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Why use the command apt-get --purge remove over apt-get purge in Linux?
I have been uninstalling applications as well as removing or purging their configuration files using the command apt-get --purge remove {package_name}.
I have come across several posts on the net ...
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How to export Gantt Chart from MS Project as an image
I want to know (if possible) how to export a Gantt Chart from MS Project 2010 to an image or similar to insert in PowerPoint.
I've searched over the internet and I found articles about exporting to ...
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Java 7 update for mac snow leopard X 10.6.8
Is it possible to update my imac snow leopard X 10.6.8 with Java 7? I'm just a user - not a developer and I need Java 7 to access data from a website that I frequently use. I'm afraid to plunge ...
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How can I stream live TV from Windows Media Center to another computer?
How can I watch the live TV stream from my desktop computer on my laptop?
I am using Windows 7 Ultimate on both a desktop PC and a laptop. Both are connected on the same LAN and workgroup via 54Mbps ...
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Install a Windows 8 Modern UI app without the Windows Store
How do I go about installing a Modern UI/Metro app without using the native Windows Store app on Windows 8?
I don't know if it's even possible or if it is, how the app even gets installed from the ...
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Why is it bad to map network drives in Windows?
There has been some spirited discussion within our IT department about mapping network drives. In particular, it has been said that mapping network drives is A Bad Thing and that adding DFS paths or ...
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The site's security certificate is signed using a weak signature algorithm! can't access any HTTPS's site
I'm getting this error on any HTTPS page and can't even login here in SuperUser.com if I use chrome.
You attempted to reach www.facebook.com, but the server presented a
certificate signed using ...
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Installing GUI for Ubuntu Server 12.04
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 server installed on a Hyper-V platform, mainly used for Nagios SNMP monitoring, but I'm interested to try and get a GUI installed so I can use the server for some other ...
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Windows Server 2008R2 - Standard or Datacenter edition?
Which one should I install?
I virtualize a lot, and have an access to my school's MSDNAA, where I can download/"buy" Windows 2008R2. All editions (with SP1).
Which one should I choose?
Standard or
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Can you upgrade another machine with Windows 8 Pro after using it?
If I get a Windows 8 Pro upgrade disc and I upgrade my current machine to Windows 8 or if I upgrade my motherboard, would I have to deactivate my current Windows 8 license key, pop in the upgrade disc ...
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Make UEFI, GPT, Bootloader, SSD, USB, Linux and Windows work together
I like to use the latest hardware and the latest software; thus I have a Laptop (Lenovo X220) with
UEFI instead of BIOS
an SSD instead of an HDD
GPT partitioning scheme instead of MBR
USB to boot ...
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How to resize the primary Windows XP partition?
I just cloned my failing 250 GB hard drive onto a 500 GB hard drive (so I wouldn't have to re-install everything, etc.), but now the drive only thinks it is 250 GB. How do I tell it about the other ...
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Disconnected: no supported authentication methods available
I have the same exact problem described in this thread, but the answer accepted there is not the right one for me, because the user's home directory is local.
I think that I configured everything ...
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Your machine is offline please try to sign in with the last password used on this PC
I have been using windows 8 x64 from MSDN for about a month now.
Woke up this morning to "Your machine is offline please try to sign in with the last password used on this PC."
I have not changed my ...
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How to route internet connection through teamviewer's VPN?
I'm trying to VPN to my home computer using teamviewer.
i can connect successfully and can easily see the shared files/folders. But I also want my internet to go through this vpn connection so that I ...
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How to watch a video in full screen on multiple monitors?
How can I watch a video in full screen on multiple monitors?
I'm using Windows 7 x64 and I can only make it go full screen on one monitor.
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Disabling Microsoft Antimalware service
I can't disable Microsoft Antimalware service (MsMpSvc/MsMpEng.exe). I tried using services.msc, but the startup type is grayed out and I can't change it to disabled nor stop the service. I also tried ...
