Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit stops around the bottom/accidents

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• Remote Desktop connection: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit connects to the computer of Windows XP VPN

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  I am trying to establish remote desktop TO my new laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) on my computer (Windows XP) work via a VPN. The VPN Client connects to my network to work with no problems, but when I try to use the remote desktop connection I get an error message:

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  (2) the remote computer is disabled

  (3) the remote computer is not available on the network

  Make sure that the remote computer is on and connected to the network, and remote access is enabled.

  Items 1-3 are working well, so I guess that the problem is caused by another issue?
  I'd appreciate any help.
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  Lou

  Thanks for your response Al. To answer your qus:

  (1) cisco VPN Client for 64 - bit.

  (2) I don't know how to ping through the VPN tunnel - I don't see this option, anywhere in the Cisco customer (I'm not a professional, just a user)

  (3) Yes. Also, I can connect to the host PC via my old laptop XP (xp) of fine House, just not my new laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) so the problem must be with my new laptop rather than at the end of the host PC.

  After that you connect through the VPN tunnel open a command window, IE. go in Start > run , then type cmdand type ping DRC-hostname or IP-address-DRC ping.

  Examples:

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  FWIW, I have a desktop computer home wireless Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit on my LAN that connects fine to a XP Pro SP3 32-bit Wired test machine using [DRC] remote desktop. Now XP Pro SP3 DRC test machine is configured for a static IP address and I have manually configured the network mask, gateway, DNS resolves and made sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled in the properties of the NETWORK Ethernet card on the test computer.

  Just for fun, I checked the hashes of file for the file mstsc.exe on the Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit machine and a machine Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit I have and hashes were a bit different as the size of the files. The versions of the files are the same though. I assume that the difference is because we're 64-bit to 32...

• install windows 7 Home premium 64-bit, already have the product key

  Dear Sir or Madam
  I want to format my laptop and reinstall windows 7 Home premium, but I don't have the windows cd. I already have the product key as it is written on the bottom of my laptop. I would like to ask if I can reinstall windows and use this product key (on the same laptop) it came) and if possible, I would like to give me a link to download windows 7 Home premium 64-bit.
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  You have this program installed on your laptop, which he describes on page 25? If you do, you should be able to do the restoration using the top option that restores the default values.

  http://global-download.gateway.com/GDFiles/document/generic%20UG/generic%20UG_eMachines_1.0_A_A.zip?acerid=634030969944803793&STEP1=notebook&Step2=E SERIES & stage 3 = E525 & OS = ALL & LC = en & BC = EMACHINES & SC = PA_6E

• Windows 7 Home Premium, my product key on the bottom would work if I clicked on "change product key"?

  Original title: ASUS x501a Windows 7-8.

  Hi all

  I just registered here after having been a Microsoft user, since I started using computers, I think that when I started to use it is Windows XP haha, anyway.

  I'm running Windows 7 on the following specifications

  4 GB of Ram

  HARD DRIVE 300 GB

  Intel core i3 clocked at 2.6 GHz

  Intel HD 3000 graphics card

  and it's an Asus x501a comes with 7 not 8, so I've upgraded to Windows 8, then I found out, I removed my recovery partition. Oops.

  I know it's not a way to make it back, unless I did a copy of CD as I do not have.

  so, if I got a copy of my friends Windows 7 Home Premium, my product key on the lower part would work if I clicked on "change product key"?

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  PS: Sorry for mistakes in my writing, I'm not used to a Macbook: P

  If your friend has a retail upgrade or full version and it corresponds to the edition of your PC, then Yes, you can use it.

• After that I installed Gemuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. However the activation fails

  1. number and product name
  Presario of Compaq CQ62-228DX product number • HP XC432UA #ABA

  2 operating system installed

  
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  3. error message (if any)

  
  

  Insert the product key on YLE reports Notebook back as invalid

  
    4. all changes made to the youer system until the problem occurred

  
  Partitioned and insbreak ISO image of it that had real control online

  
  

  5. unfortunately I got no recovery disk.

