Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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Cannot Install MySQL on Windows 7
I get the error:
This installation package could not be opened
when trying to install MySQL on Windows 7. Everything else installs fine. I have full administrative rights. Why does this happen? ...
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How do I determine what's trying to be installed?
Every morning when I come into work, and log into my Windows XP Pro machine, I get a message box telling me simply, "Wise for Windows Installer". That's it. Nothing else. No clue as to whatever it is ...
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Installing DirextX 9 SDK in Windows 7
I'm following the following tutorials here:
http://www.euclideanspace.com/software/games/setup/dx9vb/installation/index.htm
On this page, I was supposed to download the DirextX 9.0 SDK. It has to ...
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compiling ffmbc on OS X with libvorbis
I've installed libvorbis, and that all seemed to go fine, and now I'm trying to install FFmbc with --enable-libvorbis but it fails with Error:libvorbis not found. In the config.log produced I get:
ld:...
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What to do when Windows 7 appears to hang during the installation of updates?
The following message has been displayed on the screen for the last almost hour or so:
I'm guessing something went wrong and it's stuck in some sort of infinite loop or it's waiting for some event ...
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How can I safely switch to other Anti Virus software?
So, say I've been wanting to install other Anti Virus software on my computer (or install a newer version of my current software). Since in between installing, the computer is probably vulnerable to ...
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Tracing activities during installations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to track what setup.exe has installed
Is there any way to capture what files are modified or copied during an installation/setup process?
In many cases, I need to redo ...
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How do I reset the admin password in my BIOS?
I bought some Windows desktops at an auction, and now I'm trying to install Ubuntu and remove Windows. I've been able to do it on some of them but on others, when I try to change the boot sequence in ...
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Office 2010: Download features now, not on demand
Office 2010 (the trial version, home and student edition) tries to download features when I use them the first time (e.g. Hyphenation). Is there a way to tell it to download certain/all features now, ...
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How do I install a plugin for Audacity on OS X?
I'm trying to install one of these plugins.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/nyquistplugins
The there is only a .txt and a .ny file.
The instructions ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/...
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Help Understanding Instructions for Setting Up Git on a Mac
I'm trying to install Git on a mac. I found these instructions: crainbandy
But, I don't understand this bit.
1. Change directories to the mounted image
bash$ cd /Volumes/Git\ 1.6.4.4\ Intel\ ...
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Why does the openSUSE live CD stop copying files to the system?
I was trying to install openSUSE11.4 using the Live CD. But when it started copying the root filesystem, it hung on 15% and waited forever. The CD stopped spinning too.
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Install tesseract ocr 3 on OSX
I am trying to install Tesseract OCR on OSX 10.6...
I have got as far as installing leptonic (by downloading src and installing with ./configure; make; sudo make install) seemingly without any ...
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Can't install Windows 8 Developer Preview
I've burnt the Windows 8 Developer Preview DVD and inserted it into my laptop. Setup starts and looks good, but it then prompts me for a DVD driver. Saying it is missing.
I can't progress further ...
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How can I remotely install or uninstall a service on Windows Server 2008 R2?
Who knows a simple solution how to install or uninstall a Windows service remotely on a Win2k8R2 server?
This server is a hosted at the internet, so it's not in a domain or such. Thus I want to ...
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Google Chrome cannot be installed on Windows XP because "the version is not suported"! What should I do?
When I am trying to install Chrome on my laptop that has Windows XP installed, it says that the installation failed because my version is not supported. What should I do?
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OpenOffice crashes after I run it after installation
I've installed OpenOffice 3.2.1 on Linux s390x System z server after downloading the OOo_3.2.1_Linux_S390X_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz file from http://download.openoffice.org/other.html. I installed it ...
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For a PC with 1GB RAM, should I install 32 Bit or 64 Bit Windows 7?
I would like to install Windows 7 Ultimate on a PC with 1GB of RAM.
What's better for me? The 32 or 64-bit version?
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How to solve problem installing Windows 7 onto RAID using Highpoint 2640x4:
When installing Windows 7 64-bit to a 2-drive mirror RAID (2x1TB) using a Highpoint 2640x4 card, I encounter an error message (0x80300001) indicating that Windows cannot be installed to the detected ...
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How can I silently install Google Chrome?
I want to make a silent installation of Google Chrome Beta. I've tried invoking the ChromeSetup.exe downloader with /s or /-ms but nothing worked.
Then I've downloaded the standalone installation ...
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Preparing a slave hard drive for installing Windows XP on another PC
I have an old PC that doesn't work with CD/DVD drives and cannot boot from USB. I've removed the hard drive, installed it as slave on my Windows 7 PC, and formatted and copied the Windows XP ...
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Trouble installing libqt4-dev on Ubuntu Karmic
I'm having trouble installing libqt4-dev on Ubuntu Karmic. Here's the output:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libqt4-core: Depends: libqtcore4 (= 4:4.7.0-0ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa2) but ...
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Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on AMD processor?
I am upgrading Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on AMD processor.
When I put DVD Windows 7 it does not boot from it....
Dvd ok as can see other CD files.
Boot work ok as I can boot from ...
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How do I cancel Mac OS X install halfway through?
I'm installing OS X 10.4.5 from the original media, but have discovered halfway through (after the computer reboots into the new install and uses Disk 2) that the second disk is faulty, so I can't get ...
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Install OS X or Windows 7 from an external HDD? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to setup Windows from an external hard drive?
I want to install an OS (Mac OS X, Windows 7 or 8 beta) from my external HDD, since I don't have any USB sticks or DVDs, ...
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How do I easily set up a virtual machine on Windows?
I'm looking for literature for how to setup a Virtual Machine (VM) and install an OS on it.
