About this tag
The environmental tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions where the term appears in two distinct contexts. One thread examines a legal challenge to Windows 10 end-of-support that cites environmental tensions alongside technical and competition concerns. Other threads use environmental to refer to Windows environment variables, including issues with paths containing spaces, maximum string length limits, and configuring variables for ROS Python packages. The tag does not broadly cover environmental sustainability or green IT topics beyond the single lawsuit reference. Visitors will find practical troubleshooting advice for environment variable problems and a link to a broader policy debate.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    California Suit Challenges Windows 10 End of Support and ESU

    A Southern California resident has filed suit in San Diego Superior Court asking a judge to block Microsoft’s planned October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 and to force the company to continue providing free security updates until Windows 10’s install base falls below a...
    • WindowsForum AI
    • Thread
    • ai ai hardware anticompetitive antitrust case analysis circular economy consumer protection consumer rights copilot copilot+ pcs costofownership cybersecurity device lifecycle digital equity e-waste end of life deadline end of support environmental environmental impact esu extended security updates generative ai hardware refresh hardware upgrade lawsuit lifecycle microsoft microsoft lifecycle neural processing units old hardware on-device ai os migration pc migration platform lifecycle policy debate privacy public interest refurbishment regulation regulatory compliance san diego san diego court security updates sustainability tech regulation tpm 2.0 uefi secure boot windows windows 10 windows 10 end of support windows 10 esu windows 11 windows 11 requirements windows 11 upgrade
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows News
  2. FireMarshalBill69

    Do I need to have Windows Recovery Environment enabled?

    What happens if it is disabled? I have a perfectly working Acronis backup image of the entire drive, so do I need WRE at all? I love it that I can simply go back to all my updates, apps, and preferences reinstalled with my image. I am using Windows 10.
  3. S

    Best practices for setting up HPC solutions on Windows? Looking for advice and tips!

    Hello fellow forum members, I hope this post finds you well. I am currently in the process of setting up an High Performance Computing (HPC) environment on Windows, and I'm reaching out to the community for insights, best practices, and valuable tips. If you have experience in this domain or if...
    • sophiatailor
    • Thread
    • best practices challenges community computing environmental hpc implementation insights tips windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Virtualization
  4. O

    I might need to re-install windows?!

    Hello everyone, Lately while I was working on linux, I wanted to extend the linux partition and accidently the windows recovery tool partition got deleted. The windows were running normaly for 3 days and suddenly this morning something occured (picture below). So apparently, I can't run as you...
    • omanusou
    • Thread
    • environmental error linux os installation partition recovery reinstall repair troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. xavier12358

    Use ROS python package

    I have successed install ROS on Windows thanks to that link: http://wiki.ros.org/Installation/Windows Now I want to use the installed Python ROS package but my system doesn't seems to detect it. Should I have to add in Windows environement variable the Noetic ROS folder to be able to import...
    • xavier12358
    • Thread
    • command line environmental import installation noetic python python package ros windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  6. P

    Windows 10 Environmental Variable Issue: Path with Spaces Not Recognized in Windows

    I entered the following path in my environmental variable: C:\Users\KUNDAN JI\AppData\Local\Programs\Thonny; But it is not recognizing. Is it because of the gap in KUNDAN JI. How to solve the problem?
  7. E

    Windows 10 Extending Environment Strings

    There appears to be a maximum length requirement on Environment strings of 2047. Apparently I went far past this in Windows 7 PRO and can not now sensibly make a change. Is there a way that I can increase this length or use intermediate environment strings to build one substantially longer than...
    • Edward Feustel
    • Thread
    • configuration development ed feustel environmental limitations software string system variables troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. P

    system restore in safe mode

    I finally got this but wondered if you have a better way. Instead of msconfig I chose safe mode but could not find system restore. I clicked recovery on the bottom left. I hope this helps someone else and if you have a better way please let me know. To begin I used shift and restart. BTW, there...
    • Peterr
    • Thread
    • configuration environmental help recovery safe mode security system restore troubleshooting update windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  9. yuno44907

    Electricity Causes Climate Change

    Humans steal electricity from Earths magnetic field. You cannot make electric from movement or wind energy because wind isnt an energy, movement isnt an energy. * Energy have 4 forms: light, heat, magnetism, electric * Humans live by generating electricity, heat, light, magnetism. We take...
    • yuno44907
    • Thread
    • behavior biodiversity climate change conservation earth science ecosystem electricity energy forms environmental future of earth geology human impact magnetic field natural resources nature pollution power plants renewable energy sustainability technology
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  10. Guest21

    Windows 7 Is it possible to set a one time environment variable for an application?

