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 | I'm trying to run VirtualBox in Ubuntu. I just created a machine but when I run it I get this error message: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows7_inLinux_2021_01_30. VT-x is disabled in the BIOS. (VERR_VMX_MSR_VMXON_DISABLED). Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Console Interface: IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6} Help? Thanks. … |
 | I recently installed Linux on my computer to enjoy a more versatile Ruby on Rails programming environment. The computer already had Windows 7 installed. However, I lost the booting path for windows after the installation. Currently, I cannot boot into Windows. Does anyone know how to edit Grub to allow …  |
 | Hi chaps, I have a Dell XPS17, dual booting with Windows and Ubuntu on it. I have to give it away and therefore reinstall windows. Usually, I'd format the whole HD and reinstall Windows, but I don't have the Windows CD – it wasn't dispatched with the laptop unfortunately – …  |
| | Hi. I wasn't sure which topic this falls under as it sort of concerns both OS and this is, I'm sure, a **really noob** (I want to start learning linux) question but can i use one pen drive between the 2 different OS's? Earlier I was using my pen drive …  |
| | After running Windows XP for far too many years, I decided to upgrade to Windows 7. I built my PC around 5 years ago: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667MHz RAM Western Digital Caviar 320GB HD OC GameXStream 600W Power Supply DFI Infinity 975X … |
 | # PC spec # I have dual core processor 1gb RAM 240bg HDD... I'm using dual boot with ubuntu # My OS # I installed Windows 8 after that 8.1... # My Problems # I have the same problem from both of them... ## Problem 1 ## After I boot … |
| | Hello, I just installed Ubuntu as a second OS on my system on a different drive than my Windows installation. But now, whenever I try and boot the windows installation, I get a blue screen saying that Windows couldn't load winload.exe. This error persists even when I unplug the hard …  |
 | I have an ubuntu and a windows computer. My ubuntu can detect and play sound from my ES1938/ES1948/ES1969 solo-1 audio driv but windows can't. So I was wondering what to do now?how can I install driver? I am using windows 8 |
| | i have installed Ubuntu OS as "install inside windows".when i've been running Windows unfortunately i deleted the Ubuntu files.i couldn't recover them.now the problem is, the shortcut to choose Ubuntu OS at boot time can't be remove. plz tell me how to remove it. |
 | Hi, I have a an "inland PCI Express Expansion Card 2-Port USB 3.0" installed onto my motherboard. I reformatted and have a fresh copy of Windows 7 on it. I also have Ubuntu on my other partition. Devices attached to the usb 3 ports were all working before the reformat, … |
| | I have installed vmware player on my win7 OS.Now I have installed ubuntu11.04 on vmware as a guest OS.Can anyone please suggest me how to transfer files between ubuntu and Win7.  |
 | I've been trying all day to find a way to duel boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu. None of the google links I read seem to work on my computer. My computer has two internal hard drives, Widows 8 is installed on the first drive c:. The second hard drive has … |
| | I have a desktop with windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 and a laptop with same ubuntu. My desktop is connected to wired network through ethernet cable through a switch. Is it possible to connect and share The internet of my desktop with my laptop? can I use the switch any …  |
 | I am trying to put a Western Digital 500 GB HDD into my Dell Inspiron 1011 (which has a 120 GB HDD with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). I was able to exchange the hard drives, and my laptop was able to recognize the HDD, but there was another problem. After the …  |
 | I recently compressed a whole username(I think the file was DeveloperBackup and I think the extention was .gz but I'M not certain) in ubuntu and I had one copy of the file on my ubuntu laptop and one on my external HD. I know this sounds really stupid of me …  |
| | Hi computer started to become weird since i installed Ubuntu 11.10 with wubi to run it with windows. it's been given me 11!! BSOD's already all related to tcpip.sys problems. it happens only when i'm connected to the Internet. I'm new to the hardware part and i saw that people … |
 | Hello people. I want to suggest you some must-have programs. 1. Power ISO. It is the best program for using "images". It is easy to use and powerful program. You can easily mount, make dvds from .iso, .nrg etc. [url]http://www.poweriso.com/[/url] 2. I want to suggest you Opera for browser. It …  |
