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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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Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer?
I've been looking on an XP machine what is using all that diskspace, and it turns out C:\Windows\Installer is high up there on the list of directories that use the most diskspace.
It seems to contain ...
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I Cancelled Microsoft 10 Reservation and uninstalled KB3035583 but Window 10 is still trying to install
I cancelled the Microsoft Windows 10 Reservation and uninstalled KB3035583, but Windows 10 is still trying to install.
After I uninstalled KB3035583 and restarted my laptop as instructed, I could ...
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Can I move hiberfil.sys to another drive?
I am running out of space on my %SYSTEMDRIVE% on Windows. There is hiberfil.sys file that size of it is almost 3GB.
I understand that hiberfil.sys is used for the windows hibernation feature.
https:/...
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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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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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Improve resolution of volume controls in Windows
In Windows 7/8/10, the volume control is tapered, so that you drag the slider and it skips many levels at the bottom. Is there any way to make the controls finer, so I can access the settings in ...
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How to force custom default Sort By options for all folder types in Windows Explorer
Quick note to eager mods: this is not a duplicate :)
My question has 3 parts, but to make it easy, of course I will mark as answered any answer that only addresses the 3rd part:
I wish to understand ...
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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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Change window frame color on an application basis
Although I can change the global theme of Windows, all the elements of the OS have the same color scheme. I would like the scrollbars, buttons, etc on win 8.1, to be different for different ...
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How do I stop a Windows shortcut from updating its path?
While developing my product, my test device has several versions of the application installed at the same time. However, in order to get the absolute paths that my application is using to work, I need ...
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How do I set a custom order for folders on Windows 7 and 10?
I have folders with these names:
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Methods
Results
Conclusion
and would like to keep this sequence.
Unfortunately, Windows 7 doesn't let me and orders the ...
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Windows 10 upgrade and Truecrypt
Can you safely upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 when using Truecrypt 7.1a without risk of corrupting the bootloader and without first decrypting the drive?
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How can I force Windows 10 to truly open programs in the exact same location with the exact same size?
I recently upgraded to Windows 10 on my home PC. In Windows 7 I had a few startup programs that I used often set to open on a second monitor at startup. These programs would always open in the same ...
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How to export installed device driver on Windows 7 for later use? [duplicate]
I see myself confronted with an unusual problem:
I own a laptop which was (past) served with an installed initial disk image with all the required drives already installed on it. Within the installed ...
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After installing Windows 7, CHKDSK has ruined my Windows 10 HDD
Pretty much the title.
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate the other day, after getting bored with Windows 10. I installed Win 7 on a 465 GB HDD, while Win 10 was on a 232 GB HDD, label D:\ .
After ...
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Use Windows 7 installation disk to fix Windows 10 BCD
My whole question is in the title. Is it possible to repair Windows 10 BCD using another version of Windows installation disk, Windows 7 in this case?
I got the Windows 10 BCD corrupted when I ...
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File Access Time is not getting modified in File explorer
I am trying to figure out the last access time for file in Windows if user read the file. I know that to improve the performance of NTFS filesystem in Windows vista and above the last access times of ...
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Windows 11 %USERNAME% still truncated
I understand that some find this problem negligible, but it really bothers me. I have not known this phenomenon before either.
It's about the problem known to some that since Windows 10(?) Microsoft ...
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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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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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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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I accidentally changed a User folder into a a desktop. Is there a way to restore original user folder?
I was trying to move my user folders to another location. In doing so, I incorrectly pointed the Desktop to the user folder. Now the Users folder shows "Desktop" instead of the name of the user ...
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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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