Questions tagged [windows-7]

Windows 7 is the Microsoft PC operating system released in October 2009, and reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. It is the successor to Windows Vista and has been succeeded by Windows 8. It shared the same UI style as Windows Vista, but was based on an incrementally newer version of the NT kernel (6.1, from 6.0) and was released in 6 major editions for both home and professional use.

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Windows 7 is Microsoft's PC operating system which was released in October 2009 and reached End Of Life on January 14, 2020. Intended to be an incremental upgrade to the Windows line, Windows 7 is compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista is already compatible. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

###What is Windows 7?

Your PC, simplified

You told us to make Windows simpler and easier to use. We listened. Windows 7 has better ways to find and manage files—like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews—to help you speed through everyday tasks. It's designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to. With 64-bit support, you can take full advantage of the latest powerful PCs. And great features like HomeGroup, Windows Media Center, and Windows Touch make new things possible.

- From microsoft.com: What is Windows 7

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###Minimum hardware requirements:

Architecture    32-bit                  64-bit
Processor       1 GHz 32-bit processor  1 GHz 64-bit processor
Memory (RAM)    1 GB                    2 GB
HDD free space  16 GB free space        20 GB free space
Graphics card   DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0
Optical drive   DVD drive (only to install from DVD media)
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Windows 7 RC1 x64 no longer connects to passworded network shares?

We run a simple Windows 2000 server that hosts some of our shared files across the office. On my laptop I have run Windows 7 Build 7057 for the past time with no issues whatsoever. I recently upgraded to Windows 7 RC1 and find that I can no longer…
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Installing printers drivers in Windows 7 clients with Win server 2003 AD

Dears, I've an issue with installing drivers on windows 7 which keep asking for permission to add the printer driver on other hand i haven't faced this issue with XP clients. My AD is windows server 2003 I've disabled point and print restrictions…
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Mapping Drives via Group Policy login script (2008 domain with Windows 7 & 8 clients)

I'm having trouble getting drives mapped for my domain. I few months ago we were using Group Policy Preferences to map drives, but for some reason it stopped working - so I created a few login scripts for the various divisions in my company to map…
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PNAgent IconCache size increases after every windows logon

Xenapp 6.5 farm with Webinterface 5.4.0 on WinServer2008R2 Citrix Online Plugin 12.3.08 After login to a standard Windows7 machine, Citrix Online Plugin gets automatically started. The Logon process to the Webinterface works and then there is a…
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Windows 7 - VPN and host name lookup

I have set up a VPN server using a Sinology box for accessing my office network from home. I can access all the office IPs, but the host name resolution has some problems. DNS queries work : nslookup commands are successful. However, if I enter an…
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Using GPP to set local admins

Using Server 2012 r2 in domain environment, I'm trying to add specific groups of users to the Administrators(local)group to computers organized in OUs using GPP and item-level targeting. While the GPO shows that it is applying(via gpresult), the…
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ProcessMonitor boot logging claims disk is full

I'm trying to debug an issue where Windows 7 logoff will hang about once in every 5-10 logoffs forcing a hard reboot. I've installed Process Monitor (v3.2) and am running boot logging to try and find the process that's causing the hang. The…
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Windows 7 mapped drive - red X (one user out of 4)

This is for a client of mine. Small Windows 2008 domain. Four workstations, all Windows 7 Pro, all the same service pack and windows updates. Same AV software, no GPOs, all computers are pretty identical. All computers on a gigabit network as…
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the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed windows 7

First of all, I know how to solve this problem. but I really wonder why this issue has came out ??? I saw just one post that the reason for this error may be the system time difference on both machines. If they differ too much (think 2 hours or…
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KMS Host has more than the minimum count, but client machines are still not activating

So pretty as the question states, here is some more info: What I have done: 1) I have setup 36 machines (I have more, but just done one lab for now) to point to the KMS Host 2) I have rearmed the host and again setup the 36 machines 3) The KMS Host…
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Group Policy: Screen Saver Timeout is not being honoured by some client machines

I am having a hard time trying to solve this issue. Recently I created a GPO on a Win2k8 R2 domain controller to set the screen to lock after 30 minutes. The settings are then applied to a security group which contains all the relevant…
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How can I wait to the close of the uninstall panel in windows 7 from batch file?

I have simple batch file : @echo off call "c:\windows\system32\appwiz.cpl" echo "Done" On Windows XP, this batch launche the uninstall panel of windows, and block the execution until the use close the panel. The same batch on Windows 7 doesn't…
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Allow log on locally custom message

I recently moved into a new position and we have a few computer labs that are currently restricting access by running a script on logon that checks the user's group membership and if not in the correct group, displays an error message telling them…
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What blocks incoming connection on Windows 7

I have reduced setup to just 2 computers connected via switch with fixed IP addresses. PC-A is able to connect to or ping PC-B PC-B is not able to connect to or ping PC-A Windows firewall is disabled on both PCs. How do I find out what program is…
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Windows 7 Uninstalling Software Fails on Several Computers Consistently

I have several computers that seem to have trouble uninstalling software consistently. They are Windows 7 machines in an Active Directory domain. Basically I have been trying to push software updates through SCCM and it has worked on the majority…
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