Questions tagged [windows-7]
An operating system from the Windows NT family of operating systems from Microsoft, released in 2009 and the successor of Windows Vista.
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How can I stop windows from always booting first?
I tried to make a dual boot setup on my computer. Already had windows 7 installed on one hard drive, then tried to install ubuntu on part of another hard drive. When i turn my computer on windows7 ...
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How to edit GRUB Default Operating System? [duplicate]
i'm using dual boot and i want to use windows 7 as the default operating system.So how can i change default OS of GRUB Boot loader?
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How do I access files on my Windows partition from Ubuntu?
I'm new to how Ubuntu works and installed it yesterday alongside Windows 7, but in doing so I have created a few problems. I have partitions for Windows, Ubuntu, System Recovery, and storage for all ...
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Windows 7 doesn't boot after Ubuntu install
I had windows 7 installed on my pc, then I installed Ubuntu 10.10/
During the installation process I have chosen to manually set my partitions:
I set a 10GB drive for ubuntu root
1GB drive for swap
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What's a good way to run a virtual copy of Ubuntu on Windows 7?
I have a mathematical program that runs on 64 bit Ubuntu. I need to run it on my Windows 7 workstation, preferably without having to install Ubuntu instead of Windows, because this is a short term ...
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wubildr.mbr missing or corrupt
I'm dual booting W7 and Ubuntu (installed from Wubi). I've had it up and running a few times but today I'm getting a message from Windows Boot Manager when I select Ubuntu that wubildr.mbr is missing ...
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Why does Grub report two items for Windows 7?
I did a clean install of Windows 7 on the same hard drive. I followed the instructions at:
http://www.howtogeek.com/114884/how-to-repair-grub2-when-ubuntu-wont-boot/
I followed the terminal ...
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NTFS Corruption: Files created in Linux corrupted when Windows Boots
I'm getting some file loss and corruption on my Win7/Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot setup. I have a large shared NTFS partition. I have my Windows Docs/Music/etc. directories on that file and have the ...
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Kubuntu 11.04 + Windows 7 dual boot laptop drive encryption
I already know how to create a Kubuntu/Win7 dual boot. What I would like to do is to encrypt both operating systems.
I use Kubuntu as my main OS, and Windows 7 for casual gaming or prolonged Visual ...
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No USB Devices picked up on restart to windows 7 from ubuntu
I have dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 13.10 on efi Dell Inspiron 14z 5423 ultrabook.
My devices are recognized well in Ubuntu.
If I reboot the system (i,e switch from Ubuntu to Windows 7) and start ...
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How does thumbnail preview in Ubuntu differ from that of Windows?
I thought this question might get a better response in AskUbuntu, as it seems to have more to do with Ubuntu than Windows at a glance.
Let's say I have a foo.mkv file. Thumbnail previews work in ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not detecting Windows 7 during Install
I am trying to Install the latest Ubuntu 13.04 on my netbook but the installation is not able to detect any operating system installed on the machine. And asking me to either wipe out the whole disk ...
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How to log on to a Ubuntu server; from windows with a plain gui
I was hoping to setup and maybe browse the internet from a Ubuntu server i setup at home. Seeing that I have installed, Ubuntu server, I was hoping if there is software I can install to get a browser ...
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Sending commands from Ubuntu to Windows
On our home network we have one Windows 7 only PC and several computers with Ubuntu 13.04 (dual boot with backup Windows 7 for programs that can't be run using wine).
We want to be able to send ...
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Multiple OS in a Laptop or Desktop
I have installed two operating system in my laptop: Ubuntu 11.10 and windows7. I have never used more than two operating system in a laptop/desktop. I want to install windows8 and my questions are:
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Grub2 detecting two Windows 7 (loader) entries
This is the first question I have ever asked the Ubuntu Community.
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu, but I understand the basics and know how to navigate the Terminal. I also know how to search the existing ...
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X Server for Windows?
I'm going to accessing my ubuntu machine remotely from my windows machine through putty. Are there any suggestions for possible ways to get an X server running on my windows machine?
Thanks.
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Add Windows 7 to boot menu
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS - system restore
/dev/sda2 13 4674 37436416 7 ...
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How to switch remotely from Ubuntu and Windows 7 and vice versa?
How do I switch from Ubuntu and Windows 7 (and vice versa) while working remotely?
Actually, I'm using the Windows loader (BCD) on MBR, and I have two choices:
Windows 7
Ubuntu 14.04 (...
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Nautilus wants a password when I try connecting to a public Windows share
There is a computer on my network running Windows 7 Professional with a bunch of shared folders and printers available on the default WORKGROUP domain. There is no password for any of these shares and ...
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Advice for multiple remote access to Ubuntu system for students
New to the community and quite new to Linux/Ubuntu.
I work in a school which has a standard Windows network (Windows clients and servers). The Head of Computing has approached me wanting to know if I ...
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How to wipe up all partitions on disk and do a clean install of Ubuntu [duplicate]
Sorry if it's an obvious question, but here's the deal: I have a notebook with dual boot (Ubuntu 12.04 + Win7) and an extra NTFS partition for general storage.
I want to wipe out all of it and do a ...
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Ubuntu partition sizes
Today I bought a Lenovo G510 Laptop (4GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive) and need install both Ubuntu and Windows 7. I have some questions regarding this.
What OS should I install first ?
What are the ...
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How do I encrypt a dual boot system?
I have a dual-boot laptop with four partitions - Windows, swap, Ubuntu (OS) andUbuntu /home. I need to do full disk encryption on it. Ubuntu is running 12.04, Windows is Windows 7 Home Premium.
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Should I run Ubuntu alongside Windows or in a virtual machine?
