Windows 7 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on July 22, 2009.
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Creating a specific symbolic link
I need to know the command line for creating a symbolic link to the following folder: F:\screenshots\games. The game is located in C:\users\public\games and you want to name the symbolic link ...
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Cannot share printer in Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 on my PC. I have turned on sharing for printer but I cannot find the share option when right clicking on my printer.
How can I share my printer on my PC? What's going on?
My ...
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uncompress Win 7 OS
I have Dell 1TB 8500 XPS Win 7 where the entire system is compressed. How do I convert it, move to other disk, etc. I have 40+ years OS internals experience but mostly **NIX. Seems to me it's ...
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Changing Windows 7 PATH avriable
I saw this question and answer but this is not working for me.
I am following Python tutorials. There is a section that requires me to change the path variable. I used the instructions in the command ...
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Proper IIS uninstall and re-installation of Visual Studio 2012
Im looking to do a full reinstall of Visual Studio 2012, and every time I try to start up the installer it goes to the splash screen and immediately closes, without displaying any sort of dialogue. ...
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Most efficient way to setup a slave hard drive for only data?
I recently installed a new mobo and I did not realize it would cause me to reinstall windows (otherwise it would BSOD). So I bought a new HDD and still have my old HD with all the data on it, I ...
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BSoD svchost suspected
On my Dell 1501 OS W7 Ultimate 2008 SP1 32-bits I got the BSoD. T tried system restore (no longer accessible), last know good config to no avail.The CD-DVD disk is spinnng out of control and when I ...
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Why does the “Playback Devices” dialog take so long to open?
Opening any of the audio properties dialogs takes 2 minutes and 5 seconds every time. There aren't other tasks that take an unreasonable amount of time. It's something specific to the Sound properties ...
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Error 80070008 while trying to install Windows 7 SP1?
I just now discovered that, for the past month, Windows 7 has been unable to install SP1 due to error 80070008 which indicates my PC with 4 GB RAM has run out of memory. I've used the Windows Update ...
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Internet Explorer 10 crashes when printing
The crash message states it is a BEX error, which is apparently a buffer overflow
The Fault module is stackhash, which apparently means no module, so it returns a hash of the stack
The crash occurs ...
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Moving Steam from old Windows 7 computer to a new Windows 8 computer
I have about 10 or so Steam games and I am installing a new computer...
Do I install the Steam Client on the new computer then just copy c:\program files (x86)\steam from Windows 7 to the same ...
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Where to download recovery disks for Windows
Where would I best go about downloading and finding Windows Recovery disks.
Are they different from the Original ISO Windows Disk? Like are they a specially designed disk or can you use the Windows ...
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Windows 7 doesn't see my wifi network after restarting the wireless modem (freebox)
I have a 'freebox' internet connection (France) and from time to time I have to restart the modem (the 'box'). It is a recommended procedure.
My problem is that while my old computer running Xubuntu ...
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Windows 7 System Restore Failed
I need to restore Windows 7, because I installed some software which ruined my PC. I see the error above.
I tried running the restore tool using administrator privileges, and disabled my antivirus, ...
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After Contracting FBI Moneydot Virus I'm Unable To Start Computer In Safe Mode
Quick Details: Windows 7 Home Premium, when holding down the F8 key while restarting, the computer doesn't start in safe mode. Also, holding down the F11 key doesn't load anything either; an FBI ...
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How to get rid of a failed Ubuntu install and restore my win 7 system
I installed Ubuntu on a win 7 machine expecting it to install Grub. Something weird happened during the installation and I ended up with Lilo instead of Grub which can't find the sdb5 partition and I ...
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Is Windows 8 faster than Windows 7? [closed]
Assumptions:
64 bit flavor
Home Ultimate
i5 Processor
16 GB RAM
SSD DRive
Use Case
Everyday programs: software development, office apps, web development. NOT gaming.
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Uninstall routine hangs up and won't uninstall my printer
I started having problems with my printer, so I thought I would uninstall it and reinstall the printer and driver. It's a Lexmark P4350. I can remove the device from the printer/hardware selection. ...
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can virus be detected by scanning setup file?
I have windows 7 and use Avast free antivirus; I wonder if virus are detected by scanning the installer or setup file before starting to install, so that I am safe before the installatoin starts.
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looking for suggestions for a basic music media player [closed]
I'm not really sure where to start looking, but I'd need a basic mp3 & wma player for windows 7 (free if possible). I don't want something that will waste my RAM and CPU, and I don't want to ...
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MSComCtl2.DTPicker of control … was not a loaded control class
I am attempting to load a project from Visual Source Safe onto my Windows 7 32-bit machine in Visual Studio 6.0.
Everything is successful except for an error that occurs in finding this "MSComCtl2 ...
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Windows Sometimes Renames Network Adapter
I am running Windows 7 Embedded with a locked boot partition (meaning the registry and entire OS is in the same state at every boot).
This device uses statically defined IP addresses, which are ...
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How can I change the default filter Windows is using for indexing file contents?
In windows every file type is indexed using specific filters. Windows give an oportunity to change between two options for each file type in Indexing Options > Advanced > File Types:
Index ...
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Reset Windows 7 sync
My company uses sync centre on our Windows 7 PCs to keep network files available off line. However I have a number of files which have been deleted on my local machine and are causing sync conflict ...
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Is it safe to remove EFI System Partition?
From this answer , I know how to remove a EFI System Partition . But is it safe to remove it ? The EFI partition appears in an empty disk . I have already removed all other partitions.
I used to ...
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Change magnitude of volume change with keyboard media controls [duplicate]
My keyboard has volume buttons on it. When I use them with my Windows 7 laptop, they increase/decrease the volume by 2 points (i.e. if I'm at 2% volume and I press the volume up key, it will go to 4% ...