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How do I install Office 2010 on Windows 8 when the setup stops working?
I have installed Windows 8 developer preview.
Now i want install Microsoft Office 2010 on it but when i click on setup, it shows an error message
Microsoft setup bootstrapper has stopped working.
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Computer Won't Boot, gets stuck at startup repair
I'm having a problem where my HP Envy 15 will not boot up correctly. It started when my system froze, so I held the power button to turn it off. When I attempted to turn it back on, it came to a black ...
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How do I use a new 27" iMac as an external PC monitor with full 2560x1440 resolution?
The new 27" iMac has a nice LED backlit display that runs at 2560x1440 and supports input from external DisplayPort sources.
In addition to playing with the Mac I'm interested in getting this to ...
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How to install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VMWare?
I'm pretty new to Macs and would like to familiarize myself with the latest Mac OS. How do I install Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) in VMware? Is it possible without a lot of hacking around ...
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Fix bad blocks on Mac hard disk
I have a hard disk that I scanned with TechTool and it reports one bad block. As far as I can tell, TechTool only scans and reports a failure. It doesn't fix anything.
Back in the day, Norton Disk ...
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How can I get Cisco VPN to work on Windows 8 x64?
My university uses Cisco VPN Client for off-campus network access. We're using client version 5.0.07.0440, which doesn't appear to work with Windows 8. The installation completes with no problem, but ...
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How to allow local LAN access while connected to Cisco VPN?
How can I maintain local LAN access while connected to Cisco VPN?
When connecting using Cisco VPN, the server has to ability to instruct the client to prevent local LAN access.
Assuming this ...
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How to connect two Dual-link-DVI displays to a Thunderbolt MacBook Pro
I want to connect two 2560x1440 displays to a summer 2012 MacBook Pro Retina (MBP from now on). The best way to do it would be to buy two Apple thunderbolt displays, which would connect
Display2 ...
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How to install GRUB from inside Windows 7
I am trying to make a kernel in Visual C++ (Windows) using the tutorial here. What I am wondering is how to install GRUB from within Windows 7. If I have to download Puppy Linux or something I will, ...
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Samsung “Kies via Wifi” doesn't work, stuck on “Loading…”
When I connect my Galaxy S2 to my laptop using "Kies via Wifi" it doesn't work.
On my phone it tells me it is connected, and on the laptop I can see the device "GT-I9100" under connected devices, but ...
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How does one make Evolution work with Exchange 2010?
Preferably natively (Exchange mode), so that my calendar, etc, all sync up properly. It was working fine under our old version of Exchange (2007?), but broke with the upgrade to Exchange 2010. Done ...
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Windows 8 folder to folder sync software
I'm looking for direct folder to folder synchronization in Windows 8. I was previously using Live Mesh to accomplish this, but now it looks like that is no longer an option.
Note that I'm talking ...
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How to send POST with body data, headers, and HTTP params over the cURL command line?
I found a lot of examples on how to use simple POST commands in cURL, but I didn't find examples on how to send full HTTP POST commands, which contain:
Headers (Basic Authentication)
HTTP Params ...
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ATI Radeon 5770 Eyefinity - three monitors
How do I setup Eyefinity to support three monitors on a Radeon HD 5770 card? Currently I can setup only two at once in any combination.
Monitors are connected as DVI-DVI-HDMI.
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How to mount read-write an ext4 partition on Windows? [Solution: back to NTFS]
I want to use ext4 on my external HDD, but it must be cross-platform. (At least Linux, Win7 & WinXP).
Unfortunately, I haven't found any proper driver allowing Windows to WRITE to ext4. I've ...
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Is it possible to buy Windows 8 online as a digital download?
Is it possible to buy windows 8 online as a digital download? (the full install non-upgrade version)
Similar to the way windows 8 upgrade can be bought as a digital download from ...
