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I just got a new work laptop to replace an old one that is having some hardware issues. Both are running Windows 7 and I want to transfer all the old stuff on to the new one with as little work as possible (so bascially all the settings, programs, files, users, etc... are the same). Can I use the Windows utility to create a system image, upload it to a networked hard drive and then use it on the new laptop from there? Is there a better way to do this?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 16:22 |
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Smoking_Dragon posted:I just got a new work laptop to replace an old one that is having some hardware issues. Both are running Windows 7 and I want to transfer all the old stuff on to the new one with as little work as possible (so bascially all the settings, programs, files, users, etc... are the same). Can I use the Windows utility to create a system image, upload it to a networked hard drive and then use it on the new laptop from there? Is there a better way to do this? Windows Easy Transfer tool. It will do everything you asked.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 18:01 |
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Do you guys use any boot utilities to do a complete hardware check of a system? I have a laptop that randomly just shuts off and I have no idea why. It even does it during a scan disk.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 20:48 |
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You might want to dig around in Event Viewer and see what's happening around the hangtimes - is it actually shutting off or rebooting? And does it happen with the power cable plugged in?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 21:10 |
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baka kaba posted:You might want to dig around in Event Viewer and see what's happening around the hangtimes - is it actually shutting off or rebooting? And does it happen with the power cable plugged in? Just shuts off, no rebooting and yes with the power cable plugged in. I can't even go into the BIOS, just shuts off a few seconds after hitting F10. I can go into Windows though.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 21:34 |
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GreenNight posted:Just shuts off, no rebooting and yes with the power cable plugged in. I can't even go into the BIOS, just shuts off a few seconds after hitting F10. I can go into Windows though. If you know what your CPU is, maybe you can research the thermal protection it has? Perhaps your fans are blocked and it's turning itself off to stop it from melting?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 22:37 |
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Tantalus posted:Windows Easy Transfer tool. It will do everything you asked. It doesn't seem to transfer and install programs. Is there a utility or program that will do this?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 22:41 |
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After installing the Intel graphics driver a goon that I needed, I can't play video files in any media player (Windows Media Player, latest version of VLC, DivX etc.) without the display switching to Windows 7 Basic and telling me that a running program isn't compatible with my current Windows setup. Oh yeah, and the video doesn't actually play although the sound for the video does (and VLC will still play audio files). Any ideas? I updated to the latest version of VLC but that didn't help. E: It still plays stuff on Youtube (audio and video) and games seem to be unaffected, FWIW E2: After uninstalling VLC, cleaning my registry, restarting my laptop and re-installing VLC it still does this, as well as still doing it in WMP so I think it's a hardware issue more than anything. I was trying to play source videos for a few LPs and while I can play them on their original hosts the source videos don't work. 
C-Euro fucked around with this message at Dec 22, 2011 around 01:57 |
| # ? Dec 22, 2011 01:10 |
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It was working before you updated drivers, right? Roll back the driver.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 11:13 |
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Guy Axlerod posted:It was working before you updated drivers, right? Roll back the driver. Dumb question, but how do I do that?
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 13:46 |
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C-Euro posted:Dumb question, but how do I do that? Start > devmgmt.msc Click the triangle next to display adapters to pop that fucker out Double click the graphics card in here Click the drivers tab, and then click roll back driver.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 14:32 |
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Smoking_Dragon posted:It doesn't seem to transfer and install programs. Is there a utility or program that will do this? Even if there was, I wouldn't trust it. Migrating programs is a really hard problem, because they can have hardware or configuration specific side effects that can't safely be translated to a new system by anyone but that program. There is the exception of Steam and some other games, where the bulk of the files can be straight copied.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 14:50 |
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HalloKitty posted:Start > devmgmt.msc The button for Roll Back Driver is grayed out  Could I go to Intel's site and just download the previous version? I saw an option for that when I was grabbing this new one.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 15:24 |
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C-Euro posted:The button for Roll Back Driver is grayed out Hah, drat. So unlucky. I guess you can try getting the older version from the site!
