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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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Why ISO master (editor) does not read Windows images

I have the followjng problem with ISO master software: I try to edit WIndows 7 ISO image $ isomaster windows7.iso The file does open, unfortunately all I get is README with message: This disc ...
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Mouse and Keyboard will not work Windows 7 Dual Boot

My mouse and keyboard work fine in Ubuntu, as well as grub. However, when I boot into Windows 7, I cannot get past the login screen because the mouse and keyboard do not work. The lack of light on my ...
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Can't install Windows as dual boot after Ubuntu

I've a quite complicated problem related to dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows 7. At first I had Windows 7 installed in my laptop but then when I tried to dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04, I somehow ...
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Samba Share not accessible with AD user

I try to install a samba server for active directory authentication and shares. I managed to configure kerberos (kinit klist works) I configured smb.conf. wbinfo -u<br> wbinfo -g<br> ...
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I installed Ubuntu and it hides my other Windows' partitions!

I just installed Ubuntu 15.10. After installing Ubuntu, I am able to access my Windows 7 OS again. But it hides all the files. I have tried to view it through Ubuntu and have also tried to enable ...
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Setup Windows 7 Virtualbox notifications in host Ubuntu

Is there any way to setup notification (such as a message from Skype or Lync) coming in the Windows OS running inside a Virtual Box to be notified in host Ubuntu (At least something like highlighting ...
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Problems with folder permissions using samba

I'm having issues with sharing a folder with Samba over my LAN. I created the fileshare by mounting one of my drives, then running gksudo nautilus and sharing the folder using the built-in sharing ...
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Dual-booting Ubuntu 14.04 with Win 7 on a RAID 0

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 to dual-boot with my windows 7 in a RAID 0 array of 2 120gb SSDs, but I'm having some problems. I had to reinstall Windows 7 and created a partition for it, with the ...
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GRUB USB not working in windows 7

I have just re-installed Windows 7 in EFI mode (getting everything working in a new EFI enabled mode) and used boot-repair to get GRUB working again. However when booting into Windows, there is a ...
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Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI laptop

I have a notebook pre-installed with Windows7 and I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it following the standard installation steps in the installation image. The only problem is that on reboot the machine ...
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Wubi keeps freezing. REISUB doesn't work. Any safe, easily undoable alternatives?

I ran the installation for Wubi from ubuntu.com on my Acer Aspire One 722. It works fine every now and then, but more often than not the OS freezes. Every time it freezes I attempt the REISUB method, ...
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Why do I get a blank screen when starting Wubi?

I used Wubi to download 12.04 on a new partition. When restarting, the computer (Levono windows 7 -64) froze with no signal on my screen. Turning the computer on and off I received the option to sign ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7, I Can only boot ubuntu through recovery mode

I want to become a new user of Ubuntu, however this problem is preventing me. I have/had Window 7 professional on my computer. I recently looked into getting linux. I discovered dual-booting and ...
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"you need to load kernel first" error, I can´t find or disable secure boot in phoenix securecore setup utility

I´m trying to install ubuntu 22.04 in a old laptop that I have, but when I try to boot it appears the menssage "you need to load the kernel first". The notebook bios is a phoenixBIOS setup ...
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Need to change default boot order. Instead of Ubuntu 21.04 to Windows 7

I have now three hard disks in my desktop. A Samsung SSD that boots Win7, a Toshiba HDD which is not bootable, and yesterday I added a Crucial SSD which boots Ubuntu 21.04. If I now simply start my ...
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How to access Windows system reserved with Ubuntu

My Windows 7 got corrupted, and when starting the PC, it says that bootmgr is missing. Since I don't have the Windows disc, I'm trying to put this file using Ubuntu, but I can't access the system ...
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Move Windows 7 to another drive on dual boot machine

I have a dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 machine both using a 500 Gig SSD. I want to increase the space available to Windows 7 by adding another SSD. Since there seem to be some stories about ...
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How to create virtual machine for Virtualbox from extern drive?

