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Is there a way to use the old remnants of Windows XP and 7's UI in Windows 11 with Python?
I've been on Windows for my entire life now. Whenever I install a program I have no idea where the source is, it sometimes uses old UIs of Windows (ex. a Chipsbank chip flashing program that uses old ...
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"RuntimeError: PdhAddEnglishCounterW failed" in python psutil module
I try to get free memory and swap amounts on Windows 7 64bit machine with psutil python module. Virtual memory info works normally, but getting swap information failed:
Python 3.8.6 (tags/v3.8.6:...
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C# GDI+ questionable font rendering on Win 7
I am trying to render some kind of a picture using GDI+ with dynamically loaded fonts. Here is a minimal example (.NET 8.0):
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
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Why doesn't WMI query for SoftwareLicensingProduct work on Windows 7 SP1?
The following query returns no results when run with wbemtest on Windows 7 SP1:
SELECT LicenseStatus FROM SoftwareLicensingProduct WHERE ApplicationId = '55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f' AND ...
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Sublime Text cannot find Python but I installed it in path
On latest version of Sublime, using Windows 7.
This is what it's saying:
[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
[cmd: ['py', '-u', 'C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\STR2LEET.py']]
[dir: C:\...
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W7. Python has stopped working When running bots on discord
The problem happened right after I executed the command on the discord server.
This problem has happened many times on my win7 despite trying and fixing it in many ways such as upgrading pip, checking ...
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Is there any way to run php8.3.x or php8.4.x on Windows 7?
I need to run wamp locally on a Windows 7 laptop. Environment: apache2.4.63 / mysql8.3 / php 8.3.x or 8.4.x
Apache and mysql are already running on Windows 7. My current installation is php8.2.19 and ...
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Gamemaker Mobile device Inconsistent Drag Speed Across Different Operating Systems (Win7 vs. Win10)
I'm developing a game in GameMaker Studio 2 where I implemented touch-based object dragging functionality. The code works as expected on Windows 7, but when testing on Windows 10, the dragging speed ...
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How do I gray out the service startup type for my own windows service? (The service is written using win32 API )
I am writing a service, in which I want to restrict users from modifying service startup type. How do I do? I have attached a windows service which grays out the startup option.
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How to fix the broken Wingdings font?
An application that I work with broke after the upgrade of the OS to Windows 10. Nothing else changed: the version of .NET, the C# project, the Visual Studio are still the same versions.
It displays ...
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Localization resources with Win10 and Two output file names resolved to the same output path
I have a C# project, which builds fine on Win7. I am now attempting to build the project on Win10, as DigiCert no longer supports Win7 for code signing certificates. The project is complicated enough ...
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VB6 option to "Make EXE" is missing [duplicate]
I still use the VB6 IDE for some projects, but as of today the menu option "File... Make EXE" is greyed out. This isn't specific to one project -- no current or past project will compile to ...
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Considering Proxmox to replace individual legacy PCs and LAN servers
I have been developing software since the early 1980s and have maintained a number of old PCs for product support of legacy systems. Some have not been turned on in years, but apart from the Z-80 8-...
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MiniDumpWriteDump execution error on Windows 7
I have a task to collect dumps of running processes in windows. For this purpose I use MiniDumpWriteDump function. I have no problems with this function on OS older than Windows 7. However, recently ...
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How to use http/2 for ASP.NET Core Web app on win 7?
I am writing an ASP.NET Core MVC web app on my Win 7 laptop. The .NET SDK version is 5.0.17.
And when I use a Google API, I get an error
HttpRequestException: Requesting HTTP version 2.0 with version ...