Windows 7 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on July 22, 2009.
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How to enable device timecode option for FMLE 3.2 on Osprey 230 device?
I can't enable Device Timecode in FMLE for my capture card. I have Osprey 230 card installed on a Windows PC (Windows 7) and Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder (FMLE) v3.2. In FMLE Device Timecode option ...
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What are the possible causes of a ghost USB device appearing then disappearing?
About half an hour ago Windows informed me it was trying to install software for an "Unknown Device". However, it failed. Using the Control Panel I checked the device's properties, and discovered that ...
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Windows 7 x64 Enterprise after 10 min session block Windows explorer windows closes
We are having an unwanted and unexpected behavior in Windows 7 X64 Enterprise.
Whenever we leave a PC idling for more than 10 Min it blocks and activates the selected screen saver. That's ok and ...
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Windows 7: How to hide public shortcuts from user desktop without administrative privileges?
My work computer has lots of default installed programs with annoying desktop shortcuts. I want to hide some (or all) public shortcuts (from C:\Users\Public\Desktop) without administrative privileges. ...
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Exclude a folder from roaming profiles
How can I exclude a folder from roaming profiles on a Windows 7 client machine?
Microsoft has two articles on how to exclude it using group policy on the domain controller (For Windows 2000 and ...
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Request Administrator Access in Batch File on Windows 8
I'm alway using the following code for automatically prompting UAC.It works fine on Windows Vista/7/2008.But it seems that on Windows 8 the script can't get the administrator privilege even the UAC ...
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Issue with Num Pad
I have a problem with my Num. Lock key on my Toshiba Satellite C650. In fact, when I start up my computer the Num. Lock. button works fine, I can use it to activate the num pad and I even can type my ...
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The Windows 7 Start Menu contains only one icon, can not removed
Now my Windows 7 start menu contains only one icon, I can not remove it by clicking the "Remove from the list" context menu item. I set the "store and display recently opened programs in the Start ...
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USB copy progressively slower
In the beginning of the file copy, the speed looks very unrealistic:
However in the end, it is stuck on this for about 15 seconds:
Is there a reason for this weird progress bar issue? Is it my ...
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Change Windows 7 scrollbar colors
Being legally blind in left eye, now right eye is blurry. My Windows 7 scrollbars' grays "blend together" and are difficult to see.
How can I either change to two colors or to two contrasting ...
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Legally swapping Windows 8 versions between two laptops
I have an HP dv6t-3000 laptop that came with Windows 7. A few months ago, I upgraded to Windows 8 Professional with Media Center by purchasing and downloading the update from Microsoft. I also just ...
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Browsing to localhost is slow when connected to Internet
When I browse localhost in my browser when connected to the Internet, the response is slow; it takes 30 seconds or completely times out. When I disconnect from the Internet, it is blazing fast and ...
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Win PE won't find my Network card
I'm trying to install windows7 x64 to a desktop with damaged optical drive. I have a laptop with windows7 x64 on which I'm trying to run a TFTP server for network booting of windows7 to my desktop. I ...
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Can I add ADMX files via symbolic links?
Is it possible to add Group Policy templates (ADMX files) on a local Windows 7 machine by creating a symbolic link (soft link) in the C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder that points to an ADMX file ...
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How to restrict volume output in Windows 7?
I have my computer hooked to a stereo which doesn't like too much volume. I like the ability to control the volume from the Windows volume control rather than the stereo, but there's a point at about ...
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How can I force file association update without admin rights on win7?
On windows 7 I previously used Foo\notepad++.exe to open .txt files, now that has been deleted and I want to use Bar\notepad++.exe. When I use the Windows OpenWith menu option on a .txt file and ...
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HP Pavilion G7-2325 Notebook PC Drivers Windows 7
I just bought a brand new HP Pavilion G7-2325 Notebook, removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7. On HP's website they only offer Windows 8 drivers. The problem is that not all of the Windows 8 ...
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Recover Windows 7 Network Setting from old Hard Drive
I had my computer stop working and am using a different one now. I'd like to pull off my old network settings for one of the two Ethernet ports as I need to know the settings. I have full access to ...
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Different space quotas for different Windows users
On Windows 7, is it possible to have set different disk space quotas for different users? How?
For example I'd like to limit my kids' disk usage to ~50 GB each, my roommate's to 100 GB, and so on.
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Windows 7 is blocking on website I can't even load it
I desactivated the antivirus, firewall, went to internet options privacy added to the allow list for SITES and nothing happened.
Windows defender its already OFF. Checked using HIDEMYASS and could ...
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How to join a windows corporate network from ubuntu linux? [closed]
I'm working in a company with very strict computer and network usage rules and I thought that if I install ubuntu as dual boot OS, I'll somehow be able to circumvent the Windows based restrictions ...
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Sound goes through speakers eventhough headphone is plugged in on HP notebook
I have a HP Pavilion dv4-1101tu notebook. Currently it is running on Windows 7. All devices are installed correctly with their driver softwares.
When I make a call over Skype with my headphone ...
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How the add 2nd Network Card in WIndows 7 64x to access Older Machining equipment using a different IP address on a 2008 R2 Domain
Just installed new win 7 64X box, replaced the old XP. We had 2 nic installed the 1st to access the Domain the the 2nd to access the older CNC mills. Figured there would be no problem just to ...
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“Recovering” disk from a Windows Home Server
I had a Windows Home Server machine which died on me. Now I wanted to "salvage" at least the disks in it.
But it seems those are somehow oddly formatted - each of the three disks has two partitions, ...
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How do I reconnect an already mapped network drive from command prompt [duplicate]
I have a network drive already mapped.
But I want to create a batch file that starts after the startup is complete and reconnect to the mapped network drives.