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 15:30 |
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Factor Mystic posted:Even if there was, I wouldn't trust it. Migrating programs is a really hard problem, because they can have hardware or configuration specific side effects that can't safely be translated to a new system by anyone but that program. There is the exception of Steam and some other games, where the bulk of the files can be straight copied. Yeah, that's what I'm finding out. It seems like there used to be a way to straight up copy a hard drive onto a new one so that you wouldn't be able to tell that you were using a new hard drive.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 15:44 |
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C-Euro posted:The button for Roll Back Driver is grayed out Try a system restore from before the installation (I think it should have created a restore point before it applied the update anyway)
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 15:53 |
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Say I buy a new laptop that comes with Win7 and Microsoft Office installed on it. However, the laptop (Sony VAIO) has all the VAIO productivity type software installed on it as well. Is there any way to flatten and reinstall Win7 and Microsoft Office if I do not have any CDs?
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 16:57 |
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Smoking_Dragon posted:Yeah, that's what I'm finding out. It seems like there used to be a way to straight up copy a hard drive onto a new one so that you wouldn't be able to tell that you were using a new hard drive. It is possible to image HDs between systems, but it doesn't sound like what you're doing... Moving to a separate install is a separate task.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 17:45 |
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Jose Cuervo posted:Say I buy a new laptop that comes with Win7 and Microsoft Office installed on it. However, the laptop (Sony VAIO) has all the VAIO productivity type software installed on it as well. Is there any way to flatten and reinstall Win7 and Microsoft Office if I do not have any CDs? As long as you have the keys, you should be OK. Office might be tricky, but you can get a Windows 7 iso from MS and put it on a USB key with no problem.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 17:54 |
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I have an IE question. Is there anyway to set Internet Explorer to open automatically when a VPN has been established? We have a ton of netbooks going out into the field that will be using software on our intrantet. We have them pretty much locked down and automated, from logon to the 4g connecting, to the VPN connecting and prompting for credentials. We're trying to make this as idiotproof as possible. Thoughts?
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 19:10 |
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aBagorn posted:I have an IE question. Couldn't you set up a login script through Group policy? Either that or you can set up a task sequence on the laptops with conditions/dependencies on the VPN so IE won't run until the VPN has been established.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 20:54 |
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Windows annoyance question--for a long time now, Windows will sometimes think you're holding down the ctrl or sometimes the Windows key and will try to execute shortcuts as you type. This is not sticky-keys btw, though I think the end result is the same. Usually just hitting the ctrl key a few times will sort things out. I have an hp Elitebook 8560w for work, and this happens once in a while. However, I can't seem to find any way of making it stop short of rebooting. Any suggestions on what else I could try, or better yet, how to prevent it from happening at all? It doesn't happen all that often, but it's pretty infuriating when it does.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 21:01 |
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My mother installed a trouble toolbar on her computer (Windows 7 64-bit) and, as family tech support, I have taken the task of getting rid of it. Well, running the uninstaller deleted literally everything in the Program Files (x86) folder. System restore does nothing. I'm considering completely reinstalling Windows and removing administrative access from her account altogether* and then setting up a remote access account so I can do updates and whatnot from across the country without her loving anything up. I can do all of this no problem, granted I can actually install Windows. I don't really have a Windows disc; I bought it from Digital River with a student discount and I don't think I ever had a physical disc. Can I do this without resorting to  at all?* Why did she have admin access? She technically didn't. The computer was a hand-me-down from me and I was foolishly too lazy to put on some restrictions.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 21:20 |
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stubblyhead posted:Windows annoyance question--for a long time now, Windows will sometimes think you're holding down the ctrl or sometimes the Windows key and will try to execute shortcuts as you type. This is not sticky-keys btw, though I think the end result is the same. Usually just hitting the ctrl key a few times will sort things out. I have an hp Elitebook 8560w for work, and this happens once in a while. However, I can't seem to find any way of making it stop short of rebooting. Any suggestions on what else I could try, or better yet, how to prevent it from happening at all? It doesn't happen all that often, but it's pretty infuriating when it does. I've had this happen too and while I never found a fix, I found out of I hit the windows key on the keyboard a few times, it quits thinking ctrl is being held down.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 21:30 |
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GreenNight posted:I've had this happen too and while I never found a fix, I found out of I hit the windows key on the keyboard a few times, it quits thinking ctrl is being held down. Yeah, that normally works for me too--just not on this machine. There seems to be a lot of dislike for the elitebooks, but this is frankly the only thing that comes to mind that I have problems with. Mak0rz posted:I don't really have a Windows disc; I bought it from Digital River with a student discount and I don't think I ever had a physical disc. Can I do this without resorting to Do you have a license key? As I understand it, Microsoft doesn't really much care where you get your installation media as long as your license key is legit.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 22:04 |
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stubblyhead posted:Yeah, that normally works for me too--just not on this machine. There seems to be a lot of dislike for the elitebooks, but this is frankly the only thing that comes to mind that I have problems with. I haven't noticed them on the Elitebooks, and we have 50+ of them in our company. I typically notice it when I'm loving around in VM's and then ctrl is stuck on my host OS.
