Hello Shane.
Please note I was up all night and way into this morning reading all the links you gave me...feeling a lot overwelmed!
I really need last minute instructions please.
1. How do I disable security? I have Windows Defender disabled already and user account countrol turned all the way down.
1A. Do I need to backup preinstalled drivers?
1B. Will I need to update drivers after this?
1C. What do I do with all the Tweaking.com Program - I mean do I uninstall it first before starting all this?
I just noticed that there is a previous version in backup 15/10/2013..must mean shadow copy as my backup failed..
1D. Whenever I do a factory restore, afterward, my webcam software keeps getting preinstalled even though I uninstall it from
the control panel, delete the folders, and unplug it and uninstalll skype,...is this normal? Or is this an
invisible driver issue that I need to take care of first?
2. Which .iso? So many...according to sevenforums it says.. it must be the same as what you have installed.
I have Windows 7 64-bit Acer with SP1 Does that mean I need an oem version? The download site at google..is very
confusing for OEM version. Yet sevenforums also says "You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the
latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO"
2A. He also talks about a media refresh version - I am still not using "computer name-PC".
Do I have to include the -PC no matter what?
2B. What I see is on the google site is Windows 7 64bit iso bootable..Is this the correct one?
3. For imgburn: Choose custom install and uncheck the boxes and all should be fine?
3A. Wouldn't Windows Disc Image Burner work just as good?
3B. or would this one
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/W7.htm work just as good ?
4. What type of dvd do I use?
DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, and DVD+RDL, is what I have on hand.
4A. Does it need to be speed specific?
5. According to sevenforums page..something about 7-zip am I suppose to unzip it..the .iso? before burning to dvd?
6. "You can only do a repair install from within Windows 7. " that implies not with a DVD this is confusing.. please advise.
7. Do I change the bios settings to boot from dvd drive? Like turn off the pc completely first then restart and boot into bios
because I have never changed the boot order that way before...maybe bootable means it will automatically boot from dvd???
Please advice.
8. "Then run the setup , uncheck the I want to help make Windows installation better box, then Go online to get the latest updates,
Check the I accept the license terms box, and click on Next, Click on the Upgrade option. Type in your Windows 7 product key number".
A. Seriously???? The one on my CPU I can barely read!!!
"then Uncheck the Automatically activate Windows when I'm online box unchecked, then click on the Next button."
etc..then NOTE: "It is best to select Public location for the best security."
B. Reallly??? So if all goes fine and nothing is missing then I have to run Disk Cleanup..a little concerned here,
will I be cleaning out all my oem stuff too?
"When done, all you will need to do is to activate Windows 7, and make sure that your security programs are enabled again"
C. Then I can download Security Essentials etc..?
9. Am I still going to have a partition left intact after all this???
10. If anyone is laughing at me here...my excuse is "I am female and allowed to be clueless sometimes"!
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Q: In C:\Windows\System32\oobe\Setup.exe
Is that just an oobe thing or is that my OEM Windows 7?
File Description: Windows Installation and Setup
File Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Product Name: Microsoft (circle with R inside) Windows (Circle with R inside) Operating System
Product Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Size 260 KB
Date Modified 22/11/2010
Language English (United States)
Original File Name SETUP.EXE
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Before I get any last minute instructions I am including these:
Including copies of C:\Windows\System32\OEM\Preload.txt and UpdateSysprepMFU.txt, and C:\OEM\ eRyInstallerV4.log
you probably have seen all this before, if not it will help you to understand my pc's setup better and maybe help with others.
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Last note: After reading more of other cases on the forum, I need to let you know
we had a lot of difficulty with Vista and Windows 7 trying to share the same network.
Even though each pc is on a different cable they still share the modem and we had Windows 7 "here", for a long time,
showing the no network red x on the bottom saying no connection..also at one point we had to
keeep using our passwords to login to each pc, finally I took all sharing off vista and set a lot of services
to manual or disable, and on 7 kept quitting any network it started and took all office products off of 7.
Also in the Vista registry LanmanServer\Parameters data value to 1. That seemed to stop it. Yet I check the amount
of shared icons on Vista last night in All Users
Last note: After reading other posts here on the forum, I need to let you know
that we had a lot of difficulty with our Vista PC and Windows 7 sharing the same network.
Even though each pc is on a different cable they still share the modem and we had Windows 7 "here", for a long time,
showing a red x over network on bottom right of screen showing no connection.
It took us a while to figure out the cause.
When we had our old anti-virus protector on here that never happened although it did let us know that
there was sharing happening. By disabling a lot of services on Vista and other things we have it mostly stopped.
I did count the number of shared folders with icons on Vista tonight, 6 in all users and 1 on public desktop.
on Windows 7 shared with everybody all users 4 Public 3
also account Unknown showing on My Picture, My Videos, My Music, and Favorites.
Folders with locks on them 9.
Q. I am wondering if there are contents of some folders I need to be deleting regarding networks etc..
My guess is maybe somethings are being retained whenever I do a full restore that are still causing permission issues,
and maybe that is what caused my last full restore to not fully work.
Please advice.
Thanks.
qwerty
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