Questions tagged [windows]
Microsoft's Windows operating system(s). Questions with this tag should relate to Ubuntu to be on-topic for this site. If your issue is with a specific version of Windows, please check windows-8, windows-7, etc.
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Is it possible to install a Windows device driver using Wine?
I have a Windows 7 64-bit driver for a device that I would like to use with my system. If it was possible to load it with Wine and put that command correctly in my .bashrc, I would be good to go.
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Windows Dynamic Disk not reading in Ubuntu
While using windows i changed my hard disk partitions from "Logical Disk" to "Dynamic Disk"..... then i installed Ubuntu in c drive. when i opened ubuntu the contents of C:Drive are shown but i am ...
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Dual boot problem Windows 8 & Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed.
But when selecting Windows 8 to boot I get following error:
error: unknown command 'drivemap'
error: invalid EFI filepath
I ...
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What is the equivalent of Windows System Properties or Device Manager?
I am new to Ubuntu. In Windows, if I want to know my system properties/configuration, I can see it by going to Control Panel and clicking on the System icon. I can also get a detailed list of the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 lts freezes while in boot, in wndows Virtual box. Solution?
I am Using Ubuntu in Virtual Box.. the Host OS is Windows10 with dedicated intel's Graphics.
I have reinstalled twice, probably this starts due to sudden shutdown or some reason. Dnt know whats the ...
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What filesystem for an external Harddrive (Linux/Mac/Windows) [closed]
What Filesystem should I use for an external USB harddrive (500GB), with possibility
to share with a Mac and Windows systems, for example at the office.
Now it is NTFS but back in the day the NTFS ...
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Failed to mount Windows share: Invalid argument
A very similar question has been asked before by robazefa, but no one answered it.
For the last month or so, my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS box has been been unable to open a couple of folders shared from ...
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Why can't my machine resolve local windows hostnames?
When I ping any local windows hostname from my Ubuntu machine I get "unable to resolve host", but when I ping from a windows machine it works fine. Why would this be? Samba & Miredo are installed
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Howto auto-mount windows-partitions using /etc/fstab
Hello what do I have to write in the file "/etc/fstab" to get my windows-partition (/dev/sda3) automatically mounted on startup ?
I get this error-message (clicking on the bookmark for the partition ...
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How to run exe file in Ubuntu [duplicate]
Is it possible to run a .exe file in Ubuntu in a script?
For example a simple Matlab code like this:
system("dir/WAV2RAW.exe")
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Can Ubuntu really run all Windows programs?
I recently stumbled over the Ubuntu for Tablets video, where Mark Shuttleworth presents how Ubuntu is going to look on tablets.
However, he said one thing that struck me at: http://www.youtube.com/...
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How to install Windows 7 inside Virtualbox of Ubuntu?
I have already dual systems : Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on my laptop. The Windows 7 had been installed when I bought this laptop, and I don't have a CD.
I just installed VitrualBox under Ubuntu, ...
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I need to see the BCDedit for a Windows10/Ubuntu install both by Wubi and by separate partition
I seem to have windows passing by on GRUB/Ubuntu. There's no Ubuntu folder under Windows. I can boot from firmware to Grub, then choose either OS. I removed Wubi/Ubuntu and reinstalled directly to the ...
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How do I migrate currently installed Ubuntu to a Virtual Machine?
I'm finding that my graphics drivers (ATI Radeon HD 4200) run MUCH better in a native windows system, I can't even get the closed-source drivers working in Ubuntu, thus leading me to want to run ...
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Share across network to Windows users
I have a folder I want to share with a couple windows users on the network.
I am using ubuntu 10.4
When I right click a folder I go to "Sharing Options"
There are 3 check boxes. If I check ...
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How do I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu?
I already have Ubuntu installed on the machine and a spare NTFS partition.
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How do I re-install Samba?
I recently followed a guide to configure Samba but I couldn't get it configured properly. After realizing that the guide was six years out of date I thought I should start again.
