Hi Raunak, Welcome to Windowsbbs! :)
I don't think the Windows Updates are the problem here. If the clean boot now works then you can try re-enabling all the startup items to see if...
Hi Reilly. When you attempt to boot the computer into Normal Mode what happens? Do you get an error message? From Safe Mode have you tried...
Alright awesome. Glad I could help. :) Since this issue is now resolved, please mark this thread as 'Resolved'.
Hi Topnotch. Try downloading and installing the printer driver from this page, Lexmark X5070 Driver. When you did the Vista upgrade did you...
Hi CAFUL, Welcome to Windowsbbs! :)
Its still worth a shot. I want to rule out any 3rd party programs that could be conflicting with your machine. In the event that a clean boot...
Hi Amakai, Welcome to Windowsbbs! :) If you disconnect any external hard drives from your machine does the same issue happen if you open the...
See this link to see the performance comparison, Windows 7 vs XP Performance Shoot-Out.
No problem. :)
Hi Larry. If you will be migrating to Windows 7 then yes upgrading to 4 GB's of RAM if your motherboard can handle it will improve the performance...
No problem. Thanks for the update. :)
Hi gary7. Your Dell machine will be able to run the 64-bit version of Windows 7 but keep in mind that you will need to perform a clean install of...
Yeah as Neil said you won't have any conflicts as any updates that you installed most likely didn't require SP1 at all so any updates that you...
You may be able to run Windows XP in a VM on that processor but it won't run very well since that chip is very low end.
Hi templar, Welcome to Windowsbbs! :) I don't know why the update wasn't checked by default either. I installed it on two computers and both...
Hi desertbluesman. When you say Windows 7 Home are you talking about comparing Windows 7 Basic vs. Windows 7 Home Premium? Don't even consider...
Get this one in the list, windows6.1-KB976932-X86.exe.
Do you have the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 7 installed?
If you haven't yet, download and install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from here, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932).
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