Need some help

Kσn · 06-29-2009, 10:31 AM

anyways I was very stupid when I did this... I overwrote my windows Vista OS with the pre-release of Windows 7 and now Windows 7 is going to expire leaving me without an OS. Is there any way I could get (as in download for free) a Windows Home Premium disc to install windows Vista again? My computer has a serial number on the side for the OS, so all I need to the disc to install the OS once again.

Please help guys, got only a couple days left!

deathrazor · 06-29-2009, 11:04 AM

you really don't know anything about the internet or torrents do you

**helix eternal** · 06-29-2009, 11:16 AM

did your computer not come with recovery discs?

If you know anybody who owns a windows vista disc, it doesn't matter which disc you use. You can use a Vista Ultimate 32-bit disc, but if you enter a Vista Home Premium product key, it will install Home Premium on your system.

Kσn · 06-29-2009, 11:40 AM

ya, the problem is I cant find a simple torrent/download that just Has the Windows Vista Home Premium OS on it. From there its easy as pie. No one I know has the OS either, and my computer did not come with a recovery disc, which is very aggravating. If anyone can point me in the right direction (to a download or torrent)that would be great considering I can only find shit like "windows Vista Black Edition", which is not a official release.

**helix eternal** · 06-29-2009, 12:16 PM

Maybe if you call customer support of the company that makes the computer you could get them to mail you recovery discs, I don't know if they would though.

**dieKatze88** · 06-29-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by helix eternal

Maybe if you call customer support of the company that makes the computer you could get them to mail you recovery discs, I don't know if they would though.

According to the laws in most countries, they have to.

Kσn · 06-29-2009, 04:25 PM

I will give them a call and see what happens. Thanks for the help so far.

Kσn · 06-29-2009, 07:13 PM

I did an online chat with a tech from HP. They pointed me to a url to get the recovery discs for the OS. I made an order, and they should arrive later this week.

Thanks for your help!

WiLLiSTER · 06-30-2009, 12:15 AM

Wait, so you installed the RC of windows 7? The one that starts shutting down every two hours in march 2010 and officially expires in june 2010?

Kσn · 06-30-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by WiLLiSTER

Wait, so you installed the RC of windows 7? The one that starts shutting down every two hours in march 2010 and officially expires in june 2010?

It must not be the RC Version considering it keeps warning me the OS expires in 2 days. I heard you could extend the trial, but I already activated the key some time ago obviously, so hats not going to help. So tomorrow I am going to back up my files, and just use the shitty Vista Black version OS until the actual Restore discs come in the mail. Should be in only a couple days though, however its shipping FedEx, and nothing that ever ships FedEx gets to me in one piece.

**dieKatze88** · 06-30-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ΩOMEGAΩ

It must not be the RC Version considering it keeps warning me the OS expires in 2 days. I heard you could extend the trial, but I already activated the key some time ago obviously, so hats not going to help. So tomorrow I am going to back up my files, and just use the shitty Vista Black version OS until the actual Restore discs come in the mail. Should be in only a couple days though, however its shipping FedEx, and nothing that ever ships FedEx gets to me in one piece.

Uhhh. Reactivate your key. Go into system properties and reactivate your key.

I'm running the RC version and I WAS running the Beta, you shouldn't be having a problem yet

Kσn · 07-03-2009, 01:05 AM

Well I reinstalled the OS today. Now I am just recovering some lost files. I did not really care about backing up shit, so this re-installation was not a big deal.

HOWEVER I am having 2 problems now.

1. I have two monitors hooked up to my computer, one being a TV a couple feet away, and one being the monitor I actually use. I used to always have the monitors duplicated so I can sit down and watch a movie, play a game on a bigger screen etc. However I dont have the option to duplicate displays, only extend them.

2. This sounds very stupid... I know. I used to save a bookmark in firefox so every time opened it all I would have to do is click the arrow in the right of the address bar. However when I am saving bookmarks they dont show up on the list when I click the arrow. Nothing is showing up (I dont like to view history so thats off also). How do I go along fixing this?

EDIT: Monitor Problem fixed. I am still having problems with the firefox favorites showing up when I click the down arrow in the address bar though.

WiLLiSTER · 07-03-2009, 02:30 AM

Options, Privacy, down at the bottom you should see some stuff about the location bar. Change it to bookmarks.

Kσn · 07-03-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by WiLLiSTER

Options, Privacy, down at the bottom you should see some stuff about the location bar. Change it to bookmarks.

I tried that, and its still does not show up. I remember doing that last time, but this time it did not work.

KingKannibal · 07-29-2009, 03:38 PM

Forget about using torrent for this issue!

all you need to do is google your OS in this Fashion: "Download [OS Name]". If that doesn't get you any results, just modify what you have already searched by adding words like 'free'. I hope this helps you some and future people with this problem!