Questions tagged [windows]
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Can I use my Windows 7 license key when doing a clean Windows 10 USB installation?
I've now clicked the "Get windows 10" button on the taskbar of my Windows 7 Home Premium installation, and gotten the email confirming I'm eligible for a free Windows 10 upgrade. The instructions says ...
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Windows 10 Upgrade Installation Corrupt
I just upgraded my computer to Windows 10 from Windows 7 using the Media Creation Tool.
However, after the upgrade, my settings doesn't start. It just blinks then exits.
I did an "sfc /scannow" scan ...
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Modern Apps don't have sound?
There is no sound for all the modern apps on my PC when it's Windows 8.1. Now I upgraded it to Windows 10 and it still doesn't have sound. The desktop applications have sound.
I searched on the web ...
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Bootcamp - Function key `fn` of my MBP not working on Windows 10
I upgraded to Windows 10 on my 2014 MBP. All seems fine but the only problem up to now seems to be that the key fn is not working and therefore I cannot trigger the extra functionalities attached to ...
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Accessing Windows 10 Setting Panel
Today I installed the Windows 10 upgrade. I wanted to modify the default browser options to change the default browser. A note I found online pointed to modifying this option by choosing the ...
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Open With... context menu item versus Open With>
For most file types in my Windows machine, I can create a default program to Open the file and any additional programs that I can choose to open with. For example, my .jpg file type is set to open by ...
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error installing cmder, which visual c++ redistributable do you suggest?
I have visual studio 2014 2013
cmder.exe says
this page https://github.com/bliker/cmder/issues/501 seems to suggest installing the visual c++ redistributable.. some say 2010, some say 2015.
I don'...
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Installed windows 10 and Linux, how to safely remove the Lenovo recovery partitions without messing up the boot?
Please look at the following screenshots.
Is /dev/sda1 useful at all (Windows says it is a Recovery Partition)? Can I remove it? It is only 1000MB and removing it seems no use, so the best I can do ...
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How to install packages ('apt-get install') in Windows?
I want to install many packages on Windows and I want to write an executable script to install these packages from Windows repo. How can I write Ubuntu-like sudo apt-get install <name> command?
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To upgrade two PCs to Windows 10, are separate reservations required?
I have a reservation on my Windows 8.1 computer, but I also have a Windows 7 laptop.
Do I need a separate reservation for my laptop to get Windows 10 free?
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How to create batch script to keep rerunning command
I just downloaded Win 10 and I'm having activation issues. I hear if I keep rerunning this - "slmgr.vbs /ato" command it will eventually activate.
Can someone give me a quick little script to have ...
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Windows 10 upgrade shows "Restoring your previous version of Windows" when at 100%
Today I've got my reserved copy of Windows 10 Pro, tried to download and install it, twice, from Windows Update application, and both times installation goes up to 100% and then - "Restoring your ...
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Windows 10: Missing boot.wim?
I am trying to get Windows 10 to install on my brand-new 8.1 laptop. As some background, when I first started up the laptop, I was shown the GWX dialog asking if I wanted to register for Windows 10. ...
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Learning about Windows Deployment [closed]
I'm searching for a course, how to learn the most out of Windows Deployment. I've asked a couple of questions here about specific actions in this technology, but this isn't really effective if I had ...
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How do I remove titles from Windows 10 taskbar and keep icons only
In my Windows 10 Pro I got icons and titles on taskbar. But I want to have icons only (like at the bottom on the picture).
Is there an option for this?
How do I remove titles from Windows 10 ...
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Upgrading to Windows 10 -- Need to change motherboard?
My current motherboard (Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS) does not have any Windows 10 drivers listed on the official site. Does this mean I will have substandard performance on my machine if I upgrade to Windows ...
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Windows' menus are unreadable
This is a problem that has occurred since I had Windows 8 (that came with this laptop). I upgraded to 8.1, and today I've upgraded to Windows 10 and the problem still persists.
As you can see, the "...
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Why the process in Windows 64 bit only used 2GB of RAM?
To my knowledge, every process in Windows 32 bit only up to 2GB RAM. In Windows 64 bit longer, that number is much larger (about 8TB of RAM)
I write an application in C ++ that allows to use more ...
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Preventing users from changing background
I work for a small business and we want our logo to be our desktop background. So I set my activedesktop like this in a reg file,
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...
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Windows Update stuck at 0KB 0% even after clean bo
my Windows Update progress is stuck at 0KB and 0%. I have tried everything I have found on the internet to fix it. I've tried stopping wuauserv bits and cryptsvc, deleting my SoftwareDistribution ...
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How can I hide taskbar labels in Windows 10 without combining icons?
Is it possible to hide taskbar labels in Windows 10 without combining icons?
So visually I'm looking for something like this:
Solutions that don't require additional apps or software installs are ...
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Search and replace "overwrite" bulk pdf files back to a directory tree in Windows
I have hundreds of PDF files I used an application to apply watermark to, however, the application only succeeded to apply watermarks by applying a copy of each pdf file off the directory tree and ...
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What is the Default Browser of Client's computer in windows?
Is there a way to find what is the default browser on a client's windows machine?
Is there a registry key or some other property that can help to find what is their default browser?
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Will windows 10 install 32 or 64 bit [duplicate]
I was wondering if windows 10 will install as 32 bit or 64 bit, because one of my computers has a x64 processor with 32 bit windows 7 on it, but I want it to install 64 bit windows 10, will it already ...
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Adding a windows partition to an existing Linux GPT/UEFI drive
I have a working Linux system that boots from a GPT/UEFI drive. I would like to add a windows partition to this drive, without destroying the existing boot system in the process.
Theoretically, I ...
