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How do I get permissions to save in a folder that Windows 7 denies me from?
I'm getting this message - You don't have permissions to save in this folder - even though I am the only user on this machine, and administrator.
How can I set permissions for myself to do ...
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How do I set my wireless network to be private instead of public?
Trying to maintain good security settings on my laptop, I want my home network to be interpreted as private and the university network at school to be interpreted as public. However, my home network ...
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How do I restore the Gnome Panel volume control in Ubuntu?
I use alsa, and I don't have a volume control applet on my Gnome Panel.
When I right click and select "add to panel", there is nothing that has to do with "sound", "audio" or "volume" in the list, ...
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Access denied even though I'm an Administrator?
My user account on Windows 7 is part of the Administrators group which has a full control permissions on C:\inetpub\wwwroot:
However, when I try to create a folder in it, I get the "access denied" ...
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Are there Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts for Log Off and Standby?
I like the Windows-L keyboard shortcut to lock the computer. Are there similar shortcuts for "Log Off" and "Standby"? Is it possible to remap Windows-L to a different function?
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Where does the Windows 8 Consumer Preview setup store its files?
Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been launched and I wanted to test it out. So I downloaded Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download.
But then I ...
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How to stop Windows 8 from automatically signing into MSN?
In the Metro environment I have the Messaging app, and it automatically signs to MSN, which I do not want. How can I turn off this feature?
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How can I display the contents of an environment variable from the command prompt in Windows 7?
In Windows 7, when I start the Command prompt, is there any command to display the contents of an environment variable (such as the JAVA_HOME or PATH variables)?
I have tried with echo $PATH, echo ...
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No option to hibernate/shutdown in GNOME 3?
I have installed Fedora 15 Alpha with GNOME 3. Everything is working fine. However, I can't see any option to hibernate or shutdown.
In the top panel when I click my user name, I only have one option ...
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Connect Samsung Galaxy S2 with laptop. thru WIFI Direct
How can I send a picture from the phone to the laptop.
Bluetooth is the easiest way, but not so fast.
I want to use WIFI direct, but I cant find the laptop when i'm searching.
What do I need to do ...
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How can I list all IPs in the connected network, through Terminal preferably?
Using Ubuntu 10.10, I was wondering if there was a command line command that can list all the IPs of devices connected to the network?
I would use this for example, to list all the computers ...
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How do I exit a Modern UI app?
So I downloaded and installed Windows 8. I'm very impressed, except for one thing. I don't have touch, and I have this running in a virtual machine. How do I exit one of these full screen Modern UI ...
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How can I disable my laptop's built-in keyboard?
I have a HP Compaq Presario C700 laptop with Windows 7 installed on it.
My laptop's keyboard is not working properly; some keys never work and some keys will keep on pressing. I've formatted the OS ...
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How do I make the image background transparent in photoshop cs5
I have an image with a white background which I downloaded, the image has a white background, I want the background to be transparent. How do I achieve this in Photoshop cs5.
What I did was, select ...
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Speed comparison between USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and SATA and Firewire
Which is fast, faster, fastest? I would appreciate a slowest to fastest list including USB 2.0, USB 3.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and eSata.
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Macbook to Apple TV: Airplay possible?
Have a 2nd generation Apple TV hooked up. Am able to AirPlay with my iPhone, but not with the Macbook. Not sure if this is even possible, but Googling around seems to return some chitchat about it, ...
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How do you remove a default program association for file types in Windows?
I somehow have set the default filetype association for a filetype in windows 7. It doesn't appear to be possible to delete it from the "change the file type associated with a file extention" options ...
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How to automount SMB shared network drives in Mac OS X Lion
In Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) Apple has replaced good old SMB support. Now I can't auto connect to my shared (SMB) network drives. Workarounds? Or is this impossible? In OS X Snow Leopard, I could ...
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How can I upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 and keep my files and applications?
I want to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8. How can I do this while keeping all of my files in-tact? Is it possible to retain all of my applications and user settings, too?
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How do I start apache in OSX Mountain Lion?
OSX Mountain Lion removed the GUI for web sharing, but apache is still installed.
How do I start and stop the service? How do I get the service to automatically launch on startup?
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Screen recording without third-party software on Windows 7?
Is there a way to do screen recording on Windows 7 without installing third party software? (Doing it with Microsoft software would be okay).
Specifically, I'd like to be able to run a program and ...
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How to use rupee symbol in Dell keyboard?
I have Dell Latitude laptop and it has both Indian rupee symbol and euro in keyboard. But don't know how to use it. What keys can I press to insert the symbols?
I'm using Windows 7.
Any help?
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When installing Windows 7, CDBOOT error 5 appears: Cannot boot from CD; why?
I am installing Windows 7 on an old machine. I can not even get it to boot. I get this error message:
CDBOOT: Cannot boot from CD - Code: 5
Boot Failure from Previous Device..
Boot Failure from ...
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Why do I get a GRUB error after deleting the Linux partition?
I had a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. I used Easus Partition Manager and shrank my Windows 7 partition. In the empty space, I installed Linux Mint. I decided I didn't want it ...
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Failed to load the JNI shared library on starting Eclipse
I downloaded the latest version of Eclipse, but I can not start it.
