Refreshing an object requests the system or application to reread it from the source. Note that on Microsoft Windows 8, "refresh" describes a new partial-reinstall function.
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Bind9 cache automatic refresh
I have a small server (Ubuntu 12.10 x64) at home that acts also as a DNS cache for my LAN (using BIND9). I tried to have a look at the documentation and it appears there is no way to configure it so ...
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Refresh Windows 8 without metro UI?
I would like to refresh windows 8, because no Modern UI app will run. I have degraded start menu and search behavior. The first misbehavior I noticed was the "out of box experience" ran on system ...
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If I choose Refresh on windows 8, does it format my hard drives besides C:? [duplicate]
I have my important stuffs and apps on another drive. I was wondering that if I make a refresh, does it also format or delete F: G: drives as well? How about the desktop files, will they be lost?
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Switching between application after Window 8 refresh
I had OS problems and I used the "refresh" option when I restored the OS in Windows 8 using the Windows 8 CD.
However, [alt][tab] or the upper left corner for switching between application have ...
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Do pressing “F5” and pressing “ENTER” when the focus is in the address bar have same effect?
Do these two things do the exact same thing?:
Pressing the F5 key
Clicking on the address bar (giving focus to it), then pressing ENTER key
I am asking this because I'm experiencing that the first ...
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Lynx --session could i refresh page from script?
I know how to refresh page manually with ctrl-r shortcut. Can i pass a value in seconds to lynx to make pages auto-refresh? I want keep alive a long time browser session, so i have to refresh page in ...
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Windows 8 desktop refreshes every 30secs
Desktop blanks every 30 secs or so for a second (icons and wallpaper) except for any active windows.
Windows update had stopped working and I ran the windows troubleshooter to fix the problem. It did ...
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Can I keep some stuff while Refreshing my computer?
My computer has been acting strange lately, so I want to refresh it. While I understand that things such as stuff in my Program Files folder is nuked, I want to keep some of it. Is it possible to do ...
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in place refreshing of a large tar.gz?
I have a directory with about 300Mb of code and data, and I need to regularly change a few lines of code in a few of the files and repackage the directory into a new project-version.tar.gz. It takes ...
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Firefox not refreshing all tabs when it opens
I upgraded recently from Firefox 12 to Firefox 17, now when I open up the browser (set to open up with all the tabs that were opened when it was closed last), it doesn't refresh each tab. I now have ...
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Reload page in IE9 after a few minutes?
I have a website that is used for check-ins. Unfortunately, the computer is in an area that isn't used often throughout the day, so the website used for check-ins logs itself out after a certain ...
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Is it sufficient to refresh an archival external HDD with chkdsk?
Some background:
I have been helping my uncle, a photographer, maintain a system of storage for all his work (Terrabytes of images!).
We do this by using two external hard drives for his data ...
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How do I get the Windows 8 Desktop to stop refreshing itself while I'm working?
I have an Asus touchscreen laptop with Windows 8, not RT. The best way that I can describe the problem is: when I am working on something in the desktop, the desktop/screen refreshes itself. It ...
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How does Windows 8 Refresh work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do Windows 8 Refresh and Reset my PC really do?
I have heard about the new Windows 8 feature, the option to
"refresh your PC."
Apparently, it lets you in essence ...
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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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What does the “Refresh” feature in Windows 7 do?
TL;DR: What does the refresh feature in Windows do?
I've seen it in Windows 7, Vista and XP but not in Linux (I dunno about a Mac). You have to right-click on the Desktop and hit E or click "Refresh" ...
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Is it possible to recover from the Windows 8 refresh feature?
The intention of the Windows 8 RTM (released version) Refresh feature is to restore the system to the way it was when I first installed.
It didn't though. Almost everything that came in the ...
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How can I assign the F5 key to be refresh in Chrome on Mac OS X?
I'm used to the F5 key being the Refresh command (as it is in Windows OS for every browser I've ever used there) and not Command-R (which takes two fingers). On Mac OS X Lion, how can I assign the F5 ...
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Prevent windows explorer from changing path when folder is deleted
I quite often drop and re-create folders. If an explorer window is open in a folder which gets deleted, explorer will automatically jump to the nearest existing parent folder as soon as it detects the ...
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How to refresh all my browser pages from all the opened tabs at the same time?
If I press F5 on any web browser(Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome) it will refresh the current page on the current tab context. Assuming that I want to refresh all opened webpages on all the ...
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What is the Excel hotkey to re-calculate all formula in sheet?
I have a sheet that contains many formulas. But they do not recalculate automatically when I change input.
I'm looking for a hotkey, that can re-calculate the sheet. According to this page, F9 ...
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Contents of network share won't refresh without restart?
We have network shares on a machine running Small Business Server 2008. All domain users have access to this share, and a batch script maps it to the T: drive upon logging into Windows. One user is ...
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Refresh Fluid content on Mac every X seconds
I installed Fluid to make a Facebook app that was essentially the mobile version stacked on a corner (if you know Fluid, you know what I mean) and I feel like there is a feature missing. The ability ...
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How do I prevent screen tearing in Windows 7 desktop with Aero disabled?
After disabling all the Windows 7 visual enhancements, I began noticing some screen tearing while playing YouTube videos, dragging windows, etc.. It's very noticeable while looking at this:
Barcode ...
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How to reload a page in Opera without cache?
