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Strange Ethernet adapter reproducible malfunction that impacts across dual boot Windows setup
The behavior is pretty confusing. The story is about my Ethernet adapter on my retro computing ASUS laptop (2011 model). It currently has Windows 7 and Windows XP on two HDDs respectively. The ...
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how can I install and operate printers etc that must run on win xp 32bit, on win7 ult 64bit laptop?
can it be done with or without VM? and if need VM can I include Linux Deb 12 as 3rd OS option? I have newer laptop to merge all on. all 3 laptops are Lenovo Thinkpads. winxp 32bit on a T61, win7 64bit ...
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Multiple instances for multiple sessions in RDP
I recently created a VMWARE ESXI Server for the sole purpose of splitting the software's I need into their required operating systems, but there's an issue, The software's that need to be run are ...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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HDD External can't be recognized on office PC
So don't know what's wrong
Before it works fine
Now I can't access HDD external from office PC
I try to use 2 different PC not work(windows 10)
I try at home with my laptop it's work (windows XP)
WD 4 ...
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Apple Mac mini install Win XP and 7 on?
I have a 2010 Apple Mac mini Server (Unibody) here that I’d like to be able to boot into both Microsoft Windows XP and 7, in addition to macOS, for the purposes of running some old automotive programs ...
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Did NVIDIA eventually drop old BIOS screen modes?
I have a PC setup for retro gaming and development (I say retro...it's running Windows XP and Windows 7, if you can call that retro these days).
I've tested three different graphics cards in this ...
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How to initialize a bootable disk and keep it bootable?
I have a bootable hard disk from a dead Windows XP computer. I want to see what is in it and if I should get a replacement mother board for it. I hooked it up as a USB disk but it disk doesn't show up ...
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Is it legally to clone HDD for deployment of massive OEM Windows XP PC? [closed]
Currently I have a small project that need to reinstall multiple old PCs.
I found that the the installation process of Windows is a bit slow. The old PCs use HDD and I have to use CD/DVD method to ...
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Is it possible by copying bootmgr and rewriting mbr to restore dual boot Win 7 over Win XP after restoring XP drive from an image?
I have installed Win 7 on a Win XP computer as second operating system. After Win 7 had been installed the partition boot record of logical drive which win XP was installed on and bootmgr file has ...
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Windows XP Pro x64 will not complete installation via USB (can't find NT5INF.CAT)
I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro 64-bit to and older HP desktop where oddly, the AMD CPU isn't supported by Windows 7 x64 (and apparently, later versions of Windows Vista). I was using the Rufus ...
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2 operating systems on a partitioned not loading up
I have 2 operating systems on a hard drive (old XP and W7), both are unable to start, this happened out of the blue. I get blue error screen saying about changes in hardware or software, but there has ...
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Prior to Windows 7, did windows not have any ability to group themselves in the Taskbar in this manner? [closed]
Since even Windows 7 is now long since EOL, this is not a practical question of a problem I'm facing. Rather, I'm curious whether or not I would've been able to run my system back in those days of ...
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How to upgrade a Windows XP vm in KVM to Windows 7?
I have found plenty of information online for installing either Windows XP or Windows 7 [1] vm, but my Windows 7 license is only for upgrade, which requires that Windows XP already be installed.
Is ...
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How to determine a Windows 7 license type from files under C:\?
I need to create a repair disc for a machine running Windows 7 Professional x86, but first I need to find out the exact license type before burning the only DVD I have, because (believe me) all USB ...
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How to install win7, xp and linux triple boot on Ssd?
i would also like win7 to boot up as default from the grub menu first, and then from windows menu itself also, so that it would always come up after a reboot...
and probably give win7 and xp the same ...
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Impossible to change sreen resolution on windows 7
I have recently installed windows 7 on my old pc which until lq was running windows xp sp3 everything went well except that the resolution of the screen remains blocked on 640x480 which is the ...
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Is a network bridge what I need?
Despite being a programmer, networking is something I do not know much about. OK, so I have two older computers. One has Windows 7 and the other has XP. The Windows 7 system has a wireless card and ...
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I want to switch off the internet for my LAN connection but i want my network drives to work?
Is there any possibility that i can turn off my internet from my LAN connection but i want my central network drives to work? My systems are running on Win XP and Win 7. Thank you
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Windows 7 End of Support - How to get OLD updates / patches thereafter?
Today is the End of Life for Windows 7. Of course MS will not release new updates or patches for Windows 7 anymore.
If I install a new PC by a Windows 7 disc from scratch, I would expect I will not ...
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Detailed grouping by date windows explorer
Now, Windows 10 (and maybe Winodws 8) is showing "A long time ago" instead of "Last Year"... like it was in Windows XP.
I also think there was also "Two Years ago", and only then if there is old ...
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Get hardware information from old HDD with Windows installed on it
Recently, I had store cleaning at my work and I found a quite old 40gb IBM HDD.
I was wondering what hardware was installed with it, i.e what CPU, mobo, PCI/ISA cards.
It has Windows XP installed on ...
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Repairing Windows 7 boot loader after installing Windows XP on another drive/partition
I've had Windows 7 installed for a while now and decided to install XP on another drive. It appears that XP has overwritten 7's boot loader, so XP boots up by default. I popped in my Windows 7 install ...
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Windows XP in VM - how to access files whithout activating the VM
I have Windows XP in an orderly VM and want yo access it from Windows 7 but every time I start it the XP requests connection to a Microsoft Registration Server - a thing that I cannot do from my ...
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What happens on Windows 7/8/10 apx. 30 min after start? [closed]
I'v got a curious problem:
On a computer there is only one program running. It acqires camera pictures at a rate of about 20 fps (externally triggered) and saves them as an MJPEG video.
While this ...
