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    Switching From Windows XP to Windows 7 Problem

    Hi jarotech, thanks for responding. Sorry, I'm new to Tom's Hardware and I thought I was in a general forum under systems. As far as I know it is legitimate. I bought it from Amazon from an organization that had some sealed oem sets that include the 32 bit and 64 bit versions intended for...
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    Switching From Windows XP to Windows 7 Problem

    Thank you jitpublisher for your reply. I gave the inside a cleaning last night but when you mentioned the psu, I opened the computer up again and checked it and saw lots of dust caked in the vents of the psu so I cleaned that out. I removed the ram and vacuumed around the sockets and replaced...
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    Switching From Windows XP to Windows 7 Problem

    Ok, here is my dilemma. My girlfriend has an older EMachines computer, about 8 years old. She has no installation disk. Below are the particulars on her computer: EMachines T6522 Windows XP Media Center Edition 3500+ AMD Athlon 64 processor 2.2 ghz 512 kb L2 cache 2000 MHz fsb 200 gb hard drive...