I want to create a virtual machine of a windows 7 pro system which runs on my notebook before. It's connected by USB. About 40GB and the whole drive has 500GB. It's an OEM version: It doesn't run ...
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Cant get past Ubuntu emergency mode w/ Windows 7 dual boot after running Boot-repair

I am new to Ubuntu and I apologize if the answer to my problem is easy, but I assure you all that I have search thoroughly for the answer and could not find it. For the past 5 days I have been trying ...
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Login failed when trying to log onto Ubuntu 16.04 from Windows 7 using Windows RDP

I've seen this problem reported a few times for example this Ask Ubuntu question: Xrdp login failed but none of the questions had answers which worked for me - so I am raising a new post to try and ...
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grub not showing in boot

I have a tri-boot computer (Ubuntu Mate 16.04.3LTS, Windows 7, Kali Linux). Until recently, grub menu showed at every boot just fine. However, tonight, I decided to exit Windows and load Ubuntu; I ...
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How to install Mobisystem OfficeSuite on Ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to use OfficeSuite installer for Windows to install OfficeSuite on Ubuntu 16.04 I have configured my wine to use windows 7 and installed microsoft.net framework 4.5. Still when I try to ...
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how to recover MBR after Ubuntu installation, how to go back to windows MBR

I'm a new Ubuntu user and have big problem. I installed Ubuntu 16.04.1 on company laptop. During installation I rewrite mbr on sd1 widdows7 disk. My Grub do not find windows partition and this ...
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Unable to boot Windows7 or Ubuntu

So I'm a total noob to Ubuntu. And I'm have a really bad experience. Hope you can help with my problem. My problem is that I had Windows 7 originally installed in my laptop. So i decide to install ...
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Can't mount Windows share through cifs Ubuntu 14.04

I've been trying for a couple hours to find out why I can't access a shared drive on my Windows machine from an Ubuntu machine. I've gotten as far as Retrying with upper case share name mount error(...
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Can't detect hard drive partitions?

I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04.4 alongside windows 7 but I can't figure out how to detect all the disk partitions I have already built in Windows. I have done a primary NTFS 30GB disk partition ...
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Installed Ubuntu due to Windows 7 failure, need to save windows data drive

I am a first time Ubuntu user. I have installed Ubuntu due to my Windows 7 did not want to boot up (tried safe mode, command line, boot disk, boot from usb....etc. ) On my Windows 7 setup, I have the ...
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Overwriting existing OS via expanding a partition

Currently I have a dual boot of windows 7 and Xubuntu. I'd like to dedicate my whole hard drive to Xubuntu and get rid of windows 7. Is there any way I can do this without having to format my hard ...
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Will upgrading to windows 10 affect my dual boot?

I'm currently running Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 with dual boot. I want to upgrade to Windows 10, but I would like my Ubuntu to be untouched. How do I go about it?
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Cannot access Windows 7 machine from Ubuntu 14.04 via Telnet

I have a machine running Windows 7 and I want to connect to it from Ubuntu. Until now it was working just fine. But now, when I try to connect to Windows 7 from Ubuntu, I get this: telnet: Unable ...
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How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. Option "Install Ubuntu Alongside Windows 7 does not show up"

sorry to open a new thread with the same and question again and again, but people wouldn't open it again and again, if Ubuntu would work out of the box like the tutorials explain it to work. I have ...
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Windows 7 connection to Samba drive does not refresh sometimes

System: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Samba 4.1.6 Client: Windows 7 I have a drive on Win 7 mapped to an Ubuntu Samba share. Sometimes when I create one or more new files in Ubuntu, I cannot see the new file ...
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Samba 4.1.6 Segfaults on 14.04 LTS

My Samba network folder disconnects on my Windows 7 boxes whenever I use Windows Explorer to open a file. The folder icons grey out for a minute or so, before becoming available again. However the the ...
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Can't log into Ubuntu 14.04 Samba share via Windows 7

