Is it recommended to install new builds?
I use the 7100 RC one and i see theres enw builds out there. Does win update itself on builds? do i get the fixes the new build has? Still in sys info it sais i use 7100 so i guess its not self updated.
What do i do?
I have a Dell Studio XPS laptop with 4 gig of ram,128 SSD and an Nvidia SLi setup.
The one thing I have noticed is that when I do a clean install there are no crashed but it is only after about 50 hours of use that the random freezes start to happen. I have tried to see any correlation to when they happen but I can't spot anything. I have run windows 7 very happily on other machines so I am thinking it must be related to the drivers provided by dell (for vista).
I have checked event logs but there is nothing there, just blank from the second the machine hangs.
All bios functions still work like screen brightness, but caps lock and things like that are frozen.
Has anyone experienced anything similar or has any ideas?
where to get bulk cd keys for windows 7 that are legit for new customer builds?
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