Questions tagged [windows-7]
For questions specific to Windows 7. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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Using `runas.exe` doesn't seem to work as PowerShell sudo
I am trying to use runas in a PowerShell function to serve as a poor man's sudo, but runas doesn't seem to actually give me admin access. For example, I get an access denied when running:
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Strongswan IPSEC VPN for Windows 7 road warrior config
Following the Strongswan wiki link for configuring Strongswan for Windows 7 clients:
http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7EapMultipleConfig
I used the sample files as-is with no ...
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How to convert unicode font to ansi
I am trying to use Bengali writing product Avro Keyboard but since it uses Unicode by default so working with Adobe products like Photoshop, PageMaker, etc… are not working at all.
When I change the ...
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How to enable Internet Connection Sharing via a script?
I have two NIC ports [port1 & port2] and want to enable Internet Connection Sharing on port1 through either C# or batch script:
I have only been able to find how to start the ICS service, not to ...
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Run task forever in Windows Scheduler, restart if not running
There's a lot of ambiguity about Windows' Task Scheduler ability to receive return codes from scripts. I've found several useful Stack Exchange answers but none of them quite fit my need.
I'm ...
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How to lock "full screen mode" a program on Windows 7?
When I say "Full screen mode" I mean without any borders and with no option to maximize/minimize with the mouse or keyboard shortcuts.
I want to make a "kiosk windows 7" with a program that is ...
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Add Windows partition to grub2 boot loader in CentOS 7
I had Windows 7 installed on my laptop. Then I installed CentOS 7. Installation completed successfully, but when I reboot I can see only CentOS and CentOS recovery. I did not see the Windows partition....
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Downloading from the arXiv site and uncompressing
When I want to download a math-paper I put out on the arXiv server, I get a file with filename "arXiv-xxxx.xxxx.tar.gz" and I'm having trouble "uncompressing" this file to get the ...
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Use an unsigned driver in Windows 7 x64
I'm trying to use the RBC9 SpaceNavigator TEST x64 build drivers for my SpaceNavigator 3d joystick so that it can work as a normal joystick in games like Quake.
Unfortunately, I get the error "...
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How to delete files from a folder using a list of file names in windows?
i have a folder with 2K+ files in it, i need to delete around 200, i have a txt file with all the file names i need removed ordered in a list, how do i remove the specific files from the folder using ...
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Closing laptop lid slows/hangs wifi
There are 4 other PC's in the house all connected to the same wifi. These 4 PC's have been experiencing intermittent internet hangs and slowdowns, though the worst affected is laptop and the PC next ...
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My microphone is too quiet (seems to be connected with Skype)
I've been chatting with skype for a long time.. and I don't know why, but for X time it's fine, and then it's too quiet..
Here how it goes :
I'm booting the PC -> getting into a skype call with ...
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Cannot map a network drive in windows 7
I know there are many topics, all with same problem, but all the answers seem irrelevant.
I have a ftp server/site and I am trying to map it to a drive in Windows 7...
Whatever I type as FTP address ...
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Generic Scanner Driver for windows 10
I have a scanner UMAX astar 5600. The scanner stopped working after I upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7.
I managed to make the scanner work again by making use of Samsung scanner drivers(As ...
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One user on our domain cannot login on his original PC only
So a user says he went out to lunch and afterwards could not log into his PC. It just hangs whereas it actually does log in in safe mode and other accounts like my admin on the domain also can log in.
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How to return a GPO to Not Configured?
Recently a new piece of software started being included in our corporate Windows 7 image that, during silent install during the deployment process with Windows Deployment Workbench, sets the Windows ...
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Cannot see Win10 computer on network
I have a Workgroup with one Win10 and a number of Win7 computers, connected via a SMC 1016DT switch. The Win7 machines all see each other in Windows Explorer, but not the Win10. The Win10 can see all ...
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Synergy lags extremely hard
Update: They fixed the macOS wifi lag on Synergy 1.9.0! https://symless.com/forums/topic/2587-download-synergy-190-to-fix-the-wifi-macos-bug/
I’m using Synergy 1.7.3 and using a Windows 7-Desktop as ...
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HP PSC 1200 Printer Drivers for Windows 7
I have a HP-G62 laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 and a HP PSC 1200 series All-in-One Printer.
Windows can't find the drivers for the printer and the HP support website says the drivers are ...
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How do I get an external USB hard drive recognized in Windows PE environment (WinPE running off disc)?
I'm running WinPE on a disc. I believe it's PE 2.0. It's being run on a laptop with USB 3.0 ports, as I'm sure that may matter. I want to connect either a USB thumb drive or USB hard drive but it's ...
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Gedit 2.3 plugins on Windows 7
I'm trying to install the Advanced Find plugin for Gedit 2.3 on Windows 7, but so far I haven't been able to. Since the directory for plugins is /home/username/.local/share/gedit/plugins for Linux, I ...
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Windows 7 Batch file to turn off firewall and restart computer
I'm trying to create a batch file to do as the title states. Currently, I have:
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
sleep 30
C:\windows\system32\shutdown -r -t 00
This batch file restarts ...
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Robocopy will not copy files involving any external drives
I am attempting to back up data onto some external hard drives as a part of my job, the data sets can be over 100GB in size with specific file structure so using robocopy is a must.
When I run this ...
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Not able to access FTP server from other machines in same LAN when Windows Firewall is ON
I have FTP server configured on my Windows 10.
When I turn off my Windows Firewall I can access the FTP server from other machines on the same LAN. But when I turn on the firewall, I cannot access the ...
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FTP transfers corrupt the files I download
FTP transfers (using for example FileZilla, CrossFTP or AnyClient) keep corrupting my files that I download.
