The same version of the software (winrar) is installed on both, my XP and Win 7 computers. The look (menus etc) is completely different. Here are the screen shots: Click on the pictures to see the full size
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As you can see the version is exactly the same. What do I have to do to make the application in Windows 7 have the same look like in XP?
For the most part I like and use the the "Let Windows choose" visual appearance settings which enables the transparent effects etc. However when I played Civ IV for example, a notification popped up saying that the application was not compatible with certain visual effects and would put Windows into the basic colour scheme appearance mode - it'd still "look" like Windows 7 just without the transparency, which is great. I can of course manually do this and make it "best performance" but...heh, it's ugly! It reminds me of Windows 98. What I'd like to do is set a particular application, in this case it's Civ V to also set my Windows appearance to this basic colour scheme mode when I load the game, in the hope it'll improve performance somewhat.
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I have over a thousand of these shortcuts and opening each one's properties window and changing 'normal' to 'maximized' is not really an option!
Not really a 'Windows 7' question specifically of course, but maybe someone here will know anyway?
Does anyone know if running 32 bit applications on the 64 bit edition of windows 7 will impact performance. My new laptop is consistently slow and unresponsive yet the task manager shows memory usage of just over 50% (2.1Gigs out of 4Gigs) and the CPU usage is minimal (like 20->30%). One thing I do notice on the resource manager though is that a significant number of the processes running are post-fixed with *32 which I believes indicates that they are 32 bit applications. Could this explain why my machine is so slow? Or should there be no significant overhead to running 32 bit applications? Also, if there is a significant overhead why does it not show up as increased memory/CPU usage rather than just making the machine unresponsive and slow?
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Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:MapleStory.exe
Application Version:1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp:4d47e598
Fault Module Name:ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version:6.1.7600.16559
Fault Module Timestamp:4ba9b21e
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:00028ebf
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID:3081
I cannot open many applications in Windows 7 including Firefox, MS Word, and Excel. Some that do open will freeze during use. I suspect that a virus or malware could be causing these problems. The applications open in Windows Safe Mode okay. Here's the Hijackthis and DDS log:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 11:38:51 AM, on 08/01/11
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16421)
Boot mode: Safe mode with network support
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I am experiencing a strange problem with my Windows 7 for last 2-3 weeks. When I use any application, suddenly Help Windows for application will pop up and it will not go away. If I try to close it, it opens again. This problem is spread across applications. Help Windows come up for SQL server, Microsoft Word and IE. Sometimes Help Windows won't let me do anything and I have to restart. It was only annoying till now but this problem seems to be spreading.I have checked F1 key and it is not stuck. Problem seems to be happening since I installed SQL server 2008 R2 around a month ago. I have Lenovo G450 with Windows 7 ( 64 bit ) installed.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedFor example, if I'm typing in Word, randomly the Word application/window will get unselected, as if I clicked something else. I won't be able to type anymore until I click the Word window again, it's pretty annoying too since I'm a fast typer. And this happens with everything. Games, browsers, etc. I've also noticed when I have something fullscreened, like a video or a game, after a few minutes the start bar at the bottom of my screen pops up, and I'm assuming whatever was fullscreened got "unselected," and that's why the menu bar pops up. I have McAfee (I'm about ready to uninstall it), and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, and I've checked my computer many times but nothing has come up. This has been happening for over a month and I've just about had it.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have used 64 bit version of Windows 7 to test the shortcuts, screenshots are included to give you a visual impression.Firstly, use [Windows key] and [R] to invoke the run command box:
1) Character Map = charmap.exe very useful for finding unusual characters.
2) Color Management = colorcpl.exe
3) Device pairing wizard= devicepairingwizard.exe
4) Display Switch = displayswitch.exe
5) Direct X diagnostic = dxdiag.exe
5) DPI Scaling = dpiscaling.exe
8) Driver verification manager = verifier.exe (Undocumented, Security prompt will appear, accept it.)
9) Event Viewer Snapin Launcher = eventvwr.exe (Security prompt will appear, accept it.)
10 ) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
11) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (Security prompt will appear, accept it.)
allows creation or modification of characters :
12) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe
Create self-extracting / self-installing package:
13) Group policy editor = gpedit.msc
Used to manage group policies, and permissions, (Security prompt will appear, accept it.)
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I would like to know whether all the applications which runs on a normal Windows 7 desktop will run fine on tablet pcs having Win 7 OS.
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I am able to print a test page from Windows 7. I am able to print from Openoffice. However, I cannot print from Wordpad or Notepad.
This is the event log entry:
The document Untitled - Notepad, owned by Mark, failed to print on printer \MACS-COMPUTERHP PSC 2350 series. Try to print the document again, or restart the print spooler. Data type: NT EMF 1.008. Size of the spool file in bytes: 1184. Number of bytes printed: 0. Total number of pages in the document: 1. Number of pages printed: 0. Client computer: \SEGO. Win32 error code returned by the print processor: 0. The operation completed successfully.
Note that if I connect the printer directly to my Windows 7 machine I can print from Wordpad and Notepad.
I have an older PC with Windows 7 and XP dual boot on a 640GB HD. Recently built a new quad core PC and installed Windows 7 on a 60GB SSD. There is also a new 640GB HD for applications and data.
Spent quite a bit of time searching for the best method of transferring the applications and data setting from the old PC with single HD to the new PC's with SSD and HD. PCMove and True Image are mentioned as options but not sure how they can handle 2 destination drives. I dread the thought of adding each application one by one.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedThis is my first Tom's Hardware post, hoping someone replies soon. Anyways, to the problem: When certain applications are run, that were first seemingly random, Skype, Fallout 3, Borderlands 2, etc. would crash the computer and it would not unfreeze until I hard reset the computer. I know it isn't an overheating issue because me and a friend dusted everything out, from heatsinks to power supplies, and it still froze. It even used to do it when we logged in, but the afore-mentioned friend fixed it. I think I might have nailed down the pattern, but there's some ungrounding evidence against it too. I think the pattern is if it launches the CPU up high really quickly, but the evidence against it is the original Borderlands works with no hitches. It's hard to predict which applications will freeze the computer, so I need help. It is an eMachines ET1331G-03w with all the stuff it came with, so Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, AMD Athlon X2 processor, nVidia GEForce 6150SE Integrated graphics card. I know I need a new graphics card, don't bother telling me
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