Released in October 2009, Windows 7 is currently Microsoft's latest operating system. Intended to be an incremental upgrade to the Windows line, Windows 7 is compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista is already compatible. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned ...
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How do I automatically elevate privileges to install applications that require admin privileges?
I'm currently managing a large group of Windows 7 machines where no one has privileges to install applications (all 64-bit Enterprise version of Windows 7).
Because no one has privileges to install ...
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Set 64-bit native windows apps as Default Program
On a Windows 7 (64-bit machine) if you navigate to:
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Default Programs
The programs in the program list on the left are automatically ...
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Windows Copy and permissions
I have copied a which has Everyone permission. The duplicated file doesn't have these permissions other than the default permission. I'd like to know more about how Windows Copy defines the ACLs. It ...
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Can you add a application to the tools list on windows 7/Vista bootloader
I have been researching a way to add the new Microsoft offline security scanner to the bootloader on windows 7. Allow security scanner to be used when a machine is possibly infected. Visual BCD may do ...
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Machine always responds to 192.168.1.2 IP address, which is not set on the machine
UPDATE BELOW:
UPDATE 2 BELOW: FINAL Solution
I have a brand new HP EliteBook notebook 8560p running Windows 7 64bit. I plug it into a small Dlink di-604 router, it is currently configured with DHCP ...
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IIS 7.5 and HTTP 403.7 error with local and self-generated certificates
I need your help on a IIS configuration issue.
My computer is running Windows 7 Pro edition and IIS version is 7.5. The server, and the issue, is local only.
I have an ASP.NET 2.0 website with a ...
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Is it possible to switch to Kerberos only Windows domain
Is it possible to configure both Windows servers and workstations (Windows 7) to use only Kerberos for authentication and not use NTLM for authentication within the Domain?
I was told that Kerberos ...
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SSD won't boot anymore [migrated]
Yesterday I put the computer to sleep.
Something went wrong because it didn't go fully to sleep.
So I restarted the pc and now it won't boot windows 7 anymore.
It said : "Please insert valid boot ...
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win7 and win xp roaming profile
I have a samba server with WinXP roaming profiles and now I have to have some win7 clients as well.
Is there any trick which would allowed to login any users on Winxp and Win7 with the same profile ...
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Exchange 2003 SP2 event 9646 since deploy of Outlook 2010 with Windows 7
I have spent lot of time googling around to find an explainatory answer to my doubts but nothing...
I have a Exchange 2003 SP2 on a Windows 2003 Domain. Most of clients have Outlook 2003.
Now.. I ...
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Adobe InDesign installation and compatibility [migrated]
I'm planning to get Adobe InDesign CS5 / CS5.5 for my computer; it's a 32-bit, Windows 7 Home Edition machine.
Is it compatible with 32-bit for CS5? AFAIK CS5.5 isn't compatible according to what I ...
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Laptop harddisk not recognized after boot [migrated]
I have HP dv6600 laptop. Its windows crashed recently. After that I tried to restore a backup image created by self-image. But unfortunately backup file was corrupted and C: partition was rendered ...
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Stream video from my Windows VPS? [migrated]
I run a Linux distro on my laptop and I have access to a remote Windows 7 desktop as a VPS. I have movies on that VPS. How would I go about streaming them?
Thanks in advance
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Does Audit Mode Have a Time Limit
I am trying to move towards better Sysprep and image management practices, and I am trying to get me and my time to use Audit Mode when modifying the images to get rid of some nasty image problems I ...
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Case-sensitive error in compiler's building using crosstool-ng under Cygwin
When I try to build gcc cross-compiler using crosstool-ng under Cygwin (running in Windows 7) I have the following message:
$ /opt/ng-crosstool/bin/ct-ng build
[INFO ] Performing some trivial sanity ...
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Configure Windows 7 and Ubuntu firewall to prevent LOIC or HOIC attacks [closed]
My laptop is connected most of the time to college network, and I want to keep my laptop safe from LOIC attacks without having to monitor any suspicious activities from any of the IP on the network. ...
