Questions tagged [windows-7]
For questions specific to Windows 7. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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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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What hardware type is for "Graphics Drivers"? [closed]
I am using a Windows 7 64-bit SP1 laptop, and I wanted to update my Graphics Driver
I went to this site and found a driver, but when I unzipped it, I didn't see an executable to install it.
https://...
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Right-click (on text) - clicking on text and right-clicking, add to context menu via REGEDIT, run batch-file using %clipboard%
I want to add a functionality to Right-Click.
This will be on the text-right-click menu.
This won't be on the folder-right-click-menu.
Nor
This won't be on the file-right-click-menu.
In the ...
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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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Windows 7 - block websites for specific users using BAT to amend HOSTS file or Local GPO
I have a small home setup with one machine running Windows 7 SP2 still.
This computer as 2 user accounts. I need to block one user account from specific websites whilst allowing through the same ...
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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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How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7
How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7?
When copying a file into a folder
Windows compares them by size and date modified:
Is there a way add a third compare ...
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Can't log in to my chromebook forgot the password [closed]
My chrome book won't let me enter it because I need to answer an old password and I can't remember it
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Can I license a VMWare 15 still?
Work in manufacturing, had to setup a Windows XP VM on an old Windows 7 box which is all that is available.
Windows 7 supports VMWare workstation 15, which is what we have installed and is running our ...
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Windows 7: AMD: Need to adjust the desktop offset and size within the same screen resolution on TV monitor
My father is using a Panasonic TC-32C12 Widescreen TV for a monitor on a Windows 7 Pro 64 system with an AMD Radeon RX550 video card via HDMI. The TV manual explicitly states use with a PC is not the ...
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How can I access BIOS on an external monitor, when primary display is broken?
I am basically having the same issue as this (How to install access BIOS with broken screen) with my Sony VAIO VPCEB33FD (Windows 7).
The external monitor only works once Windows starts. I opened up ...
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Setting up Raid 1 with multiple partitions
I am Setting up two (2) new identical hard drives (14TB each), in a OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual external case, using RAID 1. Going to be creating 6 partitions. My question is:
Do I partition the first ...
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Suddenly no Windows partition will boot, yet all my Linux partitions do
I have 5 OS to choose from in multi-boot computer. The SSD has a Linux partition and a Win 10 partition. A HDD has 2 Windows 7 partitions and 1 Linux partition.
Up until a week ago all the OSs booted ...
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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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Convert UTF-16 LE to UTF-8 in windows via command line
(question re-written to be more useful)
I have a batch script which will interact with command line programs, take their output, and then perform decisions based on that output.
One of the programs I ...
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What steps are needed to activate audio enhancements and beamforming using the default Windows audio driver on Win11?
Win7 had something called Audioenhancements for Speakers and Microphones. Not all Enhancements are available for all devices. Most times there are only a few enhancements available. In Win11 those ...
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How to cancel the automatic turn on mode of the computer
Good time. My computer is mini hp model. When I turn off the computer or put it in sleep mode, it turns on automatically after a few seconds. How do you think I can fix it?!
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(Windows 7 virtualbox) Crashes After I Enable 3D Accelation And Change Resolution
I installed windows 7 on Oracle Virtualbox. I Can't change the resolution. When I try, it shuts down and restarts windows 7. It works when 3D acceleration is off.
(I have guest additions)
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External Hard Drive Going to Sleep CONSTANTLY
External Hard Drive Going to Sleep CONSTANTLY:
I've been a tech 30 years, I've NEVER seen this before. This is not a question I have ever encountered. Toshiba Canvio (Nightmare) external 3tb drive ...
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Laptop broke down when Deep Freeze is still active, Cannot start Windows in another laptop
I am using Deep Freeze Standard v8 in Windows 7. One day my computer won't start at all due to mainboard failure. It is totally dead. The problem is that Deep Freeze was active when it happened. I ...
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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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Windows 10 installation keeps restarting from the beginning after successful installation
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I have decided to upgrade my old Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10. I downloaded the ISO file from the official Windows 10 download page as the installation media creation tool did not ...
