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Brother HL5250DN Isn't Recognized
The Brother HL-5250DN printer isn't recognized.

Attempted to install the printer driver and the error message that I get is "CWindowsinfprnbr001.inf was not found".

That was using the Vista installer, and the file name is "5200INST-0100-EN".

The printer is networked through the router, and I can hit it with my Linux box and with the other computers in the house.

Any ideas?

*edit*

Ultimately ended up installing without a hitch using the .inf file for Vista located in a different folder.

I think that this was the one... C:UsersMikeAppDataLocalTempENGLISHDriverpclVistax32ENGLISHw5250dn.inf

Works wonderfully and I can now work from home again.

Posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:30 PM

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HP Deskjet D4160 Isn't Working
I've had my HP since before Vista, and it worked perfectly with that and XP.Â I'm running Windows 7 64bit now, and I have the latest 64bit driver installed for the printer, but it hasn't helped at all.Â The printer is recognized by Windows, and is currently set to the default printer as well.Â

However, I can't print from IE or Word, but strangely enough, I can print from Notepad. Word gives me an error saying a default printer hasn't been designated or it can't locate a default printer. My suspicion is that HP just doesn't have any Windows 7 compatible drivers since the official retail copies are still months away from hitting the shelves.Â Any ideas for a fix, or even just a work-around?

Posted: Sunday, August 09, 2009 6:12 PM

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Upon Boot, Internet Isn't Recognized
My roommate and I are both using Windows 7 on our computers. I'm using 32-bit and he's using 64-bit, and we're both experiencing this problem.

When we boot up our computers and log-in, we see that networks are detected, but there is no internet connection. The fix we find is to hit the system tray icon, and click refresh on the Currently Connected To pop-up. It'll think for a second, and recognize the internet. It's not so much a problem as a Windows 7 buglet.

Is this a common issue?

Posted: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:29 AM

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Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:05 AM

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Progress Bars Freezing When Mouse Isn't Moving
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Posted: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:21 PM

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Is the lack of this some itnernal Microsoft political thing?You default printer at work and at home are different.Â Â Everyone has this issue.Â It is just plain silly notÂ to address this.One other point:Â I'd really like the ability to run a script as part of changing locations.

Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:17 PM

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The weird thing is that the action center icon says that a backup is running even when it isn't and that message remains even after the system restore, suggesting it's some kind of flag/registry entry that isn't being reset.

Anyone else come up against a problem doing the backup? This is the first time I've tried it since upgrading from Vista SP1. I'm using a USB HDD to backup on, the same one that I used to store the Vista system restore before I upgraded ;-)

Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. It's more of an annoyance than anything else so far, but I would like to backup my data at some point. Other than that, the beta has been a remarkably pleasurable experience.

Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:04 AM

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When I use programs like Mp3tagÂ when I return to the menu after editing an album, I have to change the path back to the drive where I am working.

Is there a way to change the default folder view from 'Library'Â to 'Computer' ?

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:49 PM

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No 'explorer' After In-place Upgrade (to Win7) From Vista Ultimate (both 64-bit)
After installing Windows 7 on a well-working VISTA Ultimate 64-bit machine with Window 7's 64-bit upgrade, a couple of hours later all seemed well - UNTIL ...The Welcome screen (normal - and inÂ high resolution) 2550 x 1600 - then a black screen with only "Windows 7<new line> Evaluation copy, Build 7100".Never any progress after this - explorer won't load (or exits right after it loads).Ctrl-Alt-Delete brings up Windows Task Manager, and you can run virtually anything by selecting "New Task" and browsing to the appropriate executable.Â

Office 2007, Outlook, the Internet, etc.Â can all be run without problem using this method.There are NO icons anywhere - no task bar - no start button - NOTHING.Â Have tried countless times.Â I cannot get to Windows Update (because there is NO start button).I DO get explorer to run in "Safe Mode" - but can't get resolution high.I did dual boot VISTA Ultimate and Windows 7 for several months.Â It was only when I delete the previous beta and tried to install Windows 7 that allÂ "H" broke loose.

I tried upgrading the video drivers (from ATI for 4890) and those installed OK - but can't get to the control panel for those either.I've tried everything.Â Explorer (NOT INTERNET EXPLORER) will not run in 'normal mode.'I don't want to do a complete reinstall on a 'clean' HD unless I have to.Â I can access all my data now using the Task Manager - but I have so many programs installed it would take days and days to redo everything from scratch.Any suggestions?

