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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In Windows Terminal running Ubuntu, how can I make the default directory be ~ (/home/jake) instead of / (root)?
I have both Windows Terminal and Ubuntu installed from the Microsoft Store inside of Windows 10 (I don't know if this is WSL Version 1 or Version 2. The wsl -l -v command failed.).
My default ...
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Windows gets progressively slower over time, why doesn't Ubuntu?
I, and many other previous Windows users notice that the computer seems to get progressively slower over time. I bought a leapfrog crammer only to find it installed process that sat there waiting for ...
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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 connect to Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication Required
I want to connect via remote desktop to a Windows Server 2008 R2.
On the Windows server's remote desktop connection properties, it is set to "safer". Specifically, the selected option is "Allow ...
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"Error: 0x80080005 Server execution failed" while installing Ubuntu on Windows
While installing Ubuntu app on Windows, I'm encountering this error:
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80080005
Error: 0x80080005 Server ...
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How do I change from dual-boot Windows/Ubuntu to single-boot Ubuntu?
I have an old Vista laptop that I partitioned and installed Ubuntu on, with dual-boot. I've now decided to switch entirely to Ubuntu. What's the best way to achieve this?
My current partitions:
+----...
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Different results for ls when accessing Ubuntu via SSH from different clients (Windows-PuTTy, Mac-Terminal)
Consider the following directory structure, printed to the screen using ls -l "$dir" ($dir is a bash variable standing for some folder on the same server, a few levels up), on a remote ...
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How do you view the contents of a .CAB file?
I'll trying to migrate away from Simply Accounting and need to somehow extract the contents of a Windows CAB file which is what Simply uses for backups.
What is the best way to open a CAB file on ...
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How to make a partition windows can read?
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 and I need to make a new partition out of my system partition. That partition should be readable by windows 7 in order to ease dual boot with Ubuntu. How can I proceed ?
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The WiFi is disabled when I start with Windows and then go back to Ubuntu. A restart is required for WiFi to start
Steps to reproduce:
Start the PC and in the Grub i select to start with Windows
Work in Windows
Go back to Ubuntu
The WiFi does no start
I restart de PC and start with Ubuntu again, then the WiFi ...
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How can I annotate PDFs so notes are compatible with Adobe Reader for Win/OSX?
I am looking for a tool which allows me to annotate PDFs in Ubuntu and share the PDFs with annotations with people who use OSX or Windows. I cannot assume that the others can or will install special ...
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How can I use the Windows (Super) key?
The Windows key seems to not have any use in Ubuntu, but since I'm just coming from Windows I'm used to this key having some function.
How can I make good use of the Windows key in Ubuntu?
I've seen ...
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Remove RECYCLER directory from virus infected flash drive
Before you advise me on the option of saving my files and formatting the drive using gparted, please understand that I could have done that hours back and that would have taken only a few minutes. ...
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Installing for i386-pc platform Winusb
So I began installing my windows.iso onto my flash drive, and the entire process was fine for the beginning. Now the window just reads installing for i386-pc platform, and the orange bar just keeps ...
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What do you do when Ubuntu hangs/lags? Ctrl+Alt+Del? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
Generally, I think Linux should be stable? But recently, my Ubuntu was hanging or lagging. Mouse moves but not responding to clicks. On ...
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How do I install Windows 7 without overwriting GRUB? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub?
I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.10 in my PC, now as all know my Windows XP is been attacked by virus, and I need to re-install it by Windows 7 (the ...
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Retrieve Windows 8 Product Key from mainboard
My new laptop came preinstalled with Windows 8. Naively, as I am, I just formatted the harddrive and installed fine old Ubuntu. Now I want to install Windows 8 for dual boot again, but I have no DVD ...
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Why do Windows & Ubuntu have similar shell commands?
Ubuntu has a bash (Bourne Again SHell) whereas Windows has it's proprietary shell. According to my research there is no name for the language used for shell scripting in Windows/Ubuntu. It's just ...
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Is there a way for grub to automatically reboot into Windows from Windows?
I have a dual boot setup:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Windows
Currently when I want to reboot from Ubuntu into Windows I use grub-reboot with the appropriate number as argument. This works well.
However ...
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How to identify and replace broken files in a corrupted Ubuntu ISO?
So, this isn't exactly an issue running Ubuntu, but rather with installing it.
Every time I try to download the Ubuntu ISO (from any source) it seems to end up corrupt. That is, the MD5 sums are ...
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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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How do I mount a hibernated partition with Windows 8 in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I can't mount my other partition with Windows 8, I have Ubuntu 12.10 amd64:
Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ricardo/003E8A7D3E8A6C0A: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,...
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How can Ubuntu update running applications without having to close them while Windows cannot?
Running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit.