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Force network credentials
Is there a way to force Windows 7 to ask for network credentials after a specified amount of time? It will ask for the credentials on my networked drives after a reboot, but even if idle for days, it ...
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Strange MXM SLi card behavior
I have a 2008 Dell XPS M1730 laptop that I have recently acquired a brand new still in plastic dual 0K650M 9800M GTX card for, but I haven’t been able to get the SLi to work correctly.
When viewing ...
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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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Can't share network printer from windows 11 to windows 7
I have a Kyocera TASKalfa 220 plugged into a Windows 11 PC and I want to share it with a Windows 7 one. I can share files but when I try to add it (the printer) to Windows 7 through the network it ...
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CPU 100% busy and computer very slow (from time to time)
I have a problem that something causes my computer to run at 100% cpu usage but nothing is in general processing. It looks like something is breaking up because suddenly all running processes got 10x ...
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change back iso file's default open program in Windows 7
In Windows 10, I can use explorer to open iso file. I think windows 7 can also do it.
So I change an iso file default open program to C:\Windows\explorer.exe, but it didn't work, and I can't change it ...
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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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Windows 7 display issue: blurry and messed up images and fonts
If it is not the right space to post this, where can I post it?
I just installed Windows 7 SP1 on an old Thinkpad T400 and I am seeing display issues. I am currently on an external screen (VGA port) ...
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Missing some Unicode glyphs on Windows 7, is there way to fix/patch it?
I have an arrowsbe.txt file, with the following content (in hex):
FE FF 00 41 00 42 00 43 2B A1 00 20 2B A2
You see, it is UTF-16BE encoded, with BOM at file start. There are two not-so-often seen ...
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Hyper-V is not found on windows 7 bios
I'm currently using Windows 7 Home OS with 2GB RAM and cores and I was trying to install x64 Ubuntu on most recent version Oracle VirtualBox for college assignment. All I got is the following occured ...
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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 recover passwords from Google Chrome login data file
I have removed a standard user password on a windows machine with administrator user from console management; after removing the password of standard user when i open google chrome i don't see the ...
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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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Of what use are empty Windows Registry HKCR keys for my C: and D: drives? Can they be deleted?
I've been having ongoing issues with my system not starting correctly sometimes.
I've run chkdsk on my C: drive and have run sfc. Both reported no issues. Next I thought I'd get a registry cleaner and ...
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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 solve the windows7 Remote Desktop License error message？
I used rdpwrap to support multi-session login in win7. I am currently using windows7 as a remote desktop host.
But, However, after running for some time, you cannot connect to this host.
I was using ...
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java not updating "Failed to download required installation files."
On my Windows 7 machine the Java update consistently fails with this error message.This seems to a common problem, does anyone have an insight into what's going wrong, and is there a fix for it other ...
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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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Samba does not start correctly
I have an older router with OpenWRT operating system. I have a connection configured via OpenVPN and file sharing via Samba. However, after restarting the router, Samba won't start properly because I ...
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I can't enable legacy boot mode in my Noblex SF20BA; the option does not show up
I need to enable legacy boot mode in order to install Windows 7 as dual boot with Windows 10.
I already have a bootable Windows 7 USB drive; which does not boot because I can't enable legacy boot mode....
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Can I use Windows Vista (x64) drivers on Windows 7 (x64)? [duplicate]
I have a Samsung NC110 Netbook and It has windows 7 on it.
I'm having some issues to find the OEM drivers for windows 7 (64-bit), because this laptop was ment to be used with Windows Vista (64/32). I ...
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My computer is not booting after some files got deleted
My computer (HP-mini Intel Atom) is not booting and showing just a blank screen.
I want to install Ubuntu onto it. Please help me with it.
I have the bootable USB stick ready but the main issue is ...
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Recover bootable Win 7 recovery drive from an image
I have a laptop that came with a Windows 7/OEM license, for which I still have the product key. I have replaced this OS with another (Linux), and I'm trying to re-install the former. Here's the ...
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Broken thumbnails of .cur (cursor) files in Windows
I am on Windows 7 x64 with Irfan Viewer installed. Most of the .cur files in C:\Windows\Cursors have icons of random things (programs, link files, even my .ico/.cur stash). When I go to the Properties ...
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