Can I Install Windows 8 On Windows 7

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Ihave a question about how and what is the version of OpenSSl that I must install in Windows to later create certificates.Install a one version (openssl-1.0.2d-fips-2.0.10) found in SourceForge but it does not generate the files correctly.There is also the official website , but I do not know how to install it and how, so that when it comes to generating the keys and .pem file, it works.Generate some environment variables that point to the folder where I unzipped the downloaded, I do not know if it is the correct way.

I also wanted to create OPEN SSL for Windows 10. An easy way to do it without running into a risk of installing unknown software from 3rd party websites and risking entries of viruses, is by using the openssl.exe that comes inside your Git for Windows installation. In my case, I found the open SSL in the following location of Git for Windows Installation.

If you also want instructions on how to use OPENSSL to generate and use Certificates, here is a write-up on my blog. The step by step instructions first explains how to use Microsoft Windows Default Tool and also OPEN SSL and explains the difference between them.

The point is that many who've implemented WSL may not realize they can call upon ANY linux command (within their underlying WSL linux vm) right from the DOS or powershell command-line this way. (It's easy to fall into thinking the point of WSL is to use it to "shell into the vm", which is indeed an option, but the power to just run linux commands from Windows is a real value-add of WSL.)

And to be clear, in doing the command as above, whatever file names or folders you may point to (or create) will be relative to the Windows folder from which you run the command. So doing for example, openssl req to create a self-signed cert, where you may name -keyout selfsigned.key -out selfsigned.crt, those two files will be created in the Windows folder where you ran the command.

That said, there are ways this could fall down for some openssl command examples one may find, such as if they tried to use various bash-specific arguments, in which case "shelling into wsl" to run the command may well be the better choice. You could still direct things to be found or placed on the host, but I don't mean this answer to become overly-focused on such WSL aspects. I just wanted to propose it as another alternative to installing openssl.

I recently needed to document how to get a version of it installed, so I've copied my steps here, as the other answers were using different sources from what I recommend, which is Cygwin. I like Cygwin because it is well maintained and provides a wealth of other utilities for Windows. Cygwin also allows you to easily update the versions as needed when vulnerabilities are fixed. Please update your version of OpenSSL often!

I installed openssl 3.0.0 from then I go to windows start ->openssl->Win64 OpenSSL Command Prompt, it opens a window like regular dos window, all I need is to go to the installation folder of openssl.

If your windows are in good condition, taking steps to improve their efficiency may be the most cost-effective option to increase the comfort of your home and save money on energy costs. There are several things you can do to improve the efficiency of your existing windows:

First look for the ENERGY STAR label when buying new windows. Then review ratings on the energy performance label from the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) to find the most efficient windows for your needs.

can be caused by not having the usb drive your trying to boot from, as the first boot device in the bios/eufi.

solution, load up the bios/eufi and move the usb up the boot order.

you want to do this for installing anyway incase windows has to reboot during install.

once windows is up and running change the boot order back to your primary drive and you should be good.

I have a business grade HP machine still running Windows 7 that came with the machine.

I want to update it now to Windows 10.

The main link on the MS site for downloading the Update (22H2 - -us/software-download/windows10) is giving me an error on both my desktop and laptop machines when I go to launch the exe it downloads:

If I download the "Create installation media" file, will that give me the same option to "update over Windows 7" the exact same way the Update link would (if it was working properly, that is)?

I read here -US/aee2b86b-ab1d-409a-b8ca-e0f6a4c90b3c/windows-7-pro-installation-media-stalling-at-startup-screen?forum=w7itproinstall to turn off secure boot. But I have. (if secure boot is on then it doesn't get that far as booting the DVD, it says "EFI DVD/CDROM ... has been blocked by the current security policy". So I have turned off secure boot).

The Win7 DVD (I made with the Win7 download tool), it seems to boot whether the motherboard firmware is set to legacy, or set to UEFI.. Though when setting the motherboard firmware to Legacy I get the ACPI BSOD error like the BSOD in this question -with-winpe-the-bios-in-this-system-is-not-fully-acpi-compliant. When set to UEFI I get the red bar. (I am talking here about a Win7 DVD not a WinPE one but the BSOD in that superuser question has the same BSOD).

BTW. I have a Win7 USB I made with rufus some time back. That one isn't recognized in the "BIOS" when the "BIOS" is set to UEFI.. And when set to legacy it is recognized and boots but gives the ACPI BSOD error. I would try -uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html to create a Win7 UEFI USB but I don't have a spare USB at the moment to test that with. So right now I am just trying to get it to work with DVD.

