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Questions tagged [windows]

Referring to the Microsoft OS developed (primarily) as a traditional desktop experience. For the version of Windows that runs on the Raspberry Pi, please use the tag windows-iot.

Microsoft Windows is an operating system that runs primarily on x86 devices. It can refer to many operating systems, most commonly: 7, 8, 8.1, and 10.

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How do I backup my Raspberry Pi?

I have been writing programs for my Raspberry Pi (running Raspbian) for a few weeks now and would like to make sure I protect the work I have done. How can I backup the files I have created? Can I simply plug the SD card into my Windows (XP or 7)…
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Emulation on a Windows PC

How can I emulate the Raspberry Pi on Windows? Related: Emulation on a Linux PC
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Can I install Windows?

I recently bought a RPi and it came with Debian, which I think is a Linux distribution. I'm more used to Windows; can I install it?
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Can I emulate x86 to run Windows 95?

In a comment to another question about Windows, somebody brought up a good point, Raspberry Pis have the horsepower to run older games. It just so happens that I have a favorite older game from the win95 era that I'd like to give a go but the…
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Can you put Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi Zero?

Can you put Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi Zero? According to the minimum requirements specified on the Windows IoT core page it might seem possible, but I'm not sure.
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Read a file from the Raspberry Pi's SD card with Windows

I have a couple of files on the Raspberry Pi's file system that I need to get. I have the Pi's SD card and an SD card reader. How can I read files off my Raspberry Pi's SD Card on a Windows PC?
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Can't connect to Pi on local network via hostname.local on Windows

I'm setting up a Raspberry Pi for the first time, and have been SSHing into it on a Mac on the same network like so: ssh pi@raspberrypi.local However on my Windows 10 box (also on the same network) this hostname does not resolve. I've tried…
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Connect to Raspberry Pi over ssh: connection refused (from putty)

I have a raspberry running raspbian, and I want to connect over SSH, but something is happening. On the raspberry I have run nmap and port 22 says: OPEN; the ssh process is running and fine. But I can't connect from my windows 8.1 machine with…
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SSH - connection timeout when connecting

My RPi is running Raspbian. I am trying to get SSH set up. I followed these steps to get a static IP on my Pi: Since my PC was connected to the LAN via WiFi, I used ipconfig to get the IP address, gateway, etc. of my WLAN card I used this data to…
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Windows 10 WiFi Adapters

I have two Raspberry Pis RP B+ running Raspbian RP 2 running Windows 10 IoT Core I have a Vilros USB WiFi adapter (details here) that works in Raspbian but not in Windows 10 IoT Core. In Raspbian the adpater has a blue light when connected. I do…
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Can Windows XP run on Raspberry pi?

I would like to run a windows xp OS on my raspberry. If I try to install it with Win32DiskImager would be able to use? Which version should I try?
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Develop a Raspberry python script from a windows

I want to develop a Raspberry python script from the windows side, for several reasons: I want to keep all the code (more) secure on my computer, in case I fry the RPi/try another project/reinstall the Pi. Also my main computer with the two screen…
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Can I view/copy the contents of an img file from Windows?

I have a backup .img file of an old Raspbian installation that I used to have running as a webserver. I'm unable to get the Raspberry Pi to boot from it any more, I think due to running out of space on the card but I could be wrong on that. This…
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How can I log into my Raspberry Pi Samba share from Windows?

I'm trying to set up an SMB share on my network using Samba. I followed the directions here as well as I could as I have Raspbian installed on my Pi. When I plugged in my USB drive it automounted to /media/Media/ so I skipped the first part. What I…
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gpio library on windows while developing

I am new to Python so maybe this is not an appropriate question. I am working on a project on Python that will use GPIO functionalities of the raspberry Pi. Right now, I am developing the python code on my local windows environment. This is because…
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