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What do all of Internet Explorer's search settings mean?
System information logging tools, such as Hijack This, enumerate several parts of Internet Explorer's settings, including settings which control the way it searches. Research has led me here, giving ...
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Keyboard - Repeat Rate/Repeat Delay values in Win7
What are the all possible values of Repeat Rate / Repeat Delay offered by Win 7 concerning Keyboard settings.
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Can you bring back the “show full cell content” bar (UI element) in new Excel 2007+ ribbon?
In Excel 2003, there was an UI element below menu, which showed full content of a cell where cursor was.
If a field contained a long string which would not fit into the column and would not overflow ...
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Save vim settings across launches?
My professor assigned an ssh account to every student in my programming class and mandated that we use VIM for text editing. I discovered :set nu and :set auto indent via Google. I noticed that those ...
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How to limit Google Scholar to peer-reviewed papers? [migrated]
Google Scholar is great to get a quick overview of scientific publications. However, it also gives you textbooks, theses and so forth. I would like to limit its results to include only peer-reviewed ...
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How can I set mouse sensitivity exactly the same in Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion?
I have a Microsoft mouse:
I bought it for gaming in Windows 7. I hate switching the magic mouse and this when restarting my comp, so I decided to stick with it.
One annoying thing with it is ...
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I accidently deleted LG home on my LG p500 phone [migrated]
I did a system reset after having deleted LG home on my LG android phone p500. I thought the system app would be restored, but the fact is now. I don't have a "desktop". I cant get to anywhere now on ...
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Display characters on a square grid?
How can I display characters as if they are square in vim? The characters themselves don't need to be square, but if you were to draw a grid through all centre points of the characters it should make ...
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How to set Trillian to remember an Astra account and automatically log in on future startups?
I am unable to find a way to set Trillian to remember my Astra account and automatically log me in on future startups. Every time I restart it it asks for my password and there is no checkbox to ...
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Vim tabs: When using Vim, how do you make it so that ALL your files you manipulate from now on will have 4-space tabs with vertical tab marks?
I just copied over (recursively) a directory from a remote machine and would like to work on the files on my own computer.
However, whenever I used Vim remotely, every tab automatically did two ...
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VS2010 highlight color setting?
I have a problem with my color settings - here's a picture to visualize my problem:
As you can see I have a theme with a black background and if I do a single click on a variable, it highlights all ...
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How to stop Google Chrome overwriting Preferences file
On Mac OS X Google Chrome writes it's settings on the file:
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Preferences
When updating a setting through the Chrome UI the correct value is ...
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Why are the Volume and other indicators missing on my eMachines eM355?
I just bought an eMachines eM355. The default installed OS is MeeGo so I installed Windows 7 into it instead. The problem, however, is that, the on-screen indicators have disappeared.
The ones I'm ...
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How can Windows be prevented from automatically redoing a search in the Search Results window?
The problem I have with it is that when you perform a search, Windows keeps spontaneously redoing the search. It seems that the most likely cause is when a file in the list is renamed or deleted ...
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Wacom Bamboo: Remove keydown alert boxes
I've been trying to google this for hours, and have gone through the settings at least three times. After searching Superuser a few times as well, I still cannot find an answer. This is driving me ...
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How to effectively reduce the track-pad sensitivity more than system preferences will let you (OS X Lion)
I am using a Magic Trackpad, and I have turned the sensitivity all the way down in System Preferences, but it's not slow/insensitive enough. I have a gaming mouse that has custom DPI settings, and I ...
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How can I prevent a portable Chromium from saving settings to the hard disk?
I have a USB flash drive with a nightly version of Chromium on it. It's meant to run on somebody's computer without the need of installing Chromium on it.
The problem is that it's still saving the ...
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Did a fresh Win 7 install on my new SSD, can I get my Desktop back?
How can I get my Desktop(wallpapers, start menu, settings, etc.) from my HDD to my new SSD?
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Macbook Pro forgets Trackpad settings when booting up
Is there any way to make your MBP remember the trackpad settings?
Every reboot makes the computer forget the trackpad settings, which have to be reconfigured.
This means I have to check the "tap to ...
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How to retrieve all MySQL settings?
I have a configured MySQL server (MySQL 5.1.47-community) that works perfect. I installed a second server (MySQL 5.5.15-community) to see if the new version of MySQL would work with my application ...
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Mysterious gray square outlines on certain desktop icons?
Recently, my hand slipped on my mouse/keyboard and I accidentally increased the icon size. After resetting it and fixing them, I noticed these incredibly annoying small gray outlines around only ...
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Reset Windows XP Screen related settings
After having no clue about this previous question, I am wondering if it was possible to reset all screen related settings on a windows xp (SP2) ?
The extended desktop feature was working perfectly ...
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Is it possible to change the UI color of a single program in Windows 7?
I know it's possible to set the global UI colors in Windows 7 via the system preferences. But is it possible to set a different UI color scheme just for one program?
I am asking, because I'm using ...
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graphic default setting in linux 11.04 [closed]
I wanted to active virtual graphic and do sth.
now I haven't any bars in my desktop.
how can i set my graphic setting to default setting?
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Can you make MS Word display a black background with white text, but print the inverse?
I am documenting some software in MS Word. I want white text on black background when viewing on the computer (it saves eyes and power), but I want black text on white background to save ink in case ...
