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How do I automatically gain root access with Putty?
Putty is set up to run like:
putty.exe -load mysession -l myuser -pw mypass
But it logs me in as myuser. For root access I need to type in the console:
sudo -i
Then it asks for my password ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS along Windows 7
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit via flash-drive on a machine that has Windows 7 64-bit already installed.
Windows 7 has some system partitions created. Check this screen:
However, ...
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virtualbox: can not switch the guest display to fullscreen mode
I cannot bring up the fullscreen mode in my guest Ubuntu 12.04 machine using Windows 7 when the external screen is not plugged in. I tried disabling the second screen in the guest OS and I get the ...
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How do I create partitions on my Lenovo U310 laptop?
I have four partitions (windows allows four only), by default on my laptop.
System -- from where the windows boots.
C:\ -- where the windows is located and all my stuff on computer
D:\ -- the ...
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HiDPI mode on Windows or Linux
OS X has a very nice looking HiDPI mode where the effective screen resolution is only the half of the monitor resolution, but with very smooth looking fonts. Is something like that also available for ...
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bandwidth control during youtube upload
I am having a slow internet connection and I am looking for some solution so that I can divide the 1/5th of available bandwidth to me for youtube uploads while at the same time working with other ...
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Access virtual desktop LAMP on Windows
I was having issues getting XAMPP to run for users other than admin per this thread. Trying to figure out a solution I had an idea and was curious to know how to make it work. I installed Virtualbox ...
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Share Internet between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
I have a desktop with windows 7 and ubuntu. and a laptop with same ubuntu and 7. My desktop is connected to wired network through ethernet cable. Is it possible to connect and share The internet of my ...
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How to get file ubuntu to virtual box installed windows 7
My original os is ubuntu 12.0.4 , i installed oracle virtual box in it . Then i installed windws 7 . now i need to get a file from ubuntu to windows 7 . how can i get file from ubuntu to windows
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Can't delete free space partition or merge with other partition
Few days ago i installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside my Windows 7 64 Bit. I installed Ubuntu through live CD installation, but instead of giving it a partition of 200 GB i gave Ubuntu more than a ...
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Restrict one computer to only talk to one FTP
I have a rip station for a few digital printers that I want to limit access, internet, usage, and anything that could cause an issue and only allow that rip station to get access/files from my FTP. ...
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The spacebar on my new microsoft keyboard 4000 is acting crazy, what's causing it?
This Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 keyboard is practically new, less than a month old, and today out of nowhere when using Ubuntu the spacebar stops working.
At first I thought it might be the occasional ...
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Windows 7+Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot partitioning confusion
I'm trying to dual boot desktop Ubuntu for the first time, and hopelessly flummoxed by the partitioning process. I've got a Lenovo notebook (Windows 7) with a 500GB HDD + 28GB SSD, and my goal is to ...
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Script to alert removing a usb drive before logging off
I keep leaving my usb drives connected to the lab machines of my dept.So far I have been lucky to always find it in the lost and found but not having it when you need it gets a bit irritating.
Is ...
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How to make windows bootable USB from linux?
I've had some trobles creating this windows 7 bootable.
I've tryed using Universal USB Installer but it doesn't recognice my USB device and i've tryed:
# dmraid -E -r /dev/sdX
(Replacing X with my ...
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How to set up samba share for win network
TY in advance for all help I'll get on this issue.
I got this unpleasant task to set up an Ubuntu server with samba for file server.
To make it more complicated I have to do it as follows:
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Windows 7 shows all drives when on Ubuntu
I have a laptop and a desktop. On my Desktop I have Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and I just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop.
In Ubuntu I setup samba, and attached myself to the network which ...
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Cannot play a non-commercial video DVD
I have tried everything to play my DVD that contains two folders: Video_TS & AUDIO_TS. After searching I saw that players like VLC (Ubuntu and Windows) or PowerDVD (Windows) should be able to play ...
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Windows shows more then 4 primary partition which are in fact Logical in ubuntu
I have installed Ubuntu 32-bit on Windows 32-bit.
