Questions tagged [windows-10]
An operating system from the Windows NT family of operating systems from Microsoft, released on July 29, 2015
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Can I turn Windows Bitlocker back on after installing Ubuntu?
I'm installing Ubuntu 20.04 on my new laptop, it came with pre-installed Windows 10 and I'm required to disable Bitlocker to install Ubuntu, the question is, can I enable it after the installation?
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alt + tab not working to switch between windows
I have Ubuntu 16.04 lts.
I'm working between two open windows (Using google and at the same time another program) but when I try the command Alt+tab like in Windows, nothing happens. I also tried ...
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epiphany-browser doesn't work on wsl2
I have installed epiphany-browser on wsl2, it opens normally but I can't do anything like it doesn't have internet connection.
When I open at first I get error like this
** (epiphany:361): WARNING **: ...
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computer freezes
Sometimes my computer freezes while using Ubuntu. But it works fine when I use Windows 10. I am currently using Ubuntu 18.04 with dual booting Windows 10.
My system specs are:
2.41GHz Intel Pentium ...
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Ubuntu/Win10 Dual Boot - Can't boot into Windows from GRUB
I'm running a (K)Ubuntu 17.10 and Windows 10 Dual Boot. I can boot into Windows if I choose the corresponding entry in the UEFI Boot Menu, however I can't boot Windows from GRUB. It is correctly ...
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Ubuntu for Windows 10
I am new to using Ubuntu for Windows 10. I have been trying to be able to run cron on the unix but I am getting a
cron:can't open or create /var/run/crond.pid: Permission denied
This is happening ...
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15.10 No GRUB menu with windows 10
I am trying to get Ubuntu 15.10 dual booted with Windows 10. But the GRUB menu does not show up.
The PC came pre-installed with Windows 8.1 and I upgraded it to Windows 10. Following directions from ...
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Any tutorials for installing windows 10 guest on VirtualBox on ubuntu 15.10 host
I'm trying to install a Windows 10 guest on VirtualBox with a Ubuntu 15.10 host. I was sold a USB Stick with Windows 10 and then found that VirtualBox can't install from a USB Stick. I downloaded a ...
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How to reduce outgoing resolution of remote desktop [Ubuntu > Win10]
I have a computer with Ubuntu 22.04 connected to a 4k screen and a Windows 10 computer connected to a FullHD screen.
I am connecting from Windows to Ubuntu using Remote Desktop Connection (gnome-...
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Ubuntu Terminal on Windows 10: how to fix "kubectl: command not found"?
I installed "Ubuntu Terminal on Windows 10" and tried to execute kubectl commands.
The problem is that I must add the .exe file extension to the command in order to operate it.
If I don't I ...
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Incompatible license aborted. Press any key to continue
I recently using windows 10 for a while. But when I wanted to use Ubuntu I can't able to see dual os selection mode and after some seconds it displays incompatible license aborted press any key to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 desktop DVI issue through KVM (keyboard video mouse)
I’m trying to share the same monitor between a desktop and a laptop. I got a KVM. Switching the shared monitor from the desktop to the laptop works fine; switching the other way, from the laptop to ...
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Copy and paste from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 20
I am running Ubuntu 20 through Oracle VM and I'd like to be able to copy and paste lengthy strings into Terminal from my Windows OS.
I have installed Guest Additions and turned on Bidirectional ...
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Install a guest Win10 in VirtualBox in Ubuntu 20.04 from ISO
I have followed the instructions here (and posted many places else in various forms, 1) to boot from an iso image of Win10 under VBox in Ubuntu 20.04.
I get Fatal: Could not read from the boot medium!...
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Installer encountered error copying files to hard disk while installing ubuntu on Windows hosted virtual box
While trying to run a Ubuntu-based virtual machine for windows host PC. I am running into the problem "installer encountered error copying files to hard disk". The downloaded ISO image matches the ...
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WSL causing my internet to not work
My WSL is causing my internet to not work. My Wi-Fi is shows connected but no traffic related to the internet is passed on.
When I restart my WSL by using the following command everything comes back ...
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Firefox Profile Not Saved Passwords
I've
Copied my Firefox profile from my Windows 10 PC.
