Windows 7 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on July 22, 2009.
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Windows 7 Not Recognizing Camera Nor iPhone as Camera
I've been struggling with this one for a few days. I've recently upgraded an older computer to Windows 7 Home Premium. Neither my digital camera (A Canon SD1200IS) nor iPhone are ever detected as ...
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My external keyboard and mouse do not work until I unlock my computer
In Windows 7, when my laptop comes back from standby, my external mouse and keyboard cannot be used to "login" or "unlock" my station. Once I'm logged in again, they are recognized and work properly.
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Should symlinked programs be put on drives with fast write speeds?
When deciding where to symlink-move a program, should it be to a drive that has a fast write speed, in lieu of program's needing to cache/write to disk? OR, if/when a program needs to cache to disk, ...
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Cannot initialize 4TB external hard drive in Windows 7 64-bit using
I have a new 4TB drive, which I want to use as an external drive with my laptop (Windows 7 ultimate, 64-bit).
From all that I can read, my Windows version should support it, but I can't find anything ...
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Can't ping localhost/or reach locally hosted domain
I can't reach a locally hosted domain, and in testing I have discovered I can't ping localhost or the actual IP either. OS is Windows7 64bit, Pro.
DNS works, I can ping others on my network, they ...
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VBScript in Windows 7 64bit Scheduled Task - Works with only run when logged in
So basically I have this VBScript that opens up an Excel 2010 instance, run a macro in it and close the spreadsheet. I am calling it using Scheduled Task to automate it. It ran beautifully when I was ...
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why is it my router when connected to pc is not working but works with laptop?
I have a router model Zyxel and it is not working with ethernet cable to my windows 7 pc. I tried the cable with my laptop and it is working. I went to a pc shop and connected my pc to their internet ...
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Computer Turns Pixelated when It wakes up?
I just started to have a very strange problem. For the last 2 times today when I came back to my computer everything is all pixelated.
It is very strange. I do get the problem some times when I am ...
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Homegroup and HomeUsers group
I have some troubles with homegroup's feature using two windows 7 64-bit based devices (laptop and desktop).
Desktop is connected via LAN cable and the laptop via WiFi. Both use the same subnet and ...
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Netcat as persistent reverse backdoor in windows 7
Well , i'm running windows 7(64 bit) on my laptop and windows 7(32 bit) on VMware.I'm trying to establish a persistent reverse netcat backdoor on my Vmware box but the problem is that netcat never ...
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Computer randomly restarting: mother board or processor?
My computer randomly restarts. Is it more likely my mother board or processor? So, i know which one to RMA first.
Windows 7 sp1 64bit.
mobo: p8z68 v/gen3
cpu: i7
Times it restarts:
randomly ...
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How to disable Chrome themes/skins and get default window decorations
Is there a way to disable Chrome's custom window skinning such that it lets the OS draw standard window title bars, borders, etc, in the style I have configured the OS to draw such things with?
I ...
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If a Windows cmd.exe is running with elevated privileges does anything I execute from its prompt also run with elevated privileges?
If my cmd.exe Window says "Administrator" in the title bar, indicating it was started with elevated privileges, does this mean anything I execute from this command window is also run with elevated ...
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Speed/Duplex auto-negotiation suddenly stopped working
Today my internet suddenly stopped working and the network adapter started cycling between "Network cable unplugged" and "enabled".
I googled the issued and some people suggested to modify the Speed ...
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Laptop fan always on with AC, not always on with battery, despite being configured
My laptop occasionally gets somewhat hot, so I've configured my power plan in Windows 7 so that the fan should always be on whether powered by AC or battery.
However the fans don't always run when ...
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Missing Windows partition
I have Linux Mint 13 and Windows 7 installed on my notebook (a Dell Inspiron N5110), and I needed to do a Factory Recovery on Windows that led to me being unable to boot with Linux (the dual boot ...
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How can I find the terminal command to run a specific program in Windows 7?
In Windows, is it possible to find the terminal command to run a program from the icon's context menu? Here, I'm trying to find the terminal command to open each program from the icon's context menu, ...
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How to start a Windows program from a remote system?
I have Windows 7 (x64) running in VMware Fusion on my Mac. To make debugging apps on the Windows side from the Java side easier, I'd like to be able to start the app in Windows from the Mac side.
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Auto download files to my computer [closed]
I'm looking for a Windows 7 program that will be able to download around 1000 files when I give the urls. These are PDF files
http://www.ticaretsicil.gov.tr/gazetepdfgoster.php?sayi=8206&sayfa=1
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Windows 7 is blocking ports
I am trying to open port 80 and 3690 for HTTP and svnserve respectively (inbound for both). I have Windows Firewall off, and have tried temporarily disabling Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise, to no avail. ...
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Unlocking the mouse from full screen game to move it to another screen
I have two screens. mainly I use only one but I want when I'm gaming or something to have skype open on the second screen. this works well, until I want to do something in skype. In both starcraft II ...
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Internet Explorer 8 Settings File Location
I frequently use a web site which has been designed specifically for Internet Explorer 8. What's more, I need to adjust a few dozen settings in IE8 for the site to function correctly. The problem is ...
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Windows 7 shows only current wireless network in “manage wireless networks”
my Windows 7 shows only the current connected wireless network in "manage wireless networks". Because of that I'm not able to remove other networks, which I won't use anymore.
I'm sure that there ...
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Why am I unable to delete an album in the 'My Music' folder?
I'm new to this and got Windows 7 the other day.
