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How do you use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to Remmina?

I have a Chromebook with a Linux Virtual Environment that is a Debian 12 Bookworm. I installed Remmina after looking to RDP to my Windows XP OS. I know that I can connect to my Windows OS from Linux ...
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how can I install and operate printers etc that must run on win xp 32bit, on win7 ult 64bit laptop?

can it be done with or without VM? and if need VM can I include Linux Deb 12 as 3rd OS option? I have newer laptop to merge all on. all 3 laptops are Lenovo Thinkpads. winxp 32bit on a T61, win7 64bit ...
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Reliable way to move WinXP OS to a new hard drive

I mostly use Arch Linux, but I have an older Windows XP computer that recently has had some blocks go bad on the C drive that has the OS and a lot the program files and settings. The drive still boots,...
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winXP to VM because of hardware changes in 21century 2020/2021

its 2021; maja where wrong with 2012, we are still alive but corona! :-/ i still have a migration problem: A native winXP needs to become to a VM because of hardware changes. what to do? how to? i ...
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How to install win7, xp and linux triple boot on Ssd?

i would also like win7 to boot up as default from the grub menu first, and then from windows menu itself also, so that it would always come up after a reboot... and probably give win7 and xp the same ...
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Run QEMU on a headless host

I am not sure if anyone has been stupid enough to try something like this or if I am just really bad at using Google. I would like a host OS that would be a linux, say Arch Linux, and I would like to ...
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How can I shrink a Win XP VM which is large due to winsxs directory

I have a old Win XP system running as a Virtualbox guest on a linux host. The image is really large because of an (apparent) large winsxs directory on the windows guest. I know that this is due to ...
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Clonezilla of a dualboot of XP and Linux to a SSD. Startup says: Grub:

I have an 10 years old HP laptop with an excellent(stunning) lcd and a lot of good software for car analyze/parts along with a lot of Python software. Dual boot with XP SP2 and a Linux version. To ...
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Is it possible to recompile a Windows driver for Linux?

My printer (Lexmark X9350) doesn't have a Linux driver but I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I installed Windows XP on an old hard drive, but I'd rather be able to print from Linux than have to turn off the ...
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How can I remove Linux and Install windows XP from a usb?

I have a Sony Viao laptop and only Kali linux is installed on it. I want to remove it from my hard disk and replace it with WindowsXP. I created a windows XP 32 bit USB(8 GB) by using Rufus and tried ...
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Buy old Windows version now and still get the upgrade for free?

We have a little office for our local sports club here. In this office we have three PCs which are all running on Ubuntu. Because all of the PC users in this office are not that well educated in ...
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How to recover files on NTFS partition

Good people’s with askubunty samy to to try ask in superuser so I copy questions. I have very, very horrible problem. I have 3 partitions in my computer: Linux, Windows and NTFS Data and I have a ...
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More computing bang for your buck on Linux? [closed]

I have both a Linux box (running Debian) and a powerful Windows desktop running XP. At work I have a Windows 8 machine. I notice that my Linux box, even though it is just a little Zotac seems to ...
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How to restrict network access for a VirtualBox guest

I have an old Windows XP running inside a Virtualbox on a linux system as host os. I used to disable the virtual network adapter so that the XP virtual machine had no network access at all. Now I ...
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How to find my drives on Xubuntu 10 live mode

I loaded Xubuntu 10 from USB because I want to repair my boot.ini file(Windows XP). But I can't see my Hard drive in the file manager.
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