The error message I get is:
Failed to load the JNI shared library "C:\Program Files ...
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How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?
What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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How can I shut down the PC after specified amount of time?
How would you go about turning you computer after a specified amount of time?
I listen music before I go to sleep and would like to be able to shutdown my computer after a specified amount of time. ...
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What iPhone apps have I already purchased?
I've bought many iPhone apps by now, some free and some paid.
I've reinstalled my computer, and in the new installation, iTunes is completely blank.
On first sync, iTunes downloads the apps that are ...
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81k views
Where does $PATH get set in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
I type echo $PATH on the command line and get
...
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What is the “Google Update” Firefox add-on?
Browsing through Firefox's Add-ons list, I've discovered that there is one named Google Update, which I don't remember installing.
How did it get on Firefox's list of installed Add-ons, or plugins, ...
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How to install Windows 7 OVER the pre-installed Windows 8 OS?
The computer (dell inspiron) is brand new so a clean install is fine...I've got an OEM Preinstallation Kit DVD and a Windows 7 DVD, but can't even figure out how to boot from a DVD, and Google is not ...
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In Windows 7, my user profile cannot be loaded, how do I fix this?
After uninstalling an HP Vector mouse driver, then rebooting, when Windows tries to auto log me in, I get an error message saying the following.
The User Profile Service failed the Login. User ...
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Remote desktop without a password
I have an HTPC with a user that has no password and autologin.
I want to be able to connect to it via Remote Desktop without a password, so I can login with the original user. (I don't want to add ...
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How do I install a 64-bit Windows 7 on a Macbook Pro without Boot Camp?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 (64-bit) on a Mac Pro without Boot Camp?
I don't need Mac OS at all and just want to install Windows 7.
EDIT:
Yes, it seems possible (see answer), but I would ...
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How to fix corrupted filesystem (shows as RAW) in USB device?
I would like to ask if you know how to fix a corrupted USB? I've tried the diskpart command but it didn't work. The media is write protected.
Do you have any idea that is much better? I need to fix ...
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Merge AVI-files without recoding in Mac OS X Lion
Is there a (at best free) solution to merge AVI-Files in Mac OS X Lion without the need to recode them? (Until Snow Leopard I used D-Vision 3, which won't run on Lion because it's PPC.)
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The Wifi is working fine but no internet connection in Windows 8
I'm currently having a Problem with my msi GT70 laptop. my laptop is running windows 8 and yesterday it requested a Restart to Update. after the Restart and the update I tried to surf the net through ...
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Can I use my PC as a Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone?
I have a very good headset and have become quite fond of making all my calls on my PC with Skype. In fact, whenever someone calls my mobile phone, I ask them to call back on my Skype-In number.
My ...
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How to shrink Windows 7 boot partition with unmovable files
I have just bought HP laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit). It has 500 GB HDD with three partitions: small hidden system partition, 12 GiB HP recovery partition, and 450 GiB C: boot partition.
I would like ...
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How can I merge duplicate contacts in Outlook?
I wanted to improve my address book and got a Memotoo account, which takes in contact info from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Android and Outlook (and several others).
You can imagine that I ...
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9answers
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How to enable Bluetooth in Mac with shortcut or command line?
I accidentally disabled the Bluetooth on Mac OS. I can't enable it because my Bluetooth based keyboard and mouse are now disabled.
I found a USB based keyboard I can use, so how can I enable ...
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How do I get the “net send” messenger service working on Windows 7?
When trying to use the method below to send message in Windows 7 nothing happens.
net send
It seems the Messenger Service is not working. Any suggestions as to why?
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How to have num lock enabled by default on log on screen?
I'm using a PIN code to log on my computer. However, Num ⇩ is always turned off, even if on before shutting down my computer. This is quite annoying as I always have to retype my PIN.
I've tried the ...
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A DownThemAll equivalent for Chrome
I'm looking for a Chrome extension / add-on that's like DownThemAll in functionality.
Basically an add-on that will allow me to bulk download files with the same extension and/or pattern from a web ...
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How do I transfer a video from an iPhone 3GS to my computer?
I recorded a bunch of video on my iPhone 3GS and want to copy it all to my computer without emailing each one individually to myself (in addition, some of the videos are too big to email). Is there ...
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Purpose of Adobe PDF Link Helper
I have an idea of what this browser add-on does.
Adobe PDF Browser Control (AcroPDF.dll)
Apparently, if I disable this one, PDFs embedded in a page with the embed or object tag fail to function ...
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How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?
How to get thumbnail view for Photoshop (.psd) in Windows 7 64 bit OS?
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gcc path not valid when installing VMWare Tools from VMWare Workstation 7.1.1 build-282343 on Debian squeeze
I am trying to install VMWare tools on Debian Squeeze.
My error:
Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
...
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How to enable execution of PowerShell scripts?
When I try to execute my PowerShell script I get this error:
File C:\Common\Scripts\hello.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see "get-help ...
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What is the Windows equivalent of Wget?
How can I download something from the web directly without Internet Explorer or Firefox opening Acrobat Reader/Quicktime/MS Word/whatever?
I'm using Windows, so a Windows version of Wget would ...
