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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How do I use Ubuntu Server as file server?
In our company we would like to install Ubuntu server for file sharing, is it possible to use Ubuntu as file server for windows based client Operating systems.
what is the procedure to make Ubuntu ...
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right click menu on mouse release (windows behavior)
I'm trying to change the behavior of the right click menu in ubuntu 10.10 because I use Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
When you right click you need to hold the right click and select something.
In Windows ...
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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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If I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu, could a keylogger affect me if i'm on Ubuntu?
If I have a keylogger on Windows 10, can it affect me when I boot into Ubuntu on the same computer.
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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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Is there a way to create a Windows virtual machine on Ubuntu Server?
When I look for documentation about how to create a Windows VM on an Ubuntu host, the only articles I can find are articles about Ubuntu Desktop, not Ubuntu Server.
Is there a way to create a Windows ...
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How are /dev/sda and /dev/sdb chosen?
I am trying to install Windows 7 on /dev/sda but whatever drive I install Windows 7 on becomes /deb/sdb. I havent changed any boot priorties in the BIOS.
Could someone please help me understand how ...
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Newly opened applications open in background
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 on an ASUS X201EP.
Often, when I launch a program (usually chromium or the file manager) it will open in the background, behind the currently opened window. This is very ...
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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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How to access Apache2 virtual host from VirtualBox (or any VM)
I am running Ubuntu 11.04, I have setup my localhost so I access my sites at
site1.local
site2.local
By setting up virtual hosts and adding entries to my hosts file.
I want to test them in IE ...
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Why Same File Shows Different Sizes in Different Operating Systems
I want to give some scenarios:
A movie file shows 700 MB in Windows but it shows around 735 MB in Ubuntu, which is in my drive having NTFS partition. Similarly another file shows 446 MB in Windows ...
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Not able to cd into samba location (in a windows share location)
I am not able to cd into the samba like I would normally do:
cd smb://server/folder
It says: "bash: cd: smb/..." No such file or directory.
But if in nautilus I go to the folder and right click it, ...
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Can Wubi use the ISO I already have?
The Windows Installer for Ubuntu desktop instructions say that an ISO image for Ubuntu is downloaded during the installation process.
But what if I already have an ISO image for Ubuntu. Can I make ...
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Running .reg files with wine
I am having trouble running .reg files with wine. I have tried a few solutions that other people have used but when I launch it return the following error:
There is no windows program configured to ...
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"invalid EFI file path" while booting Windows [closed]
I just got my new working notebook with Windows 8 pre-installed. After installing Ubuntu 12.10 the grub menu says that there is an "invalid EFI file path" and it won't boot Windows. Ubuntu works fine.....
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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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Will I keep my programs, like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, iTunes, etc?
I am seriously considering installing Ubuntu, it looks cool, the tour felt nice and it's a really smooth program.
But what if I decide later on in life that I would like to go to Windows again, could ...
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How to create a shortcut to start a Windows application with Wine?
How do I create a shortcut to start a Windows application with Wine?
For example I have Notepad++:
/media/DATA/Progs/Notepad++/notepad++.exe
and I would like to have a shortcut to it on the desktop....
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How to list Windows shares from terminal?
Here is a simple scenario I have:
Windows 7 is sharing a folder (D:\Projects).
Full Control permissions have been given to the folder.
In Ubuntu 10.10, I can see the Windows shares from Places -> ...
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How to View Windows Files on a Wubi install?
I wanted to ask, how can i view all my windows files on Ubuntu. I found out how to get my D drive folders but have yet not figured out how to get my C drive files. Please give me an easy way to find ...
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How do I join a Windows Active Directory?
We have a "mix-mode" Lab. and we want to migrate to Ubuntu, from Windows.
In this process, how do we add Ubuntu workstations to a Windows Domain / Active Directory ('AD') setup?
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which command is linux's netview?
In windows, I can use netview to see all the computers on the LAN network, but what's the corresponding command on linux?
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How do I access an encrypted home folder from a dual-boot machine?
(This might not be an Ubuntu-specific question?)
When I installed 9.10, I opted to encrypt my home folder using ecryptfs, but then I discovered this locked me out of my ext3 partition when I tried to ...
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Mounting NTFS as read-only
My PC has 3 NTFS partitions (main and backups) plus Ubuntu on dual boot. I want to keep the NTFS partitions available, but mounted as read-only by default, so that other users (and accidentally even ...
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How do I port software that I have written for Windows to Ubuntu?
I have written software packages for the Windows platform.
I want to change to Ubuntu. At the moment I use Visual Basic and Access Databases. Can anyone suggest What I should use to rewrite my ...
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Could Ask Ubuntu run on Ubuntu + Mono?
Inspired by the old Hacker News conversation about this webiste, I'm wondering:
Could Ubuntu and Mono run an ASP.NET MVC website like Ask Ubuntu?