  I had saved a log of my previous report of my laptop in MY USB STICK:

  
  

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  PARAMESWARAN Iyer
  

  The ID of the product corresponds to the key for product activation. That's why it failed. The original operating system was an OEM version.

  I suggest either to buy HP recovery media or a HP partner for the route more inexpensive to solve this.

• Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit is not the display of Chinese characters

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• H9-1150 Pavilion: H9-1150 PC does not start with WIndows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with ASUS 960 GTX card.

  I've seen others have posted simular questions, but I thought id repost this even in the case where there is more help.  I have the Elite Phönix Pavalion h9-1150 desktop with Windows 7 Home premium 64-bit.  and the bios HP 7.07 (seems no possible to upgrade the bios).

  As others have had I install the new graphics card, the 960 Asus GTX card that came out last month and the system start gives about 3 beeps in about 30 seconds and then it goes to a screen that is black with a blinking cursor and nothing else happens. cannot enter bios or settings for HP...

  I tried to disable UEFI boot devices in bios settings and enable only the legacy devices (after him swinging back on my original card, then move on to the new card), but it still gives 3 beeps after the start.   However, I was able to get into windows. Although I think that this may be due to turn off the computer with the old card in without power first. and after 3 beeps (which always blocks you on the bios menu) sometimes it appears the window where you can select the safe mode or normal mode... as sometimes happens if you start your computer with windows 7 If you had just it off without turning off power or something.  There, I can get into windows and run the PC and graphics card without problem, it's just when I try to start the problem happens.

  and suppor HP no. is NOT a fault of the card itself. As much before. I bought an EVGA card earlier a GTX 780 and SAME problem happened (although I have not tried to remove it then devices boot UEFI)...

  There is a problem of spacific with HP computers that seem to lock 'new' start-up equipment.

  Honestly not be blunted. I really think it's bad what I read somewhere that even if HP would never say it they do it on purpose to prevent people ruin of guarantee or any "liabity' that occur by people any other hardware on HP computers inventory installation

  makes no since to me.  the PC SHOULD be able to run the card. in fact his race he now once I was able to circumvent the blocking (temporarily) check markers, everyhting is fine tracks of card 3 times faster then old (that should be the case).

  But it's just this block as HP for some reason any installed on their bios/cards mothers is the question.

  Good news is I got it from amazon and I have about a month, until I return. which I think this time I'll make.  to see if something pops up in a month or something.

  It's the ONLY solution, it seems that HP has officially to deactivate start secure Windows 8

  but this isn't a computer of windows 8. and I guess even if install windows 8. the issue wouldn't disappear because given that its an older bios, there is no way to have a secure boot option to delete?

  HP you really need to get on the ball and give us a straight answer on this subject.  Is it ALL WAY to solve this problem? Can you not just do an older BIOS update to allow this? Or do you simply not want to worry about old PCs?

  anyway I think that it is wrong and very frustrating and to be honest. If this is the case when my pc otherwise MUST run on demand

  It's a PCI express 16 x slot card that is 3.0

  Here are the specifications of deetailed according to the guidelines of your page

  http://h20564.www2.HP.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docid=c03273835

  the card SHOULD WORK fine.  I thought the GTX 780 was a little too much for the PC as he had more then a six pin port and needed a little more power, so at first I thought it was the question. so I returned it. and has now got this new card.

  However, the ASUS GTX 960 map requires the SAME power that the card GTX 550 it by default and the SAME SIX connector

  so it SHOULD work.

  and performance tests indicate that it FACT it's just stupid... bios that asks the question.

  I'm afraid to turn off the computer at the moment and try again to see if windows starts normally after you turn off the startup UEPI devvices because he cannot start properly...

  HP you are one of the largest suppliers of computers you know technology what are YOUR computers.  WHY cant you give us a direct awnser on this.

