Microsoft's Windows operating system(s).
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ubuntu 13.04 is extremly slow
My CPU is i7 dual core. I am running Ubuntu on VirtualBox. İt is extremely slow than other Linux versions such as Edubuntu 13.04 and its previous versions before 12.10. The 12.10 was also very slow.
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Ubuntu 13.04 How I get Menu options like Win*?
I am very new to Linux, trying to replace Windows 7 with a flavor of Linux, two of my Cyber frieds advised me to get Ubuntu. I got it (13.04 GNOME) and burnt on USB, boot from USB and have a very nice ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 precise x11vnc to tightvnc windows 7, only shows background and mouse after log in [duplicate]
Hi I am wanting to create a headless(no monitor keyboard or mouse) Ubuntu machine which I can view from my windows laptop.
At the moment it is a full desktop, with monitor mouse and keyboard and I am ...
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The Installation! Via USB (64 bit download)
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto one of my old PC's (Windows XP) And once I get to "Downloading information on installation files" - It does nothing and stays 1/3 loaded, and doesn't do ...
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Change Ubuntu to Windows
I am using Ubuntu 13.04. And now I want to use Windows as Ubuntu have lots of fail
and my laptop is all time is overheated. I mean by overheated that you can't touch fan postion because it's so hot.
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Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot hard drive issues
I have recently bought a new laptop, and as I use Ubuntu on my desktop, but want to play games on my laptop, i installed both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on the laptop. It all went pretty well, I can ...
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HDD makes high-pitched noise in Windows, but it is silent in Ubuntu!
I was just wondering what's different about Ubuntu that makes my HDD work more silently than in Windows. In Windows my hard disk makes a very audible high-pitch noise (no vibrations), but in Ubuntu it ...
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Dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu more official way
I Know that there are more questions about dual booting windows and ubuntu. However mine is a little different.
I did my research but I did not find any solution at my problem at this group.
I have ...
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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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I have Windows 7 on a 1TB HDD and I have installed UBUNTU on 240GB OCZ SSD
Boot Info Script
I run boot-repair as I cannot boot up Ubuntu. It suggested using Gparted? I want to be able to boot up my computer and choose either Windows or Linux everytime. I used EasyBCD to ...
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Windows 8 does not appear in my grub list
I have been unable to get my windows 8 partition to appear in my grub list. I installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 64 bit. My machine is a toshiba satellite s855-s5378 and is a secure boot system. I have secure ...
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I can't boot my Windows installer
I'm trying to install Windows 8 because I removed it accidentally.
What I've tried:
extracted iso and added the boot flag within Ubuntu
extracted iso using PowerISO within Windows 7 (other ...
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How to remove Windows from Grub menu? [duplicate]
My setup is GnomeShell Remix 12.04 and Windows 7 dual boot. Now everything works fine, however, I rarely ever boot Windows and I would like to remove the Windows entry from my Grub menu completely and ...
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Can't uninstall Ubuntu WUBI after upgrading Windows to Windows 8
I installed Ubuntu via Wubi on Windows 7, and I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8. The dual boot option and Ubuntu work fine, but I cannot uninstall it; it does not appear in the programs.
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Installing Ubuntu, on a Windows 8 laptop, without a CD. Can it be done? And what is the normal time for download? [duplicate]
I have a Aspire laptop, Windows 8 pre-installed with 8 GB of ram. I have tried to download via thumb drive but it won't download. So I wanted to know there were any other ways to download it without a ...
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How do I get Graboid to work
I recently switched to Linux & Ubuntu, very glad I did. ( Good bye MS!)
Although I have allot of knowledge of Windows,I am a noob when it comes to Linux. I have Wine installed etc. Have tried ...
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Windows 7, Xubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04 triple-double boot :)
I currently have Windows 7 and Xubuntu 12.10 and that is working fine.
Now I want to make some free space out of Windows partition and install Ubuntu 13.04 on it.
So my question is:
Would that be a ...
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installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer(WUBI)! [duplicate]
If I installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer, will it create a partition in my hard disk? And after installing if i want to uninstall it what to do?
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Windows will not boot after I downloaded Ubuntu [closed]
So I downloaded Ubuntu on my girlfriend's laptop to make a LiveCD and transferred the iso to a USB drive as well for my own laptop. All was well, until I tried to turn the computer back on after I ...
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How can I run Evernote on Ubuntu?
I have Evernote running on Windows. I access the same on my android phone with ease.
I want to use the same Windows-run Evernote to use on my Ubuntu, so that the notes fed on Windows Evernote can be ...
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How to switch from Ubuntu to Windows 7?
I have Windows 7 installed on C drive and installed Ubuntu on D drive. When I start the laptop, it starts with Ubuntu. I want to switch back to Windows 7. I don't want to lose any data on Windows 7. ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 3 and Windwos FAIL BOOT
I have a strange issue:
I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome edition on a usb and every time I wanted to use this Ubuntu to plug my usb into my laptop and boot the usb enjoy the cool OS. I made a ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on a Dell inspiron 17R 7720 SE with Windows 8? [duplicate]
I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 17R 7720 Special Edition but I am unable to install Ubuntu 12.10. WUBI does not work for me and I am wondering if there is another way to install it my machine came ...
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Can I run my microsoft windows applications on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have a hard disk drive (160 gb) full of windows applications and stuff, and I don't want to lose it. Is there possible to use .exe in Ubuntu?
