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• Need a computer compatible with Windows 7

  We have a computor running XP andf we love him. It is our understanding that XP is endangered and we want to know if we need a new computor as well. We are not geegs computor but I ran some of the Microsoft tools and he said a lot of what we had is not compatible with Windows 7 or 8. Can you help us?

  Original title: Repacing XP

  Jack,

  Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/upgrading-from-Windows-XP-to-Windows-7#T1=tab01>

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• What to do if the computer is not compatible with windows 7

  I have a computer that has lost the ability to use Windows XP by notice on my screen.  When I ran to the compatibiliy Windows 7 audit, the computer is not being upgraded to be compatible with windows 7.  What are my options?  I can't get a new computer.  How can I make my Windows XP operating system works?

  To repeat one of my previous questions, what was the view of your receipt of no longer being able to use Windows XP?

  And what if you can recall, happened to the computer just before you started to have this opinion?

  Normally, except in the case of substantial changes to the hardware, once Windows XP has been activated - as it was to the company - she should stay enabled.

  If the computer is connected to the company network, there may be questions to use as a stand-alone computer (which can be fixed).  In addition, there is a body of thought that holds that any used computer should have re-installed Windows.  A computer company, however, is much less likely to have "bad things" about it as previously used by an individual.

  The reason that many new computers is coming with OS CD is that Microsoft gives the leading manufacturers (the so-called "Direct OEMS") the opportunity to provide a built-in method to restore the computer to its State 'cost-of-the-factory' rather than provide the CD of the OS.  See How to restore or reinstall Microsoft Windows on a Dell computer.

  It is possible, however, that the it Department of the company that has purchased the computer completely erased from the hard drive and loaded a company custom 'image' right under Windows XP and applications that the company wanted to have on its computers.  If this is the case, you can be out of luck unless you can go back to the COMPUTER service company and ask for their help.

  Finally, it is possible that you may be able to get a set of backup from Dell disks: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/backupcd_form?c=us&l=en&s=gen&redirect=1

• A Dell Inspiron 531 computer will be compatible with Windows 7? Conflicting information between sources.

  I looked on these contradictory information, and here's what I found... I'm still not sure about that.
  I found information about this Dell Inspiron 531 computergoing to be compatible with Windows 7 on the site of Microsoft and in the control panel of that computer system information.
   
  But then I found more information on the Dell website that indicates otherwise.
   
  Please follow me closely here, it took some time to compile this info.
   
  Allows first eliminate what would be the simplest solution I already tried, that would be the "Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor" located at this address: http://Windows.Microsoft.com/UpgradeAdvisor
   
  On this Web page, there is a small program to download and install that is supposed to tell me if this computer is compatible with Windows 7 in processor speed, RAM, graphics card, etc. and devices, automatically... Unfortunately, it does not work... I installed it and it stopped with the message: "Windows 7 advisor stopped working" so that program and this option is unnecessary.
   
  So to see the Web page at this address:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/system-requirements 
   
  It is the "Windows 7 system requirements" list of information... it shows that I need at least a 1 GHZ processor or faster, 32-bit... This Inspiron 531 has a 2 GHZ processor and is 32-bit. This page is says I need 1 GB of RAM... it has 1 GB of RAM. It says I need 16 GB of available disk space, it has a C 138 GB primary hard drive which will be deleted when Windows 7 is ready to be installed. And he said that I need a"Graphics card DirectX 9 (with WDDM1.0 or higher driver)" ... the last part in parentheses is the only part that I'm not sure, but my system via the control panel information shows most of this information as being adequate.
   
  Go to this URL: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd531/en/OM/appendix.htm#wp1149549 to see the Dell Inspiron 531 annex page online and click on the link above titled, 'Specifications' or just scroll to see... there in the category 4th down titled 'Video', it shows the "video integrated Nvidia (DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.9 Graphics Processing Unit) '. This seems to correspond to the above listed"DirectX 9" info page "Windows 7 system requirements".
     