  ITS VERY frustrating

  and to be honest if I can't solve this problem, I am very hestient never buy another product HP if their spacifically computers have this new method of hardware locking.

  because I have the card now works on my pc, it runs great! 3 times as fast as it should! and yet, I know in the back of my mind, if I can't understand this bad likely issue just to send it back... less I have time.

  and for now, I did not have money to buy a new pc. This PC is JUST perfect for what I need for now another card then you want a little better...

  He shoudnt be as much hassle there?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  You need update the BIOS that is listed under Windows 8 to support the new graphics.   You must upgrade to Windows 8 or temporarily install Windows 8, you can install the update to the BIOS.  While there may be other ways to install the BIOS update, clearly having Windows 8 running will be the safest way.  8 BIOS version is your best chance to get the latest graphics cards to work.

  You can Windows 8 Enterprise 90 days trial.

  If you decide to install W8, then create external recovery HP Media and backup your data before doing anything.

  The reality is that there is no guarantee that any particular graphics card will work in any particular PC, even if the graphics card works in other PC or even the same or similar model PCs. Know what the return policy is before you buy.

• Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit ISO

  I'm looking for a link to download Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit ISO. The links that are provided on the community are broken and frustrating to navigate the link than most ads. Really sucks and I am led to wrong Windows. Why something cannot be simple.

  Kindly help if there is a clean link. My HARD drive was defective, so I have replaced it.

  Concerning

  JoeMBere

  For 5 years, Microsoft made it fairly easy for users of the Windows 7 operating system to get reinstall media. If you have lost your support disc or installation retail collection; either it has been damaged or defective; You can download a copy of the edition that you have licensed from a membership site called Digital River. More recently, Microsoft ended the availability to reinstall media that you can download as a. File ISO in Digital River, which is a digital reproduction of an optical disc.

  It was particularly convenient for people who could not easily get the manufacturer's recovery media, did not want to pay the fees required to get or preferred a clean configuration without the software packaged manufacturers or even a recovery partition does not work. It's easy to use, all you had to do was reinstall and reactivate using the product key located on the certificate of authenticity and download all the drivers on the manufacturers website.

  Given that this option is no longer available, what are your options? See the article for more details:

  How to: What are my options for Windows 7 reinstall media?

  Make sure you scroll down and read the section:

  What to do if you cannot get your manufacturer recovery media, refuse to use or to buy it or the Microsoft Software Recovery Website does not work?

• File ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit download

  Hello

  I'm looking for a way to download the ISO of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
  The links on the site seem to be 2 years old and have led me to X 17-58997. ISO, but it seems to be a dated version that is not recognized.
  Thanks for the help!
  
  Original title: Windows 7 ISO

  While trying to load the files on the USB key, I get an error "error when copying windows installation files."

  Make sure that the USB device is formatted in FAT32 first. If you use the USB/DVD tool, try connecting the USB on a different USB port on the system, avoid using USB 1.1 or the front panel ports.

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• I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit and I get this "TCP/IP ping command has stopped working" how to fix this?

  I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit and I get this pop windows window advising me "TCP/IP Ping command has stopped working". I click on "check online for a solution", but there is no charge and disappear. I still have the problem, and it's very irritating. How can I remedy outside junking my Tower and buy another?  Thanks for any help on this.

  Hello

  1 did you change on your computer before this problem?

  2. when exactly you receive error message?

  You can follow the methods and see if it helps.

  Method 1
  Use the PING command to verify that TCP/IP is working properly. To do this, ping the loopback address (127.0.0.1) by typing the following command at a command prompt:
  (a) click Start .
  (b) in the search box type command prompt.
  (c) right-click and select run as administrator of .
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  Method 2
  Check to see if the problem exists in safe mode with network.

  Start your computer in safe mode
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  Method 3:

  Alternatively, you can try to reset TCP/IP and then check if it helps:

  
  How to reset the Protocol Internet (TCP/IP)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/299357

  Method 4:

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• How to get a windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit installation disc?

