Windows 7 Questions


Transfer to Windows 7
I have transfered all the files on my old Windows Xp on to an external HD resulting in a title having a file label  .BKF.  My new Windows 7 does not recognise this and so I cannot load all my data.  What can I do?

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2010  3:44 PM
.BKF, Windows 7, windows 7 backup, Windows 7 in 2010
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5 pts.

Dual booting with Windows 7 and 2000
I am running a dual-boot system with XP and Windows 2000 (to run some old applications that I access periodically).  It works just fine, but I am thinking of migrating the XP installation to Windows 7. Thanks.

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2010  1:51 PM
Dual Boot, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 7, Windows 7 Dual Booting, Windows 7 migration, Windows XP
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335 pts.

Duel boot question Windows 7 and Windows XP
When Win7 came out I decided to put both it and XP on my computer.  Didn’t like 7 so reformated and put just XP on system.  Now I have three WinXP choices before it boots up.  Is there any way to get rid of the choices and just boot straight into winXP?

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2010  4:56 PM
Dual Boot, Windows 7, Windows 7 Dual Booting, Windows XP, WinXP
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5 pts.

How do I view PDF files on Windows 7??
I tried to view files in PDF format over and over again. Evertime I open the file Windows Media pops up. Why does this happen?..How can I view the PDF file?

Answer Question   |  September 10, 2010  10:11 PM
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, PDF, Windows 7
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15 pts.

decimal change on my paradox database
Hello, I have a Paradox Database ver7. It’s working fine on my XP system, but when I copy it on a new Windows7 machine the decimal separator that originally is ‘,’ is changed to a ‘.’ I’ve checked regional settings and are set to ‘,’ (I’m in Spain) but for some reason the Paradox database [...]

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2010  7:21 AM
decimal, Paradox, Windows 7
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5 pts.

Windows 7 and Exchange 2007 Management tools
Guys, I am trying to install the Exchange 2007 SP2 Management tools on to Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit but it tells me that it isn’t supported. How can I get them installed? Cheers John.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2010  2:40 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 Management Tools, Exchange 2007 SP2, Exchange Management Tools, Windows 7, Windows 7 Enterprise
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80 pts.

How do I stop Windows 7 automatic driver download and installation
How do I stop Windows 7 automatic driver download and installation?

Answer Question   |  March 22, 2010  9:10 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 Automatic Driver Installation
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1,695 pts.

Windows Server 2003 gpo used on Windows 7 computer
We have Server 2003 gpo that creates a policy for redirected my document to a network share and make them sycn with off line folders.  Is there a gpo template to do the same for a windows 7 computer?

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2010  8:59 PM
GPO, Group Policy, Windows 7, Windows 7 Group Policy, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 GPO
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HWI
15 pts.

Systems Management Server console2003 remote tool
I’m running SMS 2003 SP3, now I reinstall my PC as Windows 7, after setup SMS administrator console on Windows 7, I found the remote tool can not connect to XP OS SMS client, for Vista/Windows7 SMS client, there are even no selection of remote tool from the console. Remote assistance is ok to connect [...]

Answer Question   |  March 15, 2010  5:36 AM
Remote access, Server management, SMS 2003, SQL, Systems Management Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows 7 deployment
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20 pts.

I can not open PDF Files in Windows 7
My problem seems to surround my own website that I built. On any other computer I can open the files except for the laptop that was recently upgraded to Windows 7. All my pictures files on the website are in PDF form and the computer does not open them it just sits there and says [...]

Answer Question   |  June 26, 2012  2:24 PM
PDF Files, Windows 7
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5 pts.

Change Homedrive Homepath in Win7
I can change the homedrive and homepath in XP but not having any success in Win7. Does someone know how to do this?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2010  11:16 PM
Windows, Windows 7
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460 pts.

windows 7 DHCP issue
Window 7 machines are picking IP on only some vlans.  I suspected the issue might be trunking and checked. But strange to see trunking configuration are same… Please suggest.

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2010  3:35 AM
DHCP, VLAN, Windows 7
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15 pts.

Tiff Properties
I am in the processes of rolling Windows 7 out to my users and have run into a little problem. When they right click a tiff file and go into properties. Under the Details tab you can look at the height & width of the file. It is showing up as pixels and I they [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2010  6:47 PM
TIFF, Windows 7
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330 pts.

Domain controller
What other services a domain controller provide other than those related to maintaining an Active Directory? What arre the factors that should be taken into conderations when engaging the additional services?

Answer Question   |  March 4, 2010  1:59 AM
Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
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5 pts.

How can System Center help lower the cost of my Windows 7 deployment?
How can System Center help lower the cost of my Windows 7 deployment? This question was asked during the Microsoft System Center live chat on IT Knowledge Exchange in January 2010.

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2010  4:15 PM
Microsoft System Center, System Center, Windows 7, Windows 7 deployment
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16,755 pts.

Office 2003 does not open/work
I am using Office Pro 2003 and Front Page 2003. I had a Windows 7 64 bit and everything worked except for Publisher. Publisher takes 8 – 9 seconds to respond. Cut and paste or anything 8-9 seconds. A new Windows 7 64 bit Word – I can open a document – But when I [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2010  11:19 PM
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Performance, Office 2003, Windows 7, Windows Performance
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15 pts.

Running SAP on Windows Server 2008
I WANT TO RUN SAP ON WINDOWS 2008 SERVER. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RUN MY LAPTOP SUPPORTING ONLY WINDOWS VISTA AND WINDOWS 7 OS ONLY

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2010  2:37 PM
SAP and Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008
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30 pts.

unable to install Oracle 8i in Windows 7
please help me to install oracle8i in windows7.it is giving error not found jrew.exe

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2011  1:31 PM
Oracle 10g, Oracle 8i, Oracle installation, Windows 7
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Hem
5 pts.

Windows 2003 Server with Windows 7 Home Premium Client
I will be upgrading 4 XP PCs with new Windows 7 PC on a very small network. The network server OS is Windows 2003 in the role as a database and file server only. There’s no domain controller. The additional features that the Pro version provides is not needed. Any issues upgrading to Windows 7 Home [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2010  12:59 AM
Windows 7, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

Configure Windows Server 2003 time source
We recently upgraded from NT 4.0 to 2003R2. My clients are all synchronized to the DC. How do I set the DC to snych to nist.gov? I was reading about PDC emulator, unsure if my dc is one and ran this command to set the time on the dc net time /set:nist.gov0x1. Than ran the [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2010  9:34 PM
Network Time Synchronization, NT 4.0, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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1,050 pts.