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/Windows Server 2008 R2 in ESXi 3.5/ESXi 4?

Has anyone heard any announcements from vmware as to when these will be officially supported? Their website is a bit of a mess. I'm wondering if ESXi 3.5 will support them or ESXi4 ? Googling around only provides info about installing the RC version…
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Windows 7 : Application cannot write to shared folder - Access denied

I'm having permission issues with an in-house application. This applications has an area where you drag and drop files. When you drag and drop the files, it normally saves the file to a shared folder. This shared folder is a public folder with…
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Need to run a custom command during Windows 7 Setup between Phase 3 and 5

How can I run a cmd script during windows setup somewhere between the beginning of phase 3 and the beginning of phase 5? I need to copy hardware dependent files from the USB drive to the C: drive before the hardware detection kicks in. I use wmic,…
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Remote Silent install of Office 2013 returning 1603 error

Currently trying to install Office 2013 over Office 2010 on Windows 7 VMs across the network the batch file is the prescribed batch file given by Microsoft that uses OCT and using the latest download directly from the MS site. Currently I have a…
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Windows Disk Image (sysprep) with multiple domain accounts

I have not a simple problem. I would like to make personalized sysprep (Windows disk image) for more than 50 windows domain account. Suppose I have more than 50 computers with the same parameters, but uploading the image and log on to the domain…
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Is there a way to not show the user the size and available space of a mapped Windows Fileshare?

Is it possible to not show the user the disk size and available space on their mapped fileshares? I would like to not display "132GB free of 145GB" if possible. Server 2012 Windows 7
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Samba: Windows' user missing home directory

I'm having issues with the home directory not showing up after logging in. I can add the home directory manually. The letter H: is missing when I try to map it manually though. It seems it's already assigned the letter but nothing is showing…
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VMWare to Physical Machine - Windows 7

Is it possibly (for example) to build a Virtual Machine, with windows 7, and then port this to a physical machine..? For example, build up a configuration of a machine in virtual machine, then deploy this to a physical machine, so that it basically…
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Windows 7 Enterprise Activation

I borrowed a Windows 7 Enterprise disk from work because it hasn't been released to the general public yet and installed it on a personal machine. I got the machine all setup with my programs then I then realized I couldn't buy a license for it and…
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Can I sysprep a bootable VHD without using any virtualization technology?

I booted from a VHD on my laptop and hoped to sysprep this image, but it didn't let me do it. I got a fatal error during the process. I used the following command: sysprep /generalize /shutdown. My question is it possible at all to sysprep a VHD…
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Runas Domain Account Still Asks for Password

I'm using a Win7 computer that isn't joined to the domain. I want to be able to run a program, such as IE, under the domain user. c:\> runas /noprofile /netonly /user:MyDomain\MyUser iexplore.exe It asks for my password and starts up IE just fine.…
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Windows 7 Virtual PC BSOD

I have a problem with Win7 & VirtualPC - every time I start up a virtual machine, it appears to start fine, and then about 10 seconds into the boot process, my laptop either BSOD's or just hangs. I have a Dell Inspiron 1721 notebook that i've been…
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Run program at Windows 7 boot without user logging in

It's very unclear from the documentation I've found - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376977(v=vs.85).aspx for instance whether HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce will run on OS boot, or…
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One KONICA MINOLTA printer reset to defaults settings on each reboot - Windows 7

I have a problem with the KONICA MINOLTA 224e printer driver for Windows 7 pro 64 bit. When a user changes the printer settings from the control panel, for example switching from color to mono, the settings are back to defaults when we reopen the…
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How to troubleshoot an internal website intermittently not displaying?

I recently migrated my company's intranet site from IIS on Windows 2003 to Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 and having been having a strange issue: once in a while, users get "This page can't be displayed" in Internet Explorer when trying to access it. I…