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Make a System Image of an Old Windows Computer as a VHD file
I have computers with Windows XP, Vista, and 7 installed. I have some ideas that I would like to use these computers for but I would need to backup everything on them first. I'm interested to know if ...
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Prior to Windows 7, did windows not have any ability to group themselves in the Taskbar in this manner? [closed]
Since even Windows 7 is now long since EOL, this is not a practical question of a problem I'm facing. Rather, I'm curious whether or not I would've been able to run my system back in those days of ...
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Using pirated copy of old windows versions [closed]
Is it still illegal for US citizens to install a pirated copy of Windows XP or Vista on their machines, considering those windows have reached end of life? Could one get arrested for that? Thanks for ...
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New operating system for a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2
Neighbor was running Windows XP Home till last week, but when the computer became too sluggish, he backed up his data and formatted it. He tried installing
Windows 7 Home 32 bit(he got a retail copy),...
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Play a game from external cd-drive
Since the internal cd-drive of my computer is broken, I purchased an external one. I was able to install a game with this external drive, but when I want to start the game with the exact same drive, ...
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My laptop wont display the fan is on but the screen wont turn on
My laptop is not working. All of a sudden i turned on the laptop and the screen is black. Ive tried to hook it up too my 32" flatscreen tv to my laptop with a VGA cable and i set the input to pc, but ...
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Are the passwords for Windows user accounts encrypted using 128-bit AES? [closed]
I am referring to Windows 7/ Windows XP. Once a user account is locked (windows key + L)/ or logged off, is there anyway to get access to the users' files? Or anyway possible to break into the account?...
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Remote Desktop switches to Chinese on ctrl+space [duplicate]
I have Windows XP on my laptop and use Remote Desktop Connection to work on a computer with Windows Vista. On my laptop I use 3 languages: English, Russian, Chinese. I switch between them by Alt+Shift,...
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Arial, Courier New and Times screen fonts suddenly fuzzy/unreadable
UPDATE: thanks to the Rubber Duck effect, I just stumbled upon this note. It is a known problem: if you have Windows XP and either manually or with some "hack" managed to download the Windows Update ...
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How to backspace the characters in the cmd buffer?
If we use command prompt to run short scripts as such:
C:\php> php.exe
<?php
echo 'test';
?>
, the output would be displayed directly in the command prompt:
test
^C
C:\php>
So let's ...
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Can I delete this partition?
I have an HP Laptop that came with an OEM version of windows vista. I have set it up to dual boot with windows XP. Therefore there are 2 primary partitions. There is also one more primary partition ...
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Make Notification Area icons stay in Windows 7 taskbar
I am wondering how it is possible to make the Notification Area icons stay in the Windows 7 taskbar even when you click on the arrow next to them like they did in Windows Vista and XP.
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GINA availability on Windows 7
I would like to know information about GINA.
I am aware that this is a part of Windows XP.
Is it present in Windows 7?
Does GINA based client works with Win 7?
I would appreciate if some one help ...
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All computer changes discarded after restart
There's an Internet café that I frequent, and I've noticed that after restarting any computer - no matter what I did on that computer - it goes back to the exact same state as it was before, with all ...
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How can I give a file a custom icon?
I would like a way to give a file a custom icon.
I know it's possible to change the icons for an entire file type, but that's not what I want.
I know it's possible to create a shortcut to a file, ...
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