| | Hi guys :D I have a windows 7 touchscreen tablet and I would like an ubuntu partition. The issue is that the bootloader that comes with windows 7 doesn't support touchscreen input so i will not be able to select which OS to boot into. I understand that the windows …  |
| | For an assignment in a computer programming class, we have to install 3 linux distributions on one machine from three different trees. I chose to install Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. I already dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 7, but I'm not sure about the partitioning. I have 460GB of space in … |
 | Hello, Trying to see if this is possible. I have a Dell Vostro I bought a while back that came with Windows 7 32 bit. I removed Windows 7 and put Ubuntu on the Vostro. I recently orded all the hardware for a new gaming PC. I would like to … |
| | Hello daniweb, i am currently working on setting up linux, and i need some help making a partition. When making a particion, this happened: [URL="http://i.imgur.com/xbJ17.png"]http://i.imgur.com/xbJ17.png[/URL] i need to combine the 2 ubuntu partitions to acually install it on that partition. i was wondering how to do this. Thanks, Quinnifir :D |
| | Hello guys. I decided to update my Bios but it turned out that wasn't a good idea. Everything went well until the program itself restarted the Computer, then windows refused to boot :( I tried booting in safe mode but nothing. Right now am using Ubuntu 11.04 to access my … |
 | One of my Christmas presents to myself this year (2009) was a new laptop. It's an [URL="http://www.acer.com"]Acer[/URL] Aspire 7535-5020 with 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive, Wireless LAN, Built-in Camera, GigaBit LAN, Modem (Does anyone use a Modem any more?), a huge 16:9, 17" screen and a full-size keyboard. It has …  |
| | I am working on a laptop and the processor can support 64bit, but it is only 1.6Ghz (dual core). He said it has been running slow lately (I am sure it is mainly malware) but was trying to get him to put Linux like Ubuntu or Debian. (I am thinking … |
| | I've been trying for a while now to get synergy to work between an ubuntu machine and windows 7 machine, I've tried every walkthrough I can find and I still have no luck. I'm running ubuntu 11.04 and windows 7 home premium 64 bit connected to a belkin wireless router. … |
 | Hey guys. A few days a go I bought my self a notebook and installed Ubuntu 10.10. I have not used Ubuntu before and recently started using PHP. I have used EclipsePHP as my IDE on my windows machine. Long story short, I want to implement SVN between my laptops … |
| | Hey guys, I tried joining a game of SC2 and that with my music play and my Ubuntu-box going, I guess it was a perfect storm as my computer just died. Upon regaining the helm, I went to command prompt and noticed it is much different. I cant describe it … |
 | Hey all, I just did a fresh install of 7 on my pc and I'm having a couple of issues: 1) my ethernet port it not recognizing the dsl line running into it. What I have done thus far is uninstall the sis-900 ethernet adapater from device manager. Installed fresh … |
| | I have my laptop split between Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux. I recently upgraded Ubuntu and it somehow fraked up my Windows and now it will not load. I need to fix Windows so I can get back to my iTunes but I don't want to do anything that will … |
| | Here's the deal. I'm going to explain it in full so you get a good idea of what's happened. Damn Windows Update started installing a video card driver. My system is a Dell Vostro 430 and has an ATI HD 4350 (I think), but however, for some stupid reason it …  |
| | Hello! After moving the router and making my stationary computer "Wireless" - that is to say giving it an wireless network (A LevelOne WNC-0305USB connected to an Asus RT-N16). Just few days ago, I got loads of problems with slow internet connection and sometimes it kicks me from the network, … |
| | Hi. I hope question fits in this section. I am looking to buy a laptop. Going to use it for studies and work. Specs I'm looking for are: [LIST] [*]procesor: core 2 due up to cheapest i3 [*]RAM: 3-4 GB DDR3 [*]HDD: 320 GB or more [*]videocard: doesn't really play …  |
| | Hi, hopefully someone can help me with this, since there seems to be dozens of threads similar to my situation yet unintelligible to me. So I recently did a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional x64, and in the process decided I would install Ubuntu to dual boot on the …  |
