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What is the danger of inserting and browsing an untrusted USB drive?
Suppose someone wants me to copy some files to their USB stick. I'm running fully-patched Windows 7 x64 with AutoRun disabled (via Group Policy). I insert the USB drive, open it in Windows Explorer ...
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Linux on UEFI - how to reboot to the UEFI setup screen like Windows 8 can?
makeuseof.com explains that Windows 8 certified hardware has a new way to enter the UEFI setup screen (equivalent to BIOS). From How To Access The BIOS On A Windows 8 Computer:
No longer do we ...
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How to use X11 forwarding with PuTTY
I have a VM with RHEL 5 without an X server. My host has Windows 7.
I need to connect to the VM and redirect the X11 output of the commands to my host.
I know that if my host were a GNU/Linux ...
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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 use rsync from Windows PC to remote Linux server?
How do I use the rsync command from a local Windows 7 machine to a remote Linux server?
What software is needed on the Windows 7 machine to use rsync?
The remote Linux server is using Amazon's Linux ...
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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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How to run a minimal Linux inside a running 64-bit Windows 7
On my previous Windows Vista laptop, I used to run Portable Ubuntu Remix for Windows, which is based on coLinux, like the similar andLinux. This worked fairly well with limited system resources (a ...
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Can I boot Linux from a VHD?
Is there some way to boot a Linux system from a VHD in Windows 7?
If there is a way, how do I put it there in the first place?
EDIT: To clarify, I'm not trying to run Linux in a VM. I'm trying to ...
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Can two users simultaneously share one pc
It's easy to have multiple user accounts on one computer and even switch between accounts without logging off. It is also possible to have more than one display connected to a single computer.
Is it ...
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Is there a quick/automatic way to change monitor brightness at night on Windows 7 or Linux?
I'm a fairly nocturnal creature by nature, but life requires me to spend more time during the bright hours of day. I also have a visual impairment which makes it that my eyes take a very long time to ...
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VirtualBox bidirectional clipboard sharing stops working after some time on a Linux guest OS
Clipboard sharing starts working fine, but it stops working after some time (until I reboot the machine).
From what I understand sometimes the guest additions stop working. I read that I should see ...
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Retrieve/decrypt Windows 7 product key from Linux
I accidentally disconnected my hard drive while it was still running and corrupted my Windows 7 installation; I am now completely unable to boot into Windows. I have tried everything to try and repair ...
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Windows equivalent to xargs?
What would be the Windows 7 Equivalent for the following command?
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's/ url \([^" >][^ >]*\)/ url "\1"/g'
I am trying to migrate Django 1.4 to 1.5
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How to create a bootable Memtest86+ on USB flash drive?
Normally, this should not be a problem. But usually, it always is. The Memtest86+ website hosts a specially prepped EXE auto-installer file that will format your USB flash drive, copy Memtest86+ ...
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Can Bitlocker be used in a dual boot system with Windows on one drive, Linux on another?
My workplace allows for remote logins to the company network, with certain prerequisites for securing a computer before making the connection, one of which is that Windows must be used to make the ...
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7-zip files on Linux with AES-256 encryption
I have a requirement to zip up some files in Linux with 7zip using AES-256 encryption. The end user will be opening in Windows with 7zip. I'm using the following command:
7za a myfile.zip test.txt -...
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What's the best way to share files between linux and windows 7 on a dual/multi boot computer?
Just got myself a new computer and thinking of how set it up.
I have win7 HP and will probably install at least some version of Ubuntu on it shortly to have dual boot. Might come other Linux distros ...
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How do I disable indexing in a specific directory across multiple platforms?
I have some files that will be accessed across several platforms (Mac OS X and Windows 7 mainly, but I wouldn't rule out Linux in the future) and I do not want these files indexed by the search ...
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Why does Windows need to restart every time it updates while Linux doesn't?
Even the smallest update of one package or security patch makes Windows need to restart. Why?
If an anti-virus application doesn't need it after patch update, why Windows need it after updating ...
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How to unmark an NTFS cluster as bad?
How do I unmark clusters as bad in NTFS?
Background
I mistakenly ran
>chkdsk /R
on my SSD, where
/R: Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F)
/F: Fixes errors on ...
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I named a folder the character for space, and now that I've switched over to Windows I need to rename it
I named a folder " ", the symbol for a space.
In Linux you can create folders with just a space. Now that I've switched over to Windows, I can't move the folder that has the folder named " " in it. ...
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Is (Ubuntu) Linux file copying algorithm better than Windows 7?
Windows Copying is a real mess ever since Windows Vista. Even Microsoft claims they've improved the performance, from a user perspective, it's not quite visible. Even with single file the copying ...
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How to SSH into Red Hat Linux (virtual box guest) from Windows 7 (host)?
I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) running through Virtual Box, my native OS is Windows 7. From a purely educational standpoint, I want to be able to access RHEL from Win 7 over SSH. I downloaded ...
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Windows UAC vs. Linux sudo
Is it correct to say that Windows UAC is conceptually the same as Linux sudo?
Can you point out the differences between the two?
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Is Windows 7 Inside Linux Just as Good as Running as Main OS (esp for Graphics and Video)?
New Linux user. Was wondering if running Windows 7 inside Ubuntu/Linux Mint via VMPlayer will be just the same as running Windows 7 as the main OS.
By "same" I particularly mean:
Will the graphics ...
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How can I install Windows 7 without dvd or usb, on linux?
I have a different problem that I don't think can be solved but it's better to ask before loosing all hope.
I currently run Crunchbang (Debian dist) and would like to install Windows 7 as well. ...
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Laggy SSH sessions on local network
I have two machines:
Windows 7 connected by ethernet to a router
NixOS laptop, connected wirelessly to same router
My issue is that sshing from Windows to NixOS is extremely laggy. If I ping NixOS ...
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passthrough graphics card to virtualbox
So I'm trying to get my laptops NVIDIA fx 880m to pass to a virtual box running window seven on a linux mint 17 install.
So far everything seems to be (maybe) heading in the right direction:
the ...
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Bypass read-only SD card with missing 'Lock' slider
I have an SD card, that is broken, the slider for the "Lock" is gone. When I put it into my computer it turned out to be in read-only, How can I override this with software? I need to format the SD ...
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How can I undo “mark partition as active” using GParted/Linux live CD?
In the process of trying to shrink my hard drive partition, I marked my C: drive (the only drive I have) as “active” in Windows’s “Disk Management” software. When I rebooted, it said something like “...