Questions tagged [windows-7]
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Headphone/microphone only working when partially plugged into the splitter [closed]
I had a pair of headphones with a microphone that worked fine on this computer a month ago. But they stopped working and while troubleshooting, I discovered that the audio and microphone would work ...
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New self-signed TLS certificate on IIS 7.5 and Windows 7 not recognized
TL;DR: I have Win7 and IIS 7.5 with only one website on my PC, which is a dev copy of a site I am developing for a friend. The site has an admin module that requires HTTPS. Pre-Covid, everything ...
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Windows 7 nVidia drivers either don't install, or don't have audio
I am running Windows 7 64 Bit, and currently have no audio. I do not have an audio device named "nVidia High Definition HDMI Output" in device manager, but when I installed drivers for what ...
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Can this CORS error be avoided on Windows 7?(I tried both Chrome and Firefox)
Access to fetch at 'https://ip-51-105-104-76.dditscdn.com/api/8/envelope/?
sentry_key=...&sentry_version=7&sentry_client=sentry.javascript.browser%2F7.51.2'
from origin 'https://www....
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How I can fix my network connection where a single PC causes my network to go down?
I have a network of computers connected to a switch. But my network goes down completely when I connect a specific computer, I connected a laptop to the same node and with the same cable and I had no ...
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Sysinternals Process Monitor device driver: procedure could not be found
The most recent article I have found on this site regarding Systinternals Process Monitor is 13 years old. I must have missed something because I'm still having the same problem.
I have Windows 7 on ...
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After changing the configuration, the second monitor stopped working
I have two monitors. The main monitor is FullHD, works via HDMI. The second HD monitor works through the VGA. Connection diagram: The main monitor is connected to the HDMI video card, the Second ...
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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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Recovering Windows 7 on new hardware without resetting
I have Windows 7 installed on a hard drive I haven't used since I switched computers (motherboard was Dell Inspiron 580), and tested it only very recently, with it showing "Starting Windows",...
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Something so weird while using netsh
While using netsh, I am in an enterprise network and there are multiple bssids in the network, my device connects to the one that has the best signal by default behaviour as you know. (this is a big ...
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Rufus stuck on same method, creating file system
I tried to install 64-bit windows 7 enterprise k on 16GB usb , but I had cancelled it and repluged.
I tried to make my usb formatting, but now it has stuck on “creating file system… (1/12 completed)”, ...
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Bluetooth keyboard stops sending signal after 30 seconds with a pushed key
When I push any key on my bluetooth keyboard (silvercrest, a very cheap one) the signal of a pushed key stops when 30 seconds have been passed. I searched over the keyboard configuration (windows 7) ...
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Windows 7 error 766f6c756d652e63 3f1 after power failure
I have a Windows 7 desktop I bought several years ago, I don't have any installation disk. I am using it to write a book, it is not connected to internet, it does not get any upgrades.
Yesterday, just ...
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I am unable to record in windows 7 ultimate 32 bits [duplicate]
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I have the following problem on Windows 7.
The built-in microphone on my laptop does not seem to be working. Either that (i.e., the mic hardware is not working) or it may be a software problem, i.e.,...
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Please..help .Does restore point also keep, index entries and file permissions? [closed]
Lap1-OS-Windows 7 and Lap2- Win10
Here's what happened...
I have two laptops, and, on one laptop, started having screen display
issues, the top corner, was showing black...so, had to give it to repair....
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AMD GPU pass-through doesn't work on Windows 7 (even though NVIDIA works)
I have a multi-gpu VM setup (Nvidia GTX 970 and AMD RX 6600) with Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS virtual machines. I pass GPU directly to a guest operating system (isolate from host-os and pass them ...
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Can't connect to the Internet in NoxPlayer Android emulator for Windows
I installed NoxPlayer 6.0.5 Android emulator in my Windows 7 and trying to register Viber account by phone number, but I receive error "Could not connect. An internet connection is required 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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Using Display Ports with Intel 4600 Graphics
I have run into this problem with a Dell 9020 running Windows 7 and a Dell 7020 running Windows 10: but web searches indicate that the problem may be with the built-in Intel 4600 Graphics, as this is ...
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connecting Ubuntu host and Windows 7 guest with samba
I have a Windows 7 guest OS on a Ubuntu 22.04 host and I'm trying to set up a Samba connection to transfer files between them. This is how I understand it should work:
On the Ubuntu host:
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Moving a hard-drive that has Linux and Windows 7 installed
My memory is that if one removes a hard-drive running Windows and re-installs it in another computer it immediately craps-out, until one can go through Microsoft to reauthorize it (I hope this makes ...
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Primary vs secondary HDD slots, what are the performance effects
What's the difference between the primary and secondary HD slots in a laptop?
On a clean OS install. If I have identical 500gb SSDs in the primary and secondary Drive slots on a M6500 workstation, ...
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Using the Windows 7 installer environment to add missing USB drivers to the OOBE
I'm installing Windows 7 on my computer. It's fairly modern (2020), uses UEFI (with legacy support), and has no PS/2 ports or disk drive and uses a modern chipset. I used NTLite on a separate ...
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How to use themes in windows 7 safe mode?
If there is a way to enable themes/personalization in win7 safe mode please tell me, I use safe mode for my everyday use because for some reason normal mode doesn't work for me at all.