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  There are different methods to reinstall Vista.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact the manufacturer of your computer, eMachines and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

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  To reinstall Vista using their recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

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  "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

  And if you have never received a recovery disk when you bought your computer, there should be a recovery Partition on the hard drive to reinstall Vista on how you purchased your computer.

  The recovery process can be started by pressing a particular combination of the key or keys at startup. (Power on / start)

  Maybe it's F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc., depending on the manufacturer.

  Ask them to the proper key sequence.

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

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  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• Activation of Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

  Help, please.

  Hello.

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  Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit.

  Please please please please please help. Did I mention it please?

  Thanks again!

  -TS

  Hello

  When you raise the pop of screen area, I suggest click you on the link in the pop box, and then do the following.
  (a) open Internet browser

  (b) type %windir%\system32 in the browser's address bar.

  (c) find the CMD.exe file

  (d) make a right click on CMD.exe and select "Run as Administrator"

  (e) type: net stop slsvc (it may ask you if you're sure, select Yes).

  (f) type: cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing

  (g) type: Rename tokens.bar tokens.dat

  (h) type: cd %windir%\system32

  (i) type net start slsvc

  (j) type: cscript slmgr.vbs - FLIR (it may take time for this will be complete, please be patient).

  (k) reboot twice

  (l) you will have to reactivate. Use activation by phone below method.

  Activation by phone-
  (a) If you have access to the Start button: click the Start button, type "slui.exe 4" in the search field and press the Enter"" key. This will bring up the activation of the phone dialog window. Follow the steps indicated by the window. The phone activation process should take only about 6 minutes.
  (b) If you do not have access to the button: Reboot and log on to Vista, a dialog window will appear. In this window, click on the option "access computer with reduced functionality. Once you do this, Internet Explorer or Firefox browser will open. In the address bar type "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" press ENTER, a new window will come up, type: slui 4 and press enterand follow the steps to activate by phone.

  See also the following link:

  How to find a phone number for a Microsoft Product Activation Center

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929

  Thank you.

• Large (100 gig +) file transfer fails in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

  Hello

  I ran out of sensible troubleshooting options and am hoping that someone on the forum may be able to provide a solution or additional troubleshooting ideas.

  Scenario: I created a 178 concert file, an image of my old laptop XP file to be used for a virtual machine, on an external drive of USB3 for import to my new Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit computer laptop (ASUS N61JQ i7, 4Gig of DDR3 RAM). Operation failed for copy of file on the Win 7 machine (current patches, drive D:, NTFS, 250 free concerts), without error messages, regardless of the method.

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  Removes the file structure - exemplary fine for XP SP3 on a different machine, a smaller version (image of the C: drive only) copies very well to new laptop Win7 and creates the virtual machine that works.

  Eliminated the USB drive - used 2 different drives

  Eliminated from the USB - used Ports all three USB 2 and 3 ports and all failed, tried mapping to machine XP and do a drag and drop and copy and paste and even set up a ftp server on the Win 7 and tried machine download failed him via gigE and 802.11nall.

  More advice in this forum and others, I downloaded Teracopy who do not - this failed with a message indicating that "the operation failed due to a file system limitation", but wikipedia shows the limit of file of an order of magnitude larger than my 16 TB file.

  I also tried PowerShell coming to stop the copy without error message (resource monitor showed no activity on the external drive - the source of the file).

  I also have:

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  • run the copy in safe mode
  • I tried to find answers in the newspaper of the events without success.

  All seemed to fail somewhere after 100 gig mark. Often (but not always) failures caused strange behavior, including being unable to , unable to task switch, unable to stop. Often (but not always) a power switch reboot was necessary. My suspicion is that the copy of file is using some pool of memory that is needed by other processes of basic and cause misfortune wide system.

  Interestingly, a new file by concatenating a line of 50 concerts three times for 150 gig in the same location as the destination file, a new file in target in the same place creating worked!

  After having exhausted the limits of my personal creativity I now submit this problem to the collective wisdom of the tribe. A big thank you in advance, Richard.

  Success!

