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How to uninstall a program on Windows 7 via Linux [closed]

I have a dual boot system which has gathered some problem with malware or some other problem in Windows 7 due to which I am unable to use Windows 7. Is it possible to uninstall Windows 7 programs by ...
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Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7

I'm using Windows 7. Now, I need to install Ubuntu 11.04 to the my laptop, but I want to keep Win7 as well. I'm planning to use a dual boot system; I want to install Ubuntu on separate partition. I ...
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partitioning problems

I had on my laptop a dual system (Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7) and someway the partitions messed-up. Windows stopped from booting, I just got a blinking cursor, but Ubuntu worked fine. I tried to fix ...
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Different printing results in Windows and Ubuntu

I have an Epson D78 stylus and I use it mainly on Windows 7 64-bit. I downloaded the driver from the Epson support site for my Windows 7 64 bit version and it's up to date. I also installed Ubuntu ...
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Does Windows 7 deleted files generated during hibernation?

Somebody was using my Windows 7 and she hibernated it instead of shutting down. Later, I booted up Ubuntu and moved about 2GB worth of files from the Ubuntu partition to the Windows partition. After ...
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Can a hardware be custom made for a specific operational system?

Today I installed on my notebook(Acer Core i5, 8GB RAM) the Ubuntu version 11.04 (before it, I had installed a Windows Seven Home Premium on it). However, when I was using Windows, it was very fast, ...
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Windows7 and Ubuntu 11.04 in grub

I installed Windows7 on my new netbook (x121e ThinkPad) and then installed Ubtuntu 11.04 afterwards, but grub won't load after startup and windows always starts immediatly. I already did such a setup ...
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unmountable boot volume error

I have read this article on superuser unmountable boot volume but I have to ask this question since my situation is a bit different... I was running a latex plugin on chrome when my system crashed ...
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Performance considerations for a Windows 7 guest on a Ubuntu Natty x64 host: bitness (32-bit vs. 64-bit), guest settings and file access

I want to setup a virtual machine running Windows 7, for compilation and development of a native C++ application using Visual Studio. I have 8 GB RAM on the host with an Intel T9600 Dual-Core CPU, ...
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How do I resize my ext4 partition and add the free size to an NTFS one?

I have a 500GB HDD with the following partitions. From Windows 7 I cannot resize the sda6 (ext4) partition. I want to make it about 100GB and the free size to add to the sda7 (NTFS) partition. Can ...
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Synergy 1.3.7: server refused client with our name

I'm trying to connect a Windows 7 server and an Ubuntu 11.04 client with Synergy 1.3.7. I have checked that the server is listening on the correct port by running netstat -ano. I have also checked ...
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How to make GNU GRUB automatically boot Linux Ubuntu?

How to make Windows Boot Manager automatically open GNU GRUB and then with GNU GRUB automatically boot Linux Ubuntu 11.04. Please answer detailed with the proceedings. Thank you.
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How can I run Ubuntu on VirtualBox in full screen on Windows 7?

I use Windows 7 and use VirtualBox to run Ubuntu Desktop 11.04. I would like to run Ubuntu in full screen. But when I switch to full screen in VirtualBox, a lot of space around Ubuntu isn't used. Is ...
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Windows not booting after restoring Ubuntu 11.04 bootloader

I was having a multiboot setup with Windows 7 Home Premium and Ubuntu 11.04. I upgraded Windows to Windows 7 Ultimate. To restore the boot loader, I used something like the following command from ...
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How to install Ubuntu 11.04?

I have a new question, how to install Ubuntu 11.04? I want step by step instruction because I am afraid to ruin my main OS - Windows. I want to install on another partition and I want to know how to ...
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Problem with my partitions?

I needed to split my hard disk into 5 partitions for installing Ubuntu 11.04. The firs one (*) was for system reserved - 100mb, second (C) was the installation of Windows 7, third (D) was for my work ...
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Installing existing Ubuntu 11.04 (guest) in VirtualBox on Windows 7 (host)

I have successfully installed existing Ubuntu 10.10 on Windows 7 host as explained in this blog post. Everything worked. I did a clean install of Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Then I tried to follow the same ...