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Client machine cannot see server, non-domain

Windows 7 client machine cannot see the Server 2012 R2 machine. Network Discovery and File & Print Sharing are both on for the server. Both can ping each other. Client needs to access a licence ...
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Using RDP with multiple remote monitors

I have a local windows 7 machine with 1 monitor, and a remote window 7 machine with 2 monitors. I want to RDP to the remote machine, but I want to be able to duplicate my remote machines dual screen ...
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My PC is slow after moving Windows 7 profile to SD card [closed]

So I just moved my entire User profile to an 8gd SD card to avoid unnecessary hits on my HDD (my previous HDD died out of spindle failure , so this was a safe than a sorry step) Now , entire Cache, ...
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wifi usb adapter can connect to one, but can't connect to another wifi network

On the desktop computer I'm connecting to a wifi using usb wifi adapter. I have two available networks, my home network and the one from the neighbor. When I want to connect to my wifi network, it ...
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Confusion on the Windows 7 activation process

I purchased a laptop couple of years back with Windows 7 Home Professional 64 bit pre-installed on it (OEM). Few days back I had to format my entire hard drive and reinstall windows. I followed this ...
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Windows Software RAID recovery after non-RAID drive failure

This is a hypothetical question but first some context. I'm looking at setting up a simple RAID 1 (mirrored) for storing data. I was looking at using Windows Disk Management tools on a Windows 7 ...
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I deleted the recovery partion for my Windows OS and now I cannot boot to Windows. Is there a solution other than a reinstall?

I was trying to create a dual boot for Windows and Ubuntu on my laptop, but I had too many particions and I could not get GRUB2 to work correctly, that is I could not boot to GRUB2. My computer came ...
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List of user icons on logon screen has disappeared [duplicate]

The list of users one can click to log in from the login screen has disappeared. This is what I have done so far: My C:\Users folder was in reality a NTFS Junction that pointed to D:\Users, so when D:...
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Faster folder transfer over WiFi network

I have two PCs, one is connected to my router NetGear DGN3500 directly with cable and the other through WiFi interface, this PC can not be connected with direct cable and it also the PC has the ...
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Windows 7 File Transfer Speed Over Gigabit is Exceeding Expected Limits(!?)

I have two PCs and a network switch, all gigabit hardware. I transferred this ISO file between them and noticed the Windows copy dialog reporting faster rates than I expected: 181 MB/s ? How could ...
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proxy server is refusing connections on windows

I have a weird issue.I have a remote proxy server,with installed squid3.When access to proxy from Linux the server works perfectly,but from windows i get always the same message : the proxy server ...
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Windows 7 doesn't see my 2TB partition created in Windows XP

I connected a new HDD to my PC, to be used as media storage. Device: WD Green 3TB Drive (WD30EZRX). OS: Windows XP x32. I used "Acronis True Image WD Edition". It created 2TB partition with MBR, ...
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Is there any method of blocking remote control software?

Recently someone using a computer of mine started a remote session with GoToMeeting and allowed someone to control the PC. UAC didn't block the session (they're a regular user). It appears that many ...
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Blue Screen of Death on ntoskrnl.exe

I've been experiencing intermittent BSOD on my Lenovo Y470 Laptop for many months now, but I just could not find a fix for it. The BSOD can be hard to reproduce, it generally happened after running ...
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Equivalent of Windows Search Deskbar Shortcuts in Windows 7

On my previous Windows XP laptop, I made extensive use of the "Windows Search Deskbar" and specifically the shortcuts you could define in an ini file. Essentially, you could associate a path/URL/...
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Does VirtualBox support hibernation in the guest OS?

Currently I am experimenting with hiberfil.sys file on Windows 7 and to not break my major system, I decided to install Windows 7 in VirtualBox. As turned out, hibernation is disabled and cannot be ...
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windows explorer file search not working [duplicate]

When I search for files in windows explorer, it does not find any files ("No items match your search.") event though I can see the files in the directory. For example, searching for "*.h" finds ...
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Windows Explorer IDs name

I am wondering what the string at the end of GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} is called ({ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}). I want to call it some sort of uuid, but I am not ...
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Can a 'system image' be restored to a drive with a different storage capacity?

I have a family member who complains that her laptop is slow. I checked the laptop over and indeed, it was slow, so I looked into what was using the most hardware, and found that the hard drive was at ...
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Active Directory - Deploying Wallpaper / GPO "Files" Permissions

I have tried to deploy wallpaper with active directory and it seems everything is working, up until the point where the image seems to have permission issues. At first I thought it was the image, but ...
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Windows 7 PC with added graphics card, unable to see on-board graphics

I have a new Windows 7 (64) PC which has built-in graphics on its (MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)) motherboard. I have also added an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT graphics card, which is working fine, driving two ...
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Explorer tree auto tracking in windows?

