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VirtualBox can't create 64-bit VM after reboot

Host: Windows 7, 64 bits. Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965, quad core, 64 bits Since I upgraded to VirtualBox 4.3.1.16 I am having this issue. After installing the VirtualBox exe I can create 64 bit ...
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Touchpad on keyboard not recognizing taps

I have a Compaq Presario cq56 and my touchpad is not working properly. I can move my cursor around the screen, but when I want to click on a program it won't do so. To get to my programs I have to ...
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Folder is not copying properly from laptop to hard drive

Hi I am using WD elements 2 TB hard drive. I tried to copy folder (6gb movies) from my windows 7 laptop. It shows copy is completed but when I eject it and again connect it is showing empty folder....
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What is the procedure to reset admin windows 7 password on boot camp mac pro?

How can I reset the administrator password on apple bootcamp since it doesn't have a bios? It uses EFI.
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4GB temporary system files showing up on desktop for no understandable reason

There are 4GB temporary system files called "BITEA#.tmp" e.g. BITEA5.tmp showing up on my Desktop folder just this last week. Does anyone know if this may be caused by malware recording screen or ...
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How to make a specific program not show up on start menu

I would like certain programs to never show up on the Windows 7 start menu. I can remove them from the start menu just fine, but then when I run them, they show up again. If I right click the windows ...
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Headset – sound, but no microphone – sound & microphone good on other computer

Headset – sound, but no microphone – sound & microphone good on other computer I plugged in a Logitech G230, and I got sound. I could not get my microphone to work. I tested the headset on ...
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GINA availability on Windows 7

I would like to know information about GINA. I am aware that this is a part of Windows XP. Is it present in Windows 7? Does GINA based client works with Win 7? I would appreciate if some one help ...
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All internet browsers won't resolve DNS except for TorBrowser

I'm having a bit of trouble with one of my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit w/ SP1 computers browsing the internet. I use the computer as a bed for testing different applications and so forth. The ...
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External hard disk not detected in windows, though working fine in Ubuntu

Device is getting listed in the disk management in the lower panel, and showing the status as following: 2048 GB unallocated 746.52 GB unallocated But the device is not listed in the my computer or ...
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Microsoft Excel 2013 on Windows 7, creating cost based on drop down values

Hi I am need of some assistance and was wondering if anyone can help me. I am creating a spreadsheet for quoting jobs on site and am stuck with a particular part. I have a cell containing a drop down ...
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Speakers stops working when volume is turned up to 50% or more

I have a Lenovo G400s laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate. Everything's perfect except my sound. The speakers work fine when I play any song and set the volume to 40%, but it ceases to work as soon as I ...
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Will fresh installing Windows 7 Pro on SSD affect user experience on data drive

I have a 128G SSD for my OS (Windows 7 Home Premium) and a 1T HD for apps/doc/etc. I'm thinking of fresh installing my OS to Windows 7 Pro on a 250GB SSD. IF I fresh install my OS on the new SSD, ...
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Unable to access shared folder in Win 7 homegroup via IP address

I have 3 Win-7 64 bit machines in a homegroup. MAC addressing enabled on the router. Machine A, B and C. All are in a homegroup. I want to share a folder on machine B to the rest of the group so I ...
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Windows Loading Stuck

I'm trying to repair a friend's Dell Inspiron 620. It has Windows 7 Home Premium (x32), and we'd like to install Windows 8.1, if possible. However, no matter what I do, it gets stuck in the middle of ...
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folder only search with Windows Search in Windows Server 2008

I am trying to find all the sub-folders called 2013 in in a network directory using the Explorer Search box in Windows Explorer on Server 2008. I have tried options like kinde:folders foldername:2012 ...
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How to set Explorer's background wallpaper, while I'm looking at "Computer"?

How can I set a desired wallpaper in the Explorer background in Windows 7 while looking at the list of drives (aka "Computer"). For example: If press CtrlE, the system shows the list of hard drives; ...
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count number of files in windows 7 search without duplicate ones

I scanned some files in my office in the pdf format and renamed the files and pasted them in different folders. In some cases I pasted the same files with the same names in 2 or more different folders....
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Why does Firefox keep trying to download 7zip_14396_stf.exe and setup_tsv48ouvr.exe

When I start Firefox for the first time, two files try to download, but their download fails. I have searched to find out what these files are. The "7zip" file is from safe downloads, and it looks ...
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What's the easiest way to distribute ribbon customizations to a mass amount of users?

I want to remove a specific button from displaying in the Outlook 2010 toolbar/ribbon. I've already made the change on an individual machine and it seems to work fine. How can I distribute a change ...
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Running boot2docker within a Windows 7 64Bit Virtual Machine?

For a project my team is trying to set up a test/development environment including programs and services like different database-system as well as docker. To guarantee a working environment, we have ...
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Linux Mint installation and partitions restore

I tried to install Linux Mint and accidentally selected to install over other OS. After that it imediatly transfered me to where I must select my time zone. I aborted install, restarted PC and looks ...
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RDP works to any host other than the VPN Host

Dont think this is a duplicate question, lots of similar ones but none exactly the same. Setup: Win7 "Home Server", hosts OpenVPN server, listens on 443. XP and 7 Boxes on the LAN Remote: Win8 client ...
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How to Learn PC's Charset

How to learn my pc's character set? For example when I open any iso-8859-... arabic file in my computer by notepad, I see nonsense characters. The file is taken from an arabic windows. And my windows ...
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lost profile access to 3 separate computers the same day. computers just lock up

I have three dell computers with Windows 7 professional on the Server using Windows Server 2003. On 9/11 those three computers which were installed on the system in my office all froze up. When you ...
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How can I prevent an Explorer dialog disappearing the app from the task switcher?