I reinstalled samba ...
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Trouble with Ubuntu installation in VirtualBox
I'm having some problems getting Ubuntu to install. I'm running Windows XP Home (32bit) on an older Dell Dimension 2350 with 1GB ram, trying to install either Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32Bit) or 13.04 (32Bit) ...
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How can I install .exe files of Windows 7 or more in Ubuntu?
I want to run/install .exe files that require Windows 7 or higher in Wine on Ubuntu.
When I try to install a specific .exe file on Wine, it says
Windows version is not supported! You can install ...
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How do I remove Ubuntu, wipe hard drive and install Windows XP?
I have ubuntu 11.10, but i want to remove it, format my hard drive and install windows xp, but when i try doing this from the windows installer it says that the hard drive can't be formated so i would ...
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Why does Wubi installation fail with "Error: 'None Type' object has no attribute 'get_info'"?
I'm trying to install Wubi from Windows, and it fails half-way with this error:
"None Type" object has no attribute 'get_info'
c:\user\hp\Appdata\local\temp\wubi-12.04rev266
How can I complete Wubi ...
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What security policies exist in place for packages and scripts?
I did have used Microsoft Windows since Windows 98 to Windows 7. I have found lots of security vulnerabilities by myself about how viruses, worms, spyware etc. compromises the system.
Microsoft ...
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Upgrading from 10.04 to 11.04
I want to upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04 offline. I have burnt a Ubuntu 11.04 CD. During the installation there's an option; "Upgrade to 11.04". Will choosing this option affect my Windows partition? I ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 14.04 without losing data on a Windows 7 PC (physically)?
I have this windows PC, and I want to install this Ubuntu physically without VMware. Last time I installed this, I lost up-to 160GB, and it was all of my hard drive. I have 4 drives C:, D:, F: and E:. ...
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Is it possible to install Office 365 (2013) on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet? [duplicate]
I would like to install Office 2015/365 on Ubuntu 15.04. I tried to install Office using Wine, but that did not work. Please note that I do not want virtualisation unless it has a Winconn-like ...
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Getting grub menu to work on dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 Windows 11. Currently boots in a loop
My Situation is the following:
I want to install Ubuntu jammy jellyfish 22.04 LTS instead of manjaro on my laptop. The laptop already had a working dual boot and so I thought replacing one Linux-...
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No PARTITIONs found while installing, dual-boot Win8/Ubuntu 14.04
SOLVED: See OP's Answer below
I am trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.
I have a laptop that has been through various dual-boot configs. At one point, I was only running Linux Mint. ...
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How to share internet access between Ubuntu and Windows guests OS in VirtualBox?
Using VirtualBox.
There's two Virtual Machines, Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7.
On Ubuntu:
There's two ethernet interfaces.
Bridge interface (eth0) who can access the internet. ping www.google.com ...
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Should I choose to Install alongside windows 8 or something else
I'm thinking about installing Ubuntu ( dual boot ) as I might like it but I'm not sure whether I should choose to install alongside Windows 8 or something else.
I do have 100 GB unallocated already ...
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Installing Ubuntu before or after upgrading from Vista to Win 7?
I just got a new SSD hard drive for my thinkpad laptop. I just installed Vista with the factory CDs. On my old OS, my main OS was Ubuntu but I do want to keep Windows on a separate partition as a dual ...
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Can not boot Windows on Legacy BIOS after installing Ubuntu on UEFI
Long story short, I installed ubuntu while I was watching netflix and feeling very lazy, and may have lost all my windows 7 files.
Quick summary:
-Windows 7 was installed on Legacy bios and I ...
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Dual boot with windows 10 (upgrade from Win 8.1 OEM)
I have dual booted my laptop with windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 15.04. Windows came as a OEM with the laptop so I didn't delete it as I paid for it and I am not using it though. I want to know if I do the ...
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Has the WSL rootfs (.tar.gz) been removed from Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Releases website?
