Windows Vista, originally with the codename of Longhorn and Mojave before public release, was Microsoft's follow up to Windows XP. It has been succeeded by Windows 7
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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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what is wrong with my home networking [migrated]
i got my desk top and laptop connect with a wifi router tplink 340G and tht router is connect with net via a wireless modem GIGASET SX682 WiMAX (manufacturer: Sagem). everything works fine except tht ...
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What are the User Groups assigned to administrator accounts in Windows Vista Home Basic? [migrated]
Windows Vista Home Basic does not have the local groups pane. How how can I tell what groups my user account is a member of?
I need to know so I can build an unattended installation, what group(s) ...
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Canon Pixma MP280 Error: 0001 0000 [migrated]
I have been trying all evening to get the drivers downloaded for the Canon Pixma MP280 printer. So far I have tried installing the drivers from the Canon website and had no luck. I also found a thread ...
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Script to delete temp files for all users in XP, Vista, and 7
Basically, we have numerous customers running XP and 7 with a few Vista machines.
I've found this batch script, but it is limited to the current user (uses the %userprofile% environment variable). ...
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I need to run a program after the Windows Vista Installer Completes. (Windows AIK)
How can I run a program after the Windows Installer? I know how to mount and commit .wim files.
This must be done using the Windows Automated Installation Kit.
Is there a default registry hive where ...
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IIS login / logout interferes with media player
So I'm listening to music with Windows Media Player, going insane because the music randomly stops playback every so often. I finally notice that it correlates with instances of csrss, winlogon, and ...
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Recovering a deleted Firebird database file?
I've got a client running a radio server which essentially uses Firebird as the database. (Databases are stored in files ending in *.fdb anywhere on the filesystem, think SQLite) I had to reinstall ...
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Recovering Bitlocker key with VBscript
I need some help but am not sure if this is the right place for it, Please advise me if i should do this in somewhere else.
My issue is this, i am a Helpdesk specialist who is trying to write a ...
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Windows 7 / Windows Vista won't connect to 802.1x RADIUS Server
I've deployed Radius and have no problems connecting with TTLS, PEAP, or MD5 using linux, mac, and windows xp. For Windows 7 and Vista, I'm never prompted with the dialog box to enter username & ...
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ADLDS on Vista SP1
I know that Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS) is easily installable on Vista SP2 by the Windows6.0-KB975540-x64.msu update.
However, I cant seem to get it working on a Vista ...
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'Takeown' command not working
I'm trying to reduce the size of the 'ManifestCache' folder on a 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate computer. I type "Takeown /f c:\windows\winsxs\ManifestCache*" and I get the following error message: ...
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Trying to play with apache virtual hosts, getting access forbidden errors
I'm just messing around with virtual hosts on my XAMPP + Apache install on Windows to make it work so that http://disko.local redirects to a folder in my PC where the project's files are stored.
I've ...
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Postgres installer does not create Windows service
I am installing PostgreSQL 8.4 on a Vista (32bit) machine. UAC is disabled, and I am using an account with admin rights. Everything seems to work fine (including stackbuilder), no error messages ...
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Internet Explorer 9 showing as Not Applicable in WSUS for Vista Machines
I imported Windows Internet Explorer 9 into WSUS using the Microsoft Update Catalog web page. I then approved the updates.
All the Windows 7 machines installed the update correctly.
The Windows Vista ...
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Access Vista Share from RHEL 5.3 Server - mount error 110
I am trying to access a file share on a Vista box from a RHEL 5.3 server.
The Vista box is part of a domain, but it has two NIC cards. One is on the 158.x.x.x network. The other card is on the ...
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When users login who have been recently moved in AD, they receive the wrong (old) login script
We are migrating our staff to Windows 7 from Windows Vista. We make changes to the users in AD by removing the roaming profile and changing the login script.
For some odd reason sometimes (not for ...
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HP z800 running Vista loses NVIDIA display settings after Windows Update
Not sure if this is a SuperUser question or not... I'm approaching from the administrator's perspective.
One of my users is on an HP z800 workstation running a financial trading application. This ...
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HP Laserjet 4200 shared from 2008R2 x64 - 32bit XP & 7 can add fine, but 32bit vista can't
I have an HP 4200 installed on my 2008R2 server using x64 PCL6 drivers. I've added the 32bit drivers from here which have allowed my Win 7 & XP 32bit clients to add this printer without any issues ...
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Uninstall or Fix corrupted iis on windows Vista
I'm currently running Windows Vista Business SP2 and IIS7.
I've been attempting to install additional features like CGI to no avail. The install locks up at the Please Wait while the features are ...
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How can I block everything but Internet Explorer for users?
I am wondering if it is possible in both Windows Vista & Windows 7 to block everything but Internet Explorer, as well as block downloading? I am trying to set up a computer in a kiosk terminal for ...
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Vista Failure Auditing
I need to meet government security requirements in order to ship my product. Here is specific requirement I am trying to meet:
Group ID (Vulid): V-1080 Group
Title: File Auditing ...
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MySQL : Cannot connect to database server
I downloaded MySQL last week and I've been having a ton of problems getting things to work. I ended up reinstalling it and setting the port to 3307 because for some reason 3306 was greyed out. When I ...
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firefox and IE not rendering some web pages [closed]
I have an issue with Firefox (3.6) and IE (8) on my laptop. Both choke on some web sites. They start rendering some elements of the web page and then revert to render a blank screen. Subsequently, ...
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Disable ISAKMP/IKE on Windows?
