Questions tagged [windows-7]
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I need to configure a laptop to multi-boot and haven't a clue [closed]
I do 2-way radio systems and a LOT of the older radios that are used
by the customers (two trucks, trucking fleets, campus cops, rent-a-cops, medical transport (not 911) ambulances) are older models ...
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What can I do to run “Microsoft Picture! Digital Image Pro” on a modern, 64 Bit Windows 11 computer?
I have a Dell Optiplex 5040, 64 bit, Windows 11 Pro. I want to use an old program, I have the discs, its "Microsoft Picture! Digital Image Pro". My computer won't let me add it because it ...
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Why can a Windows Service be started, stopped and restarted through the Services GUI but not through PowerShell?
I have a program set up as a Windows-Service, that is not dependent on any other service and can be started, stopped and restarted without admin priviliges from the Windows Services GUI. I want to ...
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How Can I Access my WebServer's Public-Facing [External] Website from my Company's Internal LAN
Problem = Internal users cannot access my website (MyWebDomain.com), but external users can. In other words, people who are outside my LAN can navigate to my website, but people who are inside my LAN ...
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How can I have a DPAPI (Data Protection API) migration from a Windows 7 to Windows 10 machine?
I'm trying to import some DPAPI (Data Protection API) master keys from %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Protect\{SID} on a Windows 7 system to a Windows 10.
From what I've read it should work but every time I try ...
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How to flash BIOS using a .BIN file via Intel ME System Tools v8 (fpt.exe) on Windows 7?
System specifications:
Device: HP 2000-2d11se Laptop.
Operating System: Windows 7 (64-bit).
Target Tool: Intel ME System Tools v8 (specifically the Flash Programming Tool - FPT).
Firmware File: Raw ...
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How to make an ISO of a Windows 7 system partition?
A customer is having trouble running our company's software/hardware. To troubleshoot the problem, he's asking us to send a clone of a hard drive from a (Windows 7) machine that has a working ...
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How to darken the active screen using a shortcut-key in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Is there a key combination or keyboard shortcut that causes the screen to go dark while the PC computer is working?
Example: I am listening to songs with Windows Media Player or I am listening to a ...
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Windows 7 seeks for oci.dll when UAC asks user rights elevation
Under an ordinary user I call folder properties, go to security tab, click a button to add a credential, then UAC asks for administrator password. At this moment Procmon logs attempts of explorer.exe ...
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How can I bypass the power on password on a Hp Pavillion 500 PC Series Model#500-281
Hello I was hoping there’s a way for a beginner to bypass power on password, due to have forgotten what I had chosen for it. I would like to not loose all my child’s home videos and pictures through ...
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SSH to Windows 7 (VirtualBox) with OpenSSH does not work
For the life of me, I went through all the steps to Install/Configure OpenSSH on a Windows 7 machine under VirtualBox, but it will not accept any connections.
VirtualBox Network set to "Bridged ...
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On Windows 10, I can't edit the hosts file: you are not the admin
When I modify my hosts file, I am not able to update it. I am not the admin, but I check my windows account like this
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so I tried again to setting the properties of the hosts file like this
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It is a ...
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Modems are not detected unless Windows is restarted
I've noticed for some time that if an external modem is connected to a computer and turned on, if the modem hasn't been on or connected recently, Windows won't recognize it at all unless the computer ...
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Can a Windows.old be converted to a VHD, Vmdk? [duplicate]
I want to rectify a windows installation but since time has ran out there I need to reinstall the whole PC, formatting in other words ... but as a Windows.old gets created in the process i chose would ...
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Why can’t Windows 7 verify the digital signature of Microsoft driver?
Fixing a laptop that won't accept flash drives. In device manager, the USB Mass Storage Device driver gives the error "cannot verify the digital signature" but it's the built-in Microsoft ...
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