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Did Windows 10 just delete Windows.Old?
When my desktop had Windows 7, I had a folder Windows.Old in c:\ from a previous installation. I then upgraded to Windows 10, and I noticed that Windows.Old now has the backup from this last Windows ...
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VMware Windows 7 corrupted, need to recover my files
I installed a Windows 7 operating system on VMware virtual machine and my host computer is running Windows 10. My Windows 7 operating system of virtual machine is corrupted and I need to recover some ...
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Downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 7
I have bought Windows 8 online, and since then upgraded first to Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10.
There seems to be some misconfigurations with my OS. I have tried formatting serveral times, but it ...
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Create Windows 7 Library on custom location
I want to create a "virtual" folder or Windows 7 Library on a custom location, for example "C:\Program Files\SomeSoftware", and link to there folders that are on a different drive, so SomeSoftware can ...
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Windows 10 installation failure due to missing driver
I once installed windows 10 from USB that I had. Then for a reason, I need a clean install of it. Now when I'm using the USB I'm getting a response saying "A media driver your computer needs is ...
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Is it possible to install software once and it is usable in multiple Windows in different partitions?
Say if my HDD has three partitions, two of these three partitions have been installed with Windows 7 and 10, and there is one parition left for sharing photos between the two Windows. Say if I want ...
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How to check which files cause a driver to be digitally unsigned?
I've got a nVidia driver that's digitally unsigned. How can I know which file is that exactly? I would like to digitally sign it to be able to install the driver without having to disable driver ...
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Windows Explorer - restore list of favorites from previous OS version
I broke my Windows 10 installation (but not my files) by overclocking. I am moving the files to a Windows 7 installation, but I cannot figure out how to transfer the contents of Explorer's Favorites, ...
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Is it possible to use a Windows 10 product key to activate a Windows 7 installation?
This question is the opposite of the problem that most people have, and I haven't found a good answer for it yet.
My company has custom hardware configurations on shipped systems, and we are ...
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How to activate Windows 10 with Windows 7 Key
I am trying to activate my clean Windows 10 (Pro) installation. I was using Windows 7 (Home Premium) on my 2011 Lenovo IdeaPad Y580. After upgrading the normal way failed I had to create a bootable ...
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No more custom libraries on Windows 10?
On Windows 10, in the left pane in File Explorer, under the "This PC" node, we have some 'special' folders like "Desktop", "Documents", "Videos", "Music", etc.
All very nice, but unlike in Windows 7,...
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Windows Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium do not include gpedit, how do I install it?
I want to make some changes to Windows that require using the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).
Unfortunately the Group Policy Editor is not included with the Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium ...
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Windows 10 Update and Reset
I received an old business desktop with Windows 7 Professional installed. I have attempted to uninstall as many unnecessary programs as I feel comfortable with, but a great deal of the 148GB hard ...
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Laptop sold with "Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit/Windows 8.1 Pro Downgrade", possible to upgrade to Windows 10?
For whatever reason this laptop sells with a Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit preinstalled which is actually a downgrade from Windows 8.1 Pro.
Now, will I still get the free Windows 10 upgrade with this ...
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Go back to Windows 7 from Windows 10 from unaccessible recovery partition
I recently got a computer with a Chinese Windows 7 Home Edition (live in China) version installed on it. Said computer has a "Recovery" 10GB partition. Model : Dell Optiplex 9030 AIO (All-in-One).
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