What I am wanting to do is simply delete an album from the 'My Music' folder but I can't seem to be able to do this - if I right click, there is no ...
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Bootcamp Win7 partition does not load
I am running Mac OS X and Bootcamp with Windows 7. I needed to have read/write access to data on Windows partition. Therefore I have created one more partition using Disk Utility.
The resulting ...
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When did I log on to my WIndows 7 machine this morning?
I would like to find a record of my exact login time this morning. But here's the wrinkle: Our sys admins will not let us open a command shell or view security logs. This makes this question rather ...
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Launching programs remotely via SSH on Windows 7
I've installed freeSSHd server on Windows 7. It works fine but when I try launching any graphical executables via SSH (e.g. "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe" or start /d "C:\Program ...
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Where do I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?
I just bought a serial for Windows 7 on-line from the Microsoft store (the most painful shopping experience EVER!). I selected that I wanted to download my version of Windows 7 after purchase. After ...
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How can I reinstall Windows 7 if I lost my installation DVD? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?
I have lost my Windows 7 installation DVD, but I do have the license key. How can I get a Windows 7 DVD? Can I ...
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Disk Management and Windows Explorer show different allocted sizes
I shrinked 50GB from my main bootcamp NTFS partition.
After a reboot my windows explorer now shows that drive C's total size is 90GB,
but the Disk Management tool in windows (and EaseUS Partition ...
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Prevent thumbnail in folder icon
When I disable thumbnail preview, I like my folder icon, but I also lose photo preview. How can I get the folder icon like second one along with having photo preview in thumbnail?
I don't want to ...
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Download Windows 7 and use HP's product key?
My Hewlett Packard computer came preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. It did not come with a Windows 7 install DVD.
I need to reinstall it because its full of viruses and whatnot.
Can I ...
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Have Windows “Run” dialog run as Admin?
Windows has this nifty little shortcut for running commands. Press Windows + r.
Problem is, is there an easy way to have the commands I run in that dialog to prompt for a UAC credentials dialog and ...
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How to repair powershell installation on windows 7
When I try to run powershell.exe from C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 I get the error: 'The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid.'
I ...
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System.exe explanation
I see a process in task manager called "System", and I couldn't find any kind of relevant explanation about it on the net. Task manager shows its description to be "NT Kernel & System". Could ...
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Internet Explorer 9 Malfunction - Javascript not Working
We are having the WEIRDEST of issues in the office today. About a week ago I created a new computer image of a brand new Windows 7 core i3 desktop PC that we were planning to deploy onto 13 other ...
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Firewall blocks FTP PASV response
I have an FTP server that supports passive server mode (using PASV command). This works fine with Windows XP. When I want to access this server from Windows Vista or Windows 7 with firewall enabled I ...
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Windows 7 has trouble installing software with Visual C++ 2005 & 2008
I have been reinstalling Windows 7 over and over again on an ASUS P5lD2 2Gb Ram 3Ghz P4 because it ultimately loses the contents of "Turn Windows Features On or Off" after I install software like ...
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Change the version name of Windows 7
So I'm tuning up my computer a little, I created a batch script that changes the lockscreen wallpaper every fifteen minutes, but my lockscreen isn't perfect yet.
As it says "Windows 7 Ultimate", it's ...
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Share internet between Windows 8 laptop wifi and Ubuntu desktop
I have a laptop running Windows 8 which is connected to my network through wifi. My desktop is too far away to reach my router, so connecting directly to it is impossible. My desktop dual-boots ...
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How can I remove the EXIF tags/metadata from several images at once?
I have a 6,000+ photos. I want to remove a the tags from these photos.
I know how to do it one photo at a time. But wondering, what is the way to do mulitple files at a time?
Thanks
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Windows 7 System process reading/writing like crazy
I have a problem that my windows 7 computer sometimes starts accessing the disk like crazy for maybe 10 minutes at a time. The process in question is the "system" process. I have disabled superfetch ...
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Is there a way to stop IE from hanging when opening saved pages short of turning off the phishing filter?
A quick web search turned up the improbable fix of turning off one's IE phishing filter ...
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Registry edit on Windows 7 [closed]
I have PC with only Internet Explorer. I removed it as a default browser.
In this Path "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice" will have key progid always ...
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unable to set local admin password using GP
I'm updating our local admin script which does not include server 2008 r2.
Because 2008 and Windows 7 have same version Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] so I can't do a version search.
I have ...
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Issues with VirtualBox Win7 Host & Win 8 Guest
I installed VB 4.2.12 on Windows 7. I also installed Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.12. I then created a Win 8 Guest on it & I am able to boot up and work on the Windows 8 Guest OS.
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Windows 7 not genuine issue
I have an HP mini 210 netbook which the OS is Windows 7 starter OEM. Yesterday, there was the pop up that said the Windows is not genuine anymore. As I remember before this thing happened, there's an ...
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My Dell Laptop is not connecting with wifi router
One of my Dell laptop is not connecting with wifi network, once i troubleshot, then it show message to restart your WIFI router, but after restarting the router its not connecting.
Earlier, this ...
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Motherboard replaced, drive letter screwed, not booting
I have replaced the motherboard of my computer (with the same model), reattached every device, (I have 3 physical drives, with few logic drives inside).
Not my computer boots up, but when windows 7 ...
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How to share mutliple internet connections in Windows 7
I have set up a virtual WLAN adapter for connecting my phone to my Laptop like the following:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<ssid> key=<key> keyUsage=persistent
netsh wlan ...