Windows shows more then 4 primary partition which are in fact Logical in ubuntu. Help me Fix this without re-installing any OS.
Windows 7 disk ...
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External Hard drive not accessible [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Recover harddrive data
I've got a WD 500GB external hard drive. I've been using it for over a year now but suddenly ran into this problem where neither Windows 7, nor ...
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wierd and difficult to describe samba issue
client windows 7
samba running on ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I've been running samba on this box for a few years now without issue. All it does is share out the home directory.
In the home directory is a ...
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Linux can dual display but windows can't?
I have two monitors, one that is hdmi-to-dvi and the other vga-to-dvi. I have an AMD HD Radeon 6900 series graphics card installed. I got Ubuntu to display dual monitors, but then I restarted for an ...
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How can I share files from my Windows 7 machine to my friend's Ubuntu machine?
I run a Windows 7 Pro SP1 laptop as my home machine, and my housemate runs an Ubuntu 12.04.1.05 desktop. We share a WLAN. I would like to make certain locations and files available for him to read and ...
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Sharing internet through a wired connection makes the host internet to drop
I have connected two computers (a laptop and a desktop), using a wired connection. The laptop has Ubuntu 12.10 and the desktop has windows 7. The connection is good and I'm able to share the internet ...
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Dual boot new laptop win 7 / ubuntu 12.04 - 750gb + 32gb SSD
I have just purchased a new HP dv7t-7000 and I would like to run Windows 7 / Ubuntu.
How do I setup the dual boot? Can I install both operating systems with an 8gb USB drive?
Can I still make use of ...
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Website hosted on my virtualbox web server not displaying images or applying css when viewed through phone
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me.
Please let me know if you need more info in the comments.
My Set Up
I have a windows 7 pc. On it I run a virtual box VM with a ubuntu 12 guest ...
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Access Existing Linux Installation from Windows Bootloader - Linux Installed and Then Windows 7
My hard drive is failing. I installed a new drive, and the installed Ubuntu 12.04 to try to rescue data. Realized that I wanted to install Windows and just access drives without transferring data ...
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Screen goes grey in Remote Desktop Connection from windows 7 to ubuntu server
I recently got a 64 bit ubuntu server based on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 "Precise Pangolin".
However I can't seem to connect to it properly from my windows 7 64 bit machine.
I can get to the login screen ...
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Installing Windows 8 over Windows 7 with Ubuntu installed using wubi (both on `C:\`)
Current state I'm using both - Ubuntu (installed via Wubi on the same drive as Windows) and Windows 7 - quite frequently. I just bought the upgrade to Windows 8 and was curious to try it out, however ...
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VirtualBox, Ubuntu Server, Windows: “lftp mirror” causes remote FTP IP address to go away
The specs: VirtualBox 4.2.0 r80737, Windows 7 host, ubuntu server 12.04 guest, Windows 7 host, lftp 4.3.3 transfer session to a remote FTP server (a shared web host provider) Network config: Adapter1: ...
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Access a windows dynamic hard drive through a virtual machine on ubuntu?
I have a Windows 7 OS and am thinking about transitioning to a dual boot set up with Ubuntu 12.04. From what I recall, it is not possible to natively access Dynamic Windows Partitions in a Linux OS.
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get data from pc
I have a little problem I need to solve probably easy and here is the setup:
There is PC »A« (windows7) with data I need at location »L1« and PC »B« (Ubuntu 12.04) at location »L2«.
»L1« and »L2« ...
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Vagrant VirtualBox - Can I be hacked? [closed]
Have a VirtualBox set up with Vagrant and Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. Simply, can I be hacked? Do I have security concerns of my virtual server being detected?
My normal OS is Windows 7, if that matters.
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Reasons for Wi-Fi to be slower on Ubuntu compared to Windows?
I'm using 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 64 bit – dual boot on the same computer.
Connecting to the same wireless network. And it turns out that on Windows I get a more stable and stronger signal ...
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LAN wire is not detecting in ubuntu 12.04 Lts
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7. After that, the Internet is working in Windows 7 via ethernet, but in Ubuntu 12.04, ethernet is not working. It is showing me the ...