  But then there are 2 pages Web of Dell, which indicate that this Dell Inspiron 531 is only supported by Windows Vista and Windows XP... see this URL for this Web page... http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/osmatrix/index?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs& ~ ck = mn  
   
  This is another contradictory Dell Web page at the URL:http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&docid=360683&journalid=910DD2FE57EB5496E040AC0A64E9331A#Issue0_1
   
  It shows, once you scroll down just a bit, a list of the current Dell computers that can support Windows 7... the Inspiron 531 is not on this list.
  This list excludes the Inspiron 531, but it then says' does not have a computer on these lists? Click here to shop for a new Dell! » .. .bad grammar side, this line that I'm pointing out may just be trying to sell me a new Dell computer, if I actually need or not Dell
  !
   
  And finally my info the computer from the control panel shows aprocessor 2 GHZ, 1 GB of RAM or 958 MB anyway and the 32 bit OS.
   
  And Yes, I ran the built-in diagnostic test Dell PSA on this computer and when it tests the sound card and the speakers, he plays the song a bit in each channel and then on both channels, so I know that the material is good on this computer.
  I know it's a lot to go through... it took me a while to compile this info, and I sent a version of this letter with screenshots and other MS Tech in India who I worked with for a month on the phone and email to correct a problem of 'no sound' that simply cannot be beat.
  But I'm trying to make sure before I do a clean install of Windows 7, when the disc arrives here, I don't clean it hard drive alone to experience Windows 7 does not work on this machine.
  Actually, I'm a Mac user and I don't have much trouble in those... Just trying to fix the computer of my mother for it, and now it seems that trying to install Windows 7 is the only way to get the sound back so that my mom can enjoy some music again.
  I never thought that I would like to know as well on the PC troubleshooting I've learned in the last month, but I don't like, and there is still no sound on this computer and everything has been tried... I made a collage of a hundred different error messages from Windows that I think I'll put it up for bid on ebay... I just want to go home to my trusty Macs.
   
  Please give me your comments... I would of course welcome.
  Thank you
  NuMetro

  I am happy that you have it installed, but you have sound?

  I was too surprised when Windows 7 to install all my drivers in device for me!

  The video driver that it wanted to install was even later that of Nvidia. Also, it does not have the driver Physx I needed, so I had to install one myself. The other driver, that he has not installed was the pilot for the X - Fi card. He did install my motherboard if chipset drivers, but I turned around and installed ones that came with my motherboard.

  Windows 7 does a better job to settle on earlier versions of Windows, but do not watch install what he wants to make sure that it does not have something that you don't want. He came along and updated my video driver again, but when that happens, it installs just the driver itself and not the driver Physx and my video control panel. Now when he talks about video drivers, I just go to Nvidia and download the full set.

  You have the option in there for Windows Update to select which updates you want to allow. I would have put to allow you to decide which ones you want and do not let do it on his own.

  I'm glad you're a happy camper! I do not see where you come with Vista, I jumped on this operating system completely because of the horror stories I've heard.

• I get a Wizard Microsoft Agent is not compatible with Windows 7, I have on my computer. How can it be made compatible?

  I get a Wizard Microsoft Agent is not compatible with Windows 7, I have on my computer. How can it be made compatible? What should I download to install Microsoft Agent on my computer?

  Original title: Microsoft Agent

  Please check the link for more details below

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/969168?WA=wsignin1.0

• I have difficulties to show my creative cloud from my PC. When I login from another computer to office, it is fine. Cloud is not compatible with windows 8? Any ideas on what could be the problem?

  I have difficulties to show my creative cloud from my PC. When I login from another computer to office, it is fine. Cloud is not compatible with windows 8? Any ideas on what could be the problem?

  Hello

  Creative cloud is compatible with windows 8.

  Please follow the steps below:

  1. Uninstall CC program and features

  2. run cleaning CC tool: use of the Adobe Creative Cloud cleaning tool to solve installation problems

  3. install Creative Cloud again, download and install Adobe Creative Cloud applications

  Hope this helps

  Thank you

  Varun

• My Yahoo Mail is "" forcing me to switch to Firefox by turning my functions in basic. Firefox is compatible with windows 7 for home and student?

