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Triple boot win 7, win server 2008, and Ubuntu

I have a system that dual boots Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 r2 Datacenter. I'm trying to add Ubuntu for a triple boot. Every time I install Ubuntu, it installs, but when I try to boot it, it ...
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directly deleted my windows patition directly and now without the bootloader the windows wont boot [duplicate]

I deleted my ubuntu partition directly and now as it can't boot so I tried a bootable windows usb to reinstall windows or repair Windows but can't because the hard drive has been locked or write ...
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virtual directory to ubuntu on windows?

Is it possible to create a virtual directory in windows that links to a directory on an Ubuntu 12.10 server? If so, how? I'd like to do it this way because it slows me down to constantly save & ...
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Using Ubuntu, how do i connect to a windows share on my Windows Server 2008

I'm switching from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.10,,, In Windows, to access my server, all I have to do is open credential manager and add my servername, username, and password,,, and it works, I have ...
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How can I add an Ubuntu server to active directory? [duplicate]

I use windows 2008 server, and I want to add an Ubuntu machine to the active directory. How can I do that?
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Windows Home Server 2011 connection issue

I am currently dual booting Ubuntu on a PC and it's all going great. However I have an issue when trying to connect to my server running Windows Home Server 2011. Ubuntu says it "Cannot mount the ...
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How do I install Ubuntu Server using Daemon Tools instead of a disc?

How do I install Ubuntu Server using Daemon Tools instead of a disc? Just trying to see if it can be done, and if so how can I do that? I'm looking to Dual Boot it with Windows 8 as well. Thank you. ...
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Roaming profiles and file sharing

I work for a college that uses autocad, microsoft office etc. I am looking to set up a ubuntu server for, Roaming profiles for students, File server for students storing files Ability to remotely ...
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How do I access NTFS partitions from Ubuntu after upgrading from Windows server 2008?

After having my own server at home for a year now I am ready to take the step and replace my windows server 2008 environment with Ubuntu. My server's hard drive is partitioned into three partitions, ...
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Using desktop edition as file server/ftp (mac, windows compatible)

I have a couple of problems, and a couple of goals. goals install ubuntu desktop edition and get apache running use as file server for house, over simple LAN gigabit switch use a dynamic IP tracker ...
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Windows Server 2008 in KVM

I've been working on getting a Windows Server 2008 KVM in my linux box running Ubuntu Server 12.04. I've got virt-install and virt-manager installed, got the install up and running via virt-install ...
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Not able to cd into samba location (in a windows share location)

I am not able to cd into the samba like I would normally do: cd smb://server/folder It says: "bash: cd: smb/..." No such file or directory. But if in nautilus I go to the folder and right click ...
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problem with ubuntu 11.04 server while installing windows virtual machine on it

*I have installed windows virtual machine on ubuntu 11.04 server.For every boot, windows VM asks for OS CD in server but the ubuntu desktop VM's reboots properly. how can i resolve this problem? i ...
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Tonido vs Tonido Pro

I have been looking at ways to access files remotely that are stored on my Ubuntu server. I have found Tonido, that seems to do what I am trying. Has anyone tried this? More importantly, anyone tried ...
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Authenticating Ubuntu users against a Windows Server 2003 Domain

Our Windows Domains is controlled by Windows Server 2003 I installed Ubuntu version 12.04 on a machine and I'm trying to put this machine in the domain. I searched many tutorials on the Internet, ...
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How would I batch rename a lot of files using command-line?

I have a problem which I am unable to solve: I need to rename a great dump of files using patterns. I tried using this, but I always get an error. I have a folder, inside with a lot of files. Running ...
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Ubuntu client / ubuntu server domain login

Using a windows server you can setup a domain and then create users and have all your files on the server (I think) Can this be accomplished with an ubuntu 12.04 client and an ubuntu 12.04 (I think ...
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How to login into a Ubuntu machine from Windows

We have Windows Vista/XP machines connected to a Win 2k3 server in our LAN environment. We recently got few laptops configured w/Ubuntu 11 and we would like to enable our Windows users to remote login ...
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how to setup vpn server on Ubuntu/Xubuntu for windows and all other client to use [closed]

I have Ubuntu/Xubuntu Desktop installed on my laptop/desktop, i want to setup a VPN server so that when logging in either from my laptop or a windows pc all my traffic goes through the server. I ...
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How do I use Ubuntu Server as file server?

