Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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Install Windows 7 from USB flash drive
I have an ISO image of the Windows 7 installation DVD, but I can't burn it to CD or DVD. I have an empty flash drive with plenty of space. Is there any way I can put the ISO image on it and install ...
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Installing Windows XP from USB pen drive
I want to install Windows XP on my desktop computer (only XP), but my CD drive is not working.
I've only found installation tutorials on how to install it on the pen drive rather than from the pen ...
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Can I install Windows OS (Windows 7) on a removable USB hard drive? [duplicate]
I wanted to take a sneak peek at Windows 7 so I thought of installing it. I have Windows Vista on my laptop which came pre-installed with it. I didn't want to mess with it.
So I created a partition (...
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Windows OS on external hard drive
Is it possible to install Windows OS to plug and play storage devices such as external hard drives, HDD enclosures (with SATA hard drives), USB flashdrives and the likes? What OS's? And if it's ...
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How can I install Windows 8 on my HDD without the use of a USB or DVD?
I decided to install Windows 8 on my home machine this weekend. I've already downloaded the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation iso, however we just got done moving and somewhere in the chaos I've ...
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Install Windows XP to USB Hard Drive and Run from It
I wanted to know if there was a way (that worked!) to both Install and Run Windows XP Pro from a USB 2.0 connected Hard Drive. My system does allow to boot from external usb hard drive, but when I ...
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How to install Windows 7 from the network?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 (Current RTM Version) on a computer without using removable media like DVD or USB?
The first thing that comes to my mind is through the network, but I don't have ...
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Why do I need restart computer after installing new software?
Why is it sometimes that I need to restart my computer after installing new software and at other times I don't?
Is there any reason why it needs this reboot or why it's not always one way or the ...
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Clean install Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 from OEM key
I have recently acquired a laptop with an OEM Windows 8 product key. I am interested in a clean install of Windows 8.1. I do not have any original install media, only recovery disks, and the ...
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Where are really the log files to debug when a Windows 10 update fails?
I am struggling with Win 10 update:
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1809 x64 2020-03B - Error 0x80070490
Google is swamped with useless articles about random peoples' experiences, but no actual ...
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Office 2016 Advanced Setup
I just started the Office 2016 Setup/Installation on my Windows 10 PC. The installation worked fine and started automatically showing only this dialog:
But there are no additional settings possible! ...
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Windows 8 Pro Upgrade but no previous version of Windows installed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If I’m performing a an upgrade to Windows 8, do I have to have the previous version installed, or is just having the key enough?
I have a license for Windows 7 but don't have ...
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How do I extract files from an MSI package?
We have some old patches that we want to get the files from but don't wish to spend the time installing them to a machine.
Can anyone advise a way to extract files from an MSI installation package?
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How does a Windows 10 'digital license' activate the OS?
If you activated a free upgrade to Windows 10 or bought and activated
Windows 10 from the Microsoft Store, you have a digital license for
your device. This means you can reinstall the same edition ...
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How to setup Windows from an external hard drive?
Is it possible to install Windows from an external hard drive?
I have Windows XP installed on my laptop, and I want to remove it and install Windows 7.
My Windows 7 installation is in an .iso format ...
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Moving the Windows 7 hard disk from one machine to another
My laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate (non OEM) died on me today and it has tons of stuff on it - my projects, Visual Studio and office installations, etc. etc.
I am getting a new laptop from somewhere ...
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How to install windows 7 RC from a USB disk? [duplicate]
Can anyone provide detailed steps to install Windows 7 RC from a USB hard disk (rather than a DVD)?
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Required CD/DVD device driver missing while installing WIndows 7
I am trying to install Windows 7 and get this error:
A required CD/DVD drive device driver
is missing. If you have a driver
floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash
drive, please insert it now.
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How to create an unattended Windows installation medium/iso/usb supporting Secure Boot and resulting in a UEFI-Windows installation?
Creating a medium from which a system can boot while Secure Boot
remains active, is possible with the default Windows iso from Media
Creator, but what about edited images?
Creating a unattended ...
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How to check if Win 7 disk is 64bit and what version?
I've got a DVD that I've burnt from an MSDN ISO. I'm not entirely sure if its Windows 7 64bit or 32bit.
How can I be sure?
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How do I create a Windows 7 USB installer with preinstalled software?
I was wondering if it was possible to make a bootlable image of a Windows 7 Pro OEM Installation CD that I have and put it on an USB stick for faster/easier installation. I am asking because we have a ...
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How to install a language pack in Windows 7 Professional
How i can install any language for example Hebrew in Windows 7 Professional ?
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Is it possible to get Windows 10 upgrade as an ISO image (to make a bootable install disk from)?
The Windows 10 upgrade, free to users of earlier Windows versions, is out on July 29. The upgrade is being made available via Windows Update as an automatic download and install, if the user has opted ...
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Make a bootable USB to install Windows XP from Linux
I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with only Ubuntu installed. I want to install Windows XP also, but I don't have and can't get an external CD drive, so I need to make a Windows installation from the USB.
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Is there a way to prevent installs/updates to litter my hard drive with cryptic folders?