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not enough server storage is available to process this command in windows xp while accessing mapped drive from windows 7
I am facing strange problem that when windows XP user try to access mapped drive mapped from Windows 7 he received error as "not enough server storage is available to process this command" i have ...
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Windows Virtual PC says CPU is not compatible with x64 mode, but Virtual PC is run in a 64 bits OS system [duplicate]
I'm trying to install a WindowsXP 64 bits in Windows Virtual PC. Windows Virtual PC complains:
Attempting to load an x64 operating system, however this CPU is not
compatible with x64 mode. Please ...
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Installed XP after 7. Repair bootloader
I've installed Windows 7 and then XP (unfortunately in this order). Off course, now I have not access to Win 7 inside bootloader. Win XP starts automatically.
I'm trying to find an easiest way to ...
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Flash drive: Application not found
When I try to access my flash drive by double clicking I get prompted with an Application not found. Right clicking and selecting open works... only to send me to an empty folder named E:. Clicking ...
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I cant ping windows xp from windows 7 but I can do the opposite
I have problems connecting windows xp pc, with windows 7 laptop that usethe same router togother, my goal is to be able to share files between the two. the pc with windows xp is connected to the ...
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Is it possible to replace shell32.dll in Windows 7 with Windows XP's?
I was looking to theme my PC in an XP style but nowhere can I find a reliable way to replace my icons (i.e. Recycle Bin, Hard Drive, CD icons) with XP's. I was curious as to whether I could perhaps ...
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Speed Up Windows - Disable Services
In 2007 to 2009 there was an amazing peace of software for windows xp (but it worked perfectly for windows 7 as well) that used to display all the services running on a computer, what it was for and ...
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Windows XP install using USB not booting
I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop, instead of it I want to install Windows XP. I have created bootable USB using Rufus from Windows XP iso file (GetIntoPC website). My first boot device is set ...
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How to fix error code 0*0000007b
I get the 0*0000007B BSOD error message (which allegedly is a compatibility problem) when trying to install XP with SP2 on my newly partitioned NTF formatted brand new HDD with Windows 7 on the first ...
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How to play music from the client to the server?
I have a client computer that connects via VNC to the server (it does not have a display and is connected to a stereo). The problem is that I do not want to use server resources, for this reason ...
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Why can't I ping 192.168.0.3 while NET USE is fine?
I shared a folder c:\users\ on a Windows 7 desktop that is connected to a cable modem/wireless router. I have an XP desktop cabled to the same modem/router. It's an ARRIS or Motorola Surfboard SBG6580 ...
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How to restore a computer to a saved state on boot up? [closed]
Some computer labs and internet cafes have software that resets the hard drive when the computer is rebooted. This is great from a support perspective, because most problems could be solved by power ...
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Install a virtual Windows 7 on Windows XP machine - is it possible?
Is it possible to achieve? I have a Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5200 2.50GHz, 2.00 Gb RAM computer with Windows XP installed. Most of the information on virtual machines I found deals with Windows XP being ...
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Boot Windows XP or 7 directly into an application WITHOUT DISPLAYING ANYTHING OF WINDOWS (such as progress bar, "Welcome" screen, mouse cursor etc)?
Basically what I want to do is for Windows to load and then boot directly into an application in fullscreen mode, but before the application launches I want absolutely nothing of Windows to show. So I ...
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How do I disable the description on text labels (Windows)?
Every now and then I find a computer which has this setting enabled and all the searches in the world have not helped me find a way to turn it off:
I have a feeling it might be related to ...
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Comparing 2 directories and their sub-directories: du.exe
In a batch program, with Windows XP and Windows 7:
Comparing 2 directories and their sub-directories:
D:\temp (source)
E:\1\temp (destination)
On destination drive (E:), this command ...
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Default Printer keep changing in windows 7
I am facing a issue in windows 7 enterprise edition for default printer settings. The windows 7 machines are virtual machines and i connect it via remote desktop connection. I need the default printer ...
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Create .VHD from Cloned instance of XP
I have some old XP machines running legacy software, which I would like to port over to a windows 7 machine.
I have been toying around getting the legacy software to run in Windows Virtual PC in XP ...
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How to know if a drive is subseted in windows?
I did:
C:\> subst d:\ c:
C:\>wmic logicaldisk get description,deviceid,drivetype
Description DeviceID DriveType
Local Fixed Disk C: 3
Local Fixed Disk D: 3
How I ...
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Oracle ODBC Error 12170 - Accessing over Internet
I have Oracle 8i on Windows XP 32 connected to a router. I have installed Oracle client v10 (64 bit) on Windows 7 64 laptop connected to the same router. I am able to make & successfully test ...
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Can not access apache web page on Virtual Machine over WiFi
I have Windows 7 Desktop (Host) with Windows XP On Vmware(Guest). A Windows 7 Laptop, all three are hooked to the same router. The Network Adapter on VM XP is set to Bridged Mode & DHCP ...
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Why can I write files into a folder that is read-only?
I've tried this on both Windows 7 and Windows XP. Start Windows Explorer and create a new folder in some temporary location called (say) NonWriteable. Right-click the folder and set the properties of ...
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silent installation process without messages [closed]
I often install software on my Windows machine. So I would like to install programs in "silent" mode - I mean, standardly when you run any installation of software, you must confirm few steps. I would ...
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Trying to read an old hard drive: "One of the USB devices attached to the computer has malfunctioned"
I have an old external hard drive that was formatted NTFS (If I recall correctly) using a Windows XP machine. The drive stayed in storage for years, and I'm trying to read files off of it with a ...
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Windows 10 Set Icons to File Folder
In my user profile folder, I have Downloads, Documents, Pictures, etc.. the normal folders that come with the standard user account on Windows 10.
My issue is, when I right click and select View > ...
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