The technology is the focus here instead of the site....
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How to share partition between Windows and Ubuntu?
I'm getting a PC with Windows and I want to dual boot using Ubuntu as my primary OS.
I want to create a Home partition to store all my files and hopefully be able to access them on Windows 7 without ...
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Cannot read external hard disk folders created in Ubuntu
I am experiencing a problem. I tried to plug in my external hard disk on Ubuntu. I copied in to it some folders (created on Ubuntu) with files in them.
Then, I plugged it on Windows and I wasn't ...
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ThrottleStop for Ubuntu?
I was able to install and dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 (both x64) just a while ago. As a newbie in Ubuntu, I'm still searching for ways to install my games because I'm planning to make Ubuntu ...
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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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Windows executables are started with archive manager
I have Wine installed and several Windows applications installed there run fine, if I start them using the right mouse menu "Open with Wine program loader". But if I try starting an .exe file by just ...
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The convenience Win+R/Run command
How can I achieve the convenience the Win+r, more widely known as Run command, provides in Windows, in Ubuntu?
E.g.:
Go to path
Open a file in default application
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When will Ubuntu One for Windows be released? [closed]
I wanted to know when will the Windows version of Ubuntu one be available? Does anyone have any information about it?
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Ubuntu installation problem with dynamic disks [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 installed in my PC. In a failed attempt to create a partition my disk has been converted to dynamic including system and boot volumes. How can I install Ubuntu in a partition without ...
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Equivalent to command prompt's "tree" command? [duplicate]
Back in my (sucky) Windows days, I used the tree command to view the file hierarchy in a pretty display. I am aware of the find command, but to actually process any data in my clogged 241,416 folders/...
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How do I reinstall Ubuntu?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 on my computer, with Windows 7 next to it. Instead of upgrading to 10.10, I feel like doing a clean install. However, I don't want to erase my Windows, even though I barely ever ...
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Is there an Ubuntu Solitaire that works like the Windows 7 game?
My aunt needs a new laptop and I'm planning to buy one for her and set it up with Xubuntu. She has been using Windows 7 so far, mostly for internet and office work. However, she has developed a ...
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Is there an Ambiance theme available for Windows?
I tend to run Windows apps with VirtualBox in seamless mode (so that virtualized Windows applications windows and Windows taskbar appear alongside host OS windows instead of a separate virtual machine ...
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Add physical partition to QEMU/KVM virtual machine in virt-manager
I followed the instructions in this answer to a related question: Add physical disk to KVM virtual machine
The resulting code in the .xml file for the VM is the following:
<disk type='block' ...
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How to browse windows network in ubuntu 13.10?
While trying to access a Windows network it shows:
Unable to access location, Failed to retrieve share list from server, No such file or directory
How to solve this, and connect with Windows ...
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What is equivalent of 'mstsc'?
How to run the equivalent of mstsc from an Ubuntu machine (i.e. do a remote login into a Windows EC2 instance)
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Encrypt partition for use in Ubuntu + Windows
I have a machine with dual boot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04.
I would like to set up a new HDD (1 partition) dedicated for documents and other data - which I would like to have have encrypted, but ...
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Can I store files and folders on a live USB
Sorry but my flasher is quite big.
I wonder,I have some movies and stuff.
Could I store them on the same flash drive after installing Ubuntu so that I could store them on the usb drive.
(I just want ...
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Help with file transfer from windows to ubuntu [duplicate]
I have looked long and hard for this, but can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I want to edit videos on my Linux computer because of how much better the software is for editing. I record videos on ...
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How can I download Windows 7 DVD installers from Ubuntu?
I have rights for a free license of Windows 7, given by my University, and I need it now. According to Microsoft's instructions, to download the Windows DVD image I must:
download a Secure Download ...
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How to copy a bootable NTFS partition from one physical hard drive to another with Ubuntu?
I have a USB flash drive with Ubuntu 11.10 installed that I would like to use for the following task:
I have a hard drive with 4 partitions. The second one is formatted with NTFS and contains a fully ...
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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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The Calibri font on Ubuntu
I copied the .ttf files of Calibri on a Windows installation to my Ubuntu into the folder .fonts to get Calibri on Ubuntu. It gave me a font very similar to Calibri on Windows, but not quite the same. ...
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How to resize Ubuntu & Windows partitions? [duplicate]
I've set my grandson's laptop to be able to dual boot (Vista and Ubuntu). I'd like to give as much space as possible to Ubuntu as Windows isn't used much. I'm pretty noob to Linux and have no real ...
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Filesystem creation fails when trying to install Ubuntu over Windows
I'm completely new to Ubuntu , I want to replace windows (that had been crushed while trying to install Ubuntu) but whenever I choose erase windows to install Ubuntu I get this error:
The ext4 file ...