    First of all, here is how I got here. I migrated from Microsoft Community because they now tell me to verify using a phone number which I don't have. So, I searched 'windows forums' and found this, so I will be using this website for all my Windows needs from now on. Anyways, now to my...
  11. K

    Windows Server Files Auditing - Tracking File Tampering/ Data Loss prevention

    We anticipate threats like files being deleted from servers by disgruntled employees. 1. Can someone suggest what preventive measures that can be implemented ? (DLP implementation is in pipeline, but would like to see if there are alternate measures) 2. If somehow files are deleted, we would...
    • karthikaravind
    • Thread
    • access control auditing data loss prevention data security dlp employee threats environmental file audit file deletion file tampering incident response it governance log analytics monitoring preventive measures security server 2008 server 2012 server management
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Security
  12. R

    Windows 8 Clone like a Pro (Migrate2Virtual) Disk2VHD?

    Hi. I Would like to hear your experience, advices in this matter... I want to make a complete "forensic clone" or socalled imaging of a physical machine running Windows 8.1 320GB HDD Intel and then apply this volume snapshot >To virtual machine image/file that can be migrated to...
    • RIHTT
    • Thread
    • backup bootable clone disk2vhd dual license environmental forensic clone imaging intel internet safety migration snapshot storage testing vhd virtual machine virtualization vmware windows 8.1
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  13. kannabalistic

    Windows 7 Environmental variables HELP!!!

    I know I ares retard I was setting up the Java jdk and I accidentally deleted the path variable and I want to know if there is a way to reset it??? I have tried tons of other sources but I couldn't find anything that would help. Please this forum is my last hope and it hasn't failed me with past...
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    Windows 7 Random Black Screens

    Not sure if I posted in the correct place, so please do move the thread if it's in the wrong area. When I'm using my computer I tend to get a black screen at random times. So far they usually occur while I'm browsing the web and while I'm playing games while on Skype. This happened before and...
    • Vayetze
    • Thread
    • black screen boot issues compatibility computer crash display issues dvi environmental gaming help psu random issues restart startup support temperature troubleshooting user experience web browsing windows
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
  15. T

    Windows 8 Skype video black screen on Wiin 8 but not 7

    Hi all. I recently installed Skype on Win 8 and my video shows a black screen (internal webcam used). However in Win 7 my Skype video shows whole environment clearly (no black screen). I am really puzzled Help would be much appreciated.
    • TsAmE
    • Thread
    • black screen environmental help installation skype troubleshooting video webcam windows 7 windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software
  16. T

    Windows 7 Skype video black screen on Wiin 8 but not 7

    Hi all. I recently installed Skype on Win 8 and my video shows a black screen. However in Win 7 my Skype video shows whole environment clearly (no black screen). I am really puzzled :frown: Help would be much appreciated.
    • TsAmE
    • Thread
    • black screen environmental help installation puzzle skype video windows 7 windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 8 Upgrade to 8 with VS2010?

    I want to upgrade to Windows 8 - My Windows 7 Machine has all my dev tools and environment setup. The upgrade assister says that VS2010 is not compatible. I found this suggestion but I don't want to do that. How can I just upgrade?
  18. C

    Windows 7 Sandboxie for malware simulating/tracing?

    First I just want to say, I am NOT developing malware. However, what I am trying to do is be able to run any malware/virus, regardless of how deadly it is in a protected environment so I can trace what it does (well, tries to do) to my system. At the same time it would block and log all...
    • Chris Glenn
    • Thread
    • command containment cybersecurity environmental isolation logging malware protected sandbox security simulation solutions system technology testing tracing virus
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  19. M

    Windows 7 VBA write to registry Win 7

    I am not able to figure out how to write to the registry in VB or VBA. I tried using the windows APi and WS.Script, both work in the XP environment, but not Win7 I just need to create a key and set the key value. MY current code I am using can read the key if I manually create it. I have read...
    • mhnwin7
    • Thread
    • api environmental key generation key value redirect registry vba visual basic windows 7 ws.script
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  20. P

    Windows 7 Cannot set PATH environment variable

    Hello An application I installed is not working and the product support dept for the application said the reason is that the path environment variable is not set correctly. In System/Advanced/System Settings/Envinonment Variables/Path is shows the following: C:\Program Files\Common...
    • Peter Sellers
    • Thread
    • application bluetooth command dllshared environmental miktex mplus path programs quicktime roxio sets settings solutions sql server support system variables wifi windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support