Inserted it and renamed it in the .mozilla folder (renamed it to the default profile that was already in there and renamed the original default ...
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Bitlocker Windows 10 after ubuntu installation
I installed Windows 10 on my main SSD then installed Ubuntu 16.04 after. I ran the Ubuntu setup and checked the option to install ubuntu with Windows 10.
Now I want to use BitLocker on Windows 10. If ...
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How to set a logarithmic mouse acceleration in Linux?
I'm using Windows 10 for gaming and Xubuntu for work. My problem is that having to switch between OS daily screws up both my gaming performance and work performance since I have to constantly re-...
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How to stop Ubuntu in Windows 10 from outputting files with #000D added to the extension?
How do you stop Ubuntu in Windows 10 outputting a .txt#000D file instead of a .txt file I need to be outputted?
Im using this shell script:
#!/bin/sh
sudo chmod a+rwx /home/User/FYP_Pastec/...
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Import Network Profiles from windows into Ubuntu
I'm new here, just decided to switch to Ubuntu, but before I go into the installation, I want to make sure that I will be able to import Previously connected Network Profiles, I have already exported ...
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Windows 10 install corrupting grub
I know similar problems have cropped before, but nothing I've found so far has helped (in part because I can't make sense of most of it). So here we go:
Windows 10 started installing unprompted. I get ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Installation Type screen shows no partition for Dual Boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04LTS
I am having a problem doing this as the Ubuntu installer will not see any partitions except /dev/sda1 in the 3rd step when it asks for Installation Type:
EDIT from comments: In Windows 10, I shrinked ...
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Dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15 on SSD and using HDD for storage
I'm looking for advice on how to create the following setup, if it is even possible at all:
I have a PC running Windows 10, which is installed onto my 120GB SSD (C:). I have also installed my most ...
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Running Ubuntu on SSD with native hardware encryption enabled to work for eDrive (Windows' BitLocker enabled)
I have Samsung 850 Evo. If I do a secure erase and then fresh install the Windows 10 (to enable the BitLocker to work with SSD's hardware encryption), will I able to install and use Ubuntu on it later?...
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On a dual boot computer, will it harm Ubuntu installation if I upgrade Windows 8.1 to 10?
I currently dual boot my laptop with Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 15.04.
Now I want to give Windows 10 a try, considering the positive reviews it has been garnering. But I don't want to mess my existing ...
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Remmina rdp from linux to windows: win key and others not working inside session
I'm connected with remmina from ubuntu to windows 10 in full screen mode.
If I press WIN it does not display the windows start menu, but the ubuntu activities instead.
It's like, if those keys were ...
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Windows 10 on Ubuntu KVM run very slow after upgrade to 22.04
I have Windows 10 pro installed from this guide that run Docker container on Ubuntu KVM.
The performance of Windows on Ubuntu 20.04 was very good, but after the upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 it is a ...
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Removing grub from windows after booting windows 10
I was installing Ubuntu 20.04.3 on my external hard drive (sdb) but by mistake, I installed grub on my internal hard drive (sda). Now after realizing my mistake I reinstalled Ubuntu with grub on sdb ...
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How to transfer GPG key to another computer
I generated the OpenPGP key on my Windows computer. I don't know why I didn't do it on Ubuntu. How do I get the key from that computer onto Ubuntu? Do I need to generate a new key?
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Can't boot into UEFI mode on live Kubuntu usb
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series laptop with Windows 10 on it and I am trying to install Kubuntu 20.04.2 LTS alongside it. I had setup a live USB using Rufus, made all the partitions through ...
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Booting into GRUB menu on encrypted dual boot system (20.04, windows 10)
I have searched a bit and have, so far, been unable to find an exact answer for this situation. I have 20.04 installed alongside windows 10, each on their own 1TB NVMe SSD cards, installed directly to ...
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Does Ubuntu 20.04 have an equivalent to Windows' Fast Startup?
Windows 10, esp. on SSD, can boot really fast, partly thanks to a feature called Fast Startup:
Windows does this by saving the kernel session and device drivers
(system information) to the hibernate (...