Often I find guid-like folder names spread around on my hard drives. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I think they might come when I install various programs or while updating them (...
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Can I transfer a Windows 10 licence to my new PC if it was upgraded from a retail licence?
I've tried comprehending the various published guidelines but in all honesty they're contradicting each other and not making much sense to me. I should have probably also thought about this before ...
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How do I install Visual Studio 2010 Express somewhere besides C:?
I have a SSD as my primary (C:) drive, mainly used for quickly loading games.
It's pretty small (~30 GB) so I want to keep things that don't really need a speed boost off of it. I attempted ...
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How can I make a copy of a printer in Windows 7?
Has anyone been able to copy an existing printer in Windows 7? I know that we were able to do this in XP (not as a direct copy/paste, but by installing the printer twice) but in Windows 7 it doesn't ...
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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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How to reinstall Windows 7 using in-place upgrade when the system is unbootable?
I've experienced some freaky data loss in Windows 7 & tried to recover the files. (More on that in the original question.) The work data is safe but I also decided to copy everything missing back ...
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How do I install a font from the Windows command prompt?
Is it possible to install fonts from the command prompt on Windows? If yes, what is the command?
I tried copy [fontname].ttf C:\Windows\Fonts\ and it said copying was complete, but I could neither ...
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How to install VIM on Linux when I don't have root permissions?
I've got some troubles when I try to install Vim on Linux while I don't have a root account. The error information is shown below:
How can I solve this? Can I install it in another directory other ...
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Swap partition size for 4GB RAM
I'm planning to install Ubuntu 9.04 version. How much space should I dedicate for swap partition. I remember setting it to double the RAM size when I installed long back. At that time my RAM was 256 ...
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How to add drivers to Windows 7 installation DVD?
How I can bundle newer or missing drivers to Windows 7 DVD?
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Where is a typical Linux program installed
I mean not just the binary, but its libraries, config files and data (strictly speaking all files). Also when I download a package where is it best to extract it. If I move these files will the app be ...
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Looking for an program installer monitor or recorder [closed]
Is there an application out there that can record what file and registry changes are made when you install a program?
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How Do I Allow A Standard User to Install Programs?
Yes, I realize that defeats the purpose of standard user. But here is the situation. A friend of mine wants to set up time limits for his home schooled son, and his son needs to be a standard user in ...
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How to install Google Chrome completely offline and without checking for new version?
I have downloaded the offline (consumer, i.e. not msi package) installer for Google Chrome. But when I run it, it tries to contact a Google server to check for a newer version. If it finds it, it will ...
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Windows 7 Install: No drives were found
I was building a computer for my wife with an older SATA hard drive that I had lying around, and when attempting to do a new install of Windows 7 on it, the installer says:
"No drives were found. ...
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Install Windows 7 from ISO image
I have an ISO file of the Windows 7 DVD and I want to install it on my PC which currently only runs Linux. I don't have any DVD drive. I have some unpartitioned space on one disk where I want to ...
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Install Windows 7 without a DVD drive
Is it possible to do a fresh install? I only have a hard drive and windows 7 ISO file.
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Persistent install of Windows 7 (or XP) on a USB stick
Persistent install of Windows 7 (or XP) on a USB stick
is this possible? So I move to another computer and during the boot process I boot the OS from my USB stick. I did not found any tutorial on ...
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Can I activate Windows XP Pro installed from Retail (or VL) media with OEM key?
I have Windows XP Professional OEM key on the sticker on the computer, but I don't have a OEM media to perform reinstall. I could obtain (it doesn't matter how) an installation ISO images from MSDN ...
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Java install on Ubuntu?
i'm new to linux and i was trying to install the java JDK with EE on ubuntu. I downloaded the .bin file (java_ ee_ sdk-5_08-jdk-6u17-linux.bin) from the sun site & followed the install ...
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How to install new packages on Cygwin?
I installed the latest version of Cygwin with a number of packages.
I soon realised that I need more packages (such as wget, etc) and I couldn't find a way to install the new packages without running ...
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Can't install Kali Linux from USB, fails to find CD-ROM drive
I successfully made a live USB of the Kali Linux.
When I boot from the USB it gives an option to install. I clicked on that option. At one point it was detecting and mounting CD-ROM drives. As I have ...
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Windows 10 Installation - A media driver your computer needs is missing
The most weird thing is happening to me:
I have a hp notebook which has no internal DVD drive, so I installed via an external USB LG Blueray burner.
First I installed Windows 10 customer preview into ...
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Completely reinstall WSL
I installed WSL 1, enjoyed having Linux on my PC, then discovered the limitations of the scarce interoperability over files between the two operating systems.
So I installed WSL 2 following the specs (...
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Install Vim in Cygwin
I have installed Cygwin on my Windows machine and I have also selected some additional packages as part of my installation (like GCC etc). Now I want to add Vim also to my existing Cygwin setup. What ...
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How to install program to all user accounts in Windows?
I have several accounts on my home PC running Windows 8.1. I want to install a program for all user accounts, not just the one I used to perform the installation. How do I go about doing this?
I ...
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