Windows Vista is the operating system released in January 2007, as a successor to Windows XP. It was intended for PCs, workstations and laptops, and shares the same code base as its successor, Windows 7. As a result, questions and answers asked of Windows Vista are mostly interchangeable with those ...
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Apache web server on Windows without msi installation. Is it possible? [closed]
I want to have Apache server on my windows machine but I don't want to actually install it.
Is there an option to just download it and manually start and stop it like in Tomcat?
Also I want to run it ...
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RDP problem with Vista and Windows 7 destination [closed]
I use a server a home to host a bunch of concurrently running Hyper-V VM's with different OS's and software for testing.
I have Vista on the laptop, all latest SP's and patches. The server is Server ...
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Conflicts with MS Office temporary files when using Offline Folders on Vista
We are using Offline Folders feature of Windows Vista to make files on network shares available when out of office. Mostly it is working, but every time I do a sync I get a lot of such errors:
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Rename files to empty filename in Windows (Vista)
Vista allows files with empty "first name" (for example, ".svn").
However, when I try to remove the filename of an existing file, leaving the prefix, in Explorer or using cmd's 'rename', I fail. How ...
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Can you use the Windows 7 WAIK and procedure to image Vista?
Can you use the Windows 7 WAIK and procedure to image Vista?
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How do I purge or empty Windows Explorer's network username and sharename cache?
While troubleshooting a Samba vs Windows Network issue, I noticed that Windows' Explorer remembers login credentials of remote shares, even if you ask it not to. For instance, after accessing a share ...
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Why is folder redirection failing on Windows Vista with event ID 502?
I am redirecting several folders using Group Policy. Everything works as expected on Windows XP clients, but on a Windows Vista client, some of the folders redirect, and some of them fail to ...
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How do I transfer a Windows XP/Vista/7 partition into Xen?
Good morning Server Fault,
I have several hard disks with installations of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. I do not want to (or rather can no longer) reinstall these Windows installations so I want to ...
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Network Printers Offline (but not really)
I have two Ricoh printers/copiers setup for IP printing in the office. Before this week there were no problems printing to them. Now a handful of them (All running Vista, not sure if it is every Vista ...
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How to format as FAT32 from Windows 7/Vista
What is the best way to format a USB drive with FAT32 (for Mac compatibility) from within Windows 7/Vista?
I ask because the Disk Management only lets you pick exFAT (because the disk is over 32GB I ...
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Supporting 1680 x 1050 resolution under Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
We're running Windows Vista Enterprise as a guest OS under Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (6.0.192.0) (running on Windows XP Professional host). Our development workstations have multiple monitors, ...
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Can't access Windows share by hostname
I have an interesting problem. One of my clients can't access our file server by hostname. If I open explorer and type \\Server1 all I see is a single folder, but if I type it's IP \\10.10.10.10, I ...
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Tomcat won't start - how to check that port 8080 is not in use
Tomcat won't start, and it has worked perfectly before. I suspect something else is running on port 8080. I am running Windows Vista. How do I check that nothing else is using port 8080.
I have ...
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Apache Unclean shutdown of previous apache run
I'm having problem with running Apache2.2 on my Vista machine. When I clean install Apache it works just fine, but after I installed PHP, I'm getting this error message in logs.
[Fri Oct 23 21:29:02 ...
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What does tracert make NETBIOS work on Win7?
This is really strange - I have a workaround for this (read on), but I'd love to know why it works.
I had a VPN setup working fine with a WinServer2003 server and a Vista client.
Then I setup a new ...
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Howto block all outgoing connections except for 1.n ip addresses [closed]
I need to be able to block all outgoing connections on http, except for a specific set of ip address, which are for a single site. I've read on doing on win 7/vista firewall, specifically blocking all ...
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ssh on Window Vista and Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
On my Fijitsu system with intel processor, I could not ssh from my Window Vista partition using PUTTY and also could not ssh from my Ubuntu 12.04 partition.
I am try to ssh into a remote machine ...
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How can I trigger the creation of a new CLB file? [closed]
I'm currently having a problem with an application using COM running on Windows Vista. The application runs ok on one machine, but doesn't work on a similar configured machine. Both machines are ...
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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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ftp server connection failed on vista [closed]
On a vista pro, I activated ftp server with "Activate or deactivate Windows-functionality" > IIS (rough translation). I can't connect to ftp even in localhost:
C:\...> ftp localhost
Connection ...
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1answer
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Cannot see folders on my external drive [closed]
I have a Windows Vista Home Premium machine, and am using a WD portable drive. My external drive is showing that it is occupying space, but I am no longer able to see any of my folders in there. Out ...
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Cygwin root account equivalent [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cygwin sshd on Windows 7 issue
I have the following error:
$ cat /var/log/sshd.log
/var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable.
On a directory
$ ...
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Log places to look for when a Vista service stops immediatly
I'm trying to diagnose why cygwin sshd service starts and stops immediately. In the Vista application event log I found:
sshd: PID 3480: `sshd' service stopped, exit status: 255
It doesn't help ...
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Vista: service stops just after start
A service is stopping immediately after being started. The service is cygwin sshd and runs under the SYSTEM account, with cyglsa-config for cygwin authentication. How do I diagnose this?
