM and go from 32 Bit Vista Home Premium to 7 64-bit either Home Premium or Ultimate I'm still undecided as to which edition but as I'm maxing out my RAM I'll need 64-bit. I've ran the Beta, RC, and RTM 64 Bit on my main desktop and have no problems with it or any of my programs.
I realize going from 32 Bit to 64 Bit will require a full reinstall. If I purchase the upgrade disc will it work going from 32 to 64? I want a full reinstall straight from MS anyway as my restore images are loaded with crap from the Menu but don't want to bother buying an upgrade edition if it isn't going to work.
I have a 6 month old HP Pavilion dv6.When I was partitioning the hard drive, some error occurred and the process got interrupted( this was after the 'shrink the primary partition'0 step). Disk Management Window didn't show any new partition, so I went on and created two new partitions, but afterwards, I can see an extra partition in My Computer. No info like disk capcity etc., visible; It just has the name 'Local Disk (Q)'. I tried running Disk Management again to get rid of it, but it's not shown in the Disk Management listing. How do I delete it? I tried system restore, but no system restore points prior to the partitioning available
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now ive got my old drive set up, and the files i want have all been nicely put in a KEEP folder, i want to delete everything else on the drive , ie.. the old windows directory, the program files directory etc etc .... but .. you guessed it ... there locked, and its prooving a tad annoying to delete them one by one using an unlocker programme...
I've heard that some people call them super cookies and undestructible cookies that can track the whole private data on the computer.How to delete these evercookies? Is there some software that can delete them at all?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI thought I'd give the W8 consumer preview a go, not being that tech savvy (I'm not computer illiterate though) I think I've messed it up a bit.Now I want the space back, but CAN'T find the VHD partition in DISK MANAGEMENT on W7, but I CAN on W8.I've added print screens from both W7 and W8, the darker bars are W7, lighter W8.
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View 14 Replies View Relatedso I have pretty much tried everything to delete this folder on my external HDD, yet nothing works. Every time I try to delete it says "You require premission to change this folder." Changed the permissions. Nothing. I even managed to get the lock off of the folder but it still wont delete. I restarted my computer, downladed LockHunter and a couple other programs.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI have Secunia on my computer, which is 64bit. Secunia says I have several programs duplicated some with 64 bit after the name....can I delete the non 64bit programs?
View 5 Replies View Relatedright click desktop, new, folder. That is the folders I can not delete I made folders to store pictures, junk etc. These folders can not be deleted by windows even in safe mode. I can make another folder and stick it in the folder I am trying to delete.example one folder is titled junk, I can make a folder and stick it inside folder titled junk and delete the folder, but soon as I do a new folder titled junk is back on my desktop. file names can not be changed
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI've just bought a Windows 7 computer and have loaded Norton 360, which I had already bought for my old XP machine. Is this OK to run with the pre-loaded Windows 7 anti-virus program? If not, is it possible to delete the Windows one? I would prefer to keep Norton.
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