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Setting up an emulated windows 2000 machine for old scientific measurement instrument?
We have an old Powder X-Ray Diffractometer that was built way back when, which operates using a software called "XRD Commander". This program only runs on Windows 2000 and we are still ...
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How do I emulate a "fake" external USB drive?
My goal is to create a disk partition that my Windows computer recognises as a removable device, but is actually a virtual hard disk.
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Access win10 host desktop from linux guest vm?
I have the specific use case, that I want to run stuff mainly from inside the guest VM (pop os 22.04 currently, but I'm open to switching distro if the use case is easier elsewhere), without tabbing ...
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Is there a way to simulate a paired Bluetooth device on Windows?
Is it possible, on Windows, to simulate a connected Bluetooth device? In other words, some computer program like an emulator would show up in the Windows Bluetooth settings as an actual paired device? ...
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Remap middle mouse button to key+mouse button
I've got a Bluetooth mouse that works, but the middle wheel button has stopped functioning reliably.
Frustratingly, due to other issues, I've had to disable all my USB ports (believe me, I had to) and ...
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How do I copy a file chosen from a file dialog, then rename the copied file, all in one batch script?
I'm trying to semi-automate the setup of my Nintendo e-Reader .sav files (however, the file doesn't have to have a .sav file extension) using a batch script. The non-automated way I'd use would be to ...
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How to emulate ARM64 programs in Windows X64 with Qemu?
I've downloaded the Windows ARM64 ISO from https://uup.rg-adguard.net/ and open it with Qemu as in this article. But Qemu is so slow to emulate the whole Windows ARM64 OS (I know emulation << ...
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How can I do a Cygwin full install with the new installer?
In How can I get the Full Cygwin Installation (about 1GB)?, Bibhas's answer gives detail and helpful screenshot for what the Cygwin installer's UI was for years.
That installer behavior has changed; ...
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ASCII code for Win+R
Is it possible to "emulate" the keystroke Win+R (or more generally speaking: any combination with Win key) with an ASCII code?
It is possible to send Ctrl+Something as an ASCII code, so I wonder ...
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Is it possible to emulate a flash drive via a USB "A to A" Cable?
I have a modified Nintendo Wii that can run backup game files (via external media, IE; flash drive, sd card, external HD) and an always on PC that sits right beside it with tons of storage. I'd like ...
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How to emulate a virtual USB drive in Windows?
I have a remote server where I should test work of some application with USB drive. Unfortunately, there is no ability to install any USB drive there. So, I need to emulate a virtual USB drive in ...
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Windows 3.11 maximized shell window in SYSTEM.INI when running it in DOSBox
I use a way to run 16-bit applications by running them in emulated Windows 3.11 in DOSBox. I automatically mount the directory containing the application, set the SHELL property in SYSTEM.INI to the ...
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Reading a disk image without extension
I have three files that are supposed to be disks image with a .img extension.
However, when I look at their properties, Windows says that it's just a file, without any extension. I tried to manually ...
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Run Windows 7 in (K)ubuntu without reinstalling it?
I've got a windows 7 system and are willing to install kubuntu 12.04 64bit on it now.
As I need to run some windows programs I'm willing to keep my windows 7 and setup a dual-boot.
For increasing ...
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Emulating a Serial Device on OS X
I have been working with building Microcontroller (mostly Arduino) based devices for the past few months and have been quite surprised by the seeming lack of any form of serial emulation.
I know ...
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