Interestingly.. an old Macrium USB had the ACPI BSOD (as mentioned in this question Error with WinPE "The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant" But a newer Macrium whose rescue USB is based on WinPE 10, doesn't have that problem. So it should be possible for a MS Win7 DVD to be updated such that it doesn't have the ACPI BSOD issue.

As requested, here are pics of the GUI for the motherboard hardware(i'll try not to say BIOS). I'll include a pic of the BSOD too which appears when booting the motherboard firmware set to legacy mode.

And the main error screen i've shown you earlier.. The red bar while the 'starting windows' image/text appears. That's UEFI with secure mode disabled. No image below because it's above , it's the first picture in the post. Really the only two relevant pics are the red bar one and the BSOD one. The load of UEFI pics were requested though.

As another thing to try. I building a Win PE 10 USB by making a macrium usb and using it as a PE for Win7. By making a Win7 directory on it and copying the contents of a Win7 CD onto it, and running win7 setup. It got quite far into the setup, I got this like this screen

I have often found that when it says starting windows and the red dot appears as if a coloured animated logo is about to appear, then I get the red bar too at the top.. So it looks a bit like a graphics issue but there's no vga or graphics option to change in the BIOS.

I have updated the BIOS. I don't know why but i'm finding now that my Win 7 64bit DVD (and no doubt a 32bit one too) isn't recognized in EFI. Not surprisingly it doesn't have efi\boot\bootx64 file that i've noticed is necessary on USBs too. maybe it's necessary on DVD too, though that doesn't explain why previously, I was finding a win 7 DVD was recognized as EFI . I don't know if that's the BIOS update that removed that functionality! Win 10 DVD has efi\boot\bootx64 file and boots fine.

Windows 7 doesn't support the new UEFI GOP (Graphics Output Protocol) and requires VGA option ROM (BIOS interrupt 10 (INT 10H)). Win8/10 supports GOP and reads the UEFI Logo and displays it during boot for a smoother boot. And it seems that your UEFI always turns GOP on and disables VGA, so Win7 can't be used and hangs at Starting Windows with the graphic artifacts.

I just had the same issue trying to install windows 7 pro. I went back to the Bios and on the 2nd tab I went down to OS Windows 8.1 and selected it and their was an option for Windows 7 I selected that saved and exited and it worked.

You can pay anywhere from $700 to $4,000 to replace egress windows depending on their size and materials. These windows are designed to be large enough for a person to enter or exit the home in case of an emergency.

Hopper windows cost between $200 and $700 to replace. Typically found in basements and bathrooms, hopper windows are often used to add ventilation to humid spaces. They open by tilting downward from a hinged base.

The more panes your window has, the more you can expect to pay since multi-pane glass requires more materials than single-pane glass. If you opt for additional efficiency and insulation by way of low-emissivity (low-e) coatings or argon gas fills, you should budget for an additional few hundred dollars.

Larger windows cost more to replace than smaller windows due to the added materials and weight. And certain materials cost more than others. For instance, wood windows usually cost much more to replace than aluminum or vinyl windows.

If your window is in a hard-to-reach location, such as the ceiling like in the case of skylight, then you can expect to pay more than you would if the window was easily accessible since it will take your pro longer to replace the window. These tough-to-reach windows might also require additional tools or equipment.

To arrive at the average costs in this article, editorial team members surveyed a range of six providers on national and local levels. All averaged figures were correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.

Xming X ServerXming is the leading X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows.It is fully featured, lean, fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Windows, easily made portable (not needing a machine-specific installation or access to the Windows registry).Xming is totally secure when used with SSH and optionally includes an enhanced Plink SSH client and a portable PuTTY replacement package. Xming installers include executable code, and libraries, only built by me, Colin Harrison (Project Xming's chief developer) + this website is free of adverts, pop-ups and usage tracking of any kind, including cookies, and is hosted on machines only administered by me.Mesa with GLX, or Microsoft WGL, provide interactive OpenGL 2D and 3D network transparent graphics rendering.High performance Windows AIGLX is available for graphics cards that support hardware-accelerated OpenGL.PuTTY is Project Xming's preferred and integrated X terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows: superseding any requirement for a cumbersome POSIX API compatibility layer and simulated directory mount points.Xming is cross-compiled on Linux for Microsoft Windows, using MinGW-w64, mostly from canonical X.Org source code with my patches applied. It is kept current and secure with frequent updates from X.Org, XCB, XKB, FreeType, PThreads4W, Mesa, PuTTY and xorg group issues in freedesktop gitlab.Screenshots

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7.19See Donations for how to obtain a Donor Password.Windows installersXming installers make it child's play to quickly install project components, interactively, with a few mouse clicks.They also install/uninstall, silently, using command line parameters.

