Use this tag for interoperability with Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)
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Installed CentOS, Now There is No Windows 8 Options on Restart
I bought a new PC with Windows 8 and wanted to dual-boot linux.
I shrank the partition by 50GB in windows, then installed CentOS from a live CD.
CentOS is working fine, but I can't boot into ...
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Installing Linux on an external hard drive and multibooting with Windows 7/8
I want to multi boot Linux (Fedora 19) with my two machines which use Windows 7 and 8. The Windows7 is a desktop, and the laptop is a Windows 8 machine.
I used my desktop to install Fedora 19 on the ...
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Limiting users to logging onto Samba domain only from specific machines
I have Samba setup and running nicely as a primary domain controller with roaming profiles. Currently users can log on to the domain controller from any machine in the network.
However, I want to ...
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Removing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a dual boot setup and recovering the Windows boot manager
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Windows 7 Home Premium on my laptop. My desire is to uninstall Ubuntu without spoiling MBR and Windows 7.
I would like to emphasize that Ubuntu was installed later so I ...
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For downloading, youtube file format changes depending on OS?
Oh! its sad to see what I saw.
I am downloading a file from youtube (the video is of 1 hr) using command line from Ubuntu13.04 as below:
ravbholua@ravbholua-Aspire-5315:~$ youtube-dl ...
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How to install Ubuntu in a netbook, but keeping the original win7 installation in storage
I have a Samsung N210 netbook. It has windows 7, starter edition.
I´ve tried the latest Ubuntu version using a pendrive and loved it so far.
I would like to install it in my netbook, but I would ...
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difference between windows local admin and unix root
I am trying to understand what is a conceptual difference between unix root account and windows local admin. I am a developer and despite IT department efforts were always given local admin rights so ...
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Copy-paste between Hyper-V guest and host
My computer runs Windows Server 2008 R2. It hosts a Hyper-V virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.04 as the guest OS.
I want to copy text from Ubuntu and paste this text in Windows (and copy text in ...
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No boot menu with linux mint and windows 7
Currently I have Windows 7 installed on my main hard drive (64gb SSD). I recently installed Linux Mint on a secondary hard disk (1TB HDD). My issue is that when I turn the PC on there is no boot menu ...
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Linux - Windows 8 - Samba - Can see dir and contents but not create
have the following setup
Raspberry pi with samba installed and running
Windows 8 machine that can see the samba share, access the proper DIR, see all contents
In the smb.conf file, at the base of ...
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Dual boot Windows 8 and LMDE
How can I dual boot LMDE2013 (64bit) with Windows 8 (64bit) on a UEFI system?
I tried installing using a live USB (secure-boot off) and it showed the the installation was complete. Next time I ...
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Can i transfer files using ssh?
I am using PuTTY on Windows 7 to ssh to my school computer lab. Can I transfer files from my windows machine to my user on the school machines using ssh?
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Connect from Windows 8 from home network to office Linux server
My client's office has a Linux server. Whilst I am in the client's office, I am able to connect to their Linux server from my Windows 8 laptop using PuTTY with their wifi connection.
I wonder is it ...
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Equivalent of full control, modify and write in linux
What is the equivalent of assigning Full control, Modify and Write permission, in Windows, to a particular user and group, in Linux? chgrp, chmod and chown seems quite limited in this case.
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Problems with booting with Kubuntu 13.04 / Windows 7 Dual boot
So I've had Kubuntu running on my Lenovo laptop as the only operating system for most of the summer. Earlier this week, I decided to shrink the home partition in order to add a Windows 7 partition.
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