Disable is the act of preventing something from being utilized, or the opposite of enabled. When something is disabled it can no longer be used in the way it was intended to be used.
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Disable iPhone Yahoo contacts sync
Every time I plug in my iPhone, iTunes pops up a dialog asking for sync with Yahoo contacts. after I cancel, it pops up again, for 4-5 more times. But the 'Sync Yahoo!Address Book contacts' option is ...
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Bulk revert to previous Default Program settings
I managed to set my default program for all extensions to Chrome and am struggling to revert this. eg it won't let me open Skype as it tries to open it in Chrome. Only affects one user.
I have ...
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How can I stop sites from being able to tell when they're visible? AKA How do I disable Page Visibility API?
So there's this relatively new facility provided by most browsers called the Page Visibility API, wherein pages can tell when they're actually visible. Lots of sites have taken advantage of this not ...
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Disable CD/DVD Burner but keep CD/DVD reader in Windows
I have a laptop with Win7 installed on it. I am running it with separate accounts, and I manage the only administrator account.
I would like to disable the ability to burn CDs/DVDs - as that can be ...
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Skype keeps making me automatically invisible
I keep getting made invisible automatically by skype. It doesn't even appear to happen at consistent intervals. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all, sometimes it happens every 5 seconds. I don't ...
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Remap Keyboard Keys Windows 7 on the fly
I am working on a software project where I run an Adobe air project in fullscreen on laptops. I would like to avoid keys and combinations that would bring any other things to the front. So I would ...
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Windows 7 builtin Backup and Restore - cannot turn off
Windows 7 Home Premium, service pack 1. I recently turned on the builtin Backup and Restore facility, pointing it at an external USB drive (500GB) I'd bought for the purpose. Now, I can't unmount the ...
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How to disable Autoplay events for a specific device?
I have this USB microphone, and I usually keep it connected to my Windows XP box for recording, but since there are not too many USB ports on it, I sometimes have to disconnect it to use the port for ...
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Disable touchpad on tablet
I use a tablet PC and I use the touch screen for navigating, so I would like to permanently disable the touchpad on the laptop. I've tried a few things but nothing seems to work.
I've tried ...
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Disable window always-on-top
Is there a handy powertoy-like program I can use to kill the always-on-top mode of the most bothersome windows?
Too bad that the programs I find useful and like to co-exist with other open programs ...
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Wifi won't work and computer won't shutdown
I play Sims 3and recently, when I save and close, (Happens even when I don't play Sims 3) Recently, my Wi-Fi just disconnects from my router, and the computer won't let me reset the wi-fi adaptor by ...
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Wireless Disabled:HardBlock
Really I don't know where can I solve my problem.....I'm searching for ages everyone has solved it but me not yet !
It's Wireless HardBlock problem...
I posted this question when I was using ubuntu ...
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How to disable smilies in Thunderbird?
My Thunderbird e-mail client has a very wrong habbit. In version 13.0.1 on my Windows 7 there is annoying thing I do not know how to disable. When I press
ALT + <number>
It generates smilies ...
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Windows 7 local area connection switches to disable after reboot
I need help to keep my PC (Windows 7) connected to the net. I've found out how to get back on the Net by changing my local area connection from disable to enable. But the connection switches back to ...
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Windows 7 aero effects disabled after safe-mode booting
Last week I started my Windows 7 laptop in safe-mode, since then, even if it boots normally, the aero effects are disabled. It comes back after running the aero troubleshooter, the diagnostic message ...
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Disabling or removing a crypto partition
I accidentally created a crypto partition on a Debian server I recently installed.
When I reboot the server I have to enter the passphrase to manually get the server into the right runlevel.
Is ...
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Need solution to disable the taskbar at login
Is there a registry hack to prevent ruuning programs from appearing in the taskbar, or to disable and lock the taskbar at startup?
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How to disable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM pooling during boot in Linux?
I have a Dell XPS L501X laptop dual-booting Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" (x64) and Windows 7. It has a TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L633J DVD drive, which generates a lot of vibrations and noise whenever data is being ...
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Disable login animation in Mac OS X Lion
I am running Mac OS X Lion in VMWare Workstation 8. The graphics performance is not stellar, so most of the animations built into the OS are a bit choppy. I have already disabled the window ...
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Permanently Disable Dell Latitude 2120 Touchscreen in X.org Upon Start-up and Suspend/Restore
In the spirit of full disclosure, below is the background, tl;dr: I am running Lubuntu Oneiric and I want to disable my borked touchscreen, running it on X.org start-up works but suspending the system ...
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Disable automatic fsck_exfat on dirty volume mount in Mac OSX
I've several large hard disks formatted in exFAT to keep clean compatibility between Win7/Bootcamp and Snow Leopard.
Here's the problem: fsck_exfat needs something like 6-8gb of RAM to complete on a ...
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Disable laptops built-in keyboard
I have bought a new keyboard that I would like to use instead of the built-in keyboard, but I'm not able to disable the keyboard.
The "Disable" button is disabled in Device Manager, and the BIOS ...
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Disable auto run .exe file?
I run Windows Server 2012 and when I log in the Open File window appears and it wants to start a .exe file. Where can I view the start up folder and disable all the start ups? Note that I want to ...
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How to make “COM1” not accessible for non-administrators?
Under Windows, the access rights of any file can be changed at the administrator's will.
Provided that a process started by a non-administrator, the process called CreateFile("com1", ...); to open ...
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disallowing anonymous access to some files in iis 7.5
Could someone guide me on how to do what is mentioned at the following link, on IIS 7.5:
http://www.iss.net/security_center/reference/vuln/frontpage-ext-bad-permissions.htm
In short it is meant to ...
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How to disable MEBX on startup
As mentioned in the Title:
How do I disable the MEBX? On my Computer a message appears "Press Cntr + P to configure MEBX"
This message stays for about 10 seconds - which is really anoying.
After that ...
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Why do I get an error that says “Server Execution Failed” everytime I try to open things?
I get the error "Server Execution Failed" when trying to open different things. I can open some things, but I get the error whenever I try to open Control Panel, Documents, Program Files, C:\Windows, ...
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How can I disable the special browser forward/back keys on WinXP on my Thinkpad X41?
I'm used to the arrow keys being a certain shape, so when I reach without looking and feel three buttons in a row, I think it's left, down, and right. Then I press one of them and suddenly my browser ...
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DVD-ROM gets disabled after each restart
I have the following problem, everytime I restart my computer I found my DVD drive disabled. So I have to go to the Device Manager and manually enable it again, after that everything works fine.
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IE Restrict JavaScript third party domain access other than *.currentwebsite.com
It is possible to disable JS at all.
It is possible to disable JS on certain domains by adding them to Restricted Zone for example.
I wonder if it is possible to block/restrict third party domain ...
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Disabling keyboard input using the registry?
Can someone please help me with disabling keyboard input using the registry?
I know how to disable the mouse already, I just need to know how to disable the keyboard.