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| # ? Dec 22, 2011 22:22 |
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stubblyhead posted:Do you have a license key? As I understand it, Microsoft doesn't really much care where you get your installation media as long as your license key is legit. I have a legally-purchased key, but Hell if I know where that is now... I've long since graduated from the college that hosted the email address to which it was sent, so I'll dig around for it. Otherwise it looks like I'll have to call up tech support. In that case: How will I know that the source from which I'm getting the media is legit? I'm searching around the Microsoft website and can't find anything, so I really doubt they host images on their website.
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| # ? Dec 23, 2011 01:30 |
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Mak0rz posted:I have a legally-purchased key, but Hell if I know where that is now... I've long since graduated from the college that hosted the email address to which it was sent, so I'll dig around for it. Otherwise it looks like I'll have to call up tech support. Digital River iso links here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...ostid=369881776 Extract your license key using this: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ It says you have to use the pay version to get a Win7 key, but the free version worked fine for me. If the computer is too far gone to run it then I guess you'd need to contact Digital River and see if they can help you out. Good luck!
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| # ? Dec 23, 2011 02:55 |
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stubblyhead posted:Digital River iso links here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...ostid=369881776 You are amazing. Thanks! EDIT: It worked without a hitch! Now for more questions: I'm running a few tests on my mothers account and things seem to be a little wonky. I tried installing a couple of programs, and selecting "no" when the UAC password dialog came up still allowed the installation to finish and the program functioned fine. What do I do to make it more strict? Mess with the parental controls? Her account is a Standard User. The supervisor of my lab/office has the lab computer (Vista Pro 32-bit) set up so that trying to install anything is disallowed without administrative access. How do I do this? I hope I don't need Win7 Pro 
Mak0rz fucked around with this message at Dec 23, 2011 around 18:32 |
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Does anyone know of a tool to give windows linux-like mouse controls? Taekwindow works, but I used to have one that was much better, but I can't remember wtf it was called. I basically want to be able to use my mouse wheel similar to the way it works within ubuntu. I can have window 1 in focus, with key control (so I can type notes) and being able to use the mouse wheel in window 2 without giving window2 focus.
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 00:13 |
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Phone posted:As long as you have the keys, you should be OK. Office might be tricky, but you can get a Windows 7 iso from MS and put it on a USB key with no problem. You can download the Office 2010 trial and then put in your license key.
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Given that Skype is a Microsoft deal these days, and I'm looking specifically for a Windows addon, or program I figured it would be ok to post this here, apologies if I have the wrong place. What I'm looking for is a piece of freeware (preferably, doy!) software for a windows machine, to work alongside Skype. I need to be able to play audio in a Skype call, as I would via my speakers but also streaming to whoever I'm on the call to at the same time. One that a lot of people say is to fix up my output as my mic input, but that's no use to me since I need to use both at once. I used Prettymay for a while, but after spending hours reinstalling on different machines, it would never work properly for me and all I could figure was that it was an outdated piece of crap (or that I'm an outdated piece of crap). The flipside is that I've come across plenty of simple little freeware programs for macs to do this exact thing, and I know of several mac users who do it, but I'm at a loss to get this setup running on Windows. Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 01:03 |
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Mak0rz posted:The supervisor of my lab/office has the lab computer (Vista Pro 32-bit) set up so that trying to install anything is disallowed without administrative access. How do I do this? I hope I don't need Win7 Pro That's really strange. What you just described should be the default behavior in 7 as well. My laptop has professional, and my desktop is home premium--same behavior in both. I would be very surprised if home basic or starter behaved differently. Do you get the UAC prompt asking yes/no to install the program, or is it the one which prompts for other credentials? Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Action Center and click the Change UAC settings in the left sidebar. Make sure you're on one of the top two notches on the slider. The default is the second one down, and should prompt standard users to enter an administrative user's credentials before installing anything.
