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Wasn't an upgrade. But I still had to do the phone activation w/MS to get the Win 7 activated on the new setup. Sam

I installed Windows 8 on my computer a few months ago. I have enough parts to build another computer and was wondering if I can install the old Win7 (I have the retail disks) on it. Sam

Thanks, didn't know that. Sam

Using a tuner card in my computer. When I mute the sound in Media Center Live TV, it mutes all the Windows sound. Any way to get around this? Would like to be able to mute the Live TV & run closed captioning while keeping all the other Windows sounds. Can't seem to find any options to set...

I've been using Mozilla's x64 browser for a year or so now. Currently the Nightly shows version 6.01a. Sam

Download and burn to a CD either GParted or PartedMagic. I've used gparted to create, resize and move partitions without any problems. Sam

I'll try them. I am running 64 bit though. Sam

That's the main reason I decided to get the Biostar P4 motherboard. It uses DDR2 memory and has a PCIe x16 (though not a PCIe 2 x16, but cards are backwards compatible) slot. Pick up an older 256 or 512mb PCIe vid card and for $70 plus reusing the older parts I have a setup that will run Win 7...

Had another system, a Dell Optiplex GX270 (P4 2.4Ghz, 1.5Gb ram, 128mb AGP video), that I had 7x86 on. Again ran fine just no Aero. Mobo died on it. Have a new Biostar P4M900-M4 socket 478 board coming and will use the Optiplex parts to make another system. 7 x86 should be fine on it. My...

I have 7x64 running on an Athlon 64 3400+ w/2gb ram + a 512mb AGP vid card, runs great. Have 7x86 on my wife's Inspiron 8500 P4 mobile 2Ghz w/2Gb ram but only a 32mb vid. Win 7 runs fine on hers, yes no Aero effects but hers now boots way faster than it did with XP. Sam

Thanks for the quick response. Sam

Upgraded Vista to 7. Have 2 directories on the C: drive ($INPACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q) that weren't there before upgrade. Are these old Vista data and do I need them? Sam

One of the best little tools I've ever bought. Makes upgrading hard drives or just backing up some data easy. Sam

Just to clarify for people finding this thread just which "migration wizard" are you referring too? Sam

I ended up putting in a GB LAN PCI card to replace the on-board NIC and have had no problem transferring large files since. Sam