Running Windows 7 Professional with XP Mode - need help with access to the XP Mode

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• I've had my laptop for a year, and it is currently running Windows 7 Professional. I recently had a problem that causes the black screen

  I've had my laptop for a year, and it is currently running Windows 7 Professional. I recently had a problem that causes the black screen randomly with the screen turned on (I mean everything is black and I can't see a thing, but can still see the light of the LCD screen). This often happens when I open/close a window, browsers web example, the records, or even during the boot. I want to know how to solve this problem and if the upgrade to Windows 10 works for her.

  Hi Haolin,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I do not understand that the screen goes black randomly, and I'll be happy to answer your query. Let me ask you;

  • What is the brand and model of the computer?
  • Remember to no particular change in the computer before the show?
  • When was the last time it worked?

  Video card problems are the most common cause of this problem.

  Try the following troubleshooting procedures in the order. If the steps described in the first procedure does not resolve the problem, continue to the next procedure.

  Step 1: Reinstall your video driver

  1. Right click on the bar tasks and then click Start Task Manager.

  2. Click on the processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click end process.

  3. Click file, and then click new task (run).

  4. In the text box open, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  5. Click on the Start button , go into the Device Manager in the start search box, and then, in the search results, click on the peripheral Manager.

  6. Double-click on display the cards, right click the display device, click Update driver software, and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears. You can also visit the website of the manufacturer of the computer support and install the latest available graphics cards for the same model of computer you have.

  Note: After the driver is re-installed, you may need to restart your computer to complete the installation. You may also need to adjust the resolution of the display to its previous value. For more information, see change your screen resolution.

  Step 2: Search for registry problems

  1. Right click on the bar tasks and then click Start Task Manager.

  2. Click on the processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click end process.

  3. Click fileand then click new task (run)

     In the text box open, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  4. Click on the Start button , type regedit in the search box, and then, in the search results, click on regedit.exe.

  5. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

  6. Click to select the WinLogon key and then in the right pane, click on Shell. The value of shell in the data column must be explorer.exe. If the value of Shell is not explorer.exe, double-click Shell, and then, in the value data text box, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  7. Close the registry editor and restart your PC.

  Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  If this procedure resolves the issue, you are finished. If this is not the case, proceed to the next set of steps.

  Step 3: Start the computer in safe mode and run system restore

  1. Click on the Start button , click the arrow next to Shut Down, and then click restart.

  2. Do one of the following:

     • If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then stop and restart your computer.

     • If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to select the operating system you want to start in safe mode, and then press F8.

  3. In the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode, and then press enter.

  4. Log your computer with a user account with administrator rights. When your computer is in safe mode, you will see marked Safe Mode in the corners of your screen.

  5. Click on the Start button , type "System Restore" in the search box, click System Restore, and then click Next. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  6. Choose a restore point when your PC worked as expected, click Next, and then click Finish.

  7. Restart your computer normally.

  Important: When you use system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, the programs and updates that you have installed after this date are deleted.

  If these steps resolve the issue, you are finished. If not, try to repeat the steps and chooses an older restore point (if available). If that does not resolve the problem, contact your computer manufacturer or the technical support for further assistance.

• In Windows 7 Professional is it is possible to restrict access to the C: drive still be able to write to it?

  I've seen several threads on hide the C: drive to restrict the overall use of the C: drive, but I'm on a mission to survey about whether you can limit the C: drive but still be able to write files to it.  We currently do not allow any executable to be run from a USB key and so sometimes users are required to move the file to the C: drive and run. We currently need to who have implemented, but not not allow the user create a folder and download or save files on the C: drive. My original logic in this is not that because you'd have to restrict by file type, but I could be wrong and would like the entry to a person with a thorough knowledge of Windows 7 that may be able to tell me if this is actually possible. It is very easy to do with Citrix, but I'm trying to understand if this is achievable on a local machine toed. Is it possible to allow only .exe files to write in c driver: on a per user basis? Thank you for your time.

  JR

  I seriously doubt you can do it, but the best is to ask this question on Technet or MSDN

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site (for consumers) and to be sure, you get the best (and fastest) reply, we have to ask either on Technet (for IT Pro) or MSDN (for developers)
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  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home s/fr-U.S./Accueil
  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/Forum
  
  
  If you give us a link to the new thread we can point to some resources it

• Can I use the device drivers XP (printer and scanner) with Windows 7 Professional in XP mode?

  I have a Business Inkjet 2800 printer and scanner HP Scanjet 5470c on my XP PCs that HP doesn't provide drivers for Windows 7.

  Can I attach these devices for my new PC running Windows 7 Professional in XP mode?  I have searched for hours on the site of Microsoft and Google, but couldn't find a definitive answer.  Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.  Ed

  You could attach and use both in XP Mode with XP drivers.

  There is a driver Windows 7 for Business Inkjet 2800. Go to control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and printers and select Add a printer. When the list of drivers, update Windows Update and there is under the heading of HP drivers.

