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    Windows 7 Serious problem

    Hello. I was playing BlueStacks on my laptop, when it died from battery. I plugged it in, and tried to boot it. It couldn't boot. When I got the option to use the restore system, it gave the same error. The error code was 0xc00000e9. This is what happened, when trying to access my drive...
  2. agha rehan abbas

    Windows 7 how can i avoid online advertisements while using chrome

    i have recently switched from ubuntu to windows and i am severely suffering from the huge amounts of spam advertisements which i get while operating chrome is there a way to disable these advertisements
  3. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Suprise, Surprise!

    Hi I was just on my computer booted into Ubuntu from a Flash Drive, I have to say it works pretty well, loads fast etc. The surprise was that when I was done I shut down my computer, removed the flash drive, and rebooted back into what I though would be Windows and it booted back into Ubuntu...
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    Windows 7 Cannot Install ANY Operating System on Laptop

    I recently acquired a used laptop. Upon receiving, I discovered the installed operating system had been a bootleg copy. I removed it and then proceeded to use an Ubuntu Live USB to attempt to install. This did not work because the "installer quit working." Moving on... I used a burned copy of...
  5. Coroff

    Windows 7 Windows uses the fan so much.

    Windows almost abuses the fan on my laptop. Toshiba Satellite C875-S7303. Whenever I try to run Borderlands 2, while loading the game the laptop overheated. Windows 8 (which came with the laptop) did the same thing, then I wiped it and put Ubuntu 13.04 on it and it never overheated. Is there a...
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    Windows Server 2008 Standard Test Mode Watermark

    Hi Guys First Ill explain what I did I am running Ubuntu with a virtual Windows Server 2008. The virtual machine has the word test mode at each section of the screen, not really sure how it got there but I intended on removing it. I performed some research on this matter and used bcdedit as...
  7. TheBestDownloader

    Windows XP is this illegal???

    i have "windows trust" installed on my laptop wish is a modified and not legal version of windows XP... now i want to stop using windows illegaly so i want to download ubuntu and install it... but is it illegal to do that using windows?? i mean downloading and burning ubuntu to a dvd doing all...
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    Windows 7 Cannot boot into Win7

    Hi all: I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 as a second OS on my Toshiba Satellite laptop. Long story short, I can no longer boot into Windows 7. I turn on my computer, select Win7 from GRUB, but the screen freezes at the Starting Windows screen. Similarly, when I try and boot into safe mode, it...
  9. monketrip28

    Windows Server Windows DC Virtualization

    Greetings Fellow Techies, I have Virtualized a Windows 2008 DC Server using VMware vCenter tool. Once I open the Server using VM Player on Ubuntu the Server boots up flawlessly but Active Directory do not work. There is no point virtualizing the DC if the Active Directory is not working...
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    Windows 7 I Can Not Install No Operating System

    Hello ! I tried to install a myriad of DVDs or USB sticks Widows 7 that in the pc of my friends all go perfectly, in my case initially installing it goes, but then I get the following message: "FILE OR DIRECTORY D: DAMAGED AND NOT READABLE. RUN THE UTILITY 'CHKDSK " If I install another...
  11. Gab1999

    Windows 7 Can't connect to Wi-Fi!

    Hello! Ok so I just switched from Ubuntu 14.04 to Windows 7 (finallyyyy) and now I am stucked with a problem that I never encountered yet. When I want to connect to my Wi-Fi, it's said: ~~~~~~~~~~ "Aucune connexion n'est disponible" No connection is available. ~~~~~~~~~~ "Installez un pilote...
  12. HTHVampire

    Windows 8 Disk Partition for Windows and Ubuntu

    Hi, Currently on my laptop, I have a 120gb SSD and a 500gb WD Black HDD. I plan to have Windows 7 & 8, Ubuntu to install on my 120gb SSD. Windows 8 will be my main usage(installing lots of software like Adobe, Corel Video Studio, Microsoft Office etc...), windows 7 for incompability...
  13. Ralph Bromley

    Windows 8 UEFI/secureboot preventing linux bootup, can I remove it but still have windows 8.1 work?

    Okay now I have an issue with windows, namely secureboot and UEFI. This is not for my computer but for my fathers machine. As an early birthday present I got my father a HP Pavilion laptop that came preinstalled with windows 8.1 but he didnt like it and wanted a dual boot. So I gave him Ubuntu...
  14. SirVer

    Windows 8 Windows 8 OEM on logical partition

    I'm getting a new Lenovo G510 (or possibly Z500) in a few days, and was trying to decide how to manage the operating systems I'm going to install. What I would like to do is: Primary Partition - Ubuntu or Mint (Most Frequently Used) Primary Partition - Storage Extended Partition 2 logical...
  15. badrobot

    Update your Linux sticks...

    Ubuntu users, time to update your usb sticks... 14.04 is out! http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ Cheers!
  16. trottzilla

    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 64 bit install problem monitor out of range

    Hi I have just downloaded the windows 8.1 preview version and burned to DVD to install on a newly built PC. The PC specs are: Intel I5 3570k ivy bridge Gigabyte h61m-s2pv rev 2.0 Gskill ripjaw 8gb 1333mhz I am using the integrated hd4000 graphics. Since I completed the build I have been running...
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    Windows 7 How to Replace Ubuntu 10 with Ubuntu 13.10 on Dual Boot with Windows 7

    So I have dual booted windows and Ubuntu on my windows 7 laptop. I currently have windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.blah blah dual booted but now I want to install Ubuntu 13.10 for development so my question is how to install the new Ubuntu instead of 10.blah blah? Sent from my GT-I9070 using Tapatalk
  18. gremlinkurst

    Windows 7 Tinny Headphone Audio

    System Specifications --------------------------- OS1: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OS2: Ubuntu 12.04 x64 CPU: AMD FX Black 6100 6-Core 3.3 GHz MBD: GA-970A-UD3 GPU: MSI TwinFrozr III R7850 2 GB GDDR5¹ RAM: 4 GB DDRIII HD0: 500 GB Seagate SATA III HD1: 750 GB Seagate SATA III Solid State Hybrid SCR...
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    Windows 7 Limited Connection, Connections Available

    Hi guys, Having a weird problem. When I connect to wifi, it connects like normal. I enter my password, connects a little more then it just says Limited Connection. The weird thing is it isn't the regular icon, bars with a yellow triangle, but the new connection icon. I have updated drivers, then...
  20. badrobot

    Ubuntu 12.04 Is More Secure Than Windows 8...

    The UK government now says that Ubuntu 12.04 is the safest operating system available, way ahead of Windows 8 and Mac OS X. Full article here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-Is-More-Secure-Than-Windows-8-and-Mac-OS-X-Says-UK-Goverment-416016.shtml ....
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