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How do I gray out the service startup type for my own windows service? (The service is written using win32 API ) [migrated]
I am writing a service, in which I want to restrict users from modifying service startup type. How do I do? I have attached a windows service which grays out the startup option.
WinDefend - Service ...
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I am trying to download pictures from an older phone. I have paired it to my laptop via Bluetooth but cannot get the pictures out
WP8990 flip phone. The options to send pictures from the phone is by picture message or to online album. The phone is no longer useable as a phone. The album no longer exists. It is obsolete and ...
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14GB 100% free Healthy (Primary Parition) after Windows 7 install
I recently bought a new SSD to put in a really old laptop and installed Windows 7 on it. It's just for some very old software and hardware that I still want to use that are not supported in Windows 10 ...
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How to permanantly disable CHKDSK
I have a 128GB flash drive with Windows 7 installed on it using WinToUSB. I use my pendrive in my home PC to sync my files and also in another PC where there's no keyboard. The problem is, on every ...
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Windows 7 - Block Wallpaper Change BUT allow Selected Slideshow Wallpapers
System: Windows 7 Pro with SP2
Please can you help me find a solution to Allow Wallpaper Slideshow using a preselected folder BUT block anyone from changing the wallpaper.
The issue I am coming up ...
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I need serious help this Windows 7 computer: How do I get to advanced boot options?
I need to go to 'advanced boot options' because I have a problem with my Windows 7 computer that doesn't let me log into my computer.
I saw a video how to fix it, and I have to go to advanced boot ...
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Mute microphone input without muting in Windows
I used to have a microphone with a hardware mute, which was a button I could physically press on the mic that would mute it. It was likely done in hardware since Windows would not think the microphone ...
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A way to partition specific folders in windows
I have a server that is running on Windows 7. And I have plans to upgrade it to newer Windows versions (potentially Windows 11).
The thing is, nowadays there is no support to make this upgrade anymore ...
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Exporting data from Chrome not signed in
When using Chrome without being signed in how can I export the saved sites credentials/passwords along with the most visited sites that popup on address bar or as a default short cut in the homescreen ...
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BCD error - Windows doesn't start
I have an old Dell Insparion with Windows 7 64bit, with some important files on it.
(I have also access to the current laptop with Windows 11 from which i'm writing).
I was tring to unistall from the ...
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Windows 7 won't install on an old laptop
I'm going to tell you a short backstory to help you understand the issue.
I've taken a laptop from a person and promised to make it run better. The laptop is old, and needs an older Windows version to ...
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Windows 11 %USERNAME% still truncated
I understand that some find this problem negligible, but it really bothers me. I have not known this phenomenon before either.
It's about the problem known to some that since Windows 10(?) Microsoft ...
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Installing Windows 7 on an OLD Toshiba Laptop
I have a very old Laptop. It was running Windows 8 but got corrupted. I have been trying to do a clean Windows 7 install.
Toshiba x870-f746. (InsydeH2O - UEFI-Bios)
I've tried multiple combinations ...
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Disk corruption when using Windows 7 and Windows 11 on the same computer
First let me describe my setup. I installed Windows 7 onto a harddrive, then disconnected it and installed Windows 11 onto another harddrive. With both drives connected I can boot into any system by ...
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create a single task user in windows
I have a program that I want to run automatically whenever a specific user logs in to their Windows account.
Additionally, I only want my program to run and nothing else, like the desktop or Windows ...
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OpenVPN server not routing to its own LAN (Windows)
I'm trying to enable communication between local LAN of existing oVPN server and remote networks.
Both remote and local devices are communicating with PC (this was working for years) but they cannot ...
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Resetting window control buttons to the original in Windows 7
I'm using a Windows 7 laptop for the time being until I can repair my Windows 11 machine. Now I have one question I had once back in 2012.
My window control buttons look like this:
I want them to ...
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Visual studio repeatedly asking for credentials where credentials are correct & working with other applications
i am trying to get connect to my visual studio but its asking me for enter credential once i ask its again asking for credential its going on in a loop i have been deleted my credential form windows ...
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Windows blocks program to summon browser
Recently I have been facing some issues with some of my installed programs. Custom programs to access and program microcontrollers.
Some of these programs have kind of internet guides, which you would ...
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How important are registry ROOT menu entries
I ‘m doing a fresh install of Windows 7 on another PC. Before making an image backup I do a clean-up of the junk.
After using ShellNewHandler to remove unwanted New context menu entries. I discovered ...
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How to specify custom a sound scheme within a Windows theme file?
In Windows, one can create custom themes, defined by .theme files. Each theme also contains a sound scheme for audio cues, as specified in the Sounds section of the .theme file:
[Sounds]
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How to overwrite all files only if SAME size and exact duplicate while renaming if different size?
I'm using Teracopy, but Windows also does not have this function. Instead it wants me to replace the file only if DIFFERENT, or skip it if the name is the same. I want to do the opposite.
I need to ...
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How can I know who's using an RDP connection?
Two years ago, I was working in a dreadful company. There, all my colleagues were using RDP connections and in order to know if a connection was available, I needed to ask them. So I have asked this ...
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Driver BSODs (Minidump inside)
I have been attempting to troubleshoots some BSODs on an older machine running Windows 7. It first generated a corrupted dump that only gave me the following info:
DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL (c5)
An ...
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How to add NVMe drivers to an SSD to a cloned Windows installation to use in new computer so the system can boot?
I used a disc cloning software to clone a non-nvme drive into an NVMe drive.
The problem is that I need to add a couple drivers for Windows to boot. Namely, the NVMe drivers. This includes 2 hotfixes ...