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User's rights to run a service on Vista
What rights a user needs to run cygwin sshd as a service on vista? A ssh-host-config creates user cyg_server with 5 rights:
$ editrights.exe -l -u cyg_server
SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege
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How can I map a SFTP to a Drive, natively in Windows
Today I saw that Vista and Win7 (which I am using) have the option to map ftp natively, according to this article:
http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-map-a-ftp-to-a-drive-in-windows/
But I need to ...
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Cisco VPN Client on Vista - Virtual Adapter
I have used the Cisco VPN client for years, and on XP it is pretty much rock solid, on Vista, not so much. You might be able to connect, but unless you set up a constant ping to something, it usually ...
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windows XP home can't connect to windows vista share [closed]
I have a win xp Home computer that needs to be able to access a share on windows vista on a wired network. it almost never works. accessing the vista machine share via newer computers is never a ...
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1answer
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Windows Vista on AWS [closed]
I've only found details about running Windows Server on AWS, is it possible to create my own Windows Vista VMWare instance locally and upload the image to AWS?
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Windows Vista “Could not open input file”
I get this strange error when I try to run a php file from anywhere in the system:
Could not open input file: drush.php.
...except for its own directory. When I try invoke it from its own ...
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Error Upgrading motherboard on Vista PC [closed]
I know that this question has already been asked here
http://serverfault.com/questions/948/how-to-prepare-for-changing-upgrading-a-motherboard
but the author didn't have a specific problem, and I ...
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Vista 64x Enterprise repair boot manager
I had two Vista versions on my PC and I deleted one and now I cannot boot my other vista 64x Enterprise anymore.
I have tried the bcd instructions to repair the boot loader, however I cannot get it ...
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Recover original file names from Volume Shadow Copy?
In the Volume Shadow Copy folders there are some cryptically names files like:
\System Volume Information\{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
Is there any way to decipher what the file name was ...
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group policy and local administrator controlling personal computer that is NOT part of any group [closed]
I am unable to use my own personal computer because it says it is a group policy client and is completely controlled by some local administrator. I am NOT part of any group but somebody has complete ...
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How to remove 'Administrator:' from the command promt title
In Windows Vista, is there a way to remove the word 'Administrator:' from the title of a command prompt window?
The 'title' command just updates the part after 'Administrator:', so that will not do.
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Migrate profiles from x86 to x64 Vista? [closed]
I want to move my Vista install from x86 to x64, but retain the user profiles with all the files and so. Microsoft does not seem to provide an upgrade option
In the XP days, recreate the user ...
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How do I change the default location for a users home directory in Vista?
I would like to move the default location of my c:\Users\USERNAME to another drive. What is the easiest way to do this and how?
I know that I can move each of my "Special Folders" like Documents, ...
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Windows Server 2008 (sp2) stops responding on network share requests from Windows Vista and 7 clients
I have two Windows Server 2008 SP2 machines (TFS and TFSBUILD). Periodically, the TFSBUILD server shares (\TFSBUILD\ShareName or \TFSBUILD\C$) become unresponsive to requests from Windows Vista ...
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How can I perform ghosting of 5 HDDs
Pls help, I have some five laptops I want to install windows vista os on, they are all hp dv 6000 and I have only one cd, is there a way I can just install on the hard drive and replicate the ...
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vista lockout printing
What is the best way (cleanest) to lock out printing on vista client machines (on a domain)?
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SSIS DSN Not Showing as ODBC Data Source
I have been following the directions here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/05ccd778-b78c-4a83-a10a-c4ae412cc6e4
And ran into a problem where my System DSN ...
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Input string was not in a correct format. mscorlib [closed]
I ran into this weird issue with one of my 3rd party software, running on Vista Business. I have a user that upon local log in with the user's credentials, anyone using that 3rd party software will ...
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1answer
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Windows, Apache and MSSQL Authentication
I have a create database script written in perl. I remember it working just fine another machine. A couple years later using a Vista machine I am trying to use it again and it keeps failing.
The ...
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1answer
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Reliability and Performance Monitor Data Collector Set : Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password
When I try to start a Data Collector Set in the Reliability and Performance Monitor in Windows Vista Business I receive the following error:
When attempting to start the Data
Collector Set the ...
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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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Legal reasons not use Home Basic / Home Premium in a business [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Is there any legal reason why you can't use the Home versions of Windows 7 or Vista in a business environment?
The ...
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IP setting on a windows
I am working at a job site that i am setting up a jumbo sign and i am trying to figure out if there is a way to set a ip for a wifi on a windows PC and when you log off that wifi it will go away, but ...
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Huge host CPU usage in idle vmware guest. Ubuntu 10.04 host, Vista SP2 guest
I'm experiencing huge host CPU usage with an idle vmware guest.
Host:
Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit 2.6.32-24-generic-pae.
(Very new install, i.e 24 hours ago)
Hardware is Dell XPS M1530 laptop, 4GB ram. ...
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Windows: what is the difference between DEP always on and DEP opt-out with no exceptions?
What is the difference between DEP always
on ("/NoExecute=AlwaysOn" in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out
( "/NoExecute=OptOut" in boot.ini) with no exceptions?
"no exceptions" = empty list of programs for ...
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How to mount Windows Vista file share to remote headless Linux Centos 5.8 system?
I am trying to set up a network file share system such that a headless supercomputer running linux (CentOS 5.8) can access computer simulation files stored on a Windows Vista machine.
I have found ...
