I've recently upgraded my computer, and bought two 80gb SSD drives, placing them in a software raid0 with windows 7. The other day, I attempted to install ubuntu on one of my older hard drives, using easeus to create a 60 gb partition, and then i manually set up my partitions to include my / and /ho ...
I have a program in windows7 that prevents me from logging into windows, so I am using ubuntu cd to log in.I would like to uninstall this program called ayrecovery but i don't see how to from ubuntu.If it's not possible to uninstall it would it work to rename it just to log into windows then deal wi ...
I was thinking about all the amazing things that people go thru to get their pc and laptops fixed so they can run smooth. So I came up with the Idea of something like, maybe it'll be nice if people could post their favorite software that did wonders for them.In my case I like Device Doctor, it will ...
I am using ubuntu 10.10 i need to install windows 7 software in ubuntu 10.10 via wine. but wine supports only windows XP or how to upgrade the wine supports with the windows 7 softwares. please help me. ...
Manufacturer: ZInstall Pros: Streamlined virtual machine for beginners; Maintain prior XP installation and applications after upgrade Cons: Typical performance loss from virtualization; USB compatability issues; Explorer Instability; Cost Summary: A useful program for timid upgraders, but too expens ...
10 years ago a friend of mine made with Visual Basic for me a light program to archive my old review (about1000).I have just installed Windos 7 and that software doesn't work anymore. I have a folder with its sources but when I try to install it I get .dll problems. When I open the sources folder ev ...
I have installed obiee11.1.1.5.0 on windows 7 OS with 64bit,while instalation i got below attached error..after that can't able to see sample dashboard on dahsboard page but all services are up onlyalso i can able to login RPD in online mode,as well as Presntaion,weblogic EM,Console..1) 1st i have i ...
Is it possible to have a remote session on a Windows 7 PC from Ubuntu 11.04? I've tried Remote Desktop Viewer but no go - just black window. The Windows 7 is set to accept remote desktop. Do I need additional software or am I just doing something wrong? ...
I am currently running a dual boot between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10, and as I am not booting the Windows partition at all,I would like to replace it with a fresh install of Kubuntu 11.04. Have a look at the attached image for my current set-up./dev/sda1 (boot) and /dev/sda2 is the Windows 7 instal ...
I wrote a program that puts itself into the windows startup registry key:HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run(Just FYI, it removes itself from it if a user closes it.)The code works fine except on Windows 7 when the program is about to auto-start I get the "Open File - Security Wa ...
I cannot work out how to download and trial Ubuntu for a netbook using windows 7, using the USB stick method.It downloads some folders and files to the USB stick but doesn't take me to the next window, as it describes on the Ubuntu website, show me how. And I can't find how to continue. I've spent h ...
Hey, guys. This is driving me crazy and I just cannot figure out what is causing this to fail.The application I develop for has a single COM Exe (called VSGMain.exe) that it registers during the install by calling VSGMain.Exe /Regserver. This has never had a problem until we started testing on Windo ...
Is there a repair option for Windows 7 that does not need the registration/activation step.According to "Windows 7 - Inside Out" one can instal Windows 7 over and over again providing the computer has not had hardware changed and was originally activated when first installed.I have not fou ...
Windows 7 has logon screen change built in.Check the info here. (http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-change-windows-7-logon-screen-easily-without-using-hacks-tools/)Check here also. (http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/03/15/windows-7-to-officially-support-logon-ui-background-customization/)EDIT: Extra ...
Is there a key named "ProductId" in Windows 7 under :SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion(or was it changed to something else ?)Also, do I need to have special privileges in order to read it ? ...
Hi, new to linux here, decided to install it today and try it out but I ran into a few problems, decided to post here and search on google for help.Linux boots perfectly and I can access the win7 partition from Linux. When I restart and try to boot win7 from grub though, it gives me the error messag ...
Hello, I've been using Ubuntu Desktop Edition Windows Installer for a couple months and love it. I've been making electronic music with Windows software for years but want to try Linux music software. My question is; can I install Ubuntu Studio on the same computer with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Desktop ...