I know it's not corrupt at the server level because other people can download it without ...
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How can I get my computer to work again after it has cracked using a flash disk [closed]
How to upgrade from windows 7 to 10
How I can get it online
How I can use a flash disk to do that
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MTP extremely and prohibitively slow, appears hung
I am connecting my Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE to my computer. I have not had this problem before, although MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) is generally slower compared to mass storage, it was still usable.
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How to grant application permissions in windows 7?
I want to run an application in Windows 7 that has application-specific access to files. In other words, a user has permission to run the application, the application has permission open file X, but ...
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Windows 7 PC going to sleep while streaming video in web browser
This odd behavior just started happening on my Windows 7-based HTPC in the last couple of weeks. Whenever I'm watching video in my web browser (both Firefox and Chrome), the sleep setting of the PC ...
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How to find what is bloating my windows registry
Recently, my msi installations begin to took too long. I researched the internet and found this;
http://www.tachytelic.net/2012/03/extremely-long-delay-trying-to-install-msi-installer-packages/
The ...
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Unable to Unregister Winzip Self Extractor License Key
I have a Windows 7 machine and I have a licensed version of Winzip Self Extractor 4.0 in "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip Self-Extractor". I could launch the self extractor and I can see the ...
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Replace Normal.dotm via GPO not working
I don't even want to ask as it seems such a simple problem, but I fear I have to as none of the google suggestions worked for me.
I am trying to replace the "Normal.dotm" file which is located in %...
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Black screen when opening games
I'm getting a black screen when opening new games, sometimes with a mouse pointer.
Old games run fine but games like FIFA 2013, FIFA 2014 and Need For Speed won't run.
This problem suddenly occurred ...
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Windows Service SearchIndexer.exe Crashes on Indexing
Relevant Specs:
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
Outlook 2010 Version 14.0.7116.5000 (32-bit)
Original Symptom:
In outlook, I attempted to search for an email but nothing ever returned and the ...
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How can I check my bookmarks in Chrome for broken links? [closed]
For years I have been creating bookmarks in Google Chrome and now there are so many (around 2000) that I would spend days checking one by one to make sure that the URLs are still valid, and that the ...
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Is there a tool to rotate screen content without the need to physically rotate the screen? [closed]
I'm working with/on a software that is optimized for screens in portrait mode and some of the features rely on this orientation, so things won't work or won't be displayed correctly with landscape ...
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Manually set the microphone volume in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Is it possible to manually set the microphone volume in Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Audio Setup Wizard automatically determines the supposedly best microphone volume (some ...
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Transplant Windows 7 Partitions to new hardware [closed]
I have several partitions on an old Windows 7 laptop (2010) that I want to transfer to newer 2019 hardware. I understand there is a mismatch of driver configuration but I would like to see if Windows ...
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How to change the default Segoe WP font on Windows 8?
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How can I change the default windows 8.1 fonts to something else?! (see pic below for further details)
Long question:
I discovered that the default Windows 8 font is Segoe WP which ...
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Method to stop FFmpeg encoding process & complete uninstall in Windows 7
Recently i installed FFmpeg cause i want to convert 10bit H.265 to 8 bit H.264.I found the encoding to be very slow & want to uninstall this software
Also can someone guide me on how to kill/stop ...
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SD card reader won't show in file explorer
I have a Transcend USB 3.0 SD and MicroSD card reader. When I plug it in, it won't show up in the windows 7 file explorer, but it shows up properly in DiskPart and device manager in windows 7 which ...
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"Open as Read-Only" but workbook still opens as writeable
When I press Shift+Right-click when clicking on a workbook's filename, I get the "Open as Read-Only" option in the context menu, but when I click this option and the workbook opens, it's in read/write ...
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A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage
I am getting "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage during Gparted (resize/move) process of C partition.
I was trying to resize and move my C ...
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Why is mic audio not working one-way in Google Hangouts on Windows 7 and Chrome
I am using Google Hangouts via Chrome on Windows 7.
Video is working fine both ways, i.e. when in a hangout call, I am able to see the other person and they are able to see me. Audio was also working -...
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c-media / gigaware usb headset driver
I have a USB headset (made by Gigaware) which has been working fine for years in my Win 7 machine. But now the device shows up as 'C-media USB headset' in the 'unknown' devices part of Device Manager ...
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"Service 'OpenVPN Service' (OpenVPNServiceInteractive) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services."
I am getting failure while trying to install OpenVPN-2.5.4-I604-amd64 (Downloaded from https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/) on my Windows 7 machine. The message appears in the middle of ...
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Why does hyperlink open from Excel create multiple IE windows?
I have a excel document with SageCRM link (e.g. server/eware.dll/SessionFind?Act=ID&Mode=1&CLk=T&key0=7&key7=ID&Oppo_OpportunityId=ID)
When clicked on this link from excel or word ...
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Turning DisplayPort monitor off disables monitor completely
I have 2 monitors connected to a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660:
Left is 1920x1080 via DVI (Samsung SyncMaster 2443BW)
Right is 2560x1440 via DisplayPort and is set to Primary (Samsung SyncMaster SA850)
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Permanently disabling Driver Signing Check
I require to use some unsigned drivers on a Windows 7 x64 system.
I Googled around and found a post which says to use bcdedit and switch test mode on and then to disable integrity check. But it did ...
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BSOD when using an HDMI cable
I have a Dell XPS 15 (L502x) running Windows 7 x64 Home Premium, and have a BSOD issue when connecting an external screen.
I tried connecting two screens - one with HDMI > DVI and HDMI > HDMI, and ...
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