• You need to set the drive letter to the USB Ports front before any device has been inserted - that won't change when the device is connected. I have Windows XP Professional with Visual Studio 6 installed

  You need to set the drive letter to the USB Ports front before any device has been inserted - that won't change when the device is connected. I have Windows XP Professional with Visual Studio 6 installed. Thanks for your help

  diana73,

  First of all, make sure that you're connected Administrators account to do.

  How to change a drive letter to change an existing drive letter on a drive, on a partition, or a volume, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  2. Click Start , click run and type compmgmt.msc .
  3. In the left pane, and then click disk management .
  4. Right click on the drive, the partition, the logical drive or volume that you want to assign a drive letter to and then click change drive letter and paths .
  5. Click change .
  6. Click assign the following drive letter if it is not already selected, click the drive letter that you want to use, and then click OK .
  7. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the drive letter change.

  The letter of the drive, partition, or volume that you specified is changed, and the new drive letter is displayed in the appropriate drive, partition, or volume in the disk management tool.

  Good luck! Please rate me upward if you find my post helpful. Thank you!

• Toshiba Portegee R700-182 running Windows 7 Professional locked up 5 days ago

  Toshiba Portegee R700-182 running Windows 7 Professional locked up 5 days ago.
  Turned off and then on again. It is now extremely slow current (30 minutes to load the office).
  Too slow to load MS Office in normal mode, unusable.
  In safe mode it seems to work OK but cannot use MS Office programs in safe mode as the system does not recognize MS Office as legitimate. Suspect a problem with Windows 7, tried to apply updates to windows, but he gets up then encounters an error and cancels the update.
  Machine has no SP1 update.
  I tried recovery - no help.
  I tried sfc/scannow - no problems found.
  Is this a common problem with Windows 7? Is there a solution? Is this a virus?
  Any ideas anyone?

  Windows 7 is the safest and most stable Windows yet, but some BONE is totally immune to viruses and other malware.  Here are a few things to check.

  Get your updated antivirus program and boot into Safe Mode. Note that some viruses can hide from your normal antivirus program, so you really need to scan in Safe Mode. To enter in Safe Mode when you turn on first, press F8 on every seconds until you get the menu, and then select Safe Mode. Then run a complete system scan.

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  Microsoft has suggestions and offerings to

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-a-computer-virus

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  Moderator Forum Keith has a few suggestions along this line to

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/Windows-Explorer-has-stopped-working/6ab02526-5071-4DCC-895F-d90202bad8b3

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  If that suits him fine. If this is not the case, use system restore to go back to an earlier date at the beginning of the problem. To run system restore, click Start-> programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> system restore. Click on the box that says show more restore points.

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  Finally if all else fails, you can look at the rather cryptic system event log. To do that click on start-> Control Panel-> administration-> event viewer tools. Once in Event Viewer system log-click and scroll entries looking for these "error" with indicator see if you can find guidance on where the problem may be.

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  When you get your system in good working condition, I invite you to back up your system up to an external hard drive and make it regular periodic updates.

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  I hope this helps. Good luck.

• I am running Windows XP Professional, can I upgrade to Windows 7 or Vista?

  The upgrade to Windows XP Professional edition

  I am running Windows XP Professional, can I upgrade to Windows 7 or Vista?  I want to run the iCloud but need a more recent version to do.  Thank you.

  The first thing to do is to download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor--> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20

  If your hardware and your applications are compatible with Windows 7 (and there are drivers available for your hardware devices) then you can buy a copy of Windows 7 and install it.  You will have to do what Microsoft calls a "custom installation" which is a facility clean Windows 7 in force and which is to format your hard drive.

  Thus, you must first save all your data (files, documents, music, photos, etc.) on another medium (the best is an external hard drive), and then import this into the computer after the installation of Windows 7.  Microsoft is a tool for this called Windows Easy Transfer, but you can use any method you like.

  Also, you must reinstall all of your applications from their original installation media.  If any of these applications has been downloaded, you'll need a copy of the downloaded installation package or a way to re - download.  You must also make sure that you have all your license keys.

  If you go ahead with this, one thing you need to do before your existing XP installation is more usable is to download and run Belarc Advisor (free).  Belarc is mainly intended to let you know if your security patches are up-to-date, it also gives you a list of license keys for a large part of your installed software.

  PS: Don't waste your time with Vista.  If you can not go to Windows 7, stick with XP.

  PPS: You might be interested in reading this thread--> http://forums.tipb.com/icloud-forum/220359-icloud-can-not-used-windows-xp-computer-any-solution.html

• BSOD Windows 7 Professional in Unity Mode

  I can't find anything in a search (but I don't know that I am doing things).  I got a BSOD this morning running Windows 7 Professional in Mavericks 10.9.3 - 27 "iMac, i5 3.1 GHz, 24 GB of RAM.

  I was very much at the time - it crashed all of a sudden.  Wondering if the mode of the unit had something to do with things, because it seemed as if he had problems arise in Unity mode when I started the virtual machine and if there are known problems in this area.