  Hi, I have a Yahoo Mail account for many years. Now, they have turned my account in base saying that my IE9 is no longer supported and they are "" forcing me to download Firefox otherwise I have to continue with basic messaging. Firefox is compatible with windows 7 for home and studens? If I download firefox it will affect all the files I have on my computer? Will this affect my windows mail? Thanks for a quick reply.

  Fortuna2015 said

  Firefox is compatible with windows 7 for home and studens?

  As far as I know, Firefox runs on all variants of Windows 7. Firefox works better with a lot of memory, so if your system has 2 GB of memory, you may be limited in the number of windows and tabs you can open simultaneously before things get bogged down compared to a system that has 4 GB of memory.

  If I download firefox it will affect all the files I have on my computer? Will this affect my windows mail?

  As a web browser, you can configure Firefox to your default program to open web pages and links. If you do this, while some icons may change, for example, links to web pages can change to an icon of Firefox. In addition, Firefox has a built-in PDF reader, but you can still use Adobe Reader or another program to read PDF files if you want.

  Are you using Windows Live Mail or another standalone program to retrieve messages? Firefox be involved with it because these programs to get the mail directly, not not using your browser. But if you make Firefox your default for links Manager, when you click on a link in the e-mail software, it will open in Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.

  Other things:

  (1) attention to the download links at random in search engine results. You can get Firefox here (scroll to your preferred language):

  https://www.Mozilla.org/Firefox/all/

  (2) I'm sure after Firefox is started the first time, you will have many questions. The program should give you a little tour of routine, and you can use our support articles for more information: https://support.mozilla.org/products/firefox

  (3) you must install IE11 because there are still a few sites that use patented technologies and are not displayed in Firefox, such as Windows update

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/download/Internet-Explorer-11-for-Windows-7-details.aspx

• AMD Radeon 7570-devices is not compatible with Windows 10 - you're going to have problems with your screen

  Microsoft will come out with Windows 10, as an upgrade of the free operating system next month, July 29, 2015. They came out with an app, 'Get Windows 10', which is intended to help the operating system upgrade process. In this app, it checks for compatibility issues that may exist between your computer and their new Windows 10.  I get results for two of compatibility issues when I run this app. The one that concerns me, it is with the video card that came with my computer, AMD Radeon HD 7570.

  The app tells me: "these devices are not completely compatible with Windows 10" and he adds "you will encounter problems with your screen."

  Is there any driver updates that resolve this problem?

  The driver, I installed on my pc is Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. version 8.960.11.2000

  Windows says that the driver is up-to-date.

  If no driver is available to correct this problem will be I need to replace the video card in my computer and if so with what?

  I currently use two screens, a LG 22EA53 (analog) and an Acer S230HL without any problems with Windows 7, Home Premium, Service Pack 1.

  Malygris1,

  Well, son of a gun... looks that microsoft has made changes in their updates.

  Now when you run the "'get 10 app Windows, check your PC ' it reads in devices..." "0 problems found."

  Looks like Microsoft do with last-minute changes, as you indicated, and others have mentioned about being patient on this matter, that they may (?) have addressed this problem.  Probably won't suddenly course up until the update is done.

  Guess for now, I have to score this as accept as a Solution.

• HP Photosmart E317 is compatible with Windows 7?

  HP Photosmart E317 is compatible with Windows 7? How to download pictures from the camera?

  Hello

  Using the memory card on your camera or only the internal memory?

  (a) memory card: out the card and put the computer card reader, he'll end up as a drive and you can copy photos nearby.

  (b) for memory internal: you can use the USB cable provided with the camera, but it can not be found in Windows 7. One option is to buy a memory card, move pictures from the memory on the card to it and again to (a) above.

  http://h10032.www1.HP.com/CTG/manual/c00492399.PDF

  Kind regards.

• My Photosmart of HP5510 printer is compatible with Windows 8.1

  Need to buy a new computer with the disappearance of Win XP... need to know if my Photosmart of HP 5510 printer will be compatible with Windows 8.1

  Hello Hafygirl

  I saw your question and want you to know that Yes, the Photosmart 5510 is compatible with Windows 8.1.

  Here is the link to download the driver for Win 8.1: HP Photosmart full feature and drivers software

  I hope that answers your question!

