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Single window mode in Windows
I want only one window to be maximized at a time. When I switch to a different window, the previous (or any other) window should be minimized. Mac has it, and it's called single app mode.
Using ⊞ Win ...
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Windows 10: Disable Desktop Peek on hover over taskbar thumbnail
Since Windows 7, there's an option to "Peek" at the desktop (overlayed by outlines of opened Windows) when you hover over a thumbnail produced by a Taskbar icon.
On a Windows 10 device, i need to ...
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Computer is unable to load a newly burned ISO
Every time i try to install a new Windows, I get this error:
Compatibility report
The computer started using the Windows installation media.
Remove the installation media and restart your ...
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Scheduled task failing when being deployed by GPO on some PC's
I have scheduled a Task Scheduler using GPO (Windows 2012 R2). it failed when triggered by Task Scheduler with below error.
The operator or administrator has refused the request(0x800710E0)
I have ...
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Getting a list of shared drives on a remote computer that has Windows 7 from a computer with Windows 10 in PowerShell
I need to get a list of shared drives on a remote computer that has Windows 7 from a host PC with Windows 10 in PowerShell. I already tried the following in PowerShell ISE as both an admin and a ...
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Windows event id for battery level change
I need to create a task in TS based on battery level change.
Let's say my battery drops from 67% to 66%. How can I run a task based on this event. Does Windows log this at all? I couldn't find this ...
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Booting to either setup or "all boot options tried" (samsung laptop)
I had Windows 10 on a Samsung series 5 ultra laptop (came with 8.1, but I've upgraded it to 10). I decided to give the laptop away and instead of uninstalling all programs and deleting files I decided ...
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Background colour setting missing from Windows Sticky-Notes
Recently I had to reinstall Windows 10 from scratch on a new drive. This incidentally resolved a different problem I was having with the Sticky-Note widgets. But I realized that now the ... is ...
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Latitude E5470 Win 10 - Updates Taking Hours
Brand new laptops. Ship with Win7 but Win10 installed from included recovery disc (UEFI Boot, secure boot enabled). First big Windows 10 update takes about six hours on 'working on updates' phase ...
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Windows User Privilege Hierarchy
Is it possible in Windows to create a "semi-admin" account? For example, is it possible to create an additional administrator account with the only limiting factor being that it is lower in the ...
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High hard drive usage where there shouldn't be
Not a problem per-se, more of a question as to why this could possibly be happening.
When I wake up my computer after awhile of being in sleep mode (>1 hr i'd say), it takes quite awhile to become ...
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Why is the action in which a Windows registry file is saved on the HDD is called a "HIVE"?
I am curious to find out what was the logic behind this naming. Most concepts in IT have names that actually means something related to that specific concept in real world but I am not able to find ...
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Replace "CopyFileFromGuestToHost" and "runProgramInGuest" by xcopy and simple execution, what can I expect
My company is working with virtual machines. Those are managed, using a central host who connects to different virtual machines (using ESX virtual machines handling technology).
One of those virtual ...
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Upgrading from Windows 10 Home to Pro
Here's the situation: I have an old computer that came with Windows 7 Home Premium when I bought it. It has a product key sticker on it. Several years later I upgraded it to Windows 10 Home when ...
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Is it possible that newer hardware only supports Windows 10? Can I use Windows 10 drivers during Windows 7 installation?
I recently purchased a ASUS VivoBook X556UQ-NB71 from Newegg and I'm trying to install Windows 7 on it but I'm having some issues. From what I can tell the issue lies with not having the proper ...
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RAM underperforming - Shows 333 MHz instead of 667 MHz [duplicate]
I have an old laptop Acer 6930. There are 2 RAMs in it and both of them are 667 MHz:
When I checked in CPUZ , it shows like this:
Is there anything wrong with it?
Besides it shows as 333 MHz in ...
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taskbar - bring last window to front immediately instead of hover when multiple windows are open
I had this behavior in windows 7. I don't know if it was default or if it was something I setup since I had windows 7 installed for years and years.
I've installed windows 10 and am trying to get the ...
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Enable and use Powershell remoting
I have a Windows 10 Professional (Anniversary Update) machine PC1 with user user1 (Administrator) and a Windows 7 Professional machine PC2 with user user2 (Administrator). They both belong to a ...
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Can windows 7 installed using windows 10 product key?
One of my clients wants to purchase some computers (workstations) with windows 7 PRO/ENT. Windows 7 is required because of some specific applications they use. They preferred provider has only product ...
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Installation of Action Pack Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 stuck at ~70%
In fresh installations of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (fully patched) and Windows 10 Professional 64-bit, the installation of the Action Pack version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 32-...
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Partitions - What can I format?
Im trying to completely format/empty my 1tb HDD so I can do a 100% fresh Install of Windows 10.
When I started installing Windows it gave me the option to choose my partition but there was many ...
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Are automation, scripting and command line principles for windows 7 still valid for windows 10?
I've rented a book on Windows 7 and Vista Guide to Scripting, Automation, and Command Line Tools-Que. The book is kinda old, 2010, and I am wondering if the principles that were valid in Windows 7 ...
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Can't Print in Black and White in Windows 10
I am having some issues about printing archives in Windows 10.