Looking at this picture : First I clicked on #1 , then navigated deeply into c:\inetpub\logs but still , the left pane is on RN(C:) Is there any option to make it auto change while navigating in ...
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How to access Windows 7 inactive Drive

One of my very important drives become inactive. I have to make it active in order to use it again. I use Windows 7 Disc Management Tools to assign drive letter and make it active. I can see the drive ...
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Cannot choose default program form open with context menu in Windows 7

//As a comment, I want to say that I can actually open the context, but it does not work . I right click on a file and hover the mouse on Open With option, then in the Open With context Menu, I want ...
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Installing linux on windows 7

I am currently having Windows 7 on my system. As I am planning to learn Linux thought of installing it. But I don't want to have it as dual boot. Instead I want to use it when I am on windows 7 as a ...
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Windows 7 booting fails

I have a Windows 7 PC. Some days ago it fails to boot. When the system is switched on, the motherboard screens appears first, then the 'Starting Windows' screens and then a black screen with busy icon ...
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Changing "Input Mode" on Windows 7 Japanese IME via keyboard shortcut (hiragana, katakana, alphanumeric; half/full width)

I frequently type Japanese (and a few other languages) using an English keyboard using stock Windows 7 Starter with its standard Japanese Input Method Editor (IME). Japanese keyboards have two or ...
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GPU glitches? Crashing both Linux Mint & Windows 7

My GPU is apparently dying on me. Yesterday it caused a BSOD on Windows and crashed MDM on Linux Mint. It caused a few strange graphical glitches before crashing on both operating systems. Today, i ...
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Constant BSODs on my windows 7

I am having constant BSODs with no matter what I do; with different error codes. I am using windows 7 32bit CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7200 On BlueScreenView, I don't know if its important but in ...
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Can CPU temperature cause the CPU to appear to spike to 100% in Task Manager?

I've been having a long running issue with my CPU spiking while watching Netflix. After going through all the hardware/ software troubleshooting I can think of it looks like this is issue is related ...
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Windows 7 USB install error

I am trying to install Windows 7 Professional x64 from a bootable USB stick. I have used the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool to create the media from an ISO. The machine boots from USB fine, and ...
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Change Friendly Name on Windows 7 Lock Screen

I am running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1 and log into a domain. If I lock my work laptop, it shows the following... Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to unlock this computer. First M.. Last ...
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How do I delete "ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab"?

My Windows 7 user profile has administrator privileges, but I can't delete C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab folder. I see, that the folder owner is SYSTEM -- maybe this is the problem, but I can't change ...
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USB ports stopped working (code 19)

Last week all usb ports of my laptop Lenovo B575 with Windows 7 stopped working but on Linux everything is all right. I've figured out in Device Manager that the problem lies somewhere in the registry ...
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Windows 8 shows "dynamic invalid" for a two-drive spanned set; how to access my data?

I have a failed computer (win7) that had 4 2tb drives that I spanned to one logical drive. It is not my os drive, just a data drive. I have since tried to move the drives to a new computer (win8) and ...
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copy-to-clipboard as default browser

I usually run several browsers at once. And keep changing my default browser randomly because i hate the concept of having a default at any time. I tried using an application that shows me a list ...
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Require password for installing Windows applications on Admin account

I am trying to emulate some of the security I've noticed on Linux onto my Windows 8 machine. I really like that on my Ubuntu install, any time that I change anything potentially harmful (install ...
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Multiple monitors - adjust sharpness (edit: Event name *BlueScreen*)

I have a 13" laptop that I want to connect to my new samsung smart station. Earlier today, it worked and the monitor were found by the windows7 control panel called "set up computer to multiple ...
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Trouble extracting photos from CD wrote in Egypt

I recently visited Egypt and had some photos taken of an underwater dive. The chap wrote a CD with the photos on. I have put it into my computer and there appears to be nothing on the CD. However ...
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Windows (7 or 8) does not detect SSD during installation, Linux does

Since a few days I'm trying to install Windows (tried 7 and 8) on a new SSD (Crucial M550). However, the disk is not listed in the target device selection, nor is it listet when using diskpart -> list ...
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control itunes with headphones push to talk button

As you're probably aware, there is the possibility on an ipod to skip to the next/previous song or pause/play a song with the button available on some headphones. So now i was wondering whether the ...
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windows 7, no adhoc option

Trying to share my cable connection with some wireless only devices. Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1. A wired and a Wireless network cards. Connected via the Wired. There is no option to ...
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windows wasn't turned off need time to warm up in the morning

Since I have a lot of application need to start and use, I usually don't turned off my PC in office after work. The problem is that everything I turn on the monitor and login my PC, it takes me a ...
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Lost hundreds of files in a folder in a split second

I was trying to delete a subfolder in a folder and noticed I lost all the files and subfolders in the folder in a split second. This is really unusual because it happened too fast. It would have taken ...
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Content.IE5 in sysWOW64 directory keeps growing

I have a problem at the moment where the content.ie5 directory in the Temporary Internet Files folder in \Windows\syswow64 is just growing by many GB per day (9GB overnight) I am able to manually ...
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Opening images in Win 7 not working anymore - " COM surrogate has stopped working " error

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, with all updates installed. Suddenly, from some moment on today I can no longer open images with Windows Photo Viewer. I get " COM surrogate has stopped working " ...
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Running Windows 7 through External Hard Disk via USB?

I have a laptop where even the BIOS is locked by the administrator and requires password to make changes. But I can select the device to boot from at the boot time. I have cloned a Windows 7 ...
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How to troubleshoot under-performing hardware combination?

I recently bought a secondhand PC to use as a Home Theatre PC. It is mostly used for streaming online video like Netflix and Youtube but also runs Plex Media Server. On paper the hardware specs ...
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Which instruction set do I have? [duplicate]

I've recently had some issues with my Dell Vostro laptop and Dell sent me out some OS discs to reinstall Windows 7 Ultimate SP1. I expected to get 64-bit discs in the mail, but instead received 32-bit....
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Removing old XP partition, but it's the active, system partition

Although my active partition contains the old XP installation, the secanario described in Removing old Vista partition, but it's the active, system partition exactly matches mine. I finally need ...
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