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Setup IIS 7 as FTP Server that is connectable outside of my local network [closed]
I was able to setup an FTP site that I was able to access via ftp://127.0.0.1/ or my local(static) ip. To do this I followed these instructions (with the exception that I did not bind to 127.0.0.1 as ...
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Windows 7 install fails [migrated]
I've got a 2 or 3-year old desktop that was running WinXP Pro.
It hadn't been used for a while, so I thought I'd update it to Win7 and get it running again. When I fired it up it went to a black ...
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Unable to start SQL Server 2008 service
I am running SQL Server 2008 R2, and I am having an issue with my local server instance. At first, this only happened occasionally and seemingly completely randomly, but was fixed when I restarted my ...
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Root Relative Symbolic Links Not Resolving Properly (Windows)
According to the MSDN Documentation on Creating Symbolic Links, root relative symbolic links (those starting with "\") should resolve relative to the drive that the symlink is accessed from. I have a ...
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Mirroring Windows 7 install to migrate to a new disk
One of my clients has a critical Windows 7 workstation, due to the variety of software installed on the machine, 'extremely' intricate software setup, and it's critical nature to the business it needs ...
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db2 is setup.exe does not start [closed]
I have downloaded db2 from IBM site.I have windows 7 home premium but when i run setup.exe of db2 from unzipped directory nothing appears.The installation window does not appear.
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Windows Event Log Forwarding
I am currently prototyping a setup, in which a Windows Server 2008 is configured as a central logging instance for Windows XP and Windows 7 clients via source initiated event forwarding. All computers ...
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Adding a self-signed cert into trusted certificates list with powershell on Windows 7
I created a self-signed certificate on Windows 7 and deployed a web site with this certificate just to try it out.
When I configured the HTTPS endpoint and visit the site with HTTPS protocol, I get ...
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Windows 2008 R2 GPO Logon script not running on Windows 7
I'm setting up a brand new domain running on new servers where I work. In the GPO I can map drives which works, but I can't for the life of me remove the drives if say a user's membership changes.
...
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What does the red x icon mean next to a user in folder permissions (Windows 7)
In trying to debug various strange issues on a machine, I found something strange - when I go to C:\Users\administrator and get properties, security tab, it lists the users (the local admin account, ...
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Add more ressources to Server service on Windows 7
I'm trying to configure Service service on Windows 7, to add more ressources to it.
In our infrastructure there is a Linux server, which has mounted partitions from a Windows 7 machine. Partitions ...
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VPN Connection causes DNS to use wrong DNS server
I have a Windows 7 PC on our company network (which is a member of our Active Directory). Everything works fine until I open a VPN connection to a customer's site.
When I do connect, I lose network ...
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smbclient NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED on directories when Windows doesn't
I'm setting up BackupPC on a server and it uses smbclient to backup Windows 7 workstations.
smbclient logs in correctly to \\TESTHOST\C$ as TESTDOMAIN\backupoperator (Which is also a domain admin and ...
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Upgrading Lenovo laptop OS from Vista to Windows 7 [migrated]
I am new at this and will be working on upgrading my laptop from Vista to Windows 7 (32bit). I have an iso file from my MSDN subscription.
Before I start, I wanted to ask around to see if anyone ...
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Remote Desktop not loading Video Card Driver [migrated]
I sometimes use my Windows 7 server box (running Windows 7 Enterprise, 64-bit) for development. Space on my desk is limited however so I like to use Remote Desktop to remote into it from my main ...
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Outlook 2010 needs a password every 30 minutes
I have an Exchange Server running Exchange 2010. I have one specific user who we just migrated over to Windows 7 x64 an he is also running Microsoft Outlook 2010 x86. Our exchange mailboxes are tied ...