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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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H264_QSV will decode, VP9_QSV will not
Yet another Intel Quick Sync (QSV) issue.
I've been using QSV enabled decoders, encoders, and filters for about a year, and mostly it works, at least for H264. But, as others have reported, HEVC and ...
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Bluetooth LE Mouse keeps freezing in after a while
My mouse keeps freezing after an hour or so of not using it. Tried a lot of tweaks like disabling Selective Suspend in registry keys but to no avail. Everything goes back to normal and connects when I ...
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Old version Adobe Acrobat Reader crashes after 10-15 seconds
I have an old version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and do not want to update.
However, when I open a pdf with the program, after 10 or so seconds, the program crashes (independent of which pdf is opened). ...
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How can I install new mouse drivers on HP Desktop retail edition
I recently upgraded my HP rp5800 from windows 7 to windows 10 and a few weeks later, the mice drivers stopped working. I can seem to find the right drivers from the internet and I am unable to run ...
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Restoring missing icons
My desktop was send in for repairs. I have restored backup but icons are missing. I’m running Windows 7. How do I get my icons back? I Tried right clicking the Desktop > View > Show desktop ...
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Force Win7 to boot into specific monitor setup
I have 5 Monitors on my Win7 Pro (service pac 1) (32 bit) machine.
When I reboot it, if the monitors are off, it will do a hardware detection and create a new arrangement of monitors placing them ...
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Swapping boot and backup disks during WinPE's image restore procedure
I have 4Gb of DDR in a laptop running Windows 7. I want to do a full Windows system image restore from a 2nd hard-drive that I use in the CD/DVD cartridge slot with a "drive caddy" adapter. ...
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fixing up very old pc so it can connect to internet again
I upgraded my uncles windows 7 computer to windows 10 and it cant connect to internet now. looking around the internet i find the most common problem being the drivers.
when i go to device manager>...
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Imaged windows 7 won't boot
I have a physical windows7 system (HP) and am migrating the user to a new windows10 machine. I'd like to virtualize this machine as a backup. I clonezilla'd the drive and if it was windows 10 I'd be ...
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Is it possible to determine which Windows program last modified a jpeg?
I keep finding jpeg images on my computers, which are corrupt. Some have a gray band at the bottom, some are reported bad by Bad Peggy (but look normal when viewed in e.g. XNView) and some are just ...
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Windows: Launch menu entry/option of an app via a keyboard shortcut
Here is the properties info/data (via Winlister) of an app's (here, Network Time) Properties window/pop-up (here, launched via right click menu/option, see screenshot).
What info of The Properties ...
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External HDMI monitor needs mouse move to wake up
A Lenovo ThinkVision monitor connected via HDMI to a Toshiba Satellite R830 laptop (Windows 7) after waking the laptop from sleep does not display anything until the mouse is moved. The internal ...
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Laptop randomly freezes
I need some help as my laptop a few months ago started to freeze totally randomly, when it freezes it repeats the last sound it made with distortion, the mouse and keyboard stop responding without ...
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computer booting then reporting no drive
Im having a very odd problem with a windows computer.
bios reports 2 nvme ssds in raid 0, leaving bios the computer will boot into windows and will fully enter windows (past sign-in page) but after a ...
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How to access Host devices on Windows 7 VM (Hyper V)
I am running Windows 7 with XP mode as a VM on a Windows 11 Host. How do I get the Windows 7 VM and XP Mode to access the Windows 11 Host devices?
Note* Enhanced Session Mode (ESM) IS NOT supported on ...
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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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Configuring IPsec idle timeout on Windows
I am experimenting with built-in Windows IPsec functionality (advfirewall Connection Security Rules method) against an embedded Strongswan server. I have observed the following behavior:
Phase 2 (...
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How to find the date of last restoration (Windows 7)?
I am currently working on a old Windows 7 machine.
During a long time (~2 years) the owner did not realise that the backup disk on which Windows was making automatic backups was full. I have deleted ...
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Installing Office 97 in Windows 7
I've been trying to install Office 97 in a Windows 7 Pro 64 bits PC without luck: when I run the setup file from a CD, a USB stick or after copying all the files to the hard drive, either as a normal ...
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Missing "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*" in registry [closed]
The specific subfolder "*" is missing under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes"
If anyone has enountered this, how can this be fixed, if it can be fixed?
I needed this when trying ...
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How to fix accidentally deleting EFI partitions on dualboot windows 7 and linux
TL; DR: How to fix EFI partitions that accidently deleted and cause windows 7 gone from dual boot
What happend: So recently im dualbooting windows 7 with linux zorin os (based on ubuntu) and tried to ...
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Can i transfer my wsl ubuntu installation to a usb and run it from there?
I am running out of space on the c drive of a shared work windows computer. I am currently running ubuntu using wsl downloaded in the c drive and I'm hoping to move it to free up some space in the ...
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Seeking for a way to use my Android phone as a computer speaker without any additional software
Recently, my computer speakers stopped working, and I'm considering using my Android phone as a substitute. However, all the solutions I came across involve using 3rd party software that requires Wi-...
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How to easily install 150+ updates on a 32 bit windows 7 laptop?
I have an old Asus laptop with windows 7 32 bit, and after fixing various driver problems, now I find myself with 150+ windows updates to install.
Is there a way to install all of them in the right ...
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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 ...