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Command for sharing same folder with multiple names
I’m currently working on an improvement of our deployment process and I’d really like to automate one of the new steps. Through Windows UI I can share the same folder on the network under multiple ...
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Can i CHOOSE to delete my files during the windows 10 upgrade?
So, i heard windows 10 was coming out, and since my computer is fairly slow from junk files, i want to know if i can choose to not bring over my files? So basically, i got some mods (Pay Day 2) that ...
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Mounting a remote filesystem on Windows 10 using Bash
Now, that windows 10 is out I started wondering about something. Unix based systems have the possibility to mount remote filesystems using ssh. In a recent article I've read that Windows 10 Has ...
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Applying a command-line flag to Chrome at auto-launch
(Windows 8.1)
Chrome auto-launches for me when I log in, and I like that. The problem is that the Disable New Avatar Menu flag recently stopped having any effect, so the only way to actually disable ...
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Command for sharing same folder with multiple names
I’m currently working on an improvement of our deployment process and I’d really like to automate one of the new steps. Through Windows UI I can share the same folder on the network under multiple ...
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How to open Windows CMD so that it starts in the current folder? [duplicate]
When I'm working in a folder in Windows Explorer, sometimes I have a need to run some CMD command in this folder.
How do I open the command line from a current folder, so the console opens in the ...
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How to resolve Windows 10 installation error FIRST_BOOT, MIGRATE_DATA?
Trying to update my German Windows 8.1. Professional to Windows 10, it fails after about half an hour with the (German) error message:
We couldn't install Windows 10
We've set your PC back to the way ...
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How to move a Window that is taller than the screen so that the lower hidden part is shown
How to move an application Window that is taller than the screen so that the lower hidden part is shown? I tried using Alt-Del-M (or Alt-Space-M for direct display) to move the Window up but it doesn'...
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Windows 10 modern-ui apps wrong language
I've installed Windows 10 official release (not the preview) from Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 and I've some problems with the language.
My OS is in French but all my modern-ui apps (weather, store, ...
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Can't access my old Homegroup, neither create a new
Upgraded to Win 10. Now All PCs are not connected to any Homegroup, but the Homegroup still exists. I can't access because I dunno the password, neither create a new Homegroup. Any ideas how to fix ...
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How do I rename multiple files on Windows? [duplicate]
I have 2800 files, all of whose names start with a four-digit number followed by " - ", and I want to delete all those leading numbers from all the files, leaving only the alphanumeric file names1.
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Can I copy files via scp to specific folder in Windows?
I know I can copy file in "local" folder through command
scp [email protected]:/tmp/system.cfg /home/hp/backup/192.168.1.20/
but I'd like to copy this file to folder e.g.: C:\backup\192.168.20\ or ...
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Audio louder than usual until volume is changed
tonight I upgraded to Windows 10 and began encountering a very strange problem with my audio. I'm not sure what triggers it, but it has happened in two places: when some Flash sources load and on ...
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Manually controlling hdd sleep
My question is about controlling and getting info about HDD sleep (or HDD hibernation) in Windows 8.1. I am not referring to system hybernation.
How to manually put hdd into sleep
How to check, if ...
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Slow reading file data
I've worked on systems for quite a few years now and this one has me pretty baffled. I'm running Windows 8.1 and recently (I know for certain this problem didn't occur 1 week ago at least) all ...
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Corrupt MP4 file: ffmpeg codec, global header, and dvvideo errors. Can it be repaired?
So, I have a number of corrupt MP4 files (some corrupt AVI files, too, but I believe that's a different problem). They seem to have gone corrupt when I had an external hard drive that they were on ...
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Dual booting Windows 7 & 8 knocked out bootloader
I recently have dual booted both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on the same hard drive.
Windows 7 was the first OS installed on the disk, but when I decided to install Windows 8 on a seperate partition, it ...
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Is there any way to copy null bytes (ASCII 0x00) to the clipboard on Windows?
Null bytes (ASCII 0x00) don't appear to be copyable (Ctrl+C-able) on Windows. For a demonstration of this, open up your browser's dev console and do console.log('a\x00b'). If you try and copy-paste ...
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Possible scam call from a "Microsoft maintenance service representative"
I got a call from someone claiming to be from Microsoft maintenance service, telling me that he was receiving messages from my computer that there was a virus. There were several pop-up message alerts ...
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Upgrade Windows 8.1 to 8.1 Pro with a retail 8.1 Pro key
I have a laptop that came with 8.1 and I want to upgrade it to 8.1 Pro with a retail 8.1 Pro key. Is it possible?
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What are the minimum requirements to run Windows 10?
I am looking to upgrade my system to Windows 10 RTM, but I'm afraid of losing performance.
I researched on the site but found details (maybe I have not sought duty) on the hardware minimum.
What are ...
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Anyway to make OpenVPN's DNS entry the last priority?
I'm connecting from school to home. I have OpenVPN set so that only home network connections go through the VPN; it is NOT set to send all traffic through the VPN. And I would prefer to keep it that ...
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How can I know the file size in bytes during downloading in Chrome?
I am using windows chrome. I want to know the file size in bytes during or before downloading the file in chrome. Chrome only shows the size in mb. How can I know it in byte?
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I have Windows 10 Technical Preview. Will I get any notification to "upgrade" tomorrow?
Ive been using windows 10 technical preview, and over the past few months I have accumulated a few strange problems, albeit relatively minor problems. I was wondering if tomorrow I will receive a ...
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Windows Disk Management Not Allow 'Delete Volume' and 'Extend Volume'
I am trying to delete my existing windows partition using disk management, when I am right clicked on the selected partition the 'Delete Volume' and 'Extend Volume' options are grayed out ( doesn't ...