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Microsoft's Windows operating system(s). Questions with this tag should relate to Ubuntu to be on-topic for this site. If your issue is with a specific version of Windows, please check windows-8, windows-7, etc.

Microsoft Windows is a popular operating system developed by Microsoft. If your question relates more to Windows than it does to Ubuntu, please use the SuperUser forum - you can use the same StackExchange account.

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Can I recover my Windows product key from Ubuntu?

I am struggling right now with using ubuntu and would like some help. So right now i'm running ubuntu from a USB flash drive after Windows 7 somehow left. How can I get my windows product key which is somewhere on my laptop hard drive, from within…
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What do you do when Ubuntu hangs/lags? Ctrl+Alt+Del?

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? Generally, I think Linux should be stable? But recently, my Ubuntu was hanging or lagging. Mouse moves but not responding to clicks. On Windows, I would use Ctrl+Alt+Del and stop any…
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How do I install Windows 7 without overwriting GRUB?

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? I have both Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.10 in my PC, now as all know my Windows XP is been attacked by virus, and I need to re-install it by Windows 7 (the reason is not for virus, I need a 64-bit OS). Now…
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Create windows to go USB from Ubuntu

Since my ocd (im kidding) prevents me from dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 ive decided to create a Windows to go USB (boot the entire Windows from an external drive connected to a USB port). There are countless articles but none of the programs…
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Can Ubuntu really run all Windows programs?

I recently stumbled over the Ubuntu for Tablets video, where Mark Shuttleworth presents how Ubuntu is going to look on tablets. However, he said one thing that struck me at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h384z7Ph0gU&t=5m15s. He said that Ubuntu…
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Will I keep my programs, like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, iTunes, etc?

I am seriously considering installing Ubuntu, it looks cool, the tour felt nice and it's a really smooth program. But what if I decide later on in life that I would like to go to Windows again, could I? Will I be able to run programs like…
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Is there a mininal, command-line-only distribution of Ubuntu or similar that runs within MS Windows

I'm looking for a distribution of Linux (hopefully similar to or based upon Ubuntu) which satisfies the following criteria: Installs from and runs within Windows; Doesn't need to partition or dual-boot; Boots to a shell within Windows. Ideally I'd…
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How do I get back into Windows?

Windows 7 started giving me a lot of problems lately and I've been wanting to try Ubuntu for awhile, so I got Linux Live USB Creator and the Ubuntu ISO. I didn't have any USBs or blank CDs, so I made it boot from my extra D drive. Now when I turn on…
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Compatibility with Ubuntu

Let me preface by saying I`m not a computer geek but I am SO VERY tired of windows systems and ALL the non-stop glitches they are plagued by. Well the latest windows torture device I purchased is a Lenovo Ideapad 100S, question is; Is this device…
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Making the "Switch" Windows to Ubuntu

I am a information systems student in college and I'm just getting tired with the BS that goes along with windows and I'm planning to switch to Ubuntu. Is there anything new users need to know right from the start? Also I've tried googling for…
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How can I edit the windows registry through Ubuntu?

Recently I downloaded a program on windows, and I think it installed a key-logger. I quickly went to Ubuntu, and deleted the program files from there. I am quite sure that it is gone, but I must have deleted some file that is associated to the…
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Running Windows from Ubuntu

I have a Windows Vista problem I'm trying to resolve with Ubuntu, but I'm not all that familiar with how to work one with the other. Vista went into an update loop while my wife was booting up our Acer Aspire 5515 a few days ago. Screen is stuck on…
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Installing Windows 7 on System76

I've seen the new All-In-One of System76, but I'm worried about a lot of enngineering software that is not compatible with Linux, such as Matlab, Solidworks, AutoCad, Autodesk Inventor, Altium Designer and 3Ds MAX. As well as the office stuff which…
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Where can i get a version if ubuntu compatible with a laptop running ME

I have a laptop that, at the moment, runs Windows Millenium Edition. I have been looking and do not know which versions of Ubuntu will work on it, or where to get it from. The problem worsens, as my laptop does not have a USB drive, and can only…
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How Do I Remove Ubuntu?

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I got Ubuntu just to try it out. It said at installation that I would be able to choose which OS I wanted to run (Windows 7 or Ubuntu) at start up. However, it doesn't let me…
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