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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Attempt to install Ubuntu 12.10 from Windows but get GRUB instead
I have a Ubuntu ISO that I have just downloaded from ubuntu.com and used the Windows Installer (Wubi) to install Ubuntu, but when it boots, instead of Ubuntu I get some GRUB ... something.
I have ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Windows 8 UEFI laptop?
I have created an USB installer with UNetbootin for Ubuntu 12.10 Live (I'm not sure if that is the right one for this)
I disabled Fast Boot, but I didn't change UEFI to Legacy because nothing will ...
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How to install 12.10 on a VirtualBox under Windows 7 Host?
I've just been looking at lots of similar issues to this but none have a fix that works for me.
I've got a Windows 7 64-bit Intel Core i7 system on which I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 (32-bit ...
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Is Ubuntu supposed to run hot if it's installed alongside Windows 7?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 and the fan has been running a little hot for a good bit. Even when I switch to Windows 7, it's running hot. It didn't do this before I installed Ubuntu. I have an HP DV6 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Wired Connection Not Working
I am a beginner to Linux and Ubuntu, and my laptop currently dual-boots Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. Neither of my wired and wireless connections are working. My wired network was working, but when I ...
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Ubuntu not showing up in windows 7 network
I have a windows 7 laptop and ubuntu desktop, and both are connected to the same network, I can see the windows laptop in ubuntu's network, also I can access it, copy past files,on windows I cannot ...
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How do I mount disks with an Adaptec RAID controller on a dual-boot machine? (error code 12)
I'm trying to migrate from Windows to Ubuntu 12.04, dual-booting at the moment.
One problem I am facing is the RAID controller, I'm not able to mount any of the drives connected to it.
(The OS is up ...
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How to setup complete file access and control on a network
I have a media server running ubuntu 12.04 and I want it setup so that any PC on the network (windows etc) has complete access to all files, folders etc with read, write, edit, copy to, copy from ...
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Can't boot Windows 7 after installling 12.04 on HP 6735s laptop
I installed 12.04 through a USB drive and when it's done I can't load Windows 7 (Loader)(on/dev/sda1) in GRUB. When I select that, it displays a black screen and then returns to GRUB but I'm still ...
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Grub error while installing Windows
I have changed my HD with a new one (the old one was dead). When I try to install Windows 7 from DVD it won't boot, even if DVD is the 1st boot device in BIOS.
I always get the error message :
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how to sync email client between ubuntu and windows for seamless use of mails and archives
I am looking for an email client which offers seamless integration of (offline) mails when used from linux (ubuntu 12.04) and windows 7. Being a windows user till now, I have been using Outlook and ...
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Getting an error while installing 12.04 via WUBI
I am currently running Windows 7 Ultimate with a 2GB RAM and 500GB SATA HDD and a 2.60 GHZ Intel Dual Core processor. I want to use Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7. Being a complete Linux newbie, I ...
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Mounting encrypted file system on Windows
Is there a way to mount (read/write) an encrypted file system on Windows? By "encrypted" I mean whatever it is that Ubuntu does to encrypt a file system when you choose that option during formatting. ...
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Windows computers cannot see my Ubuntu machine?
Well I have a Windows machine and also a Ubuntu laptop, my Ubuntu laptop can see everything in the network, but Windows cannot see Ubuntu. Please remember that I am an absolute beginner to Networking ...
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How do I Share a Public Folder with Windows Users?
I am new to Ubuntu, I would like to share a folder to my Windows machines on my LAN but the whole permissions thing is a bit of a mystery. Should I share the Public folder contained within my Home ...
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No "Choose OS" screen after co-installation of Ubuntu 12.04
I don't have any technical knowledge of Ubuntu but wanted to install it on a partition.
Step-by-step of what i did.
used disk management in windows 7 to clear 50gb of space
used a usb live ubuntu 12....
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How can i get the MacOS green + button function in Ubuntu?
