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Why does my HP Pavillion 15- notebook not see my docking station with a 4T WD Red Plus? Smaller 2T drives are recognised

I have been reading from this site as well as others trying to understand this. It all started with this tiny 500 SSD with a dream to make this notebook's capacity something one can do something with. ...
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Second & Third Monitor working fine in office until we present in conference room

When using my laptop (Dell) in the office with 2x extra monitors it works fine, I have to do some presentations in a conference room, as soon as I return to my office and plug into my docking station ...
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Issues with USB-C (Thunderbolt) -> DP, USB, PD port replicator (docking station) (Dell, Lenovo, HP laptops)

I need to dock several different types of laptops at one workplace, so I'm looking at some universal docking solution as I have constant issues with USB-C (TB) docking stations supplied by laptop ...
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What can be the issue when Thunderbolt Dock Power Button does not Power on Laptop

I have a HP zbook Firefly 15 G8 and as there are currently no suitable docking stations from this vendor available for me to buy I took the risk and bought one from Asus (Asus Sim Pro Dock 2). The ...
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Hard drive size permanently reduced by docking station

I obtained a used docking station at a garage sale with no documentation. When I tried to use it with a 1TB hard drive, it said the drive had only 8 GB capacity. It changed something on the drive so ...
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Docking station for both USB 3 and USB C?

Does anybody know if I install a USB type C for my older ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0? I want my desktop to connect with a docking station, so I can easily switch between my working laptop and personal ...
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Connect dvi monitor to docking with dvi and display port

I have a laptop with HDMI and mini DisplayPort. it connects to a docking station that has DVIs and DisplayPorts. I want to connect a monitor with DVI port. What would be the best option in terms of ...
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How to force Internet Explorer to keep its window size when being docked?

Using Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, the window size is being remembered, when the IE window is not docked/snapped to an edge. As soon as I dock IE to one side of my screen, close it and reopen ...
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Can there be a true dual-CPU & dual-memory laptop?

The ASUS Transformer Book Trio TX201LA is a dual-processor, dual-memory, dual-storage laptop which also runs 2 different operating systems. But can one,somehow, run just one instance of Windows 8.1 on ...
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Windows 10 Desktop App Docking. How to Disable?

See Picture. Windows 10. How do I disable this annoying auto docking Bar that comes up when I'm moving Apps on Desktop? Is this built into Windows 10? If not, maybe it's software that came bundled on ...
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Can you connect a docking station via ethernet

I have a docking station with two display ports, multiple USB 3.0, and an ethernet port. My laptop has only USB 2.0 ports. Can I connect the laptop and the docking station to a high speed switch ...
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HP Docking connector pinout?

Ok, so I want to "build in" some hardware into my HP laptop (Elitebook 8560p) Would like to build in a Logitech Unifying receiver and maybe some other stuff. Was thinking about using the Docking ...
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How to dock a window to an inside edge of a dual-monitor setup without a Windows key? [duplicate]

I have read other posts about how to use the Windows key and the left/right arrow to dock a window against the right or left side of your screen. My question is how does one perform that command ...
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Change layout of dockable windows in Notepad++

Is it possible to change the layout of dockable windows in Notepad++? When I organize tool windows (like FTP explorer or FTP log window) they stick to the edges this way only: I'd like them to be ...
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It is possible to dock a laptop to a desktop?

I would like to dock my laptop to my desktop so that I can work from both systems. I think I have seen this done before but, the only docks I can find online are docks that add more USB ports and ...
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Missing Docking Options in JEdit?

I recently re-installed jEdit (4.3.1 using Java 1.6.0_18) on Ubuntu and I noticed that since I reinstalled it, it no longer has menus that allow you to dock plugin windows around the jEdit Editor ...
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Configuring automatic profiles on dock/hotplug

My Ubuntu laptop gets docked into a few different locations per day with different hardware and use cases. I'd like to automate the preference settings for each of these locations: Work computer, ...
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Is there a way to get Windows 7-style docking in Mac OS X? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows 7 resize shortcuts to Mac OS X In Windows 7, if I drag a window to the far right or left of the screen, it will resize and reposition the window to take up half of the ...
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gvim undocks in Windows 7 when adding or deleting vertical divisions. How to prevent it?

I'm using gvim in windowed mode and use Windows 7's feature to dock it on one side. Every time I open or close a vertical window within gvim (eg: ^w^v), Windows 7 decides to undock the program. ...