So far I have seen commands
net use Z: ...
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Using the IF Function to calculate cost of products having 3 possible configuration and various quantities?
How do I use the IF function to calculate the cost of cover for each book type and quantity?
Number Type of Cost of Correct Answer is
of Copies Cover: ...
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Do you need to have Windows Server operating system for a web server [closed]
If you are setting up a web server for a handful of users to connect to over the web is it reasonable to just use Windows 7 or do you need to have Windows Server of some flavour?
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Install Windows 7 on Samsung Chronos 7 Series
I bought a Samsung Chronos 7 series laptop and a USB DVD drive. I would like to reformat the SSD and install Windows 7 instead.
While accessing BIOS, I can't detect the USB DVD drive.
What can I do?
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Give admin privilege with a fully limited user windows 7 professional [duplicate]
i by accident made myself into Administrator for networking purposes; this i thought at first wouldn't be a problem but then i noticed.
I am a paranoid person, i have my UAC maxed, so without admin ...
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How do I see an old Remote Desktop certificate?
A certain server to which I connect using Remote Desktop running under Windows 7 has a self-signed certificate. The first time I connected and was presented with the certificate warning, I ticked the ...
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Partitioning best-practices for SSD+regular HDD with multi-boot
I have a (couple of) regular HDDs on my machine , and I'm about to buy an SSD, probably 128GB, for it.
I would like the machine to be a Dual-Boot Linux (3.x kernel) + Windows 7. My question has two ...
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Is there an equivalent theme of Windows XP “Windows XP modified” in Windows 7
My silktest OCR based script developed for XP theme "Windows XP modified" and to run the same code in W7
I could not set an equivalent theme.
Selected windows Classic, and selected the advanced ...
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Is it benificial to shutdown a computer while not in use? [duplicate]
Often times I leave my computer on while waiting for a process, such as a large download, to complete. It's a superstition of mine to turn the computer off as soon as possible after the task has ...
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Local network only functionning when desktop is running
I have a dlink DIR-636L router and I have a very strange issue with it.
My local network only works when my desktop is running. When it's off, all my other computers have the "No internet access" ...
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OSX: install (dual-boot) Windows 7 without USB stick or DVD drive
I'm attempting to install (dual-boot) Windows 7 on a second partition on my macbook. I have the Win7 installer ISO and even a VM running Win8 where I've installed the "Win7 USB/DVD download tool" -- ...
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How to mirror multiple sources to a single destination?
I have multiple 2-3TB drives inside and connected to my working PC. The data I want to backup on each system lies in the folder "digitalized" (photos, time-lapse, etc).
I have a NAS (PC with 8 drives ...
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Windows 8 and memory consumption [closed]
My current system should have enough memory (4GB), but it's the lower average right now and if I want to run multiple applications at once - which is needed - memory is getting scarce.
In addition to ...
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Windows 8 and memory consumption [duplicate]
My current system should have enough memory (4GB), but it's the lower average right now and if I want to run multiple applications at once - which is needed - memory is getting scarce.
In addition to ...
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Windows 7 media center boot without password [duplicate]
I always access my Media center computer through remote desktop connection, thus the media center requires a password. Everytime I reboot the media center, it needs to enter a password to login. Is ...
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Remotely connect to computer where I don't have admin access on
I have a Windows XP computer, PC1, where I have no admin access. I am only a non-admin user. I want to remotely control PC1 from PC2 (Windows Vista, I am admin here). I need to make PC1 a server and ...
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Windows Backup to wait for Backup-Target-HDD
I'm currently using the built in backup function of Windows 7 (Pro) to do a file backup (not an image). However when I forget to plug-in the external HDD where the backup should be written to, I get a ...
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Computer connects directly through modem but won't through router
I've get some problems that kept me from accessing internet on my computer for some time. So i spent the last 6 months using wireless connection on my laptop.
Yesterday, I bought a 20 meters ethernet ...
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Windows 7 Home Premium recovering from iSCSI target?
I have a notebook with Windows7 Home Premium which unable to backup to a network drive, but can use an iSCSI device. For backup... :(
But... Is there any way to restore my system from the backup was ...
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How to increase Windows 7's GUI resources (set it more as a Desktop computer, not server computer)
There is an app I am running on Windows 7 that may take up too much GUI resources (or file handles or TCP/IP resources) and sometimes it will stop responding for 30 seconds. I can see in the Task ...
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Fuzziness/graininess when watching DVDs or tv programs on hulu
This is a recently purchased Dell Inspiron 17R 5721 laptop. I was on the phone with tech hardware support for three hours. They were able to install all new drivers, but when I watch tv programs on ...
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How can I “bind” a key combination to start a Windows 8 application? [duplicate]
Is it possible to assign shortcut keys to windows 8 applications? For instance, I want calendar to be easily accessible so that i can just press one key or a combination like WINDOWS+C and it shows me ...
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Installation of Samsung kies fails on my Windows 7 laptop
I am trying to install Samsung kies and I am getting below error:
You are not connected to the Internet. Installation cannot proceed. Please check the internet connection and try again.
I tried ...
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Diagnosing boot performance on Win7
I am trying to diagnose the problems I've been having with boot-up on my machine.
The system drive is an SSD, so it should be fairly quick.
However there is one moment, right after the "Welcome" wheel ...
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how to detect file corruption?
Sometimes, my files become corrupted without me noticing - this happens to my photos a lot. This doesn't bother me when I notice it because I have backups. It's growing to be a pain to manually go ...
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Possible to force windows to refresh their thumbnails?
Is it possible to force Windows' DWM (Desktop Window Manager) to refresh the snapshots ("thumbnails") of all windows, all at once?
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From what I understand, Windows no longer uses "thumbnails" ...