Is there a way to get que MacOS zoom button (the one called "+" in green color) fuction in Ubuntu windows?
not to maximize windows, just to "optimize" them like in MacOS?
Here a video showing it ...
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NTFS volume recognised as "Unallocated Space" but works with Windows
Moving to Ubuntu, I have a drive with windows on a drive with Ubuntu on and 4 other ntfs drives
3 of which appear fine in both systems
1 however works fine on windows (single ntfs volume) but in ...
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starting the laptop after sleep while using windows -- grub opens up instead
I am currently dual booting Windows and Ubuntu. I am not sure if this is an installation error but when I am using Windows and put my laptop to sleep (ie. by closing the lid for a long time), when I ...
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How to install Ubuntu on 'C' partition without affecting D?
Sorry to look stupid but it's my first time to install ubuntu or any linux distro actually. I got my HDD with C & D partitions. The 'D' partition has so much important files while 'C' is for ...
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equivalent .sh or make file for a .BAT file
I bought a book yesterday on OS development however, the book is written for windows systems and this was not mentioned in the description. I need to convert a .BAT file into an equivalent shell ...
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can not share a folder between ubuntu 22.04 and windows 11,
I am trying to share a folder between Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11.
The folder that I am trying to share is the public folder inside my home directory.
I can see that in Ubuntu the shared logo (the ...
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restarting windows 11 to boot ubuntu 22.04.3 stuck on /dev/nvme0n1p5: clean, x/x files, x/x blocks
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 alongside my Windows 11, and both operating systems boot fine individually. However, I encounter an issue when restarting from Windows to Ubuntu through the GRUB ...
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Where do I download GNOME Boxes after Installation via Linux Terminal?
I'm trying to put WINDOWS in, aside, or next to, Linux OS. Despite how many ways there are, I downloaded GNOME Boxes through the Linux Terminal. It says do that, then "double-click" dL? Am I ...
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Remote Desktop freezes while connecting from Windows
I am currently working on a Windows PC, from which I connect to a Ubuntu PC through Ubuntu's native remote desktop. But it is very unstable since the screen freezes all the time and even disconnects. ...
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Repair Windows file system via liveUSB Ubuntu
After auto-updating Windows drivers I can't start Windows, enter safe mode, and even reinstall Windows. It always crashes with a blue screen of death "system_thread_exception_not_handled (ntfs....
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How do I connect Windows 11 and Ubuntu Server through a male-to-male USB cable?
I have a Windows 11 computer and a Ubuntu Server computer. How do I file transfer between these two with a USB 3 male-to-male cable? Whenever I plug the two computers together the Ubuntu Server spams ...
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Windows option is not showing in the GRUB menu
Initially everything was working fine, but suddenly on clicking Windows in the grub menu this error starts showing:
```none
Setting partition type to 0x7
error: failure writing sector 0x0 to 'hd1'
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Windows don't stay where you put them?
I would like to know why the windows of the snapstore applications are blocked and always appear in the same place at the top left
And it doesn't matter where I put the window on the screen! I mean ...
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SAMBA/Windows Login Require to connect printer with explorer
I have cups working fine on a RHEL server. Printers are already added. I have installed and configured SAMBA on the same server. I have access to it with a windows 10 client through the explorer. I ...
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Can I share an external drive with dual boot Windows and Linux
I installed a dual boot with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04. I want to keep my work on an external hard drive, but I need both windows and Ubuntu to be able to run and adjust those files.
I was told Fat ...
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Disk Permissions, exFat, ext4, ntfs, linux and windows (yes, all that!)
I have been trying to setup two linux users to be allowed to delete files on a drive that has been formatted to exFat for now.
I have:
a main pc running on Windows - it's also a backup pc
a ...
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Is it safe to mount a Linux partition mounted using WSL2 in hibernated Windows 11?
WSL2 comes with support for mounting Linux partitions from non-removable drives in updated Windows 10 and Windows 11. When creating an ext2/3/4 partition, for example, on an internal drive, this ...