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Difficulties in installing ndiswrapper-1.58
please help me in installing ndiswrapper-1.58. Currently i am on uBuntu 12.10 and trying to install TRENDnet Wireless N PCI Adapter (TEW-643PI) into my computer.
Therein lies the problem as i am a ...
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Is there any way I can install Windows games on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I recently switched to Linux from Windows and really like Ubuntu but I have alot of Windows games I can't play anymore.
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How can I use Ubuntu to fix my Windows OS
My Windows Vista OS is not booting up, but Ubuntu is working fine for me. I do not have an Ubuntu Live CD but I do have a USB...however I do not know how to create a Ubuntu Live USB. I want to revive ...
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How to fix location of Windows from second grub
I originally had Windows Vista, later upgraded to 7.
Then I used wubi to install Kubuntu alongside Windows 7 - my load screen became the black one with white writing (grub legacy I believe).
Then I ...
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choose wrong option during install and lost partitions
i tried ubuntu 13.04 beta in my pc with live dvd.
when i wanted to install ubuntu i choose to delete my windows wrongly!.
i see the page that we must to select time location and here i realized my ...
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Can Windows boot from Ubuntu?
I am thinking about using two SSDs. Install each OS on one SSD. Then set the boot order to the Ubuntu one first. Then, is it possible to boot Windows from Ubuntu? This should be simple right?
I will ...
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Can I use wubi if I have a UEFI motherboard and Windows Vista?
Am I safe if I am not using Windows 8?
Also, I built the computer myself, it was not a computer pre-built with Windows 8.
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remmina remote desktop client not starting?
When you click the app icon in the dash search, it does not pop up after waiting a few seconds for the applications to open. this one doesn't even do that. It did work fine before, but now it doesn't.
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Can installing Lubuntu desktop interfere with my Win7 audio output?
After I went on Ubuntu today, and installed Lubuntu desktop environment, I just re-booted into Windows 7 and found out that my audio mini-Jack output isn't working anymore.
Can that be linked to the ...
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Restore root.disk files (or boot in low-graphics mode)
Once something bad happend and my ubuntu has falled down. After this when booting i have message "You are in low-graphics mode now, your screen and other devices can't be detected automaticly. You ...
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Guide to installing Ubuntu onto a system with Windows 8 Preinstalled [duplicate]
I'm interested in installing Ubuntu onto my Asus laptop which is running Windows 8. I'm a bit nervous. What if the installation goes wrong? I want Ubuntu to be my default operating system. If 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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Samba shares, using smb.conf or /var/lib/samba/usershare
Ok, so I caused my own problem by trying to be funny. And now I am very confused about how to fix it.
So here we go:
Our server has had 2 open shares since day one. only one of them offered windows ...
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Windows filesystems on Ubuntu
I currently have 2 hard drives, 1 running my Windows OS and all my applications, and another for saving all my chunky media files.
If I was to wipe my hard drive which holds Windows and install ...
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How to start Ubuntu with Windows XP?
I have installed the latest version on my old PC running Windows XP with the Windows installer.
When I select the OS from the list it starts but then comes up with a page like a command prompt with ...
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Refresh desktop icons
I have used mount --bind to mirror my Windows desktop folder to Ubuntu. I have set it up to mount on boot but the desktop does not refresh the icons so I have to logout and log back in to make the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 can't mount a partition with Windows 8
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 ...
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Mirror Files and Documents from Windows machine to Ubuntu in Virtualbox
Ok, so I have a machine with a dual boot installed (Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10). They are on separate hard drives. I already have Virtualbox set up to boot from the linux physical hard drive (Windows ...
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is the lack of games availability the only thing stopping ubuntu from replacing windows? [closed]
I recently lost my linux virginity, and now I feel like the 40 year old virgin.
What is holding back linux (especially ubuntu) replacing windows?
The only thing I find lacking is new game ...
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Make a Linux install CD on a Mac but Use it to Install Linux on a Windows Machine
I've tried a couple of times to install Linux on my Windows machine using a CD created with Mac OS X... Have not been sucessful. Any idea why? Perhaps I'm downloading the wrong version of Linux?s
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How do I hide an entry from grub?
I dual boot with windows xp and ubuntu 12.04 lts. I rarely use windows. I want to remove the windows entry from grub menu. I don't want to remove windows, i just want to remove the entry.
The purpose ...
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Does installing Ubuntu 12.10 with 'Erase Win7' option deletes Windows partitions? [duplicate]
I had Win 7 in C:\ and other data in F:\ G:\ H:\ partitions. Installed Ubuntu 12.10 with option Erase win7 and install Ubuntu and checked LVM option. After installing Ubuntu I'm not able to see F:\ ...
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My laptop stuck after trying to install ubuntu
I was trying to install ubuntu from a disk on key to my laptop (did it already on my desk top a few months ago)
i choose to install ubuntu in the options and then i got stuck on a purple background ...
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SFS Windows partition after Ubuntu Install
I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit on another laptop of mine and encountered a problem. Here is what happened:
I shrunk the Windows partition to create space for Ubuntu
I ran ...
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Difficulty Opening Other Partitions or Pen Drives
I am unable to open my Windows partition or a USB memory stick in 12.10. Everything was working fine until today - I updated Ubuntu but not sure if this is related to problem.
Partition appears in ...
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Can i have ubuntu in the same bootable usb stick for windows and mac?
I would like to have in the same usb 2 partitions one for mac and the other for run ubuntu over windows.
