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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Connecting to a Cisco ASA 5510 with Win 7 VPN client
Is it possible to configure a Cisco ASA 5510 to accept a connection from Windows 7 with the built in VPN client software in Win7 ?
I know this question has sorta-been asked before on SF but I'm ...
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Disable a network interface on windows but keep the “plug and play”
I'm looking for a good workaround to do this on Windows 7 and Windows XP:
Disable the network interface (ETH, WIFI, any NIC).
If the user connect his ETH cable, the network interface enable again.
...
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Windows 7 “Home Group” on a work PC with only one NIC
I am a Domain Admin and am trying to support BYOD with computers that will also be domain connected. The problem is that once I domain join a PC, the "zone" changes to "domain", while Homegroups ...
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How to fresh install Windows 7 Ultimate over Windows 7 Home Premium [closed]
I bought a HP dv7t quad-core edition laptop last week with Windows 7 Home Premium. I own a licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and wanted to do a fresh install since I did not want to pay HP to do the ...
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Restore GRUB after Windows installation (Arch Linux)
After installing Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on a machine running Arch Linux the MBR became rewritten (I do not think GRUB has been uninstalled). Arch is now unbootable except if I use the live-CD to boot, ...
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Outlook 2010 produces “A File Error Has Occurred” when creating Signatures and user has a Roaming Profile
I've come across a problem that occurred in Windows 7 SP1, with Outlook 2010 SP1 with users connected to a Server 2008 R2 environment with Roaming Profiles and in particular Roaming App Data.
When ...
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Windows 7 64bit not loading Internet Explorer 32 bit
I got a little issue here hopefully someone can help me with.
I have a HP Pro 4000 Slim Form Factor PC
Which I am trying to set up for a user. However, any application that natively opens IE9 in ...
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I have want to configura ftp server on win 7 [closed]
I'm having trouble getting an FTP server setup on Windows 7.
I've added the service using Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on and off.
I can see the service has started in Control ...
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MSDatGrd.ocx doesn't scroll in 64-bit Windows 7
I have a legacy VB6 application that we haven't been able to replace yet. Recently we started updating PCs to Windows 7, some 32-bit and others 64-bit.
A 64-bit user noticed they cannot scroll the ...
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop stops with copy paste action after copy and paste on local machine
I'm working on a local PC with Windows 7 64-bit and I have a remote desktop connection to a PC with the same config.
When I paste a large file from my remote desktop PC to my local PC it works... ...
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.\postgres looses “Log on as a service” after reboot; PostgreSQL service does not start
I've installed PostgreSQL 9.1 x64 on a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 system using the usual install method. The computer has a Novell Client for Windows, and a ZENworks Adaptive Agent, which I suppose ...
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How to block the Java installer?
We send PC's out to customers that need a very specific version of Java installed; specifically 6.26. I already disable the Java updater but I was wondering if I could block the customer from ...
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Windows 7: Explorer.exe crashes on boot & manual; faulting module Norton 360 dll, Norton says not their issue, MS/OS issue…? [closed]
On boot into Windows 7 I get good login but no explorer.exe start. hence no desktop no GUI generally. I can start task manager with ctrl-alt-del and run programs from there, including cmd.exe, ...
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small network in home by ubuntu + access point [closed]
I have 2 computer in home,one with windows 7 and the other with ubuntu.
I have an access point too.
I make dns tunnel from my ubunut system to my vps, and make it gateway,so in my wireless connection ...
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Cannot access e-mail via Outlook client, but can via webmail
One of my users is suddenly unable to access his e-mail from the Outlook client (Outlook 2003) on any PC, but can do so using Outlook webmail. I verified that MAPI access is enabled in Exchange (we're ...
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Windows 7 loses web connectivity, but nothing else
I'm having a really, really weird issue with one of the Windows 7 laptops in our office.
When it connected to our office network (either by WiFi or cabled connection), everything except browsing the ...
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What can be the reason of slow wireless connection? [closed]
I have Wifi connection with WPA2 and speed according to speedtest.net, 2.16/0.62 Mbps. It should be about 12/8 for all other users of this wife network? At other wifi networks I have these 12/8 Mbps ...
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Can I use group policy to set the permissions on registry keys?
I know that I can use group policy preferences to set registry key values on a Windows 7 computer. But is it possible to apply registry key permissions using group policy?
Note: I've seen this post ...
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Windows 7 as NTP Time Server
Trying to get Windows 7 box to act as an NTP Time Server for linux clients
From here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\
In the right pane, right-click ...
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Capture Windows Updates in a .wim so that it can be redeployed
I am researching a new workstation deployment strategy for my company. As it stands right now we are building every workstation by hand and this takes massive amounts of time. The step that takes ...
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Deleting certain files sits at “preparing to recycle” on Windows 7?
We recently setup one of our users with a brand new Windows 7 computer, however she is unable to delete certain files. With some testing, I found I cannot move, rename, or view properties of these ...
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Searching Netapp Network Share in Windows 7
Windows 7 famously does not do what its predecessor, Windows XP, did very well, index and search network drives! Sometimes, the logic of MS isd absolutely baffling.
That siad, I am trying to find ...
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Remote Desktop change font size
Relative to this post Remote Desktop change position of desktop icons i noticed now when connecting to a Win7 PC and the local user had a personal font size the connection by RDP change the personal ...
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Dual Monitors on Integrated VGA and Video Card VGA [migrated]
I'm not sure if this site is the best place for this question, if there is another stack exchange site where this would be more appropriate, please suggest it, or move it there.
I have a VGA port on ...
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Windows 7 Screen Saver timeout problems using GPO
In our Windows 2003 domain, we are enforcing screensavers with timeouts through GPO. The settings currently in effect are.
Screen Saver = Enabled
Screen Saver executable name =Enabled and ...