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windows remote desktop connection wont connect to ubuntu server
I am using Ubuntu 22.10. I am trying to connect to the Ubuntu server from my Windows device using Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
On the Ubuntu server I have done the following
sudo apt-get update
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How to get Windows-like pinch zoom or -scaling on Ubuntu?
I just switched from Windows to Ubuntu. I used the pinch to zoom/scaling feature a lot while browsing on Windows but looks like this feature isn't available by default on Ubuntu. How do I enable this ...
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After recent update of Ubuntu 22.04 is not charging from docking station
after recent update my laptop is not charging through docking station anymore when I am using Ubuntu and I need to use it with charging cable. I am also using Windows 11 on the same laptop and when I ...
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Dual boot goes to grub command line and Windows won't boot
I have dual boot, ubuntu 20.04 and windows 11. I think I did updates on windows and ubuntu. Now when I turn on the computer it goes to grub command line (it didn't before). I can exit that and get to ...
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samba share fails to show symlinks/ jammy
I have samba share on ubuntu 22.04:
[tork]
path = /
user = root
read only = no
# tried :
wide links = yes
force user = root
allow insecure wide links = yes
None of these can be ...
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rsync between two windows server in different vlan via an ubuntu
I was asked to sync two folders in two windows servers which are in two different vlans . and for the sake of security these servers should not ping each other but an ubuntu machine can be in both ...
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Is it possible to run (py)LIon Lammps package on ubuntu?
I am curretnly trying to install (py)LIon (A package for simulating trapped ion trajectories) on my Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS using only this instruction for windows. I have not any possibility now to find ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu after reinstalling Windows
I had Ubuntu installed with Windows in dual boot configuration. I had some issues with Windows so I decided to reinstall it. I deleted the Windows partition and reinstalled Windows there. I also ...
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Ubuntu on Virtualbox using Intel 12th gen CPU AlderLake show one core only
After installation of Ubuntu in Virtualbox on a Win11 Host linux shows only 1 core but 16 are configured.
Also ubuntu in Virtualbox is pretty slow, I assume its only one core indeed. Any idea?
lscpu -...
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Windows Search Box on XFCE
I am trying to replicate Windows on Ubuntu Focal. I cannot find any equivalents for a XFCE panel plugin. I am trying to look as close as this:
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Weird small Windows 10 partition on my Ubuntu disc. What is it?
I installed Windows 10 on a separate disc, while my other (original) disc had Ubuntu 20.04. I don't recall, whether my original Ubuntu disc (shown in picture) already had 3 rather than 2 partitions, ...
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Cannot SCP into Oracle VM, SSH is working
I have an Oracle OCI instance with Ubuntu running and I'm trying to upload my website into it.
I've enabled HTTP connections and everything seems to be working fine (I can see my index html page under ...
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I want to connect Windows Server
I want to connect to the Windows Server. I used Remmina and Rdesktop but both of them occur error. I think this error is about TLS. How can I solve that? please help me.
Thanks
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Ubuntu 22.04....
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Remmina does't work correctly
I want to connect windows server from Remmina (Ubuntu 22).
But occurs error when I use it. Please help me.
Thanks
[13:34:54:620] [23676:23700] [ERROR][com.freerdp.common.settings] - [...
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Dual boot problem (Windows11 & Ubuntu 20.04)
I've installed Windows 11 and then Ubuntu 20.04 on my PC.
But when I turn on my PC automatically boots Windows 11 and does not ask me which OS you want to boot.
I've checked similar questions in Ask ...
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Changing the maximise, minimise and close window buttons on Xubunu?
I remember on an earlier version of Xubuntu, that there was the ability to change the minimise, maximise and close icons in the title bars of windows to nice 3d coloured ones. I can't seem to do that ...
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Installing Ubuntu without disabling Bitlocker encryption
Is there a way to install and dual boot Ubuntu / Fedora along with Windows 11 without disabling bitlocker encryption?
Possible approach
The other solution for continuing to use Bitlocker extending ...