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How can I manually register an uninstaller in Windows 7?
The goal is to install MSYS2 (with various packages) on one online PC, and copy the install to multiple offline PCs. This is AFAICT legal (MSYS2 is open source) and mostly easy. MSYS2 avoids using the ...
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UAC problems with msiexec silent mode
I have a msi package which I want to install to some computers, which aren't necessary on the same domain neither network.
The way I spread the msi package it doesn't matter. We can expect that file ...
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Where does Postman install to?
I recently installed Postman on my Windows 7 laptop. Postman launched automatically once the initial installation finished, but I haven't been able to figure out how to re-launch the application since ...
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Installing Windows 7 on RAID 0 created in Intel Rapid Storage Technology
I ordered a ThinkPad T70 from 51nb and upon arrival I fitted 2x Samsung 960 250GB NVMe drives. As per instructions provided to me by 51nb I setup a RAID with the following configuration using Intel ...
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Win7_64bit UEFI GPT installation stucked at the very beginning
I'm installing Win7 64bit Pro on a Win8.1->Win10 PC to make a dual boot.
I've got a clean partition in GPT, NTFS formatted to install Win7.
I've downloaded the ISO from Microsoft servers and burned ...
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Clean Windows 7 Install, Put System Reserved Partition on 2nd drive
I have done a clean install of windows on a machine with two fresh disks. By default, it put the System Reserved Partition (~100mb) on the machine's 2nd drive.
I don't want this, as I don't want to ...
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Installing Windows 7 on an HP Stream 11
I am in the process of installing Windows 7 on an HP laptop (Stream 11-y010wm).
I have worked past the usual problems of installation, I have a bootable win7 install usb with usb drivers included. ...
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Can't find how to install MySql on windows [closed]
How can I install MySql on Windows?
I've tried several times and it fails.
My pc specs:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description
OS Manufacturer ...
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Visual Studio doesn't recognize .NET Framework 4.6.2 is installed
I've installed .NET Framework 4.6.2 via the web installer, and everything looked good. However, after I restarted and opened up Visual Studio, it reported that 4.6.2 was not installed:
I checked ...
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What is the best way to start with a fresh Win 10?
I have Windows 7 installed for a long time and would like to make a fresh start. I have purchased a Windows 10 update for my Windows 7.
I see now two options:
Make a factory reset of my notebook to ...
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Visual Studio 2017 installer does nothing after extracting files
Any time I run the installer for Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017, it shows a brief "Extracting Files" screen, then silently closes without any error message.
Looking at task manager, when ...
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InstallShield Setup.exe never shows user interface
I have a program that was packaged with InstallShield that I am trying to install. When I launch Setup.exe, nothing happens. The process hangs out in Task Manager and I can kill it, but the actual ...
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Is there a way to remove a program that requires admin access to uninstall, but does not prompt for it?
I'm using Advanced Installer to try and create an installer (.exe) for an application I've created. Part of the installation process involves installing a USB driver.
After building my installer, I ...
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Windows 7 unattended installation using PXE
I have followed this blog and I am able to install Windows 7 over a PXE Server and Samba shares.
But this installation process is not completely automated. It boots the system using WinPE image ...
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Getting drivers and their programs from a Windows 7 recovery USB
I have an ASUS Laptop that came with an incorrectly installed recovery partition. After a lot of hassle, I ended up buying new recovery media from the third party ASUS recommended – which was also ...
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