  I collected files .dmp, etc, but I was also wondering if there is another place that I can post except on the forum because I don't know what kind of confidential information may be contained in the dump files.

  Thank you!

  Hi jystickman,

  This is very detail and helpful.

  I can reproduce the crash in my machine by following your steps, and I already pulled a bug in our internal system last Friday, will let you know if there is no update.

  Thanks again for your efforts on this.

• Two operating systems; Windows 7 Professional with an option of Windows 10

  Two operating systems;  Windows 7 Professional with an option of Windows 10.

  As a Neolithic Windows, I'm comfortable with Win 7 like all my old XP applications have continued to work with Win 7.  Now I want to try to get around the current Win 10 operating system through experience to see what Win 10 offers me in every sense of the use practable. I don't want to lose the existing installation of Win7 which works well, I think to a new PC.

  I need a route which can accommodate my learning needs.  I'm open to suggestions that might involve touchscreen options to win 10 OS while keeping the mouse driven navigation for Win 7 applications.  Clues on a postcard!

  10 dual-boot Windows, you will need to buy retail (it's only free if you use it to replace Windows 7, not to start the long side).

  So first, buy an installation Windows 10 CD/USB stick to your favorite tech store and install it as a dual-boot option.

  You will find that there is no dichotomy of the 'touch' vs 'mouse' use Windows 10.  You can use the mouse as you do today in Windows 7: there is literally not a single instance of a hidden mouse-gesture-operated menu, you need to know the secret movement to activate (unlike Windows 8, Windows 10 has been designed so that a user of Windows 7 could jump in without any training).

• How to activate Windows 7 Professional with 0xC004C020 error code

  I installed windows 7 Professional, but unfortunately I can not activate it somehow because of 0xC004C020 error code. What should I do to activate my windows 7 Professional? hope you could help me. Please help me with my problem

  Have you tried to activate by phone?

  1. click on start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4

  2. press enter on your keyboard

  3. Select your country.
  4. Select the telephone activation option and brace yourself for a real person.

  Please run the Microsoft Genuine Diagnostics Tool then copy and paste the results into an answer here for further analysis:
  http://go.Microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52012

  0xC004C020: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938450

• I am running Windows 7 Professional. Unable to connect, do not accept the password. Locked out! How to get back IN?

  The last time that I turned my computer off all seemed well.  When I turned it on, once again, I was unable to connect using the same password that I have been using since the user account has been created.  I can't sign with my accout used regularly (with administrative privileges) or my administrator account.  Whenever I try a message appears on the upper left side next to a small red circle with an "X" in the middle that says "Windows Security" white. And right below says "HRESULT 0 x 80074003.»  Why can I not sign? Why won't my password?  Please tell me that there is a solution. I have a lot of important things on my computer that I can't afford to lose.  When I tried to back up my system on an external hard drive, it would not even show up either of the two hard disks on the computer and apparently does not recognize external hard drive 500 GB.  He has always tried to save everything on the internal 'C' drive. Since there is not enough space to back up my system, I get a message saying that there is not enough room and choose a different disk and try again.  I need HELP BAD!

  The last time that I turned my computer off all seemed well.  When I turned it on, once again, I was unable to connect using the same password that I have been using since the user account has been created.

  I have a lot of important things on my computer that I can't afford to lose. I need HELP BAD!

  There are a lot of options built into Windows to help you out of this situation:
  • Restart the computer with your Windows repair CD, then use system restore to set Windows to a point when your computer worked well.
  • Log on to your account admin to spare, and then reset the password for your existing account (works only if you set up an alternative admin account).
  • Log in as administrator mode without failure, then reset the password for your existing account (the password is usually empty).
  • Insert your flash drive USB with the password key file (only works if you have taken the time to create such a key file).
  • Use the password indicator (works only if you have created a hint and if it's good enough to allow you to guess the password)
  • Check your paper files (works only if you threw down the password somewhere)
  On the documents, you cannot afford to lose: there are three groups of people.

  • The largest group: those who do not back up their important files or save them only once in a blue moon.
  • A small group: those who now save their files frequently because they have suffered a major disaster.
  • The smallest group: those who back up their files regularly because they prefer not to wait for the disaster to happen.

  There is a gradual migration from the first to the second group. The transition can be extremely painful. You can probably save your files this time but next time you may lose the lot unless go out you in the first group.

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  You can reinstall and reactivate on the same machine as many times as you want. You may need to reactivate by phone after the 5th time.

• Aero is not working is not in my computer running windows 7 Professional

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  When you ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor before upgrading to Vista, not it said you you had a potential problem with your graphics card?

  Your mercury PI865D7 mobo uses the Northbridge Intel 865GV chip / 865G for graphics.  According to Intel, no Windows 7 driver available for this graphics controller.

• all domain controllers are running windows server 2000 with the company wants to set up a more secure network server OS the company will modernize the ADS?

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• I lookat to Forefront 2010, I am running Windows server 2003 with Exchange 2007. I want to just make sure I have the right product.

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