Windows 7 Archives - Dan Antonielli

Install Windows 8 or Windows 7 From A USB Drive

This is a tutorial on how to easily build a bootable USB with your copy of Windows 8 or Windows 7. What you will need A copy of Windows. An ISO file of it. If you have the disk, you will have to make an ISO copy of it. A Thumb drive / USB drive of 4gb or more. You should be able to easily find these for under $10 “Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool” This is a free app supplied found here LINK 1 and here Link 2 Preparation Make sure you have your ISO file ready. Your USB drive is plugged in and in a format that your computer can read. You have installed the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool Let’s Get Started Step 1: Launch your instillation of “Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool”. You will be greeted by the image below asking you to locate your ISO file of Windows 8 or Windows 7. Click “Browse” and navigate to your file. Once it is selected, click “Next”. […]

By Dan Antonielli|2019-07-03T20:12:38-07:00September 11th, 2012|Electronics, Windows|1 Comment

Hue tint when using Windows Photo Viewer – FIX

I have had this problem with two computers running both Windows Vista and Windows 7. All seem to be when I am using my Samsung monitors through DVI port. The reason is because Photo Viewer uses a color profile that is not properly calibrated. The easy fix is to switch the color profile to the standard IE color Profile… […]

By Dan Antonielli|2016-08-31T15:26:37-07:00July 15th, 2009|Electronics|22 Comments

Windows 7 running on a MSI Wind U120 Update

I have been running Windows 7 RC 7100 on my MSI Wind U120 for a few weeks now. When I started I was dual booting W7 and XP but, now I am exclusively on W7 and removed the XP partition. The only issue I have run into are with programs that are not optimized for Windows 7 ( Such as Skype ) but, the latest batch of Win Updates have cleared that up and I expect that to continue over the next few months. See the screenshot gallery and details after the jump… […]

By Dan Antonielli|2011-12-26T02:56:14-08:00May 21st, 2009|Electronics|6 Comments

Windows 7 installation hangs at "Completing Installation" – FIX

I have seen the following issue posted a few times now Directly after the first restart the installer hangs on “Completing Installation” I have installed Windows 7 on all of my machines (The RC 7100 build) ranging form Netbooks to Quad-Core powerhouses with 8gigs of RAM. Recently I ran into this issue and figured out what I was doing wrong after 2 failed attempts. On the “Where do you want to install Windows” page I was just formatting the partition I wanted and clicking “Next” THAT IS WHAT I DID WRONG! I did the following and it was smooth sailing from there. DO NOT just hit “Format” “Delete” then “Allocate” […]

By Dan Antonielli|2011-12-26T02:46:42-08:00May 20th, 2009|Electronics|106 Comments