Questions tagged [windows-7]
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What is the expected outcome of installing Windows 7 in BIOS mode onto a GPT drive [duplicate]
I'd like to start by saying that i am fully aware that windows 7 is no longer supported, and i am also aware of the implications of running an outdated vulnerable operating system on my physical ...
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How do I find who shut down a computer remotely?
Recently, someone at my high school used the command prompt trick where you type: shutdown -i and enter the computers you want to remotely turn off.
Is there a way I could/could have found the ...
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Windows 7 renaming account name to a new name, still shows old name [duplicate]
In windows 7, I have tried to do the following, in order to rename my account name to a new name:
control panel -> account details -> rename to a new name
regedit -> rename everything ...
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Windows 7 ( 32 bit ) what is the max RAM I can increase to? [duplicate]
I'm using Dell laptop with Windows 7 ( 32 bit ) with 2 GB RAM where memory usage is always high.
Please suggest if I increase RAM to make laptop work faster and how much max RAM I can increase to ?
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Virtualbox on Linux without windows manager and win 7 as guest
is there a possibility for having a host system without gui (e.g. ubuntu server) and have a windows 7 guest fully working? The guest system should not be working in headless mode, I need a full ...
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Can I add free space to Win7 partition in Ubuntu dual boot setup?
I'm not sure why this free space is there, but if I extend the Win7 partition to use the space, I get a warning that it may mess up my mbr. Obv not critical to fix this, but I like to keep things tidy....
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Expand OS Partition inside Extended partition
Originally Win7 --> dual booted with Ubuntu 20.04. Shrunk win partition and want to grow Linux into that unallocated space but no luck. Tried everything incl booting from usb Ubuntu 19 and easus ...
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Windows NAS backup/restore solution with browsable filesystem
I have been backing up my Mac to a NAS on my home network with Time Machine for years and now I'm investigating doing the same with a Windows system. My only gripe with Time Machine is that if I want ...
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How can I switch the player Chrome is using to play flash games?
there are several flash players installed on my system (old version of adobe flash player, adobe flash debugger, new grounds flash player). When I go on a flash game site Chrome player chooses the ...
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OS related network request failures
I am developing a RSS reader application, and I am getting some weird connection problems. At first I though it was the RSS server rejecting my requests, but later discovered that it is related to my ...
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Hard drives seemingly no longer has bad sectors on it after erase and reformat
I have a Seagate SSHD laptop hard drive. When I use Seagates Software SeaTools. The drive used to fail the short drive self-tests and the long generic test. When it failed tests sea tools would warn ...
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how can I play flash content in Chrome browser with new grounds flash player on Windows 7?
I have downloaded and installed the new grounds flash player. I can play a flash game with it. Now I would like to play the flash game in Chrome browser using new grounds flash player. As far as I ...
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Forward PDF printer through RDP
I'm using a Windows 10 machine (x64) which connect through RDP to a Windows 7 machine (x86). Printer forwarding is enabled and all phsysical printers are forwarded. Just my pdfforge PDFCreator Printer ...
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screen resolution size window 7? [closed]
i m facing screen resolution problem in my pc. i mostly use default resolution 1024768 i met this problem when i was during facing RAM problem containing Carbon i did many things for it and i ...
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Is there a Windows 7 completed patched and updates single installer?
I use Windows 7 for a several machines for which I don't want them to change the OS, and own all the licenses. When i do an install, it takes many, many downloads, patches, services packs, etc. to get ...
