Questions tagged [windows-vista]
For questions specific to Windows Vista. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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What is the Windows hotkey to minimise a single, currently active window?
On Windows Vista, I'm familiar with Win + D to show the desktop but sometimes I just want to minimise two or three windows as they become active and not the whole lot.
What hotkey can I use to ...
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Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive?
Being the good citizen I am, I left-click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in my taskbar, and select my USB drive to dismount.
Then I get the message:
Windows can't stop your Generic volume ...
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Is there a shortcut command in Windows command prompt to get to the current user's home directory like there is in Linux?
I am used to using
cd ~
to get right into my home directory. In Windows command prompt I have to do
cd Users\username
to get there. Is there a shortcut like the Linux one? It would be nice if I ...
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How do I start Notepad++ from cmd?
I can start the regular Notepad from cmd.
C:\Windows>notepad
I can also start it from the run prompt.
Win+R
notepad
Enter
I want to be able to do the same with the Notepad++. I can start it ...
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Windows Activation FAQ: How do language, version, 64-bit or 32-bit, and source affect ability to install and transfer Windows licenses?
We get a lot of questions on Super User about Windows activation and licensing. This question is an attempt to answer the most common questions in one place with a canonical answer.
When reinstalling ...
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How to monitor a folder and trigger a command-line action when a file is created or edited?
I need to set up some sort of a script on my Vista machine, so that whenever a file is added to a particular folder, it automatically triggers a background process that operates on the file. (The ...
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How to stop jucheck from running? Java won't remember "Check for Updates Automatically" setting
I've installed Java on Windows Vista, and every day I get a Vista security warning asking me if I want to run "jucheck". Apparently this is the Java automatic updater.
Well, I don't want it to run ...
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Easiest way to find out if user has either Windows 7 or Vista (through telephone support)?
If you have to provide some initial troubleshooting support by phone [or email], and you don't have access to the user's PC itself, what is the easiest and most foolproof question one can ask of the ...
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Moving a window from a disconnected monitor to connected monitor on Vista
I have a laptop that runs Vista Mega Ultimate Amazing for Business 64-bit.
When at work, I connect a monitor via USB (which totally rocks) to the "left" of the laptop monitor. It's identified as ...
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How do I disable "you need to format this disk" message in Windows Vista/7?
I've started using TrueCrypt to encrypt a partition on an external USB hard drive. I've opted for using a raw partition as opposed to a file container.
But here's the annoyance. Whenever I connect ...
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How can I remove a forkbomb from the Startup folder?
I have an older laptop running Windows Vista, from about 2005 and I was fooling around with it a little bit. In a moment of sheer stupidity, I created a Batch file and put the following code in it:
%...
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Wget/cURL alternative native to Windows?
Is there a Wget or cURL type command line utility native to Windows Vista? How does it work?
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Stopping Microsoft Search from eating my hard drive
I have Windows Vista on a machine and I noticed quite a bit of hard drive was disappearing. I ran a utility to show me where it all went. I found the following directory consumes over 2GB of space:
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How do I swap audio output of the left and right speakers?
I have two speakers stereo speakers but when I use the sound control panel applet to test my audio configuration I get sound in the right speaker when the user interface indicates the right speaker ...
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How can I determine what process a window belongs to?
Every time I start up windows vista lately, I see a random floating window. It is a tiny little window with no title, and only the resize, maximize and restore buttons. I'd post an image, but I don't ...
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