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How to set CanvasText color in Windows to properly reflect in web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge)?
Modern web browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, et al.) can be configured to use colours (colors) set by the operating system. They do this by using named colours such as ...
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How can I delete Microsoft Account (formerly Windows Live ID) automatically?
I'm looking for a way to delete accounts I've previously logged in with automatically with a script. I'm having trouble searching for the cache location of them. I've looked in multiple different ...
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How to export and import all file extensions is being associated with a specific program?
I've associated some types of files to open with some specific programs. Now, I want to export all the associated data above and to import those to another computer.
For example: I want to export all ...
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Windows 7 Broken Boot (Complicated Issue)
I have an issue with my old Hard Drive, I got the issue by using CCleaner Registry Cleaner, I thought it could improve my PC's performance but it made it worse.
Whenever I boot/start the PC, it never ...
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How to determine cause of connection attempts from a specific Windows service?
On a locked-down Windows 7 test box on a completely isolated test network, I could account for every incoming and outgoing attempted network connection.
Then I temporarily installed the PortableApps....
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What are these Windows filename transformations?
i use Windows 7 x64.
If i right-click on folder called C:\Longer than (3) and click "Send to" and send it to an .ahk file that simply shows the arguments it received, it shows C:\LONGER~3.
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How to disable "Failed to update" sticky notification for Chrome on Windows 7?
As you've probably all heard, Google is finally ending support for Chrome for Windows 7 - makes sense, with the slow phasing out of the system.
As for now however, I'm still fine using it with the ...
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How to block all hosts in Windows except urls with wildcards? [closed]
I know about etc/hosts file and Windows Firewall. But none of them works with wildcards like example.com/*.
Is there a solution which can block access to all hosts from all programs (browsers, command ...
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Shadow copy storage space: difference between, and control over, "Used", "Allocated" and "Maximum" (in Windows 7)?
Using the vssadmin list shadowstorage command in Windows 7, one gets an overview of the disk space related to shadow copies. Typically three values are returned:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space
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Windows 7: Merge network drive and local partition
(When I speak of "distributed data storage" in this question I mean literally distributing the data so half is on one disk/folder and half is on the other)
Both computers in my situation are ...
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How can I prevent the issue that in cmd, if I do run a command that turns out to have a lot of output then I can't see output of previous commands?
How can I prevent the problem that in a cmd shell, if I run a command that turns out to have a lot of output then I can't see output of previous commands?
And I'm talking about if I didn't run it with ...
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How is the user function in windows meant to be used? In public PCs should i log in with my windows(outlook) account? Or it was not intended for this?
I have windows 11 22h2. I've my outlook user account. I was wondering how should I use it when using friend's PC, public PC? Should I log in to my windows username? or is it not intended to be used ...
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Set Windows in a mode that all USB flash drives inserted in the future won't require "Eject"
I'm working on an embedded computer in kiosk mode, where the users can insert an USB flash drive.
Even if I add a "Eject USB storage device" button in my app's GUI, often, some users won't ...
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Windows backup failure reading shadow copy on an unidentified volume
I'm hitting this error running windows backup on a Windows 7 machine.
Windows Backup: Troubleshooting Options
Check your backup Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one ...
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Windows 7 Firewall stopped working after I changed permissions for the registry key SharedAccess
Today I've changed permissions for the registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess (under which FirewallRules are stored) removing "Everyone" and "Users" in ...
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How Windows decide whether to use Deflate or Deflate64 for zipping files
Windows Explorer uses the Deflate64 compression method for its zip files, rather than Deflate. Is this behaviour consistent across "current" Windows versions?
I tried one way. I created one ...
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How to disable editing registry by standard user in Win 7
In the past a standard user in my Win 7 was not able to edit such registry key as HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules.
But now I see that it's ...
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Is there a way to disable global Windows hotkeys?
Basically I set up some global hotkeys for my app such as WinKey+Home/End/-/+, and Function keys, but Windows steals the WinKey+Home/End/+ hotkeys and doesn't let me app to fire its own actions.
I can ...
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Adobe audition 2021 unusable with folder with lot of files
I am a big user of Adobe Audition 1.5, and I'm mainly working with small sound effects files merging thems togethers for commercials spot.
I'm dealing with quite big folders, even if they are low in ...
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System process overwritten entire folder of images
I noticed abnormal amounts of disk access, checked Resource Monitor and saw "System" writing millions of bytes to various files in one folder. Checked the folder in question, the thousands ...
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When log into standard account of PC run VBS that requires admin privs
I need when I log into Windows account of standard user, VBS file should be run automatically.
I know I can create a new string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ...
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Dual Boot between Win 7 and Win 11
I have a notebook from my company that was installed Win 7 MBR + Legacy. I need to install a few programs, but they are not compatible with Win 7 anymore and I can't upgrade or do a clean install ...
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Backing up old Win7 as VHD and booting it in VMware - failed
I tried backing up my old PC's hard drive using the Win7 System Backup.
I have now a 250gb .vhd file as a result, and I'm trying to boot it in VMware but I fail as the error "Missing Operating ...
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Locked files in Windows.old Documents folder, how to grant permissions?
FINAL EDIT:
All came down to EFS encryption, I had no certificates, private keys or anything, thankfully, windows.old had the AppData folder, where I could get the files needed to follow the guide on ...
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Fix Invalid disk for bootable flash drive without admin rights
I'm trying to re-install Windows 7 Home Premium from a flash drive. I have no admin rights. Please don't ask why - it's the main thing in the question. I know about Rufus, but it requires admin rights ...
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