  I tried another file copy utility FastCopy http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en, he also failed, but with a slightly different error message:

  "The requested operation was not successful due to a file system limitation665"

  Search on Google that the message has led to this article:

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/winserverfiles/thread/e0d55018-CF06-43ca-8e20-dd2bb8494c96

  ... his fundamental premise - de-Frag - did not help (drive was off fragmented already), but the link internally to:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781134%28WS.10%29.aspx

  which is a NTFS bible made me think on the compression of files and directories and of course the compression in this directory was put on, I never use the disk compression so I don't know how it's happened, but once set to 'off', the flow of the copy more than doubled and the copy proceeded until the end!

  Things that Microsoft might want to address:

  • I don't see anything in the literature suggesting there is a limitation to the compression of files. Fixing it, or the weakness of advertising would be a good thing
  • None of the built-in tools advised of an error or managed properly, one would think that NTFS has been mature enough so that it would no longer be a problem.

  Sort of, it's fixed now:

  Solution: COMPRESSION SET OFF

  Best regards and happy new year

  Richard

  

• Re-installation of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on laptop it was installed before

  I have a Toshiba laptop (model A665-S6050) that I fixed. He had a broken screen and hard drive was dead. I tried to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit from a disc that came with another computer and using the product key on the bottom of the laptop. It did not work. Is there a good way to do a fresh install on this laptop, and I need a specific installation DVD? Where can I get this, and what is the procedure of re - install Windows 7 and activate it?

  Hello

  The only legal Windows 7 download available is now Microsoft, as Microsoft has stopped DigitalRiver Windows 7 ISO downloads.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

  But Microsoft only provides these downloads for Windows 7 keys to selling product at retail, not preinstalled OEM product keys (Dell, HP, etc.).

  As you have a license of preinstalled OEM (Toshiba), contact the manufacturer of your computer to order recovery media that they need to provide for a fee, If they are still available...

  Or you can also borrow the same exact detail Windows 7 Edition DVD and use your product key to reinstall.

  The COA sticker with the product key is either or in the battery compartment on the underside of the laptop.

  With a desktop computer, it's on the side, the back or the top of the computer case.

  

  See you soon.

• correct link to get Windows Edition home premium 64-bit.

  Somehow, I lost my installation disc windows 7.

  So far, I have tried

  1.

  http://MSFT-DNL.digitalrivercontent.NET/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.ISO

  2.

  http://MSFT.digitalrivercontent.NET/win/X17-24209.ISO

  3.

  msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso

  4.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

  These links, but somehow the download get interrupted whenever I tried to download windows 7 Free Download Manager, Internet Explorer, chrome, and Internet Download Manager

  even I tried to download from a different ISP to different computer who does not, but still downloading does not.

  It stops after download of mbs, then the speed drops to-0 bytes and then I won't get any speed, but if I restart again the download will begin. Sometimes it does not starts and redirects the page where I get the error 404 not found link.

  On chrome and internet explore downloads stop it shows that it is downloaded, but when I see the file size, it is only about 500 MB or some time 2.5 GB. I tried to download a large file of them they download quiet well medium is not interrupted.

  My internet connection is slow to 1 Mbps in my city there is no connection over 4 Mbps.

  Looks like I need to have a no lower than 50 Mbps connection speed to download this file. :(

  Now the links above

  the link no. 4 does not work for me, it says to contact technical support after that enter my product key, so I asked the support chat Microsoft to see how is going to get the windows 7 Home premium 64-bit, and then they gave me links to the last link given by them is no. 1. No. 3, I got from Google search.

  Nevermind, I got an ISO SP1 Win7 Ultimate x 64 Microsoft technical support representative. It was the same md5 sum and file as one that I received a German site that had mirrored all TechNet downloads and Digital River. The key has been saved successfully valid and active. Phew.

  So, as mentioned before, the recovery software page is extremely buggy and often fails to validate, or in my case, after the first trials, charge at all. It was down for several hours, even after I had installed Win7 and was able to get online.