It looks like the WSL tarball of Ubuntu 22.04 has been pulled from the Ubuntu release location. It no longer appears at https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/jammy/release/. Normally, in the past, ...
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Will I lose all of my data if I replace Windows with Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I wish to install Ubuntu OVER Windows. Windows is installed on my "C" partition. I also have another partition which contains 95% of my data.
I really would like to know if I install Ubuntu, will it ...
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How do I add this extra partition to my installed Ubuntu system?
I started installing Ubuntu by watching a video tutorial about doing a disk partition installation, for that, inside Windows' 7 own disk partitioning tool. After a defrag I cut 100GB that I pretended ...
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How to create Windows / Linux bootable USB on Ubuntu [GUI style] [duplicate]
Since some laptops doesn't have an optical device and it is faster and easier to create bootable USB than DVD (especially if something go wrong) I have decided to post this question. Answers should be ...
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Ubuntu Won't Boot After Install on Samsung NP915S3G: error "All boot options are tried." [duplicate]
So yesterday I went ahead and bought the Samsung NP915S3G (ATIV Book 9 Lite) and installed Tahr in hope that everything would go smoothly. For the most part it; everything necessary seems to work off ...
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How do I open .exe in ubuntu without wine or any other windows compatibility layer? [closed]
I tried to open some .exe files with wine, like Minecraft team extreme. It ran, but it was lagging too much! How do I run an .exe file without Windows/DOS/Wine?
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Are hard links equivalent to Windows shortcuts?
Wikipedia defines a hard link as:
a directory entry that associates a name with a file on a file system. (A directory is itself a special kind of file that contains a list of such entries.) The ...
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How to program for Windows in Ubuntu?
Is there anyway to create (C++ or C#) windows console applications inside Ubuntu's IDE (e.g Anjuta) and compile it for Windows?
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Running .Net 4.0 application with Wine
I'm attempting to run a simple program in Wine, under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, however it complains that
fixme:mscoree:parse_supported_runtime sku=L".NETFramework,Version=v4.0" not implemented
fixme:...
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WSL not working after update from Microsoft store
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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1586]
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WSL 2
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5.10.16
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Ubuntu20.04LTS
Other Software
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Is there any Ubuntu 14.04 theme to make it look like Windows 10?
I used windows 10 in virtual box for a few days and i fell in love with its beauty. Is there a ubuntu theme to make it look like windows 10?
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How to remotely control which OS Grub boots?
Consider the following dual-boot setup:
Grub is installed to /dev/sda
/dev/sda1 is mounted as /boot
/dev/sda6 is mounted as /
Windows 10 is installed to /dev/sdb2
As it stands now, Grub selects ...
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How to fix syslinux error creating a bootable USB stick in Windows?
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 desktop and I am trying to create a bootable USB drive using the universal USB installer.
However, I keep getting the message:
An error(1) occurred while executing ...
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Running a script created in Notepad (Windows) on Ubuntu
I created a Notepad file on Windows and copied it to Ubuntu. The file contains some iptables rules. After making the file executable using chmod +x and executing it, it didn't work.
However, when I ...
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Create windows to go USB from Ubuntu [closed]
Since my ocd (im kidding) prevents me from dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 ive decided to create a Windows to go USB (boot the entire Windows from an external drive connected to a USB port). There ...
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How do I integrate my Windows filesystem with Ubuntu?
I recently got a new Windows computer and would like to dual boot with Ubuntu. I don't really want to have 2 separate file systems (with mounting) but would like to integrate the two, if it is ...
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Why can't non-admin users install software?
This is probably something I don't understand since I am used to Windows
and am only starting out with Ubuntu. I know that software in linux comes in packages what I don't understand is why can't non-...
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Install Windows 7 from Ubuntu on USB Drive
I don't have cd burner, so I want to install W7 on my 2nd computer via an USB-Drive. I just copied the files from the iso but it won't boot. So I installed ms-sys and did a ms-sys -7 /dev/sdb
but it ...
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