In our company we would like to install Ubuntu server for file sharing, is it possible to use Ubuntu as file server for windows based client Operating systems. what is the procedure to make Ubuntu ...
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How to access dev server in Ubuntu VirtualBox guest on Windows 7 host?

I'm running a Google App Engine dev server on Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop in a VirtualBox VM, on a Windows 7 host. According to this question I have the following setup: The VM networking is set to use ...
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Is there a way to create a Windows virtual machine on Ubuntu Server?

When I look for documentation about how to create a Windows VM on an Ubuntu host, the only articles I can find are articles about Ubuntu Desktop, not Ubuntu Server. Is there a way to create a Windows ...
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How do I establish an FTP connection from Windows to Ubuntu Server?

I have a LAMP web-server on Ubuntu 11.10, working perfectly. But now I want to develop my website from a Windows 7 system in the same network. I want to set up an FTP connection to Ubuntu so I can ...
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Need a remote desktop to a headless server without logging in first

I've been using Linux for many years now but only to run servers. Over the last few days I've been struggling with a technical / configuration issue which I hope someone can help with. I've installed ...
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Use Linux commands on windows directories through ssh

Since I'm stuck with windows at work. I'd like to use a Ubuntu Server machine which i access through SSH from a windows machine to manipulate files on the windows machine. I've been moving files up ...
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Desktop shortcut that takes users to a Print server [closed]

How do I make a desktop shortcut that will take users to a Windows 2008 Server and let them pick a printer? I want to make adding printers as painless as possible, as I am making an Ubuntu disc image ...
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How to send print to Windows XP?

Hello I am new to Ubuntu I had it for a month or two. I am mad about figuring out a print server trying to send the print jobs that are coming to my print server to the windows XP machine by the ...
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Could Ask Ubuntu run on Ubuntu + Mono?

Inspired by the old Hacker News conversation about this webiste, I'm wondering: Could Ubuntu and Mono run an ASP.NET MVC website like Ask Ubuntu? The technology is the focus here instead of the ...
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How can I run samba?

I have server running Ubuntu 10.10. Never used samba before, as I never had windows machines, but now I need it. So I did: apt-get install samba smbfs smbclient. Packages are installed, but I have ...
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Alternative printing method(s) for an unsupported printer

I have in my office, a Konica Minolta bizhub 211 multifunction printer, it works well with windows workstations... It has a lot of good features, like duplex... I haven't found any drivers for ...
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How to set up accounts LAN jabber chat server?

How can I implement a jabber chat server on ubuntu with clients on windows? Server part is almost installed as per jabber and Ubuntu guide how to create users account and authenticate them using ...
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Windows Home Server equivalent

What Windows Home Server equivalents are available for Ubuntu? I am specifically looking for file sharing, backups, media streaming etc... Obviously Ubuntu can do all of these out of the box, but I ...
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Windows FTP script download from Ubuntu

I'm using following FTP script on windows xp to download zip files from Ubuntu cloud servers. A zip file is created every day on Ubuntu servers and I will download it to windows via this ftp script. I ...
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Attaching a Windows network drive on Ubuntu

I've been setting up a dev machine over the last week and I want to be able to network the drive on my host Windows Server machine, using hyper v, to my guest Ubuntu Server machine. Server address is ...
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Which way is the best to manage a workstation from windows server 2008?

I mean, are there any tools to manage mixed networks with Windows and Ubuntu workstations from single Windows Server 2008? Some like GPO or Windows Managment Console.
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Can I transparently compress some files on a samba share

We are running an Ubuntu server which is a primary domain controller for several Windows XP clients using samba. Some of our processes running on Windows generate huge amounts of xml files. ...
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How can I configure Ubuntu to report its hostname to windows? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Access Ubuntu Server by host name How can I configure Ubuntu server to report its hostname in such a way that typing http://thehostname/ in a web browser will connect to ...