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This location could not be displayed. You do not have the permissions necessary to view the contents of"Shared_Folder"
You have to add yourself to the shared folders group in the Ubuntu guest.
sudo adduser $USER vboxsf
Guest OS needs to be restarted after this.
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Unable to access internet on Vmware
Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and add these lines:
# The primary network interface
auto ens33
iface ens33 inet dhcp
ens33 is the logical name of the NIC and may be different for other ...
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Should I install Ubuntu as UEFI or Legacy?
To prevent needless complication, I would advise that you install Ubuntu in the same fashion that Windows is currently installed.
So, if Windows is installed as UEFI, it would be best to install ...
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GRUB does not detect Windows
I had Windows 10 running and then tried dual boot. Once Ubuntu was installed, Win 10 wasn't showing up in my GRUB loader. I tried the following --
First of all, I disabled Secure Boot in Win10. ...
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GRUB does not detect Windows
I solved a similar problem following steps of Boot-Repair
Install boot-repair
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && ...
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Virtual Machine (Ubuntu) cannot connect to internet
1- edit the file " interfaces":
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
2- then make sure this line is in that file :
iface eth0 inet dhcp
3- run dhclient
4- run ping 8.8.8.8
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Can Wine run windows 7 apps?
Yes. Sometimes...
You can check the AppDB to see if your program is supported - for example, Euro Truck Simulator is rated Platinum (works great), while version 2 is rated Gold (may need some fixes).
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How to use Ubuntu in full screen mode on virtualbox?
I had similar problem. I changed the resolution in display settings and now I have the full screen. I right clicked on Ubuntu desktop and selected Display settings and then changed the resolution to ...
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How can I add new users to Windows 7 from Ubuntu?
I would say You actually can. But i guess this option will use Windows a little bit too.
Create a liveUSB with Ubuntu, in the moment, the actual version is 16.04.01, I don't think it really matters.
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Setting up an anonymous public Samba Share to be accessed via Windows 7 and XBMC
Since Google search brings us here and there is no clear answer, I summed it up.
Below are the conditions required to make sure SMB clients will not be prompting for the username and password when ...
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Xrdp login failed
I managed to fix this problem by editing the /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini file and commenting out the requirement to group membership. Now you can access all accounts.
[Security]
AllowRootLogin=1
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Lubuntu & LAMP server?
Yes you can! To install the most basic LAMP stack on Ubuntu you can do the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php
You might want depending on your ...
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Do i have the right to use Ubuntu on a laptop with preinstalled Windows 7(which is deinstalled for some reason)?
What you read means that the license you have is for the preinstalled Windows copy and not for any other Windows copy. Microsoft cannot give or revoke licenses concerning other operating systems and ...
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GRUB does not detect Windows
Slightly different method as I copied from a working example on another computer, posting for my own records.
Append the following to /etc/grub.d/40_custom:
menuentry "Windows 10" {
insmod ...
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How to wipe up all partitions on disk and do a clean install of Ubuntu
Yes, if you select "Erase disk and install Ubuntu", this will delete all partitions on the entire disk and create and format new ones for Ubuntu.
This is good enough for personal use if you have no ...
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Advice for multiple remote access to Ubuntu system for students
On the server side
Install the openssh server if not already installed. In a terminal enter:
sudo apt install openssh-server
Add 25 usernames for 25 students and respective passwords. Make sure the ...
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Can't install Ubuntu on Windows partition
Your Windows installation uses so-called "dynamic" disks (aka the Logical Disk Manager, or LDM). This is extremely important, because Ubuntu doesn't support installation to or booting from an LDM disk,...
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How can I get Icon only "Grouped Modern Window list" on Xubuntu, that I can "pin" in panel too?
Right-click on a blank space in the panel
Open Panel > Panel Preferences
Click on the Items tab
Click on Window Buttons and then on the cog-wheel/gear icon
Make your choices there; the change to ...
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Installing another OS without USB
If you want to dual boot, you should install Windows first. The Linux Grub2 bootloader can handle a pre-existing Windows installation, but the last time I tried it, the Windows installer will wipe out ...
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Why remmina on Ubuntu refused to connect to Windows 7 (Service Pack 1)?
Your problem is that you don't have Remote Desktop on your Windows machine. You only have Remote Assistance, which is not the same thing. Here's an image of what that box looks like on a computer ...
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How to install Windows 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using WINE
I'd like to quote something first.
To overcome this weakness, a compatibility layer called WINE was created. The name originally stood for Wine Is Not an Emulator (because everyone mistook the tool ...
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Lubuntu & LAMP server?
The short answer is: Yes, you can replace Windows + WAMP with Linux + LAMP.
Something more. I'm Windows user since the version 3.11 was launched in the early 1990s. About two years ago, I discovered ...
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How to zero out a drive?
You can use pv to do it and you'll even get a nice progress bar:
pv < /dev/zero > /dev/sdX
where sdX is the device of the drive to delete; you can get that from this command:
lsblk
Taken from ...
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Install windows 7 through virtual box
It may be convenient to use virtual machines you download and manage locally from Microsoft:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/linux/
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Can I transfer files alo copy paste in Remmina (or another RDP client) on 13.04 while connected to a Windows 7?
Thank you @betatester07 for this +drives hint! My hints below:
You can also use /drive:name,mountpoint directive to provide only a given path to a remote client :-)
You can put all parameters into a ...
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Is there an Ubuntu Solitaire that works like the Windows 7 game?
Another one is ace-of-penguins. You can install it by typing
sudo apt-get install ace-of-penguins
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When I delete a file from a separate partition, it does not go to Trash
You can enable Trash on Windows partition by making yourself its owner.
Find out your user id:
$ id
Open the fstab file, which holds partition mounting configuration:
$ sudo gedit /etc/fstab
Find ...
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16.04 USB stick windows not persistent?
If you want to make a Persistent USB stick try mkusb, UNetbootin or MultiBootUSB, not Rufus, they will all make persistent drives however mkusb will make persistent partitions greater than 4GB, and ...
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I'm getting “unusable disk space” error. while creating partition?
MBR partitioning can only have 4 primary partitions.
Delete the swap partition you created, then create an extended partition filling the free space.
Then create logical drives within the extended ...
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Can't access a folder copied from Linux to Windows
Judging by the discussion in the comments, it seems to me that this is an issue with the permissions set in Ubuntu, when copying/creating the content on the mounted NTFS partition - so your windows ...
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