Posted: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:50 AM

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'doesn't Have A Valid IP Adress' Error
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But my computer is in such an awkward location in the house that it's not really an excellent option, so I got 20m of ethernet cable to hook up my PC to the router which is a D-Link DI-614+.

The Router and modem are connected to a PC that is running Windows XP. When I plug in the cable to my computer it sorts it out for a while but it ends up saying it doesn't have a valid IP address?

This only occurs with the ethernet cable and not the wireless. Could this be a case that my computer is too advanced? What if I rolled back to 32-bit or XP? The drivers for the DI-614 are already at the latest, and D-Link discontinued support for it like 5 years ago.

There are several other computers in the network and they work with the ethernet cable and wireless too, but they're all XP. So it's probably something with Windows 7. Having stable connection to the internet is just the main goal I want here.

Posted: 08-03-2009

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This seems to be on ANY AVI that I have that is DivX 6 or XviD encoded (I think XviD anyway, I have definitely narrowed it down to being a DivX problem). I can go out to Windows Explorer and choose the very same file and play it perfectly fine in the regular Media Player application.Â I am not understanding why it plays in Media Player, but not in the much more desireable Media Center.

Posted: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:28 PM

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That's the only real problem i found with RC.

Posted: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:47 PM

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But are 40% more expensive

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Posted: 05-30-2009

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BSOD Stop: 0x000000F4 X64 On 'setup Preparing For First Use'
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Windows 7 64-bit is what I am trying to use.Hardware:Core i7 920ASUS P6T Deluxe with 0306 BIOSASUS ATI 4350 video card (tried both analog and hdmi outputs)LG Bluray drive(can't remember model number sorry)WD 400GB Sata Hard DriveI've managed to install other OS's just fine.Any suggestions on what is wrong or how to fix this would be appreciated.Â If you need some other information let me know and I'll see if I can get it.

Posted: Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:32 AM

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In Windows XP as well as in Vista,Â it was possible to compose and send out an email using MAPI with the default email application MS Outlook,Â Outlook Express or anyother. ButÂ in Windows7, it is not possible to send out mails using MAPI.Â The ResolveNameÂ function callÂ prompts an error.Â I found that ResolveName function is deplicated.Â Is there anything else can fix this problem?

Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:56 PM

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Win 7 - Notices But Does Not 'see' External Usb Hard Drive
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I have seen other posts about this all without a solution- could I have missed the solution - if so please forgive this posting and please point me in the right direction.

If there hasn't been a solution posted and you know how to solve this issue I am very interested.

The Windows 7 Hardware Compatibility indicates this drive is supported and the upgrade advisor did not object to it.

Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:48 PM

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My router is a Linksys Wag200G.Â I've got an AV product plus Defender, so malware seems unlikely?Â

I don't play with ____, torrentz or P2P.I'd hate to see this on aÂ big corporate network as it's effectively aÂ Denial of Service attack!

Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:40 PM

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Does anyone know if there are any hacks, workarounds, etc to get these working properly?Â Or if there are any plans to provide support natively in Win7 itself? It's not a deal-breaker for me, but would just be nice.

Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:09 AM

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When I openÂ a second instance of the explorer, all the drives are available but then without doing anything the green progresbar on top of the explorer window starts to grow but it takes most of the time around 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

When I open a drive and switch to any folder the progresbar starts all over again. It takes again such a long time.

I experience the same problem with the configuration screen, none of the icons will be shown, but when I open a few explorer instances they will be reapear.

Does anyone have the same problem or something similar?

Posted: Monday, June 22, 2009 6:25 PM

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How can I access that C Drive on LINKS?

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Posted: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:48 PM

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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009 1:29 AM

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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:39 PM

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First off, I just migrated over to Windows 7 Forums from Vistax64 and am excited.

I'm currently running Vista Home Premium 64-Bit on a Pentium i7 with 6gigs of Ram and a pretty hardcore video card. Plus, the computer is only 4 months old and i am a pretty tidy user with very little on the drive.

SO: I've elected to upgrade instead of clean install. Now, I'm not looking for any responses explaining to me why I'm an idiot for upgrading instead of doing a clean install because I'm not. I am aware of the drawbacks and I'm ok with them, though they form the backdrop to my question in this post.

There have been a lot of posts about why you should go for a clean install. I hope this post about upgrading gets some intelligent attention, too.

Here's my question: what steps can I (and other upgrading users) take post-upgrade to minimize the "dust" from my (our) old vista OS? For example, a good registry cleaning seems like a good place to start. But what else?

Posted: 10-19-2009

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Posted: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:21 AM

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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:05 PM

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Posted: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:46 PM

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Anyone else had the problem & found a solution?

Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:28 AM

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