Windows 7 Home does not have remote desktop service.I would like to access my Win7 computer from Ubuntu trough remote desktiop. I need to install service on my win7 computer and also have a client on my Ubuntu computer to access it. It should be also free ;)Does any one know such software? Is it wor ...
guys, I've got a laptop with a clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate. I've made 3 NTFS partitions and installed Windows into C: which has 40GB space. Planning use D: (40GB) as an installation drive (MS Office, Photoshop, etc..), while E: (60GB) will be used for my personal files. Now I want to du ...
I've been looking around at hard drives in order to do backups, and today I found out that my school's mini electronics store is having a sale on LaCie Grand 1 TB drives ($80 CAD), so I might buy one (so far my research seems to indicate it plays nice with Linux).So I was wondering what advice you g ...
According to a statement from IT research company Gartner Windows 7 is just three short years away from fruition. In response to an enquiry following a CNET News story reporting a sales meeting of the Seattle software giants where the three year figure was supposedly mentioned, Gartner cites a Micro ...
That's the question I had not thought of asking, nor really given much thought to at all, until now. What prompted the question was the appearance of the Official Engineering Windows 7 blog. The third posting proved to be a fascinating read, providing the kind of insight into the development of a so ...
John Dvorak at PC Magazine, a grand old curmudgeon who never pulls any punches created a wish list for Windows 7. It got me thinking about my own wish list, so here goes:1. Don't Make Me Wait Forever at Boot TimeNothing aggravates me more than waiting for Windows to boot up. It takes forever and see ...
This is just to get the transparent bar, not the blur effect. I don't know how to do that but I was messing around in the Gimp and decided to make new panel bars while learning photo editing.Personally I don't use it, I still use the bars I made from my first attempt at making blue glossy menu bars ...
Barmy Steve Ballmer, sometime monkey dancer and full time Microsoft top dog now that Bill Gates has gone, has surprised us all by informing the world that January 13th will not be Windows 7 day as predicted. The good news is that Windows 7 day will be on the 9th January instead.Yes, Ballmer has conf ...
This is a 2 part question: Microsoft says that the windows 7 beta will "expire" in May '09. Does this mean that there is something within the software that will cause it to not run anymore after that date unless you purchase it? Also, what's the latest on 64-bit in general? I've read older ...
Alex Kochis is the Director of Product Marketing and Management in the 'Genuine Windows' bit of Microsoft. Which means he knows a thing or two about the 'product activation experience' when it comes to Windows 7.Specifically, he knows a thing or two about product activation for the Windows 7 Beta. A ...
Steven Sinofsky, the Senior Vice President for the Microsoft Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, in an attempt to quell a beta tester rebellion over a perceived lack of feedback concerning bug reporting has made an astonishing confession: Windows 7 has at least 2000 bugs.Sinofsky states that ...
At the first, sorry if i put this thread on windows vista forum since i can't find windows 7 forum.I've already use Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 on my laptops. After installing there is no weird problem. But now i can't close any open window via red X button on top right panel. So i must always use Alt ...
Will you be moving to Windows 7 during the next year, or will Vista disappointment, economic doom and gloom or compatibility concerns keep you away like 84 percent of business folks surveyed have said?The Windows 7 Release Candidate is nearly with us, complete with plenty of reported security proble ...
If inexperienced PC users sometimes access your system then you'll know that, well, this can cause problems. Leave them alone for too long and they'll mess up your settings, install dubious programs, delete important files and cause all kinds of havoc. But Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 wi ...
Microsoft's Virtual PC creates its virtual machine hard drives in VHD files, and Windows 7 can now mount these directly so you can access them in the host system. Click Start, type diskmgmt.msc and press [Enter], then click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file you'd like to mount. It will then ...
There has certainly been enough speculation about when the Windows 7 Release Candidate code would actually be made available. Right here on DaniWeb we confidently predicted that the big day would be May 5th following a slip up, or more probably a deliberate leak for marketing purposes, on the Micros ...