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Windows 7 files won't unlock sometimes on Samba file server
We're running Windows XP and Windows 7 desktops on our network, with a Debian Squeeze file server running Samba 3.5.6. Our Windows 7 desktops are having problems opening MS Office docs at times, ...
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Can I map a Mac OS Extended Journaled partition on a Windows PC
I have a shared directory on a Mac Server that I want to map to my Windows 7 PC.
It worked fine on the old mac server as the hard drive was formatted as NTFS, but on this new one (which we got ...
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Remote access dialog doesn't show users
I am trying to set up remote access for her but the computer doesn't have any local users and the computer has nothing except for the computer in the places dialog box when I go to add users to the ...
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Windows 7 doesn't see wireless on Channel 13 - Ubuntu does [migrated]
I have a dual boot laptop Dell Inspiron 1501
my wireless router is broadcasting on channel 13 (this is legal in UK, and is a good way to avoid interference with dozen of other networks in a ...
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where do i find my server for sql [closed]
TITLE: Connect to Server
Cannot connect to C:\Murach\SQL Server 2008\Databases\AP.mdf.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This is not a valid SQL Server Compact Database file or this file version is not ...
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windows 7 unable to detect USB devices [closed]
I have windows7 64 bit. The plug and play USB device doesn't seem to work. Windows 7 is not able to detect the device plugged into the USB port. The strange part is if I plugin the device in the USB ...
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Windows 7 prompt for credentials for network shares? [migrated]
In XP if you didn't have access to a share it prompted for credentials. Is it possible to revert this behavior in Windows 7 instead of just denying access?
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Run batch files as administrator user
I have a segment with 100 computers.
I am booting each machne from WinPE OS located on a CD. After the OS has finished loading, I want to automatically run a batch file that will copy the CD to the ...
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Excluding folders from a roaming profile, client-side
I am using a laptop connected to our company's domain network, and after logging in this morning it told me that I have exceeded my roaming profile space. After looking into the issue I realized that ...
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Good Perfmon Counters for Initial Troubleshooting
I increasingly deal with users who complain there "computer is slow" or that "it takes forever to load" on the laptops we provide (fairly standard build of Windows 7 32-bit with Office 2010 and a few ...
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Measuring Windows 7 user login times
I Have been asked by a client to calculate average login times for machines and users. So far I have found that the event logs some boots that take longer than the thresholds set by the keys found at:
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xampp cannot find localhost [migrated]
XAMPP version 1.7.7
Windows 7 Ultimate
For the last two days I have been unable to access localhost/htdocs folder on any browser, after 6 months of problem free use. I have:
removed my antivirus,
...
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Running a script at Windows 7 or 2008 shutdown
Is there any way to run script before the computer running Windows 7 or 2008 shuts down without using local group policy editor or domain based policy? Regedit tool should be OK if possible.
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How to get global ip for virtualbox guest os
I'm trying to setup ubuntu server in virtualbox.
Host is Windows 7 x64
Guest is Ubuntu 11.10 x64
All I want to do is, to make this server accessible from internet. How can I do it? Please help.
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WinHTTP module not found (HRESULT 0x8007007e)
I've got a customer that gets a module not found error (0x8007007e) when running a vbscript at this line of code:
set test = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
The system is Windows 7 ...
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Cannot add PHPIniDir “c:/PHP” to http.conf ; Apache wont start on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit as virtual os virtual Box on Windows 7
I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 as a virtual machine with Virtual Box on Windows 7 x64.
Installed Apache and can start and stop that service and It works!
Installed php5 into a ...
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Group Policy Client failed the logon - Access Denied?
Background
We have a Server 2008 R2/Win7 domain.
We have teachers and students using Windows 7 workstations, deployed via SCCM.
Students all refer to a shared profile (\\dfsroot\\profiles\student, ...
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I have .net 4.0 installed but I have numerous programs that require 4.0 telling me I dont have it installed [migrated]
Trying to install Nunit 2.6 i get an error saying I dont have the current .net installed.
I've seen the .net folders in the path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework. I see the program on the programs ...