Installers are for all Microsoft Windows editions no older than Windows 7 sp1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1.

Safety note: make sure you put an installer in an empty directory (or in one containing only other Project Xming installer files) before running it to avoid the possibility of a rogue file 'hijack'. It is also wise to check the MD5 signatures of installers (I list a range of better checksums, than md5sum, for the installers in the download directory).XmingOptional extras are the Plink for Xming SSH client, XLaunch wizard, Tools and clients and GLX test clients. At least 24.6MB of free disk space is required. The x64 version is specific for 64-bit Windows x64. Note: use 32-bit Xming on Itanium/ia64.

Don't install anywhere other than the default directory unless you really know what you are doing and install using right-click 'Run as administrator' if necessary.

OpenGL support is now provided by all Xming installers (Xming used to have separate builds and installers; with and without Mesa).

If you intend to use PuTTY: make sure you pick the correct Plink SSH client for use with Xming-portablePuTTY or original PuTTY i.e. there are two different Plink(s) in an Xming installer.

The Xming executable has an absolute minimum of fonts; the so-called built-ins.X clients usually need extra fonts to supplement these...Xming-fontsThis additional installer provides standard core X fonts (which are usually required) and optional extended Bitstream Vera replacement fonts from DejaVue. At least 19.8MB of free disk space is required (for the default selection of fonts). Note: one Xming-fonts installer is common for both 32-bit and 64-bit Xming.

You should install Xming-fonts in the same directory you installed Xming.For an x64 (native 64-bit) installation on 64-bit Windows (x64) this defaults to...C:\Program Files\Xming (also the default install directory on 32-bit Windows)and for a native 32-bit WoW64 installation on 64-bit Windows (x64 or ia64) defaults to...C:\Program Files (x86)\XmingIf you have installed both 32 and 64-bit Xming, on 64-bit Windows, you will need Xming-fonts in both the directories above i.e. sub-directory 'fonts' and contents.

I separated these fonts from Xming installers, above, since they have a high installed footprint, don't change very often and modern X applications use client-side fonts instead via fontconfig. Xming-fonts are however needed by traditional X applications e.g. emacs.Since these standard X Window fonts tend to be ugly, you could use better TrueType fonts from your Microsoft system like this.

Instead of installing Xming-fonts, to provide core X fonts, you could use an X font server on your network.Xming-portablePuTTYThis optional installer provides a fully portable replacement for PuTTY. At least 6.4MB of free disk space is required. You should not install portablePuTTY in the same directory you installed Xming: it is completely autonomous. The x64 version is specific for 64-bit Windows x64.

Don't install anywhere other than the default directory unless you really know what you are doing and install using right-click 'Run as administrator' if necessary.