I would like to install Ubuntu on my Windows 7 64-bit PC to do analysis of astronomy data. The data files are often large (can be few hundred MB, possibly a GB). The data files may be located on an ...
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How do I transition from WUBI to a native installation? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid installed through wubi on my laptop (it came with Windows 7 preinstalled). This was my first foray into Linux, and I'm here to stay. I have no use for Windows, and yet I ...
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moving windows 7 to a virtual machine
Ive decided to switch from my existing dual boot solution, to just running ubuntu and having windows 7 in a virtual machine for those times that it absolutely has to be windows.
Ive been looking at ...
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How to shutdown a Windows 7 PC from Ubuntu 13.10
I want to shutdown a Windows 7 PC from my Ubuntu PC, is there a way to do this from terminal?
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Why did Ubuntu and Windows start hanging mysteriously after I took a vacation?
I installed Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7, after partitioning my HDD using Easeus partitioning manager. It was working perfectly, no problems, no data lost or corruption.
Then I went away for 2 ...
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Old Grub loader still in use
My computer came with Windows 7. I later erased the disk and clean installed Debian. Later, I needed Windows so again did a Windows 7 clean install and then installed Debian. Then, I installed the ...
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Remmina RDP - No sound from remote Windows 7 computer - Ubuntu 13.10
I'm connecting to a Windows 7 computer from Ubuntu 13.10. I have the Sound setting in the Advanced tab of the Remote Desktop Preferences for my connection set to "Local - low quality".
In my remote ...
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How to repair partition table?
I have a dual boot computer with Windows 7 and Ubuntu on it. Recently, i was working in Windows7 and my flash had crashed, the computer rebooted to
Error: Partition not found. Grub Rescue>
I had ...
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incorrect permissions after copying over scp
I'm using cygwin in windows 7 to copy a directory to an ubuntu machine using this command.
scp -rp -P 54322 /cygdrive/c/xampp/htdocs/. [email protected]:/home/user/somefolder/
After copying all the ...
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Install Win7 theme on Ubuntu 16.04
I'm totally new to Ubuntu. I've installed version 16.04 and I'm having trouble finding my way around. I've tried just about all possible ways to make Ubuntu look like windows 7. Every way I tried was ...
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Auth failed error on windows 7 ultimate
after installing ubuntu one on windows 7 ultimate, when i try to log in, Ubuntu gives me back the message :The authentication failed.
Oh, it's OK. Perhaps I've forgotten the pass. So i clicked I've ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu after installing it and it looks like it isn't even installed in the disc management
I Installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a 45GB partition, and when it asked me to reboot the computer, the dual boot menu didn't appear, it boot directly Windows 7.
When I checked the disc management, there was ...
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How to make Windows boot first? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?
I want to know how to make Windows the default boot OS in Ubuntu 11.10, how to make Windows boot first on GRUB2,...
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Operating System not Found after installing Ubuntu in a Sony Vaio
I just bought a Sony Vaio SVS15115FLB that came with Windows 7, after enjoying the PC graphic power for a little, I decided it was time to install Ubuntu 12.04.
First, I inserted a USB stick, reboot,...
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Installing another OS without USB
I recently wanted to install (most probably dual-boot) Windows 7 in my laptop. I downloaded the .iso file for Windows 7, when I found out that I had no USB drives. So, I made a NTFS partition in my ...
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Can I dual-boot in VirtualBox?
I use Windows 7. I also run Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox. The other day I wanted to try Lubuntu. Is there a way to dual-boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Lubuntu in VirtualBox?
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I can't boot into Ubuntu _ Cannot find GRLDR in all devices
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7. It was working fine, but now when I try to boot with Ubuntu after GRUB boot menu I get this.
Try (hd0,0): NTFS5: No wubildr
Try (hd0,1): ...
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How to restore GRUB without re-installing the OS?
A friend of mine has a Packard Bell laptop that came with Windows pre-installed. I installed Ubuntu on it and it works fine, but everytime she tried to boot Windows on it (fortunately rarely) it fails ...
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Windows 7 style live previews
Is it possible to get windows 7 style live previews of what a window is doing, when it is hovered over?
for instance, when i hover over a video player on windows 7, i can see the video playing in ...
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Can Wine run windows 7 apps?
I'm playing Euro trucks and it needs windows 7. However, Wine hasn't windows 7 version and the game has many bugs. I can't play that game very well. how can I do it?
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GRUB still showing windows 7 boot instead of windows 10
So, I have dual boot on my notebook which are Ubuntu and Windows 7.
But recently, I upgraded my windows 7 to windows 10. But when I startup my notebook, it still shows Windows 7 instead of Windows 10. ...
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Will installing as dual-boot harm my factory restore partition?
I have a new Toshiba Satellite P740 laptop running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. At the moment, the machine comes with a secret partition that will restore the computer to its out-of-...
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Ubuntu does not recognize existing Windows partitions in a GPT disk
I just built a new computer and installed a clean copy of Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) on it. Other than verifying that the Windows install completed successfully, I have done absolutely nothing ...
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Virtualbox doesn't work with a real partition
So I followed the instructions here. However, when I went to Virtualbox and told it to use the file I got the error
Failed to open the hard disk file /home/parth/Win7.vmdk.
Permission problem ...
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Can't install Ubuntu on Windows partition
The following is the disk management screenshot of windows:
I want to install the ubuntu on the partition: New Volume (F:)
I made the pen-drive bootable by Rufus with Ubuntu 16.04; While rebooting ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu 14.04 with Windows 7 on UEFI
I just built a new computer last week, and this weekend I got around to attempting to install Ubuntu 14.04 on it besides Windows 7. This is my first experience really using UEFI, so I was a little ...
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