I'm sorry to ask what seems to be such a popular, over-asked question but I've done my digging and can't, for the life of me, log into my Ubuntu 14.04 samba share with Windows 7. Here's my smb.conf ...
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How do I recover Windows 7 on my Grub menu, Ubuntu 14.04

I duel boot Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 7 (Windows being installed first) and a couple days ago I jumped on to Ubuntu to check for updates and after it updated, I found that the Windows option had ...
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How to make a Windows 7 USB on Ubuntu

I currently have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed, but would also like to dual boot Windows 7 aswell mainly for games. I have downloaded a Windows 7 ISO but the Startup Disk creator will not allow me to ...
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Ubuntu 13.10 rdesktop issuse with local printer

I have a Ubuntu 13.10 32-bit installed on my machine. I am using rdesktop to remote into a Windows 7 Pro 32-bit machine. I have a local printer that is connected via USB to my Ubuntu machine. The ...
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Ubuntu not seeing Windows 7 in bootloader

While I was installing Ubuntu I unplugged my Windows 7 HDD so I wouldn't accidentally partition it. I installed Ubuntu, shut off my computer, plugged back the HDD, rebooted (and using the BIOS boot ...
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Issues with Ubuntu/Win7 dual boot

Hi I'm a newbie to Linux and have been interested in trying it out. My wife has no interest in it so I'm forced to create a dual OS situation but I've really run into a brick wall here. I've done as ...
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Need help booting windows after installing ubuntu dual boot

I recently installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7. The first time I booted up, I was given the option to boot to Ubuntu or Windows. If I selected Ubuntu, I would go to a GRUB menu for Ubuntu. ...
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Printing from inside a Windows 7 VM via Virtualbox 4.3 with 12.04 LTS

I have installed Windows 7 64-bit as VM. I am unable to install my printer in Windows 7. USB is working and all extensions and guest additions are installed. USB ports are shown in virtual machine, ...
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Wrong magic bytes at the start in lib

I was curious to know how this happened and how to correct it? Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (0.10.31-1ubuntu1.2) ... dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good (--configure): ...
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Dual boot Win7/Ubuntu - GRUB menu flashes; cannot select

I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on two separate partitions on my desktop. I used to be able to get the GRUB menu at startup when I had an older Ubuntu version (probably 10.x) but, after ...
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How can I tell if Windows 7 update is deleting my kernel?

I have a dual install going with windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. My window updates have been set to manual however I just find it really strange that every time I do a windows update my linux kernel goes ...
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Installation problem of Ubuntu 12.04.2 in virtualbox on windows 7 host

When I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 in virtualbox on windows 7 host, it is getting installed. But, after pressing on Restart now button, the virtualbox is not responding and it is getting ...
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Time changes when rebooting kubuntu

I have installed a dual boot system with windows 7 and kubuntu but every time i reboot my system; time changes in my kubuntu. Initially frequency of time changing was less but now its changing every ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 difficulties with first time startup on USB external hard drive

Today I decided to finally try out Ubuntu, so I followed the Windows installation guide. I downloaded the Desktop Ubuntu 12.10 ISO for Windows, and used the Pen Drive Linux USB Installer to install ...
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Problem installing GRUB with dual boot Win7 on RAID

I use Linux at work and am pretty happy setting up and installing to new machines in several configurations, however I have to admit, this time I'm stumped! I have a nice new PC with an SSD Raid in ...
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Windows backup in Ubuntu

I am trying to copy the c:\Users folder from a Windows 7 Installation for a backup under Ubuntu 12.04 Live CD. The file transfer seems to be calculating way more info than there actually is in the ...
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How to recover the Windows 7 partition in Ubuntu 12.04

I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 in my machine, and after trying to mount and unmount a SD card, my Windows 7 "has hidden him self", When i power on the computer,i can enter the Grub and choose ...
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