Xming-portablePuTTY works without requiring access to the Windows registry. The portable Plink executable incorporates the changes for the Plink for Xming SSH client.Using XmingAdept operating systems have X11 Network Transparency, why not Microsoft Windows?Note this website convention: Window = X Window Windows = Microsoft WindowsWhat can you use Xming for?All the normal X Window Server functions and some you might not have thought ofExtend the magic of X11 Network Transparency to the ubiquitous Microsoft Desktop.Enable your Windows and Linux/Unix machines to integrate as a heterogeneous Private/Personal Cloud by using Xming and PuTTY. Be clear, not cloudy, about where your data is and who may access, or indeed, exploit it!Use your Microsoft computer as a thin client terminal to remote Linux/Unix machines .Headless a Linux/Unix machine by removing its keyboard, mouse, monitor and maybe even its graphics card. Execute commands via PuTTY terminals, and display via Xming, over your network.Window's drivers are often faster and more capable than Linux drivers for hardware-accelerated OpenGL enabled graphics cards. Xming can exploit the capabilities of an OpenGL enabled device, on a Windows machine, by use of its -wgl option in all modes including XDMCP (e.g. -query).You can display remote X clients directly on the Windows Desktop without running a remote Display Manager and so free up the resources used by that DM.Remote control your Raspberry Pi from Windows. Here is an example XLaunch file to display Midori for Raspbian jessie using Plink.Extend server-side X fonts to include any TrueType fonts on your Windows machine. These high quality fonts can be accessed, in situ, and added to the X server font list.Use Xming with portablePuTTY as a pocket X server by copying both to a USB flash drive etc. Once made portable; no installed software or access to the Windows registry is needed.Old slow redundant Windows machines can be easily re-cycled into slick Linux machines and then accessed with Xming from your latest Windows computer. You will then get the best of both worlds, each with its own separate system architecture, security and philosophy. Xming elegantly and efficiently provides input control and graphical display for software that is running on the remote system.Use SSH and X-Forwarding in -multiwindow mode, instead of VNC, to reclaim precious resources (including desktop space) and facilitate cut-and-paste between windows.You can run Xming on multiple monitors in many ways, e.g. if you have two monitors on a Windows machine, you could put the full remote Linux/Unix session on the second monitor using>Xming -query -nodecoration -screen 0 @2 -clipboard -wglXinerama could be used to create one large virtual display, e.g. with two monitors>Xming -query -nodecoration -screen 0 @1 -screen 1 @2 +xinerama -clipboardManualsThis documentation is constantly being updated and may be incorrect for old versions. Don't be put off, there needs to be a lot of it to cover the many uses for the X protocol, but for most users Xming installs quickly and can be started, by the XLaunch wizard, in just a few seconds.Xming Manual.This doesn't contain any X server commands. You can view all the applicable X server commands for Xming with -help or run this XLaunch file. These online X.Org Manual pages also give more detail on generic X server and X client options.Note: not all general options are logical for Windows or honoured by Xming.Manuals are also available for XLaunch, Xmingrc, portablePuTTY, PuTTY, Xmon, the Run utility and command line use of Xming's install and uninstall programs. All Tools and clients also have Xming manuals.I also have a Recipe for setting up a headless Raspberry Pi and remote controlling it with PuTTY and Xming.Getting startedUse XLaunch -find if all you want is to login to a remote machine and interact with its Display Manager via Microsoft Windows (using XDMCP).

This is an elegant way to use an xserver but XDMCP mode is not very secure. It is safer to work via X-Forwarding and the SSH protocol, e.g. using PuTTY, on shared networks. Getting started with PuTTY X-Forwarding is described below and in more detail here.A good tip: get PuTTY working first with Pageant, and use Saved Sessions, before using Xming/Xmingrc/XLaunch. Those Saved Sessions should only use the SSH-2 protocol, 'Enable X11 forwarding' and for the following example set 'X display location' to 'localhost:0'.To simply start Xming in -multiwindow mode from Command Prompt (the Windows cmd console)>"C:\Program Files\Xming\Xming.exe" -multiwindow -clipboard If you now need a Command Prompt: run it from Xming's notification area icon menu. Many useful variables will then be inherited e.g. %CD% and %DISPLAY%This gives you a multiwindow/multimonitors X server on display-number 0 (the default), with an integrated Windows window manager. Note...You cannot run two X servers with the same display-number; use the :display-number option if you want multiple instances.On recent Windows versions: in order to easily use Xming's notification area icon(s) you should set 'Show icon and notifications', for the Xming X server icon.You could now run, for example, firefox on a remote machine like this (Xming will 'serve' control and display locally)...just type 'firefox' on a PuTTY terminal connected to a remote machineor from a Command Prompt use PuTTY's Plink tool one of two ways...>plink -ssh -2 -X firefox either, with user@remote-host>plink -load firefox or, with a PuTTY Saved Session name.XLaunch makes using Xming with PuTTY's Plink and generic Windows ssh clients easy...The XLaunch wizardXLaunch is a wizard for simplifying the startup of an Xming X server. Its re-usable XML configuration files also act as mini-session managers. One X client can be selected for concurrent display from a local or remote machine. When remote, the X client is accessed securely via PuTTY or SSH.Remote login using XDMCP is also provided as well as a host finder and chooser via the -find command and XPing button... Also use XLaunch to just simply start the X server and then run several X clients later by hand, or from Xmingrc menu entries.Example .xlaunch configuration files for a remote xterm via PuTTY and a remote login via XDMCP.

Using the wizard to get a remote wireshark via PuTTY in -multiwindow mode... You can select the windowing mode, the way sessions are started and save the configuration for later reuse. An XLaunch configuration file can be just clicked to rerun saved settings without having to go through the wizard pages. Also automatic validation of configuration files against the XLaunch XML Schema Definition is selectable when starting the wizard. Additionally, automatic display-number (i.e. X server) allocation is provided.Help is available for each XLaunch page via the 'Help' button, or F1, and from these links...

