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Originally Posted by medxman
And truthfully, I know my pc very well and highly doubt it's a conflict of sys config issue....but, of course, I could be wrong. You never really know for sure with computers.
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medxman : can you confirm that this is your first attempt to install and run calibre. I've been assuming you have been using it and it went pear shaped when you upgraded to 1.7 - but on rereading your posts I suspect that's not the case.
My eyes also narrowed when I saw the entries for Roxio - its one of those programs that has a reputation for running interference, assuming you use it and its easy to reinstall then you could trying getting uninstalling it just to remove suspicion.
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Originally Posted by medxmax
-Nope, no special gadgets. I like my pc running as lean as possible. No junk = fewer problems...
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It is possible to go overboard with running lean and mean - eg some of the suggestions from some 'gurus' were OKish on XP, but they can cause problems on Vista and above. No names, no packdrill.
My only 'new' suggestion is to do an inplace reinstall of Windows 7. I've fixed a few peoples intractable problems that way - I'm a volunteer at the local govt 'computer help centre'. And I've used it on my own system. Its a process rather than a one click fix - but I have a suspicion you'd probably prefer that anyway. Here's a couple of how to links, I've followed the one from Brink at sevenforums, I'm sure Fred Langa's is just as good - I suspect the only difference is style.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...r-install.html
http://windowssecrets.com/newsletter...ive-reinstall/
My experience is that takes about a day to complete - that includes downloading the Windows 7 SP1 ISO from MS and then downloading and applying the subsequent updates. After I did it on my system a few things came back that I'd forgotten I'd even lost
A couple of applications needed to be knocked back into shape (eg Firefox) but 99% were just as I had them.
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