Questions tagged [windows-7]
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How can I get Windows 7 to recognize an external USB hard drive formatted by Vista?
I have a 500 GB external USB hard drive (Maxtor) attached to my Vista desk machine which I use for backups.
I plugged it into my Windows 7 laptop and it said it wasn't readable and asked me if I ...
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Wireless PCI Card vs Wireless Bridge?
I'm having trouble finding a good Wireless PCI Card that works with Windows 7 x64 and Vista x64.
Does anyone have any experience with using a Wireless Bridge to connect a wired device to a wireless ...
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Movie Library on Windows Media Center Extender
I have a share setup on a NAS server with ripped versions of my DVDs. I pointed the Windows 7 version of the Windows Media Center Movie Library feature to the network share and it's able to find and ...
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Windows 7 performance compared to XP
I'm thinking of upgrading to Windows 7, having missed Vista (well, "missing" is not really the word :-), so I was wondering, how do you think Windows 7 will run on something like this: HP 6715s, ...
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Why can't I format a 10 GB partition in Windows 7?
I had Ubuntu installed in a 10 GB partition of a 120 GB hard drive on my laptop.
I then installed Windows 7 on the 110 GB partition.
Now inside Windows 7, I want to reformat the 10 GB partition and ...
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AVG on WIndows7 - high CPU and slowdown
I have just installed Windows7 and put the latest version of AVG8.5 (free) on there, which claims to be compatible. However, it seems to slow the machine right down.
I have not installed the Link ...
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Windows 7 Homegroup with ESS 4.0
I am trying to setup a homegroup between two Windows 7 computers, and apparently my Eset Security Service is blocking the traffic. When I disable the firewall on both computers, the homegroup works ...
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Accessing former XP drive as second drive under Windows 7 without Chowning
RE: Accessing former XP drive as second drive under Windows 7
Removed primary drive from XP machine and hooked it up via usb adapter to a machine running Windows 7. Isn't there a way to read this ...
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How can I access my favorites in a Windows 7 file dialog box?
When I am in an application which allows me to go get a file, the following dialog box pops up.
Of course at this point I often want to have access my favorites, but they are not listed here.
How ...
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Why does my windows 7 install(s) randomly use the vista startup screen?
It seems that in a few of several windows 7 installs i've seen so far, it will use the vista startup screen as opposed to the new windows 7 one. Nothing else is wrong, it just uses the old one. Why ...
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Intel Chipset Software Utility, should I install it? [duplicate]
I just installed windows 7. Intel recomends to install the Inf utility after you install the operating system and before you install everything else.
There is no version for windows 7 yet.
I ...
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How to Move Offline Files Cache in Windows 7?
On Vista systems, I've been using these instructions to relocate the "Offline Files Cache" from its default location of c:\csc. Works great.
However, these instructions do not work on Windows 7. ...
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Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Windows 7
Noticed a thing called Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in the Turn Windows features on and off dialog under Windows 7. Never seen it before, and it seems interesting. What exactly is it really? ...
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The old style network activity icon with animation - how to get it back?
I found it quite useful to have network activity flashing in my sys tray, as I have no LED on my laptop that does a similar function. Whats the optimal way of getting the original functionality back?
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How can I pin a .txt file to the taskbar in Windows 7?
In XP/Vista I could drag a text file to the taskbar and while holding down CTRL-SHIFT it could make an icon for that text file. I click on it and it opens that text file in my default editor.
In ...
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How do I get a quick launch bar in Windows 7?
The pin programs to the taskbar is nifty, but I miss my old quicklaunch bar.
How do I get a quick launch bar in Windows 7 like XP had ?
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Sound through the origin computer when using Remote Desktop?
I plan to set up my old laptop as a media center with Windows 7, and I will use remote desktop to connect to it. Will it be possible to play music through the speakers connected to this laptop when I ...
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Does Windows 7 64 bits work ok?
With vista and xp I always had problems installing their respective 64 bits versions, and always had to format and install them in 32 bits.
Problems like incompatibility with other programs, the ...
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Windows 7 Installed to D Drive Letter
I installed Windows 7 from an existing Windows Vista installation (not through a DVD boot).
On the original Windows Vista installation, the partition I'm installing to is listed as D drive. After ...
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Fine grained control over Windows 7 visual effects?
Is there any way to have a fine grained control over the visual desktop effects in Windows 7 ?
I'm thinking things like animated maximize/minimize, display window content while resizeing, etc.
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Microsoft Word restores all open documents when clicking on a .DOC file
I tend to have a few Word documents that I keep open all the time, with notes for a long-running project. Normally they are all minimized.
The problem is that when I click on a different .doc or ....
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Does installing the same Windows 7 copy on 2 computers deactivate the previous installation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When reinstalling Windows 7, does the language, version, architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) or source (OEM, retail, or MSDN) matter?
Does installing the same Windows 7 copy on 2 ...
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Reassigning the AltGr key to the Windows Key in Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I remap a keyboard key?
How do I reassign the AltGr key (or any other key for that matter) to the Windows Key in Windows 7?
Is there a native setting to do that? Or ...
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Virtualization on Windows 7
I've seen that there is native support for virtualization in Windows 7, that you can even use an ISO to boot into a virtual machine. That sounds pretty cool, but I'm curious about the support for ...
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Accessing former XP drive as second drive under Windows 7
Here's the basic rundown of the problem :-
Machine formerly XP MCE
Bought new 2TB SATA drive to replace existing 150GB SATA drive
Installed Win7 RC on new drive
Attached old drive to other SATA ...
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Any compelling reasons for upgrading Vista to Windows 7 [closed]
I have been using Windows Vista since it first came out and had no problems so far.
Are there any compelling reason to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7?
It seems like windows 7 is slightly faster ...
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Windows 7 upgrade license installation
My mother is a teacher, so when I upgraded them from XP to Vista I purchased an academic upgrade license for her.
The problem with the upgrade for Vista that I found was that you can't install it "...
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Can Vista x64 or Windows 7 x64 drivers be used for Windows Server 2008 x64, including R2?
Background: I'm planning to install Windows Server 2008 x64 on a desktop class system that I'm building using a recent Intel mainboard. While it's not server-class hardware intended for production ...
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Is there a shortcut for restoring "hidden when minimized" MS Outlook
My Outlook is set to “Hide When Minimized” (see this). Is there a keyboard shortcut key to “unhide” it instead of going to that icon and right clicking it and selecting “Open Outlook”? Or at least, is ...
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Vista 64 bit compatibility mode in windows 7
I've installed Vista 7 RC x64 and trying to install Vista 64 bit drivers for my HP LaserJet 1022.
I supose vista drivers should be fine for 7.
The problem is that the driver installer is checking the ...
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