Display settings Session type Start program XDMCP settings Additional parameters Finish configuration Host FinderXmingrc and the X icon menuYou can configure the X toolbar icon menu (i.e. the right-click menu on Xming's notification area icon), Windows icons, styles and system menus (i.e. the right-click menu on a Window's title bar) using an Xmingrc file. Additionally, on the icon menu, a Host Finder is provided for listing, choosing and then accessing any responding XDMCP hosts on your network, as well as a log file viewer.It is also possible to not hide the root window (Note: you may lose control of your desktop it you don't 'Hide Root Window') and disable the 'X11 PRIMARY Selection' (the highlighted text copying mechanism with X clients).I use this Xmingrc file to open X Window clients (singly or combined in session files), PuTTY and Command Prompt terminals, and to control access to the X server.Remote Linux/Unix (and local Windows) programs can be run from Xmingrc menu items. Use of Plink is recommended when starting remote programs.Xmingrc is a structured text file, so to avoid errors, study the installed default Xmingrc file (plus my Xmingrc file: see screenshots below). Tools and clientsMany X.Org tools and clients have been ported to Microsoft Windows console (Windows CUI) applications and built modular using MinGW-w64...appresatobmbitmapbmtoacxpmeditresicolistresmkfontscaleoclocksetxkbmapsxpmtwmviewresxauthxcalcxclipboardxclockxcutselxdpyinfoxevxeyesxfontselxhostxkbcompxkillxlogoxlsatomsxlsclientsxlsfontsxmessagexmodmapXmonxpropxrandrxrdbxsetxsetrootxwininfoUse the links in the table above to view Xming manuals for each entry.Note: xkbcomp is built without a Windows console (Windows GUI), and always installed, as it is used by Xming during X server startup. Also Xmon is sourced here not from X.Org.These additional tools are also supplied in Xming installers...

xroot is a CUI tool providing a clickable swatch of root window for use when -rootless to access window manager root menus which otherwise maybe hidden.follow is a simple CUI Windows text following tool, like Linux/Unix 'tail -f', for monitoring Xming log files.font-dirs is a tool used by an Xming installer to create a custom font-dirs file. The executable itself is not installed.glxgears and glxinfo (+ seventeen more GLX clients from the canonical Mesa Demos) are available separately via installer component 'GLX test clients'.Examples, from Command Prompt>xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg white -bg black -solid SteelBlue>setxkbmap de -model pc105>xkbcomp -a :0 %TEMP%/desc.xkb Output the keyboard source, including comments.>xkill -frame Use in -multiwindow mode to select a client to close.>xroot -geometry 50x50+500+50 -color SteelBlue Useful with -rootless and some window managers.An example of the interactive X protocol monitor, Xmon, being used on Windows 7>xmonui xmond Xmonui graphics front-end piped to an xmond console providing trace, for display 1 clients, while an X server is running display 0.

Using PuTTY with Xming is highly recommended as it provides SSH for Windows (typically used to log into remote Linux/Unix machines and execute commands) and Plink is especially useful...Plink for Xming SSH clientPlink is a command line connection tool, similar to Linux/Unix ssh, that is used for automating secure remote operations from XLaunch and Xmingrc.The Xming Plink SSH client is made with MinGW-w64 from patched PuTTY code.These modifications substitute Windows prompts for many console ones because XLaunch and Xming are built console free (GUI) and so stdout/stderr messages are hidden when Plink is spawned from them. Use as a replacement for Plink in 'standard' PuTTY (i.e. installers or binaries downloaded from Simon Tatham's website). Note: Xming-portablePuTTY's Plink incorporates the same changes but is not compatible with 'standard' PuTTY (there is a choice of two different Plink(s) in an Xming installer).An example using Plink in a .js file to display a remote xterm.The Run utilityThe Run utility is an autonomous tool used to start Windows applications with a hidden attached console command window. This is the Manual for run.Its 32-bit binary, 64-bit binary and source code are supplied separately from Project Xming; and licensed GPLv2.Here is an example Desktop Shortcut using run and Plink to display a remote konsole.DonationsI greatly appreciate contributions towards improving Xming's development and hosting resources. Plus, if you found Xming useful, a little thanks gives me the motivation to make it even better.Without updating equipment my Xming development can't continue or advance, hence this hardware funding initiative... If the button is faultily not setting 10 (GBP), email me and I'll setup a PayPal money request instead or just send 10 to my PayPal account.Note: you don't need a PayPal accou