Many Explorer dialogs like the one you see in the following picture cause Explorer to disappear from the task switcher . This is particularly time wasting when I have many explorer windows. Is ...
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Why does Amazon Kindle cache books in its AppData folder on Windows 7?

I have Amazon Kindle installed on Windows 7. When I open a file, Kindle makes a copy of it at, C:\Users\<NAME>\Documents\Kindle\ The folder above can be set at Tools -> Options... -> Content ...
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Getting errors from a proxy server I'm not using

So many months ago I tried to set up a proxy server, found it too slow for my needs so I unchecked the box in LAN settings marked 'use a proxy server etc..' Now whe. I try to go online I get 'cannot ...
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How to prevent internet explorer of being reinstalled? How to delete IE completely?

I have Windows 7. I tried to remove IE completely. However, windows itself always allows it to be reinstalled again: By going to the option "Set Program Defaults" one can always install IE again: ...
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Downloading Windows 7 HP Drivers (not through Windows Update)

We are setting up a print server with both x64 and x86 Windows 7 printer drivers. The server is x64 and we are installing all the drivers with x64 drivers there. Some of the x86 drivers need to be ...
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Asus R9 280X and three monitors

Windows 7. Two of the monitors are connected through DVI and the last monitor is connected through HDMI. The HDMI monitor doesn't receive a signal. I've read that I need an active DisplayPort cable/...
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Add space from 3TB unto 4TB using raid, how?

I would like to expand my 4 TB drive by adding on drive space from my 3 TB drive. I assume this is possible in a raid configuration by resizing the partion on the 3 TB to free space then using ...
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After repartitioning a drive, Windows is messed up because the drive letter changed from F: to something else

The system had one drive with two partitions both running Windows 7. The first one, I deleted. This didn't have the MBR or bootloader on it. The second one was kept, but resized to fit the whole drive....
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How to set up limited access remote control to a specific program?

I have a certain program running on a Windows 7 PC and I want a group of people to be able to access it and use the program remotely. However, these remote users shouldn't have any other permissions (...
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3TB hard drive file access

I have two 3tb seagate hard drives in my machine for storage (second one is for backup), and I run windows 7. During the weekend i put on a clean windows image on the c: drive (an ssd drive) and ...
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Modify ZIP Folder Context Menu To Include "Unblock" Option, Or Other Solutions

Is there a way to modify the Explorer zip folder context menu so that when you right click on an empty space while browsing a .zip file in Explorer it will show an "Unblock" option? I already added ...
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Why does Windows PowerShell font size not reflect reality?

On Windows 7 if I set my PowerShell window to Consolas 14, it looks very different to Microsoft Word 2010 Consolas 14. See picture. Which is right, and why do they look different?
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Corrupt folder won't delete in Trash

My Mac Air runs both OS X 10.9.4 and Windows 7. There is a folder that won't delete in Windows, but I successfully put it in Trash in Mac. However, I can't delete it from Trash. I have tried pressing ...
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How to perform print job on server?

Unfortunately, my old printer does not have a working driver in Windows 7. So I decided to install Windows XP Mode and install its printer driver in the virtual Windows XP. Then I attached the printer ...
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Brother MFC 7340 printer/scanner won't scan to email because it can't launch Outlook 2013

I launch it, and it doesn't default to use Outlook and requires me to give the path. I do the path to the program files/ms/office/outlook.exe Try again and it gives this error: Cannot start Microsoft ...
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Installing Windows XP Support Tools (to get WinDiff) on Windows 7

Is there anything wrong with installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools on Windows 7? In particular, I want to use WinDiff. If this should not be done, then how else can I install WinDiff on ...
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Using a memory stick containing multiple Ext2 filesystems in Windows?

I have a memory stick which I have formatted to contain two ext2 partitions on my Ubuntu computer, one 2 GB and one 6 GB. I would like to use them on my Windows 7 computer now. I am aware of Ext2Fsd ...
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Need to change the "auto detect" proxy settings in Windows

I downloaded and accidentally installed some nasty malware from CNET.com. I've finished cleaning up most of it, but there is one setting I haven't been able to get back to normal. In several programs ...
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How to make windows os append a numeric index to filename choosen if file already exists

I am creating a lot of microsoft excel files and backing them up to amazon storage.When i am creating the files,usually on my laptop or desktop computer,i may forget what the filename i had given any ...
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Scan filename and move to respective folders on a different server

I have a folder (Students located in server A) containing 800 files, each has a unique identifier in the first 6 characters of the filename (e.g.Y9L-01_xxx.xlsx; Y9L-02_xxx.xlsx; Y9L-03_xxx.xlsx etc). ...
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Create multiple folders and sub-folders

I have been using this script to make folders using a text file. How do I add subfolders? for /f "tokens=* delims=," %d in (Panels.txt) do md %d Currently, the script makes folders Panel-A; Panel-B ...
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What happens if I delete the files from Desktop synced folder?

I am using windows 7 Desktop. I want to delete files from my cloud storage. If i delete the unwanted files from desktop synced folder, Does it delete them from cloud or retains the files on cloud and ...
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Find all occurrences of a file (by name) and replace them by selected file

So I have some javascript and PHP classes I use when making webpages. They contain some general functions one might need, like translation management, benchmarking and so on. Over time, I'm improving ...
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Windows Explorer cannot load the desktop, and will only open a File Explorer window

Yesterday, after a blue screen (memory dump), my Windows 7 has the following problem: it start, but it don't load explorer.exe, it only show a File Explorer windows (with regular hard disk etc). I've ...
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Able to hide Printer in Guest Account but not User Account in Windows 7

I'm able to hide selected printer in Guest account by setting the printer security setting. However, doing the same thing doesn't hide the selected printer from other User account (Standard Type not ...
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