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Moving Windows 7 Strategy [closed]
The source drive is a 1TB hard disk ( at Disk 0 , MBR ) , with 2 partitions + 1 System Reserved :
System Reserved 100MB NTFS (System, Active, Primary Partition)
C: 99.0GB NTFS (Boot, Crash Dump, ...
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Why one of my file can not be copied
I have this mp4 video file on one of my mobile hard drive, which could not be copied.
It could be perfectly played directly from my mobile hard drive but when I copy it to my hard drive, I will ...
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Folder details in Windows 7 “From and To” are not displaying Outlook '13 file details
I'm having an issue with a user in Windows 7 where the folder details added (like Date modified, Name, etc) are displaying information on a .msg file correctly (this is an Outlook 2013 file) but when ...
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My windows 7 hp (Elitebook 8470p) keeps spinning up the dvd drive with some interval. How to shut it off?
I recently got an Elitebook with Windows 7, and the DVD drive (hp DVD A DS8A9SH) spins up briefly with some interval, maybe a minute, as if something is checking if a DVD is present or similar. The ...
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Laptop with Windows 7 forcibly shutting down when LAN is connected
I have recently started working with virtual machines on my HP Probook. A few days back, the system started acting up: a blue screen would pop up, saying my laptop is shutting down to prevent any ...
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Will I lose my Boot Camp partition?
I have an iMac, and I have both OS X Mountain Lion and Windows installed. I'm planning on re-installing fresh copies of both operating systems, but I want to re-install Windows first because I'm not ...
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Why does my computer not display a log in box?
I started up my computer as normal, and clicked on my username, I expected the log-in box to appear, but after 10 minutes nothing happens.
So I got my other spare computer and searched up the ...
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Printer Deploy - Remote Machines Win7/XP Printbrm.exe
Curious if anyone else has a solution for the problem I seem to be facing.
Have a target collection of computers that is a mix of XP and win7 not caring at the moment about processor architecture.
I ...
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How to fix “Reset the Local Area Connection errors”
I'm getting errors saying Reset the Local Area Connection - doesn't have a valid configuration or No Internet Access or Reset Network Adapter on Windows 7.
Microsoft solves the problems, then in come ...
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How to get rid of Dell bluetooth Media control bar?
In the image, if you look at the taskbar, you can see a bar with the Bluetooth icon on it and some media control buttons. I added this by mistake when I connected by phone to transfer a file and ...
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Windows 8 lower left, right click and/or windows-X dissabled, any ideas?
I have lost the ability to use the old style start by right-clicking in the lower left corner and using the windows-x shortcut.
This was after uninstalling a ton of things I migrated from Windows 7 ...
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3TB hard disk displayed as 746GB
in BIOS , UEFI Boot is enabled , ACHI Mode is selected , and the 3TB Hard disk (Seagate ST30000DM001) is installed at SATA Port 3.
However, in Windows 7 64-bit, 3TB hard disk is displayed as 746GB, ...
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Win7 cardreader drivers
I've formatted an SD card from ext3 to NTFS using Acronis.
But after that any memory card stopped to mount in system.
I have reinstalled card reader drivers but nothing. I think it's win7 problem, ...
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Using Internet Connection Sharing and network shares
I currently have a desktop that is using Internet Connection Sharing via LAN cable over WiFi (It's grabbing a Wifi source and sending it over LAN).
I want to be able to access Network Shares as well ...
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Which is better, run 32 bit OS in x64 processor, or keep away from windows updates ? [closed]
I have Windows Seven x64 installed on my PC. The thing is, If I install the Windows updates, the OS will freeze always. This happened to me with Vista, Seven and Eight. Dont know why.
I have read ...
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Installed KB2729094 for x64/Windows 7, but still does not fix glyphs in IE10 [duplicate]
I have installed Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 x64. First couple of days it ran fine, and they all of the glyphs for scrollbars, dropdown boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons etc disappeared and left ...
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Windows 7 Search for Content Only
I do not see any way to use Windows 7 search to search file content ONLY w/o it also including file names. For example, how do you search for files that contain "L:\" and only files that CONTAIN ...
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What's the normal memory usage for firefox? [closed]
I have a freshly installed Firefox (V 21.0) on my windows7 (32 bit) machine, with the hope that it uses less memory than Chrome. I have one plugin installed (adblock plus), now I have 8 tabs open, no ...
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MBR: Restore Windows 7 bootloader on a Thinkpad
I previously uninstalled Fedora dual boot and now have the GNU Grub bootloader still hanging around. I have found instructions online on how to remove this but they all require the Windows 7 CD. I do ...
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Windows 7: black screen for a minute upon resume from standby
Does anyone have a possible fix to this problem? My thinkpad w520 has had this problem for over a year. It doesn't always occur, but usually when I leave the computer in standby from more than a few ...
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How do I change the default program (aka file assocation) when the program has moved?
In Windows 7, if I have already associated a program, say Notepad2.exe, with a filetype, say .txt then moving the path to Notepad2.exe (e.g., moving the folder) breaks the association. The problem I ...
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The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool tries to install every boot
It does not matter if I cancel or complete the installation, when I next start my PC the installer starts again.
The tool is not in my list of installed programs or in my start-up folder.
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ip6 - what I ping is diffenrent than I see with ipconfig
I'm confused about ip6
I have windows7 and in vmware windows8. I disabled ip4 and experimenting ip6
windows7: ethernet properties-> manual ip6 entry is: 2001:db8::1
(subnet length 64)
ipconfig/all ...
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Domain Admin Can't login at logon screen
There is a particular computer on our LAN running Windows 7 Home Premium. I am a Domain Admin, and that computer is connected to the LAN.
My problem is that when I start the computer and the login ...
