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    pen drive linux

    I did not have much luck with a VM so am trying to place a Linux distribution in a pen drive using the installers like USB. I kep hgetting popups from protected folders but more importantly I get sdiffrent error messages while the process is under way which say this won't be able to boot etc...
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    Windows 10 Windows is displaying incorrect UTC offset

    Windows OS - Win 10 enterprise. Today is April 25th 2018 and the UK is basking in British summertime which is UTC + 1 hour. Windows shows my offset as UTC + 0. I am in London (England) and my windows clock is showing the correct time but I have an application which needs to calculate UTC and it...
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    Windows 10 Sftp file manger

    So i know windows explorer supports ftp and mapping to an ftp directory, but does ot support sftp? I imagine it should, i mean other os's have been supporting that feature for some time now. I just dont know how to find it. I know on ubuntu, i just type it in the location bar and it works. I...
  4. Windows 10 How to check on which of these ubuntu is installed ?

    I wanted to check on which of these partition Ubuntu is installed as I want to delete them from the disk management menu.(disk management pic is attached with this post)
  5. Windows 7 Installing Windows 7 back from Linux

    I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Machine. It was originally shipped with Windows 7. Windows 7 was becoming laggy for me so I switched to Linux Ubuntu 16.10. Ubuntu was way faster and smoother than Windows 7, but the problem is that it doesn't have all the apps which I need to use to get my work done. So...
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    Windows 7 I'm in Hel... strange partition errors keeping me from installing W7 64-bit

    Hey, all. I need some help. I just got a new hard drive for my laptop to replace an old one that went bad. Unfortunately, Windows will not install to the laptop (or work, on the one occasion I've succeeded). Every time I've tried to install Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), it tells me that it...
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    Windows 10 Installing Windows 10 from ISO file on a Ubuntu

    Hey guys, So I have Ubuntu on my PC, I tried it and I don't like it. My PC was originally windows. I downloaded the ISO file, so how can I install it and replace Ubuntu?
  8. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14951 for Mobile and PC

    Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14951 for Mobile and PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 14951 Refining the customization experience for precision touchpad (PC): Since last week, we’ve continued working in...
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    Windows 10 Windows can's boot after Ubuntu install

    Hello, I attempted to install the Ubuntu 16.04 Linux operating system alongside windows 10 for a dual boot setup, unfortunately things didn't work out as well as I had hoped and now, I can only boot into Ubuntu with varying degrees of success and no internet access as I don't have the proper...
  10. Fun with the Windows Subsystem for Linux

    At Build 2016, Microsoft introduced to the world the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) [WSL], which enables developers to run native Ubuntu user-mode console binaries through the Bash shell in Windows 10. If you’re in the Windows Insider program, you’ve had the opportunity to try out this...
  11. Windows 10 W10-32Bit & Ubuntu Dual-Boot On Acer Mini.

    p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; } Hi everyone, I just got this working last night and I thought it was worth sharing with other forum users here. The interesting part was that the first time I tried to set this up, I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO file from Ubuntu.com official page. I...
  12. Windows 10 I've bricked my PC.

    Short version: I need to format my HDD to NTFS with no current OS. Long version: I was happily running Windows 10, but wanted to do a re-installation to speed things up. The installation hung at 1% for an hour or so, so I rebooted - no operating system. I downloaded a win10 iso and booted from...
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    Windows 10 Having problems finding Windows drive using Ubuntu Live CD

    Having problems finding hard drive with Ubuntu live cd Long story short, my computers hard drive is screwed up and the computer won't start. (Link in next post) According to this link I am able to get access to the hard drive and save my important data, but I'm having a few issues. I get to...
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    Windows 10 High disk usage renders Windows 10 unusable

    This is a problem I've had for months with no solution in sight, even after trying multiples fixes. Windows 10 ran fine for about 3 months prior to this issue, but ever since this happened I haven't gotten it to run properly since. A few months ago, I ran into an issue when I installed an...
  15. Windows 10 Fast Copy, new to me, but it helped.

    Hi Today I was trying to delete some old video project folders. I had one folder that had dozens of files created by Adobe Premiere Elements that I don't need to keep anymore. The thing was that every time I tried to delete them I got a message saying that the file names were too long to...
  16. VirtualBox Issues on Windows 10 Compared to Ubuntu 15.10

    I am able to use virtualbox perfectly fine on Ubuntu 15.10 but it won't work right on Windows 10 da f***?!?!?!?!?!
  17. Microsoft® ODBC Driver 13 (Preview) for SQL Server® - Ubuntu Linux

    The Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server provides native connectivity from Windows to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Link Removed
  18. Windows 7 win7 ultim x64 problem

    hi all windowsforum friend i am new here i need ur help I have win 7ultimate x64 vetno ak pc and intel 13 before somedays i made update (this update that windows send to all ) when i came from university my pc couldnt load windows ... basicly i opened my pc and i could just see a black screen...
  19. Ubuntu Latest upgrade

    I am not, even stretching my imagination, a Linus user. I have dabbled, but, so far, gone back to Windows in which I am more proficient With urging, I have just downloaded the latest Ubuntu (Ver !5.10) I gotta admit - I am impressed. I burned it to a usb and ran it. You van select a "Live"...
  20. Windows 7 How to restore my Windows 7 Laptop to Factory settings ?

    Hi, My Dell laptop has been misbehaving for a while so I decided the only solution was to do a fresh install. Normally I would nuke it, download the iso from Microsoft and re-install. It seems however that MS have pulled the plug on the downloads for OEM windows 7, but I do still have my...