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 01:39 |
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stubblyhead posted:The default is the second one down, and should prompt standard users to enter an administrative user's credentials before installing anything. Yup, this is what I get. UAC is on the top-most setting. The dialog asks to confirm if I want to allow changes to the computer with a field to enter a password. Not entering a password and hitting "No" gets rid of the dialog, but the install continues as normal. This doesn't happen when the standard user tries to mess with Windows settings, but when it comes to installing third-party software UAC might as well not be on. 
Mak0rz fucked around with this message at Dec 24, 2011 around 03:51 |
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Some programs will install themselves into the user's profile if they can't get admin privileges.
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 05:46 |
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deong posted:I basically want to be able to use my mouse wheel similar to the way it works within ubuntu. I can have window 1 in focus, with key control (so I can type notes) and being able to use the mouse wheel in window 2 without giving window2 focus. A program called KatMouse will do this great for an actual mouse. I've found it doesn't work so well with a track pad. It can also do other things with windows' focus, but I haven't really looked into that part of the program.
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 06:17 |
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Mak0rz posted:Yup, this is what I get. UAC is on the top-most setting. The dialog asks to confirm if I want to allow changes to the computer with a field to enter a password. Not entering a password and hitting "No" gets rid of the dialog, but the install continues as normal. Don't really know what to tell you, that's unusual behavior. I don't think you can get any more granular on UAC settings than that slider. Some group policy stuff maybe, but nothing that would be enabled by default. Does it happen consistently? What are some of the things you're testing with? I did my experimenting with the installer for VLC Media Player, which says "This installer requires admin access, aborting!" in a dialog box when I click no on the UAC prompt.
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 08:03 |
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stubblyhead posted:Don't really know what to tell you, that's unusual behavior. I don't think you can get any more granular on UAC settings than that slider. Some group policy stuff maybe, but nothing that would be enabled by default. Does it happen consistently? What are some of the things you're testing with? I did my experimenting with the installer for VLC Media Player, which says "This installer requires admin access, aborting!" in a dialog box when I click no on the UAC prompt. Yeah, Thunderbird and Firefox were the applications I was testing it on. I tried again with the CCleaner installer and UAC worked fine. I should have tried something different to begin with, because I can see that this is happening: FISHMANPET posted:Some programs will install themselves into the user's profile if they can't get admin privileges. Also, about CCleaner: For some reason it's not requesting administrative access when I open it, but on my Windows 7 laptop it does. I can set it to run as administrator (which I have done), but the Recycle Bin context menu shortcuts still run without admin access. Weird. It's not a big deal, I just removed the menu shortcuts. I just think it's hella strange for a program to behave differently on my laptop with the exact same OS 
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| # ? Dec 24, 2011 15:38 |
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Salty Whiskey posted:I need to be able to play audio in a Skype call, as I would via my speakers but also streaming to whoever I'm on the call to at the same time. Anything that would be able to do such a thing under Windows will need a driver presenting itself to the system as a virtual audio device. I believe there is some native support for rerouting like this on macs, which is why it's easier to find software that does this for that platform. Virtual Audio Cable can do this in Windows, but it's a bit of a mindfuck to set up, because you'll have to use input devices as output devices and vice versa. Also it costs $30.
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Mak0rz posted:Yeah, Thunderbird and Firefox were the applications I was testing it on. I tried again with the CCleaner installer and UAC worked fine. I should have tried something different to begin with, because I can see that this is happening: Just tried this myself. As a standard user, if you say 'no' to the UAC prompt, you can still install, but it goes in your user profile. It would normally be installed to c:\program files(x86). Administrative users don't seem to have the option of installing to their profile, but I didn't really check it out very thoroughly.
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