I read recently that Windows 7 when it arrives will have to be a clean install. Frankly running a small home network and the idea of a complete clean install of both software and data doe s not impress me. Having run the virtual machine and quite like WIN7 has anyone any further ideas on how one mig ...
A few weeks ago I installed Windows 7 RC. I am very found of it and would like to keep using it. I work as a system administrator and manage a Windows 2003 domain.Most software I use is installed. Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT) For Windows 7 lets me manage my domain. Only the Group Policy ...
Good news everyone!True Image by Acronis is now compatible with Windows 7! Have anyone already tried to use it or any other backup software whith win7? ...
I have a question about licenses for Windows 7. I know a lot of software companies will let you buy a retailers licence for a product and then you could use that product on multi-computers. Does Microsoft allow you to do this with their OS by purchasing something special or no? ...
Windows 7 is coming next month. That's hardly news to any of you, I'm sure, but have you considered that this major OS release could be the catalyst to end the recession? I'm guessing not many of you have come to that conclusion, but consider this: Many, many companies steered clear of Vista, but co ...
Keeping pace with Microsoft's latest releases, Xenocode this week unveiled Virtual Application Studio 2010, an update to its virtualization engine that supports Windows 7, simplifies app-publishing to the Web, and permits deployment to multiple platforms using a single executable, the company said. ...
everyone, i have a new pc and it runs on windows 7, and i never had this problem with my other xp pc, everytime i create an html file with images (i have tried jpeg, gif and png so far) only png shows up and not jpg and gif, i need to solve this problem, i have tried to disable my security software ...
I have installed windows 7 and it seems the latest version of utorrent is incompatible with the OS. The problem is that when the torrent is downloaded the system crashes.Here is the hijackthis log:Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2Scan saved at 7:34:15 AM, on 31-Oct-09Platform: Unknown Windows ...
I've done a bit of research on Windows 7 Enterprise to discover some of its new features and to uncover its secrets. From what I've seen so far, Microsoft has provided some interesting Linux-esque features that might accidentally boost Linux adoption as a side effect. The two primary features to whi ...
I use windows 7 premium family pack. The problem is it has been programed in french but I would like to use it in dutch. Does somebody know if their is a free software to reinitiate the administration language? ...
I have been getting random crashes in the middle of just browsing or when I am installing things. I cant figure it out. I got Windows Ultimate 7 from Windows XP. I deleted the Windows.old file because I thought that was it. Ill link my crash dump and my specification for my computer. More details ab ...
I'm about to switch to Windows 7 from Vista via an HP upgrade disk, and just had a few questions. First, should I first restore my notebook to factory Vista settings with system recovery disks (there's quite a bit of crap on the system, as well as a lot of expensive preloaded software that I don't w ...
I purchased a new laptop with Vista and am waiting for my free upgrade to Windows 7 to arrive. I also recently purchased Office Professional 2003 and am wondering if I need to wait to install it until AFTER I upgrade to Windows 7. It could be several weeks before I receive the upgrade package.I'm wo ...
everyone, our office recently purchased a Dell XPS 13 for one of our employees. It is a high end Core 2 Duo 2.66 with 4GB of RAM and a NVIDIA Hybrid SLI. It originally came with Vista Home Premium but I did a clean install to Windows 7 Pro. I went ahead and installed the required programs for day to ...
I just got a new laptop with 64-bit Windows 7. I'm trying to use a simple login script that works fine on my XP machine to mount a TrueCrypt volume and share it. However, when I run RMTSHARE.EXE at a command prompt, it now reports that it can't run "due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions o ...
maybe someone would have any suggestions for above.Just to clear - I'm just average computer user who can "do" something with own device as long I have explanation given as "Problem solving for dummies".I've upgraded Windows 64 from Vista to 7 and seems everything works smoothly ...
A friend recently showed me the windows 7 media center- this is an awesome piece of softwarefor those who havent seen it yet, it picks up the movies you have on your hard drive. It then downloads the dvd boxes front cover, downloads info about the movie- such as cast, summery etcyou can click on the ...