  Have a great Monday

• section8 is compatible with windows 7

  I can't with XP and think that my Windows 7 Desktop works better.
  I had a lot of problems with this old Office XP. It seems that it loads the game and sometimes
  This is never going to put me in the key code.
  With this Section8 a prompt came up saying if I would allow the game to be "unlocked"... which I allowed
  but nothing happened.
  Frustrated, I said effit and uninstalled.
  I tried to go to steam to load a non-Steam game, but it's too technical for me.
  Help.
  Thank you

  Hello

  Steam 8 is compatible with Windows 7. Take a look at this link.

  Follow these steps.

  Step 1:

  I would like to do you right click on the .exe file and run as administrator.

  Step 2:

  Put your machine in a clean boot State and try launching Steam 8 to check whether the problem is related to a third party program which may be contradictory.

  Note: Follow step 7 to your computer as usual.

  If the problem persists contact Steam.

• World of Subways Volume 1 is compatible with Windows 7?

  Former title: games in Windows 7

  I want to know if the volume of the subways 1 pc game world can work on my computer windows 7? If I buy it again it'll work or not?

  Hello
   
  
  I checked the compatibility of this game with Windows 7's official website. Here's what I found:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/search.aspx?l=en-us&type=software&s=world%20Of%20Subways&OS=32-bit
   
   
  Method 1.
  If the game is not compatible with Windows 7, you try to install in compatibility mode.
  You can find more information on compatibility modes in the articles below:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-is-program-compatibility
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows
   
  Method 2.
  The published game has not provided any information on its compatibility with Windows 7. Website of the Publisher of the game has also no information on the compatibility of this game. I recommend you to check with the Publisher of the game as to its compatibility.

   
  Here is the link of World of Subways forum support:
  http://www.TML-Studios.de/index.php?ID=180&L=1
   
   
  I hope this helps.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Solitare games compatible with windows 7__

  are there solitaire games free that I can download that are compatible with windows 7

  Hi nebraskarn09,

  Welcome to Microsoft Answers Community Forums.

  Are you facing any problem with your built-in Solitaire game?

  There are Solitaire game that are compatible with Windows 7, but they are not free according to my research.
  If you want to play a game of different Solitaire of the built-in game, there are currently of the free Solitaire game online that you can find online to play using your favorite Web browser.

  Important: using third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.

  Hope this information helped you.

  Kind regards
  Arona - Microsoft technical support engineer
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• XP to Vista upgrade, the message that Vista is not compatible with Windows XP

  Original title: Upgrade Vista XP

  I tried to update my windows XP to Windows Vista and get the error message that Vista is not compatible with Windows XP. It is an original cd of dell that I got years ago and have not upgraded I liked XP. Any thoughts on patches or fixes for this?

  Hi Dennis,

  The upgrade to Windows Vista from Windows XP requires some preconditions for the computer that you have this problem in. This article treats all these prerequisites. I suggest you read the information in this article and see that if your situation meets all the conditions required or not, here is the link:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/installing-reinstalling-Windows#1TC=Windows-Vista

  Please check all of the information provided in this article carefully. Keep us up-to-date with the status of your side, we will be happy to be of further assistance.

• Video card issues 'Windows cannot read this disk. The disc is maybe damaged or it could be in a form that is not compatible with Windows.

  Original title: card video questions

  My company adds two monitors to existing systems that are also running good XP and windows 7. Everything goes smoothly with the exception of one system using windows XP. I replaced the original video card (ATI DELL X 1300 128 MB VIDEO CARD in the PCI-E DVI TV-OUT) with nvidia GeForce 8400 GS and when I try to install the drivers through the disk, I get the following message: "Windows cannot read this disk. The disc's might be corrupted or it could be in a form that is not compatible with Windows. I flashed the BIOS, but still nothing. Do I need a different video card?

  Hi TheRealBradB,

  ·         The computer is on a domain network?

  You can download and install the drivers from the nVidia GeForce 8400 GS video card for site.

  GeForce 8400 GS video card

  http://www.nvidia.com/page/GeForce8.html

  You can run the Autodetect your GPU and check the drivers.

  Also contact nVidia support for help on the issue.

  NVidia support

  http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

   

  Hope this information is useful.