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Samba share setting permissions on Windows fails
I have set up a samba4 ADC by the TecMint tutorial, Create a Shared Directory on Samba AD DC and Map to Windows/Linux Clients – Part 7, on Ubuntu 16.04.
It works well but when coming to configure the ...
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Remote Desktop (Windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04) unable to use GPU
I am trying to visualise 3D models using ParaView on my new work PC, which has Ubuntu 20.04 installed and is equipped with an NVIDIA RTX3080 GPU. Visualisation of the data when I am in the office is ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 - cannot boot into Ubuntu
I have an ASUS laptop with Windows 10 on it, boot mode is UEFI.
I have disabled Fast Startup, Fast Boot, Secure Boot before installing Ubuntu 20.04 (followed the guide here: https://itsfoss.com/...
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Dualboot Ubuntu/Windows: “Error: file '/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi' not found”
Referring to Same Issue 1 and Same Issue 2 I understood that Disabling Fast Boot and Editing grub.cfg is not my solution as I checked that.
I using Ubuntu 20.04 along with Windows 10 and was working ...
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No grubloader menu after installing Ubuntu Budgie with windows 10 Pre-Installed (Different Drives)
(advance sorry about my English. I'm not a native English speaker)
This is the First time I'm doing the Dual Boot thing, and I am new to Linux as well. I followed some YouTube procedure. Everything ...
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After booting into Windows, Ubuntu no longer recognises wifi adaptor
I have a dual system (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04), on my Vivobook ASUS X571GD. I've only been using my Linux on this computer so far and the wifi adapter worked without any issues, however, once I ...
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Can I turn on bitlocker again after installing Ubuntu 20.04?
When I was installing Ubuntu 20.04 it asked to disable Bitlocker. I did and installed Ubuntu. Now can I turn on bitlocker again?
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PC boots to grub console after booting Windows, but `exit` still leads to Windows
I have a Dell Precision 5540. I decided to try my hand at installing Ubuntu 20.04 as a dual-boot with the pre-installed Windows 10, and at first, it worked. It rebooted to Grub following the ...
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How do I remove windows10 from dual boot windows/ubuntu and keep ubuntu 18.04 as main os?
without messing up with hard drive how to peacefully remove windows 10 from dual boot containing windows 10 and ubuntu 18.04 . just want to use ubuntu os
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Purple screen appears while booting into Windows 10 on dual boot
I have installed the latest Ubuntu LTS version on dual boot with my 64-bit Windows 10 Pro.
Laptop specs-Dell Latitude E7440, i5-4200U with integrated graphics card. Windows is installed in C drive ...
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Missing Windows Boot Option
Hi everyone before anything else I would like to say that I'm new to this and this is my first post so I'm sorry if the fonts,formats or knowledge are not up to standard.
Anyway I've researched a bit ...
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Ubuntu live USB cannot boot - Manjaro boots successfully with same media
I want to install Ubuntu 18.04 as a dual boot alongside Windows 10. After I downloaded an Ubuntu iso file and wrote it to a USB with Rufus I rebooted my computer and tried to select the Ubuntu live ...
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Does Ubuntu encrypt whole disk including Windows 10?
Does Ubuntu encrypt whole disk including Windows 10? Or should I first use BitLocker on Windows?
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Windows 10 won't boot anymore after updating from ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10
I updated from ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10 yesterday and Windows 10 won't boot anymore from Grub menu. It worked fine before.
For now I can boot to windows by changing the priorities in the bios to windows ...
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MotionPro Ubuntu Client Configuration error, using Windows 10 MotionPro profile, trying to connect to Win10 PC
I am trying to remotely log into my work Windows 10 PC using MotionPro. I already have it configure on another Windows 10 laptop, so I just exported the profile and imported it into the MotionPro ...
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Windows 10 Virtualbox on Ubuntu Server
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 server running at my house, which replaced my windows server (as it was getting to slow). The only issue is that I have some ssh resources that require windows (and wine will ...
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Grey Screen after Windows 10 boot from grub
I have a triple boot setup on my laptop. Two Linux distros and windows. I started with ubuntu and then added windows afterwards. I then mounted my drive and repaired grub. I setup ubuntu perfectly. ...
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