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VirtualBox Window7 Guest “No Internet Access” with Bridged Networking
Using Ubuntu 12.04 as a VirtualBox host, I've successfully used Bridged Networking with Windows XP guests (because NAT has a bug that causes slow printing).
Now, I have a Windows 7 guest. It gets ...
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Setting up SSD caching for Windows + Ubuntu
Im just configuring my PC to use it mSSD for caching. It a HP envy ultrabook 4-1002TX
After buying I deleted all the partitions and repartitioned my drive like this: 1 windows(NTFS), 1 ubuntu(ext4) ...
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Get extra hard drive space from Windows 7
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 (dual-boot) on my laptop. For some reasons I want some more space in my Ubuntu partition.
I have installed gParted in Ubuntu. Now is it recommended to get this ...
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Triple boot for Mountain Lion/Ubuntu 12/Windows 7 (but ready to convert to windows 8)
I need some assistance in setting up my computer, just to be on the safe side of things. I know there are many tutorials online about dual/triple booting, but there really isn't anything for my ...
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Windows Recovery partition unusable after Ubuntu 12.04 install on Eee PC 1005P
Installed Ubuntu 12.04 over the secondary (D:) partition with Grub2 handling multi-boot. Never accessed the 'Recovery' option in the boot menu until Windows7 Starter became unusable due to HDD failure ...
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Windows 7 won't shutdown; Win7/Ubuntu dual-boot
I'm reposting this from askubuntu.com, as it was discussed fairly quickly that Ubuntu's presence on a separate partition was almost certainly NOT the problem, and as such this question wasn't ...
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How can I make Windows 7 PrtScn key to work like in Ubuntu?
In ubuntu 12.04, PrtScn key captures the screen and opens a dialog to give a location for saving it as an image file. But in windows, after pressing PrtScn we need to run some other application like ...
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Windows doesn't boot, Ubuntu does
I needed more space on my Ubuntu partition so I shrunk my Windows 7 partition by 25GB and then went into GParted on a live USB so I could extend my Ubuntu partition. At the same time I deleted the ...
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Dual Boot - OS on Workstation with 6 TB (4 Independent HD's) [closed]
I have a great high end HP Workstation with 6-TB (4 Independent HD's) I would like to add the latest Linux os desktop and Ubuntu 12.04 - in addition to the 2 Windows 7 OSs I have, and if possible to ...
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Headphone sound doesn't work and hangs a lot
I have both Windows and Ubuntu installed on my laptop. I have a strange problem, when I plug in the headphone in the jack while running Ubuntu, it does work. But when plug it in the jack while running ...
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Accessing Ubuntu guest (VirtualBox) node.js server from Windows host
I'm attempting to set up a node.js server on my Ubuntu guest OS running on VirtualBox.
A simple "Hello World" HTTP server runs fine if I try accessing it from a browser on the Ubuntu image, but I'm ...
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How can I connect to a Ubuntu guest on a VirtualBox Windows 7 host using Remote Display?
I am running a Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit virtual machine on a Windows 7 64 bit host. I've checked 'Enable Server' on the "Remote Display' tab of VirtualBox (4.1.18) and set the Server Port to 3399 (with ...
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VMWare: Can't copy text from Ubuntu 12.04 guest to Windows7 host
I've got Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) running as a guest under VMWare 8.0.4 build-744019. The host is Windows7 sp1 (64-bit).
I can copy text from Ubuntu into Windows, but not back. VMWare tools is installed ...
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Crossover LAN connection between Ubuntu And Windows 7 is not working
my question is closely related to:
How do I connect Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 with an Ethernet cable?
What I am after is:
Windows 7-------wireless-----\
Wifi ...
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How to see whether my HDD is “advanced format”-capable and if yes, what to modify?
I have a WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2-type hard disk drive: Western Digital Caviar Black, 500 GB SATA-2 with 32MiB cache.
I have came across this Advanced Format, and I am not entirely sure whether my hard ...