I mostly update through terminal using sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade.
I don't understand this: having Firefox or any other such integrated ...
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dual boot missing files on ntfs
I have 3 partitions: one for Windows 7 (ntfs), one for Ubuntu (ext4) and one just for data (ntfs so both operating systems can see them).
My problem is that I had stored some files on the data ...
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Why does dd not make working bootable USB sticks for Microsoft? [closed]
Please don't refer me to the (mostly wrong) answers that have been posted on this subject. None are correct.
For the last several years I have made a million bootable sticks like this: dd if=(this)....
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One click shutdown Ubuntu and load into alternative bootup
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7.
My GRUB bootloader defaults to Ubuntu.
I mainly use Ubuntu, but I occasionally need to bootup Windows to do a few things.
If I need to do ...
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How to Remote Desktop from Windows to Lubuntu
I have tried to use the xrdp to remotely connect from Windows to Lubuntu. I have tried several ways and have followed several guides but nothing worked.
When trying to connect from Windows I am asked ...
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Boot Windows 7 iso from grub2
I want to do it because I want to install Windows 7 and my BIOS menu doesn't appear; it skips to grub2 menu at start, but that's another story... Is there a way to boot the Windows 7 installation iso ...
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Can Windows and Ubuntu share a single swap partition?
I am dual booting my system with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. I have created the special swap partition for Ubuntu while installing (as recommended).
Can Windows use this swap area/partition--as its ...
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Windows 7 can't find CUPS printer shared from Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 11.10 on one computer and Windows 7 on another. The Ubuntu computer has a printer attached, and I want to add this printer to the Windows 7 computer. Printing locally works. The problem ...
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How to Get a Windows Client to Authenticate against a Linux LDAP Server
How can we set Windows clients to authenticate against an LDAP Server running on Ubuntu?
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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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Remembering Window Positions (and preferrably sizes, too) in Ubuntu 14.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows and I am finding one thing to be very irritating. That is, when I open any application, it opens at the top-left of the screen.
The first thing I ...
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How to shrink my current Windows partition from ubuntu?
Was wondering how I could shrink my Windows partition on my dual boot setup, considering I no longer need much space for it. I've heard of gparted, not sure if that is fit for the job.
Thanks!
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Can I remove Windows Vista from my notebook and only install Ubuntu?
I would like to remove Windows Vista from my notebook which is currently running a dual boot Windows Vista + Ubuntu and use Ubuntu as the only OS.
The notebook is unstable when running Windows Vista, ...
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Can't boot Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu yesterday alongside Windows 7 and whenever I start my computer I don't have the option to boot Windows. When the computer starts it goes straight to Ubuntu without giving me an OS ...
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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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What are these files like Zone.Identifier:$DATA and how to prevent them?
I have an ext4 drive which is available to my windows XP VirtualBox as a shared folder. When working with files across ubuntu and windows I sometimes see these autogenerated files with Zone....
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Can't modify files in my shared folder (virtualbox, guest is Ubuntu, host is windows 7)
I'm using virtual-box. The guest is Ubuntu. The host is Windows 7. I have a shared folder (shared by the host and the guest).
The problem is that in the guest (Ubuntu) I cannot rename/delete/edit the ...
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Ubuntu Philosophy Question [closed]
I was just switching from Windows to Ubuntu and I started to read this.
And there were quite a few things I did not understand. One was:
"OpenOffice decided not to have a learning curve"
Another ...
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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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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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Launch an application in Windows from the Ubuntu desktop
I'd like a write a shell script in Ubuntu that does the following:
Boot up a Windows 7 guest OS in Virtualbox, if it isn't running already.
Run a shell script in Windows, where the shell script is ...
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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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Ubuntu on Hyper-V sluggish/slow UI experience
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed with Hyper-V Manager. I have assigned it 4 processor cores and 12GBs of RAM. I have run through several forums and tutorials and I haven't found any solution that would ...
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How to run Windows Store Apps on Linux
I am eager to run Windows Store apps (not regular Win32 applications) on my Kubuntu 18.10. Can I run it with Wine? If not, then how should I?
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What are the limitations of the Windows Subsystem for Linux? [duplicate]
I played around with the WSL last year, but at the time it was not capable of running the neural network project that I wanted to try on it. Apparently had something to do with it having an outdated ...
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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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Why does Ubuntu fail to run .exe files? / How do I run .exe? [duplicate]
So, I just built my PC today, and am only using Ubuntu until I get Windows installed (sorry, guys!) But when I go to click on any .exe file, nothing happens. It just sits there. No error message, ...
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How compatible is Wine with Windows as of today?
Observation shows that some Windows softwares run perfectly on Wine and some
just fail miserably. Rather than trying them out randomly, I wanted to create a
place where we can have some ideas about ...