 | i had installed 2 os in my acer aspire 4736g i had ubuntu and windows vista i deleted the partition that contain the ubuntu os... when i reboot my laptop, it comes out GRUB loading stage1.5 GRUB loading, please wait... Error 22 and it stuck there....cannot load windows i knew … |
| | Can anyone compare between Windows 7 and Unbuntu Linux 7.10 ? You can compare some of these features. Memory Management Device Management File Management Security Management and User Interface Thank You Kindly. |
| | Just deleted my Ubuntu partition and went through the steps to fix Windows's boot process. I used the Installation CD to fix the MBR (typed 'bootrec /fixmbr' and 'bootrec /fixboot' in cmd prompt). That didn't work. I tried it while having the operating system selected and not selected in the … |
| | So, I recently got an MBR virus and after (and partially during) removal I began to get frequent BSOD's and freezes (as in, no debug info simply stop doing any operation), and those BSOD's didn't provide any useful debug information (no message in all caps such as "IRQL NOT LESS … |
| | Hi guys, So I'm doing some testing, and I wanted to emulate Branch Cache on a crappy connection. I have 3 laptops at my disposal to do this. So far, I have Windows7 installed on 2 of them, as well as Ubuntu Server installed on the third. I'm pretty new … |
| | Hello Last year I tried Ubuntu on a live CD on my mother's laptop that had Windows Vista. She didn't like it, so we didn't install it. For some time we had been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7, and yesterday we did. So her laptop has Windows 7 now, …  |
 | Hi I'm running windows 7 and have recently had an issue when booting up. I turn the computer on and it displays a black screen w/t blinking cursor(BSBC) in the upper left hand corner. This continues for approx. 2 min. Then it will proceed to the GRUB where i can … |
| | hello friends..i need some help here.. my os is windows seven,and i installed linux for a educational matter.then when i boot the computer i had to choose the os from the grub.And today morning i formatted the partition which is linux installed.then i unable to boot from windows seven.After that …  |
| | Hi I am running Windows 7 on my hp laptop and had recently setup a dual boot with Ubuntu. I wanted to get rid of the ubuntu partition so i went into the disk management utility and deleted the volume i had created and installed Ubuntu on and restarted my … |
| | Hi, I am not sure whether I should be posting this in the Windows forum or the PC Hardware because it involves both. I have an external 320 GB Transcend Drive with a lot of important data. Recently, I unplugged it from my PC and took to another to get … |
| | Hi, I have a LG netbook, which I was running a dual boot system of Ubuntu and Win7 on. I was in the process of removing ubuntu and had rewritten the MBR so the GRUB loader no longer had control. I was uninstalling ubuntu in the control panel when my … |
| | i use windows 7 on my laptop and also have ubuntu 9.10 on my pendrive which i also use on that laptop. This is a very weird problem that i am having . ill tell you what happened. i was using linux but need some work done in my win7 … |
| | I've been wanting to make my system a tri-boot for a little bit now. I have a generic PC, custom built, not a mac. Here are the specs: Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz 2 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi AP Edition Hauppage WinTV-HVR 1800* Seagate Barracuda … |
| | High CPU Usage despite nothing showing on Task Manager or Process Explorer. Greetings all, I hope this is the correct area to post this to, If not I apologise and could it be redirected to the correct area. Anyway, I do hope someone can help with this infuriating problem, and … |
| | I have a wired network with a 2 laptops, PC and Tivo connected. I`ve recently upgraded the laptop from Vista to 7 and the PC from XP to 7,the second laptop is running Ubuntu. Everything worked well until the PC would no longer connect to the web although it has … |
 | Writing at the official Windows Experience blog, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc refers to the latest NPD Retail Tracking Service data which shows that as of the February 2009 the Windows share of the US netbook market is a staggering 96 percent. That's up from less than 10 percent of US unit … |
| | I have installed the Ubuntu into my laptop .My origin operating system is Window7. Now I have installed the Ubuntu into another disk(E , Window7 in C), but when I start the computer , it always boots with Window7 without the choices asking which OS to start I don't know …  |
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