My printer, an Epson L455, would toggle between B/W and color printing according to my preferences in Windows 7.
Nonetheless, when I ...
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With two seperate licences, can I switch from Windows 10 to 7 and back to 10 again?
I have two valid licence keys for Windows:
Key A - originally Windows 7, but upgraded to Windows 10
Key B - not yet activated for Windows 7
I'm running Windows 10 with key A now.
My plan is to ...
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Is it possible to save free windows 10 upgrade to harddisc, and upgrade in the fufure? [duplicate]
I've got windows 7 on my laptop, and I can do the free upgrade to windows 10. All system requirements are OK. I don't really want to do the upgrade, because I like my current Windows 7. But I know in ...
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Reinstalling windows 10 w/o losing apps
My windows 10 machine is having issues with the optical drive and HDMI port and I think my best course of action is to re-install windows 10. THIS question is about that process.
This machine has ...
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Bulk Windows 7->10 upgrade
I got about 70 Windows 7 machines. I want to upgrade all of them to Windows 10.
Are there any parameters than i can pass to GWX from script, or something?
Those are Win7 Professional, all OEMs.
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Can't access backup hard drive in Windows
I'm trying to backup files in an "internal" 3.5 inch 3 terabyte hard drive using Windows 10.
My computers have external SATA slots, where I can insert these storage devices without having to open my ...
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How to create another partition without losing data for installing Windows 7 along with Windows 10?
I like Windows 7, but I also want to keep Windows 10 along with it which I have already installed after upgrading from Windows 8.1.
Question is that can I install Windows 7 after installing Windows ...
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Hard drive wipe on Windows 10 revert to Windows 7?
My grandfather bought a Windows 7 machine a few years ago; about a month or so ago, it updated to Windows 10 (he was not expecting this, but I expect he clicked an update button without realising what ...
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In windows, why does the hotkey for "properties" on the context menu vary?
On the Windows OS, why is the hotkey for Properties on the right-click context menu for explorer sometimes r and sometimes o?
I have experienced the variation on the pro versions of Windows 7 & ...
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Are there real reasons to NOT upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10? [closed]
Windows 10 offers some advancements over Windows 7.
Windows 10 also contains some serious disadvantages when compared to Windows 7.
Two of the most frequent complaints regarding Windows 10 are:
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Concatenate 2 files using a .bat file [duplicate]
I need a .bat file compatible from windows 7 to windows 10 which concatenates 2 files
For example
file1.txt:
hello
file2.txt:
world
After running the batch script, a new file called file3.txt ...
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Asus P8H67-V AHCI Driver issues when installing Windows [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Windows as a dual-boot on an Asus P8H67-V (Socket 1155) PC running Elementary OS (Debian).
Here's my configuration:
Intel Core I5-2500K
Samsung 840 Pro SSD
This previously had ...
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AutoCAD Command -DWGUNITS missing prompts
I have many custom AutoLISP commands that have been used for years within our company with no issues, until this morning.
We have an AutoLISP that runs the following:
(command "-dwgunits" 3 2 4 "no" ...
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How to install Windows10 and Windows7 in one drive (partition)
I need to install windows10x64 and windows7x64 in one partition
I can install windowsXP like this but how about 7+10
I know about drive shrinking but I want single partion/drive not anything else
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winload.efi corrupted after windows 10 installation
I have Windows 7 on a regular SSD. I added a PCI-E SSD to my system, and I installed Windows 10 on it.
When I attempted to boot to Windows 7, I received an error that winload.efi was damaged, and ...
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What Windows 10 edition corresponds to Windows 7 Ultimate?
I'm currently running a machine of my own making (about one year old), with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 as the operating system.
If I decide to upgrade to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer from ...
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Can't get screen resolution through WMIC on fresh Windows 10 installation
Running wmic desktopmonitor get screenheight, screenwidth in Windows' command prompt should return my screen's height and width, however when running that command on my fresh Windows 10 install, no ...
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Windows 10 update stuck at starting download
I'm trying to update to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit.
The GWX updater has been stuck at the "Starting download ..." screen for an hour or so.
I have restarted the download and the ...
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Is it possible to bring back Aero preview on alt+tab in Windows 10?
Back in Windows 7, when one presses alt+tab the "Windows Flip" menu appears and if (s)he holds alt but stops pressing tab, a preview of the app appears. In Windows 10, the behaviour is different: the ...
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How to delete one Windows from multiboot system including recovery partition?
I installed Windows 10 first and after that Windows 7. Now I want to delete both the Windows installations and then install Windows 10 in such a way that I don't lose any data in other partitions. ...
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How to Home Network Several Devices
This is a little bit about Home Networking
I have this challenge that I want to connect all my devices to a home network(smartphone, laptop, tablets).
This is the case:
I have a laptop that ...
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Uninstall Windows 10, but save licence key
I'm pretty sick of cleaning out viruses from my grandparents' computers and so I'd like them to give linux a try. Given that they only use their computers for basic web-browsing, this shouldn't be an ...
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Which version of Windows introduced the "Span" wallpaper style?
I am refactoring an old program that I wrote which will set the user's wallpaper to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, each day. I'm programming one part that will let the user specify which style ...
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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 ...