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Remote Administration Console for Windows Deployment Services
Whenever we deploy a new machine via PXE and WDS, I have to log on to our Sever 2008 R2 WDS server via Remote Desktop to approve the machine.
This is annoying, and as we should all know, logging on ...
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Is a Windows 7 System Image a literal copy of the sectors on the disk?
Or is it just effectively a file by file copy of what's on the disk?
The reason for the question is that we need to restore some deleted files but the physical disk no longer exists. However, we do ...
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workstation on domain won't accept any domain credentials for access
Someone added a windows 7 workstation to this windows 2003 domain. They can login locally and say they are on the domain, and have mapped drive resources.
Trying to connect with psexec or anything ...
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Setting up subdomain of existing site with local apache
I am developing a site on my local machine and want to point a subdomain of an existing site to my localhost's subdomain. A concrete example:
I have a normal running apache on port 80, and a virtual ...
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Windows 7 Buffer Space? [closed]
I play sometimes on some game servers and there are some kids who keep making you lag out with some DoS or Udp Flood softwares. To catch their IP Addresses, I forwarded Port Range 1:65535 to my local ...
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Server 2008 r2 NO DOMAIN workstation plain vanilla simple network SHARES fail to clients under odd circumstances
Basically I have the SAME problem as another user. I read his attempts to get a reply that made sense.
But he seemed to get everything but what he asked for. I hope I have better luck.
SETUP> 1: ...
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Developers are experiencing very poor performance with Windows explorer, particularly adding/deleting files, over VPN to Win2k3 share
We have the following arrangement: Dev Site <--vpn--> Prod Site. The Prod Site firewall, running pfSense 2, accepts VPN TCP/UDP traffic on SMB ports 135-139 and 445. Our developers can connect to ...
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Are there any good open source developer machine setup scripts for windows/c# development?
I've used thoughtbot's laptop setup script to setup my mac for ruby develpment in the past.
Is there anything similar out there for windows/c# development? Something that sets up IIS, installs visual ...
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How can I run an application from a network share without prompting for Admin password?
I have a company internal application placed in a network shared folder on a Windows Server 2003 server. Users who need to access this folder have proper permissions in place and can list the ...
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Sharing network: windows host act as router for guests?
I want to pin my guest system to existing network - they must get ip from this same dhcp server like host and can communicate with host and other through this network. Can i do that and how?
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Restricting Internet Access in Windows 7
On a Windows 7 Professional laptop, not on a domain, what's the best way to restrict access to the internet (and preferably network) to Administrator users only?
I don't want to simply set a bogus ...
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How to find and create a siteArea using WCM API 7.0
How to create a site area using Websphere Web Content Management API version 7.0?
I had tried examples found on the internet but all the examples I haven't found one that can actually find and create ...
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How to alter inf file to add policies to the Local Security Policy on Windows Vista/7
My research has led to me this point -> open "Security Configuration and Analysis" msc snapin, export template into .inf, open .inf in "Security templates" mmc snapin, but here is where I have slowed ...
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Windows VPN - NO internet access
I host a network of servers behind a Fortigate 200a firewall in the DC.
I connect to those servers via a VPN connection.
The problem is that when i connect to the VPN, I lose my internet connection ...
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Mounting a Windows share as a folder with data persistance in Win7/XP
I was wondering if anyone had figured out a good way of mounting a network share (\\server\dir1\dir2) to a folder (say C:\folder1\folder2) in such a way that when the share is disconnected the data ...
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Licensing VHD images [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
I am very new to virtualization.
I need to create a VHD image of a demo machine. Clients of mine need to be able to ...
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Windows 7 Wireless Network Adapter Stopped Working [migrated]
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate machine where the wireless adapter all of a sudden started having trouble connecting to wireless networks. Whenever I go to a new place and try to connect to a wireless ...
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Setup Nat and VPN Server in Windows 7 [closed]
I have windows 7 and want to make a vpn server for 3 users! it means i want to route all traffic from client to the VPN Server.
So while the server is a nat server too so all user can connect to ...
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Is it appropriate to run Hyper-V Server on each desktop PC?
I am currently designing a rollout of Windows 7 to a shop of approximately 80-100 desks. The office is a flat network without routing between servers and desktops. There are a few Windows Server ...
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maximum partition size for Windows 7 Embedded 32-bits
This question has been asked before, but a clear answer was never provided, I also tried to google this simple question, but can't get a clear answer.
Does anyone here knows the answer to this ...
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Windows bounce to the first monitor after hibernate (in windows 7) [closed]
I have a windows ultimate 32 bit with 2 monitors,
multiple displays set to: "Extend these displays"
After hibernate, all the windows are back in the first monitor, and I need to re-drag them (or ...
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How to access site from outside, hosted on IIS?
I hosted a web site on IIS (Windows 7 Professional) running on port 81 because I have Apachi installed on port 80.
I can easily access site from http://localhost:81/testsite on server machine
I can ...
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win7 Hard fault / Page fault and memory bottleneck [migrated]
Win7 resmon displays 0 hard faults.
But perfmon shows pagefault around 60 and perfmon /report tells me my system swaps actively.
AFAIK not every page fault is hard fault: page could be stored in ...
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Virtual PC Locks Everyone Out with a “To log into this remote computer…” error
Context:
Host Machine:
Dell Dimension
Windows 7 32-bit
Guest Machine:
Windows 7 32-bit
Running on an external hard drive
Preceding Steps:
I made a copy of an existing VM that had no password ...
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TADOQuery Error While Executing The SQL Second Time [closed]
I am getting a strange behavior by TADOQuery in Delphi7 component on Windows XP and Windows7 operating system. Following issue works fine on Windows7 operating system, but it gives an error on XP ...