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How to reset a Fritz!Box DSL router to factory settings?
I need to change the setting of router Fritz Box. The setting were set by another person. I can't connect to router using cable, may be standard port or address were changed. So the only option is to ...
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How to convince menus to appear to the right?
Just recently, the right-click context menus in Windows 7 have been acting in a kind of left-handed way. That is, when possible, the initial menu appears to the left of the mouse pointer. When I hover ...
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Have deleted email in Outlook become 'read'
I often delete emails by hitting the 'x' when the little popup window shows a new email, so they end up in my Deleted Items, but they still show as read (so DI is bold, and there's a number in ...
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Completely lock a computer and force it to use a single application
I'd like my windows 7 computer to use ONLY a single application developed in .net
No task manager, no nothing: just this single application automatically opening at startup.
I'd also like to have a ...
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In TweetDeck, the “show favorites in mentions” setting constantly un-sets itself
Does anyone know why this happens, or if it's just a known bug? It's the only setting that seems to do it.
I can't see any pattern to it. Sometimes it's fine for weeks, others it happens multiple ...
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Can Somebody Explain About Wi-Fi Device Manager Settings And Power Settings In Windows 7?
Sometimes I have low Wi-Fi signal and I am curious about the Wi-Fi settings in Device Manager and Power Settings. I would like to get an exhaustive explanation about each, so let's start with Wi-Fi ...
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How do I fix a Google Chrome corrupt settings file?
I fired up the computer today just to be met by a message saying that the Google Chrome settings file is corrupt.
Oh well, I thought, and googled it. And to my surprise nobody seems to be getting ...
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What exactly do I need to enable to get Skype Home to work?
I'm using Skype 5.5.0.115 for Windows. The Skype Home window only ever shows the big blue circle, i.e. the "loading" animation, but never actually shows the Skype Home page.
I think this has to do ...
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Setting a default query search at boot in Evernote
I'm really happy using Evernote but I have a problem. I have the necessity to get some sticky notes in there so when I open the software I'll already know what's gonna kill me today.
Since, as I ...
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More customized desktop slideshow power settings
Is there any way I can have a desktop slideshow while my laptop is plugged in, but only a certain image when on battery?
I know how to pause the slideshow on battery power, but I don't want a ...
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Frequent BSODs… BIOS settings?
I've been getting very frequent BSODs after putting together my new setup...
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
Intel Core i5-760 2.8 GHz
G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM
OCZ Vertex 96GB SATA II SSD
Hitachi ...
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Are there any email software like ancient eudora with simple file system
Ancient eudora is simple. You can store all your mail and all your settings and all your filters in the same folder. And that's it.
Nothing in registry. Nothing in the hidden folder of user's ...
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ESET uninstaller reset network settings
I used the ESET Uninstaller but it seems to have messed up my network settings - I now can't connect to our company network. Whenever I try it says:
Unable to find domain controller for ...
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Vim default location of .vimrc
I use git to persist my ~/.vim directory. I'd like to store my vimrc file in this directory as well so that it will also live in the repository. How do I change the location where Vim searches for the ...
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How can I disable extension compatibility checking in Firefox 7 beta?
Does anyone know what to add to the about:config to stop Firefox 7 beta checking extension compatibility?
I've tried all the settings I can find online for previous versions and I can't get anything ...
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What settings are available to make Thunderbird more responsive with large mailboxes?
I use Thunderbird with two rather large IMAP accounts (one has a total of 30 000 messages across all folders) and for the last month Thunderbird has become a bit slower, not too much but still ...
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Can I lock a user to one site only in Chrome?
I want to prevent users of my personal Google Chrome browser from navigating away from the defined homepage except for refreshing the page.
More "for science" than anything else - how can I do this ...
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How can I save settings in VI?
I have changed tab settings in VI with set tabstop=4. But when I restart VI, the settings are restored. How can I save the settings?
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How to change dlink dir-524 router link port from 80 to 1088
How to change dlink dir-524 router link(192.168.0.1) port from 80 to 1088
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How to import/export VPN settings in Windows 7?
I have a VPN connection configured on my Windows 7 PC, and I'd like to export these settings to another computer.
I could simply tell the other user which settings to use, but I don't want to share ...
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Installing a network printer twice with different settings
A Windows XP Professional client within a domain has a network printer (HP LaserJet 1320n) with a static IP installed.
The employee told me that previously he had this printer effectively displayed ...
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Saving all settings in OS X and porting them to another system
I have highly customized my Mac with my own sets of settings.
In addition, I have special settings for each my apps as well, (SizeUp, iTerm2, Eclipse, etc..)
Is there a way I can just back these ...
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What are alternatives for PDF thumbnails to evince-thumbnailer?
evince-thumbnailer has a memory leak when accessing PDFs on my Ubuntu lucid machine and I would like to replace it in gconf-editor --> desktop --> gnome --> thumbnailers --> application@pdf such that ...
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How do I adjust settings on Afloat for the Mac?
I'm using Afloat to give me the "always on top" feature on every application window.
I can't find Afloat's settings.
I can see in the Window menus of my other programs, but I can't find its app or ...
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How do I revert Chrome's Google search to English after experimenting with the new Chrome feature that detects when I change country?
Sometime over the past year Google Chrome introduced a feature that detects when you use it in a new country and asks something like "Your location has changed. Do you want to set the language to ...