I'm trying to get Opera 11.61 to reload a page without using cache whatsoever. So far I've tried shift-clicking on the reload button, Ctrl-R, Shift-R, F5. None of these work. The only way I've found ...
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Benefits of clicking Refresh all the time on the Windows desktop
Some people seem to right-click Desktop -> Refresh all the time. They seem to think that it solves computer problems in general, or that one must do it in order to keep the computer working properly. ...
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refresh webpage on background tab in firefox or google-chrome
I would like to keep logged in to a website that automatically logs me out after 10 minutes of inactivity. Is there any tool to do a "Refresh" on a specific background tab for a webpage in firefox or ...
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Custom Windows hotkey to refresh browser window
I work in a double screen environment where I write code on one screen and preview the results in the other (containing Firefox, Chrome etc.).
It would be great if I could somehow make the browser ...
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Stop a site automatically refreshing and playing video
theage.com.au is a news site that loves to reload the page that I'm reading, which annoys the hell out of me. It also automatically starts playing any video on the page as soon as I start scrolling ...
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Why is my mouse lagging?
Don't remember this from earlier, but my mouse is lagging when I refresh specific websites in Chrome and Firefox. I can't observe such lags with Internet Explorer.
Here's a video i made
I tested ...
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Slow XP Desktop Redraw / Refresh
My Windows XP desktop icons have become slow to redraw. The desktop enhancement program Fences has become unusable with "hidden" icons being silhouetted, partially displayed fence titles, extremely ...
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How can I refresh a document I have open in Excel in read-only mode?
I have an Excel document that is stored on a SharePoint Server, which I always have open on my computer in read-only mode because I need to refer to it.
Every so often, in order to get the latest ...
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All browsers won't reload/refresh, even if Ctrl+F5 is pressed
I'm working on a wordpress theme which is hosted on Hostgator.
Now whenever I add/remove a widget, then I reload the page altered, but nothing happened. Even if I press Ctrl+F5.
It happens on all ...
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How to force a full page refresh (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0?
How do you force reload (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0?
I have seen a lot of supposed theories on the internet, including:
Ctrl + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R
But, in reality, these do not actually work. ...
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How do I force Firefox to check for a new version of page (browser.cache.check_doc_frequency doesn't work)?
When I go to, for example, reddit.com ... the page doesn't automatically show the new content or update my message indicator. I have to manually refresh every time. This is using firefox 3.6.16 on ...
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Powerpoint 2010 has an odd resizing behavior
I am having a display issue in PP2010 (64bit). When I fire up PP and resize the display window, the screen refreshes incorrectly. Also, although you can click around and eventually find the object you ...
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Page fails to load on 1st attempt
I changed from a CISCO wired Cable connection to a Motorola SBP901 wireless connection... After that whenever i try to load a new page the first reply is Server not found. Then i have to hit the ...
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How to refresh Windows XP taskbar's shortcuts icons
Often, I have the Windows XP taskbar's shortcuts icons that don't refresh.
I could strike the F5 key repeated times, the whole desktop redraws fine, but not the taskbar... I have tried hiding and ...
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How can I force Chrome to refresh a page, ignoring cached Flash files?
A couple other questions on superuser.com discuss the shortcut ctrl+F5 in Chrome. In theory, that shortcut should cause Chrome to refresh the current page while ignoring cached content.
However, it ...
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Is there a way to refresh Notepad?
Say, for example, that there's one process that's writing to a file. While the process is running, I opened the file in notepad. The process keeps writing to the file.
Other than closing and ...
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Explorer (Desktop) Stops Refreshing
After using Windows 7 for a while (say, a few hours), Explorer always stops refreshing my desktop, and I have to close it and re-open it. E.g.: When I delete a file, it doesn't seem to go away even ...
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How to refresh pivot data in Excel 2010? (= F9 in 2003)
In Excel 2003 pressing F9 was refreshing the data in pivot table.
How to achieve the same in Excel 2010?
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How to view when page was last refreshed in Firefox
Is there a way to know when the last time a page was refreshed in Firefox? I always have lots of tabs open. For certain pages, it would be helpful to know when it was last refreshed.
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What is the easiest way to make your browser refresh a page every say, 5 seconds?
Is there a browser that supports refreshing a page every say, 5 seconds? Is there an add-on?
If not, is there a more simple way than writing a full (C# or Java) program in order to do that?
Added: ...
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A way to refresh Firefox in the background?
I'm happily typing HTML in Notepad++ on my Windows machine with 2 monitors, one has Notepad++ and the other has Firefox.
After I finished typing the HTML I would like to see the updated result in ...
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Best way to trace what caused a refreshing computer
My computer has an irritating behavior lately. It refreshes every 5 seconds. This is visible because you can see that an application window is flickering and when you select from a combo box, the drop ...
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How to tell Firefox that a file will never change?
Is it possible to specify some files in Firefox to be remembered forever?
For example, a file like http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js will never change, for sure. But ...
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How can I refresh the previews in Chrome's New Tab page?
I am using Chrome 6.0.472.0 dev and the New-Tab-feature. Some of my (sticky) previews were created in an "unlucky" moment, eg. superuser.com before I logged in
or GMail ... for whatever reason that ...
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ReloadEvery on Safari
On Firefox there is an add-on called ReloadEvery that lets you refresh a page on a certain interval. Is there anything like that for Safari?
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Second monitor is wavy
I have two monitors on my work system.
One of them gets refresh waves in it. Is there any way to fix that?