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Change cell color based on other cell value
I have encountered numerous questions related to changing a cell color based on its value, which can be achieve easily with Excel "Conditional Formatting". However I'm interested in changing a cell ...
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How to backup Windows 7 and revert upgrade to Windows 8
I am currently on Windows 7, and want to upgrade to Windows 8. In case something goes wrong, or an important application stops working on Windows 8, how can I create a backup that can be used to ...
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Mac Lion: fstab is deprecated. so what replaces it to prevent a partition from mounting?
If fstab is deprecated in Lion (and before, I think?) how does one, properly, prevent a partition from mounting on system boot?
This is loosely related to this question which as of this post has no ...
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Windows 8 disk errors
So yesterday, I forcibly restarted my Windows 8 PC. VMWare Workstation was having some trouble with the guest Linux Mint OS. It wasn't responding for some time, so I tried suspending it September 28th ...
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What are the feature differences between Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate?
Are there any feature differences between Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise, or is the only difference licensing? Microsoft's Compare editions page doesn't list Enterprise, but their Windows ...
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On Ubuntu 9.10, where is the xorg.conf file in Karmic Koala?
I am trying to change this xorg.conf file that I used to modify under Ubuntu 9.04, so it can have the higher resolutions of my monitor. Under 9.04, the monitor was unknown, and I had to key in all ...
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Windows 8 DLNA streaming of MKV files
I have a Samsung TV that is capable of playing MKV files. The Windows DLNA Play To menu that appears when you right-click a media file does not support MKV files, but a simple trick has been to change ...
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What is the RuntimeBroker.exe process in Windows 8?
I was looking through my Task Manager today and saw something called Runtime Broker running:
I've never seen this in previous versions of Windows.
What is it? What does it do?
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How do I restrict or block Internet access on a home network?
What I would like to do is to completely block two computers on my home network from accessing the Internet during a given time of day.
So say we got a computer A, a computer B and a computer C. We ...
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how do I connect an Apple Thunderbolt display to a PC?
I have this Apple Thunderbolt display.
it works fine with my Macbook Pro. I also want to connect it to my Windows laptop via HDMI. I bought this converter, which converts the HDMI signal to ...
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How do I update the BIOS on my motherboard. Asus P8Z77-V LX
I recently built this new PC but I notice most games are not running as well as I had hopped, Tribes, Skyrim, Saints Row the Third and Serious Sam 3 for example. Some have really bad FPS like 60-30, ...
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Visual Studio 2010 not compatible?
The Windows 8 upgrade setup says that Visual Studio 2010 would not be compatible, but that there is a solution available.
What does 'not compatible' mean in this case? I had VS 2010 running in the ...
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How to Refresh or Reset Windows 8 without the System Reserved partition?
The article Refresh and reset your PC mentions exactly what happens during the refresh and reset operations in Windows 8:
Refresh
The PC boots into Windows RE.
Windows RE scans the hard drive for ...
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Where can I find a download of both Vista (Home Premium) and Windows 7 OEM ISO?
I'm trying to find a place where I can download both Vista Home Premium and Windows 7 OEM Iso's.
I own both, and my hard drive died in my Vista computer, so I ran out, bought another one and now need ...
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Can I select which folders the Photos live tile chooses from?
The built-in Photos app in Windows 8 has a live tile on the start screen that shows photos from your pictures library. It's a cool little visual, even if it's not particularly useful.
The problem is ...
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Is there any USB 3.0 to Firewire 800 1394b adapter?
I need to work with 1394b equipment on a notebook, but 90% of the new notebook does not have 1394b port enough neither an Express Card 34 slot.
That is why I need a USB 3.0 to 1394b device. I was ...
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Installing Linux alongside Windows 8 — have I messed up my partitions?
I just bought an HP Envy h8-1437c desktop computer (Intel Core i5 CPU, 1 TB hard drive, 12 GB memory). It came with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to run Linux on it, specifically Linux Mint 14.1 ...