I would like to configure Windows to skip ISAKMP/IKE key negotiation for a particular connection, so that it goes straight to IPsec with shared keys. (I know it's less secure that way.) I'm using ...
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Server Name Indication test in Windows Vista
I am planning to move to a single IP multiple SSL certificate Apache configuration and was using https://sni.velox.ch/ to verify in various browsers and operating systems:
Wikipedia entry for SNI and ...
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Does anyone out there know how to install and manage an SMTP service on a machine that runs Windows VIsta?
I am working on a php program which would allow a user to enter information in a form and then send that information to a particular email address. I've been told that you need to have something ...
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KVM QEMU looses USB devices
I have a KVM Qemu setup. I'm mapping a USB device to a VM running windows vista. I get the device mapped, and all is well for some time. Suddenly the device disappears in Vista. If I do "lsusb" in ...
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Alternatives to Login Script used to Launch application
I'm a software developer who has been tasked with finding a systems admin solution, so I am out of my depth here.
We have a little 100k application which sits on a share drive and is launched by a ...
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Simulating IP addresses for testing (not quite same as IP spoofing) for development purposes?
In my previous question, DNS simulation for testing purposes?, I'd asked about simulating DNS.
Is there a way to simulate an IP address within Windows for the virtual hosts in my previous question?
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Windows vista and 7 don't honor routing table metric?
I have the route table below on a Vista machine, I can see the same problem on Windows 7 too.
If I ping 193.181.14.10, I would expect the OS to honor the metric and choose either
0.0.0.0 ...
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.NET - how to fix startup?
I have IIS and several versions of Microsoft .NET installed on my Windows Vista computer.
When I tried to start a particular .NET Framework version, this error message appeared:
How can I fix this ...
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Why is my ASP website so slow?
I currently run a ColdFusion 9 website on my local machine - Windows Vista with IIS 7.
I have never worked with ASP. I am currently working on some HTML and CSS changes to an ASP website.
I ...
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using CertEnroll from 64 Bit Clients over Windows Server 2003 R2
I have encountered an issue where my Windows 2003 R2 server refuses to let CertEnroll install a new cert (into IE) on W7 / Vista clients.
I can handle the difference bewteen xEnroll and CertEnroll ...
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Samba between Ubuntu server 10.10 and Windows Vista, Windows 7
I have a linux box running Linux server ubuntu 10.10. I have installed Samba on this linux box and want to share files with my laptops which run Windows Vista home and Windows 7 home.
I have been ...
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What can make that a wired connection works with Linux or WIN7 but not with XP or Vista?
I'm setting up the network for a company, and facing a weird issue.
The network is very simple: An xDSL modem/router, a switch, a bunch of windows clients (XP, vista, 7). The room is wired and ...
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Vista filesystem woes
I have a program that reads settings from a settings file in C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\MyFolder\program.settings
Then I deleted the settings file, but the program still can read it although its ...
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Do I need to re-install .NET (or something) after mscorlib.dll chkdsk error?
After noticing that some periodic hanging behavior on my Dell XPS 210 (running Vista 32-bit) seemed correlated to disk activity, I ran chkdsk /r. The system seems much better, for now.
However, I ...
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How can I recover My Documents from a Vista client that was connected to a SBS 2003?
We had a Windows Domain with a SBS 2003 as a server. The server crashed. We used the Windows Vista client in offline mode for a few months.
We had My Documents synchronized with the SBS 2003.
Now ...
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Openvpn client will not restart itself under Vista?
OpenVPN client on Vista does not restart connection when OpenVPN server restarts. Same config on XP does this. Is this a security limitation of Vista? Is there a workaround?
Config:
client
dev tun
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How can I reset the local Administrator password for a Windows Vista client connected to a domain?
I have a Windows Vista client computer that is connected to a Windows Domain. I can login with the user account for DOMAIN\user1 and also with the Domain Administrator account DOMAIN\Administrator but ...
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Running Control Panel Applet Elevated from an Elevated Command Prompt
Sometimes, I am forced to use the GUI in front of a logged in user and remove trashy software. They are not registered with Windows Installer, and I rather use the GUI in a time crunch instead of ...
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Windows Vista Recovery partition is Primary Drive (c:)
i've been given a laptop at work to stick Office 2010 on it. I've never seen this laptop before and just noticed that the RECOVERY drive is the c: drive. The d: drive is the hard drive.
The thing is ...
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generating self signed SSL Certificate for apache on window vista
I do not have any idea about generating self signed SSL Certificate for apache on window vista, but I have to do that. So, can anybody help me? I want some link or some proper guide which can help me ...
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Error: Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server (again)
I'm using:
Vista SP2
Visual Studio 2010 professional edition
SQL Server 2008 Express R2
Dev Server (Cassini)
This question has been asked several times. Unfortunately, I didn't find yet an answer ...
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HTTP Server in Windows Vista, is not listening to its IP Address
I am running WebRick HTTP Server on Vista port 1001. I can access it well using
localhost:1001
And as my ip address is 192.168.1.50 , I expected to be able to access using http://192.168.1.50:1001
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How to remotely see what users are logged into Windows 7 or Vista
I need to login to a remote into either a Win7 or Vista computer but when I connect I get a Logon Message "Another user is currently logged on..." but it does not specify who.
I have a domain ...
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How to close port 80 in windows vista?
i have a virtual machine with OS server 2003
connection bridged
i need to test if the webapplication on guest webserver will be available for users on the network, so i need to close port 80 on ...
