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Why do some Operating systems require reboots for certain tasks? [duplicate]
Windows always requires a reboot after updates or big programs are installed. Linux generally does not require reboots but occasionally does.
It seems to me that the OS should be able to touch/...
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How to transfer a file from a remote linux machine using SCP with Mingw on Windows7
If I am logged into a linux machine via SSH in a mingw window in windows 7;
How do I transfer a file to my local machine?
I am imagining something like:
scp <filename> ...
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Is is possible to copy files over the network using an software installer?
Basically, I need a software installer to overwrite files which reside on a few PCs that are in the same network. Example: I have PC A. I run this installer and it will copy and overwrite files to ...
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Bootloader can't load Windows?
I am using Windows 7 and it's installed on Local Disk C. I also installed Linux on another Local Disk. Because of the lack of storage, I formatted the local disk of Linux and merged the space with C.
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Problems booting onto Windows 7 (Dual-Boot Linux / Windows)
I have an Acer Aspire 5742G laptop, with Dual-Boot Elementary OS Luna and Windows 7. This installation was created as following:
First I installed Windows 7 with all the drivers and all the programs ...
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gray dotted box outlining desktop icons on windows 7
I occasionally get this problem where for some reason small, dotted gray boxes appear around my desktop icons. It always goes away after I restart, but I'm just curious what it is. I don't know of ...
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What causes windows 7 activation requests?
The statement: "You must activate windows within 3 days to continue using all windows features." often pops up in my notifification area on Windows 7.
My windows are legal and I have activated them ...
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Using 2 network cards simultaneouly
I have a built in pci wifi card and a usb wifi card. If I have both of them connected to the same router, will windows use both of them simultaneously or prefer one over the other? If I have them ...
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Check to see if file date created and modified were modified?
Is there a way to tell if a file's date created/modified dates were adjusted artificially via command line. I am talking about for files like Word and Excel documents, so if someone opened and ...
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Divide bootloader from dualboot with Windows 7 and Windows XP
My problem is the following:
I have a dual boot running on my pc. I installed a programme called "Keriver", it automatically installs GRUB, too.
When I start my PC, the first thing you see is GRUB. ...
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How to dual boot existing Windows 7 laptop with Linux (Slackware distribution)?
I have a Dell laptop loaded with Windows 7.
The partitions I see looking at the Disk Manager are the following:
One ΟΕΜ partition 39MB, one NTFS partition 218.20GB (boot, page file, primary), and ...
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Cloning to a smaller hard drive with DDRescue
I am currently working with a 700 GB Seagate hard drive that's beginning to fail. I'll call this "SDB" from now on. I'd like to clone it while I'm still able to.
However, the only hard drive that I ...
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How to combine 2 or more live CDs into 1 multiboot DVD/USB
Just Curious, is there a tool or anything that helps in combining different Live CDs to make a master multiboot DVD, which later gives an option to boot on any of them, on choice?
Live CDs such as ...
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How do I hide files inside of an image without using any stenganography tools [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Steganography software
I want to hide files inside of a picture. The files may be music or video. Is it technically possible to do this? If so, how?
I searched on Google to ...
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Windows 7 installation removing fedora17
Currently I have Fedora 17 installed on my system. For some Windows specific tasks I need to use Windows, so I want to install Windows 7 on my system.
All of the partitions on my harddrive are ...
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