My current OS is Windows 7, however I may want to put both Windows 7 and Windows XP on the VM. Is this ...
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How to solve the error "Code: 0x0000000A" while installing Windows 8 Developer Preview?
I am using VirtualBox 4.1.2 for Windows hosts
Here is the configuration used for the virtual machine:
When I start the virtual machine some files are loaded and there is a progress-bar Loading Files....
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Install Windows without a graphic card
I am trying to check if it's possible to install Windows (no matter which version at the moment) without any graphic card in the hardware.
So the question is not "how do I install Windows without a ...
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Can components of different Adobe Creative Suites be installed alongside each other?
Last year I purchased Adobe Design Standard (which is primarily Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) on a student license.
This year, I have a need for DreamWeaver, as well, and possibly other ...
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Running from usb installation of Windows Developer Preview (8)
i decided to install windows 8 on my PC without using DVD - i used a windows 7 usb/dvd download tool to extract windows developer preview on my usb, all works fine but after boot my USB screen is ...
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How to install Linux on a dynamic disk without losing the disk configuration?
I have Windows 7 installed and a dynamic disk. I want to install Ubuntu but I have the following constraints:
I don't want to lose any data.
I don't want to lose my current Windows installation.
If I ...
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Installing Windows 8 Dev Preview on a Macbook Pro
Is it possible to install Windows 8 Developer Preview on a Macbook Pro. I'm trying to do this using the WindowsDeveloperPreview-64bit-English-Developer.iso file with VirtualBox but fail during the ...
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How can I set up Microsoft BOB on my computer?
I have a 64-bit Windows 7 laptop that I would like to run Microsoft BOB on.
How can I obtain a copy of Microsoft BOB and how could I set it up?
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installing node.js after apt-get install node
Im trying to install node.js and I made the mistake of installing apt-get install node. Which is not node.js.
I'm able to find the right node.js on git hub, build and make everything. Everything ...
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Questions about installing BSD on a *technically* external HDD
A little bit of background:
1) I have a 160 GB hard drive from a netbook
2) I also have a SATA->USB enclosure that the drive fits in perfectly
Now, I'd like to install some flavor of BSD (probably ...
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Is there any way to run Google Chrome without installation on a Mac?
I tried to install Google Chrome on my Mac school computer last night.
After I downloaded the .dmg, I opened it like I do with any other .dmg to get around actually putting the application into the ...
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Will Windows Anytime-Upgrade key work with a fresh install of Windows?
I bought an Windows Anytime Upgrade key from Microsoft's official online store sometime early 2011. The key was to upgrade from Windows Home, that came with the computer, to Windows Ultimate. This ...
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How to install mongodb on linux?
I'm a nuby on linux (never used it before), and I want to install mongodb on an EC2 linux instance.
I still haven't found a good article which guide how to install mongodb on an EC2 linux instance,
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Compatible version of ubuntu 64 bit with intel processor
I want to know which version of ubuntu is compatible with my machine.
My PC configuration is:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM : 3 GB
System Type : 64-bit
I have currently installed windows 7 on my ...
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Installing Linux on machine with no optical drive and no USB boot
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro where I took out the optical drive and replaced it with a second hard drive, but I'm looking to dual boot Slackware. These machines can't boot from USB sticks for whatever ...
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Is it necessary to test the checksum when downloading a Linux installation DVD?
I trying to install Fedora 15 on my system. I downloaded the DVD from the official Fedora download link. For downloading the ISO, I used Orbit downloader, but I did not test the checksum.
I burned the ...
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How can I install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on a Windows machine if I don't have admin rights?
I'm currently working in a controlled environment where I don't have administrator rights. I am looking for some way to install the Java Development Kit (JDK) on this machine anyway.
Is this ...
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Java Install Error 1723
I was working on a program in Eclipse. I went to run it, and ran into some 'unknown source' errors, so I tried to reinstall my java and ran into some annoying errors. First thing I ran into was an ...
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Product Key letters are always typed as capital during the Windows installation [closed]
When I install Windows XP Professional on my machine, while entering the product key, letters are always typed CAPITAL.
It doesn't change by toggling the Caps Lock key. How do I solve it?
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Installing windows 7 - no Disk Space
So I tried installing/upgrading my HP Compaq (fully sufficient specs) running Vista Home Edition to Windows 7.
I continuously get the error for upgrade that No disk space is available and if I try a ...
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Unable to get Mathjax extension to work in Mediawiki
I am trying to install Mathjax on a mediawiki installation. From the official page for the extension, I followed all the steps.
Downloaded the latest zip distribution, uploaded and extracted it to /...
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Can I reinstall OS X on a MacBook from the setup disk that came with another MacBook?
I have bought a new MacBook Pro and now I want to sell the old one. Before I sell the old machine, I want to wipe it and reinstall OS X.
I don't have disks from the old machine - but I do have the ...
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Installing Linux distro on an unconnected machine, without any removable storage drives
This is a bit of an exercise in doing something for the sake of doing it, so I'm willing to accept that it might not be possible.
I've been given a 1996-vintage laptop, with a big enough HDD for a ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 11.04 via VNC on my new PC (with no keyboard or mouse)
I have downloaded the latest Ubuntu.iso and extracted it to /tmp/ubuntu/ on my laptop. In the folder isolinux there is an isolinux.cfg file. I am trying to prepare a USB stick by modifying those files,...
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Install Windows 7 on Mac mini with CD mounted on Windows Vista
I plan on buying a Mac mini of the new generation without an external DVD drive if possible. I do have a few PCs running Windows Vista or different Linux distributions but no Mac.
I know that it is ...
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