Issues not specific to a single version of Windows, otherwise tag appropriately
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Version 1 powershell, get-childitem to look only in a listed directory, not all subfolders
I have v1 of powershell on my servers. It would be easy if I had a newer version of PowerShell but that is not an option for me at this point.
I have a script that looks to see if a file in a ...
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Crossing networks with PC laptop and Mac Mini…Screen Sharing with Server Blindness?
I know there are ways to use VNC or TeamViewer to control a mac mini remotely.
These solutions appear to involve the Mac Mini getting settled onto a network. Then--while it's connected to a ...
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msg.exe Title of Dialog box
is there anyway to change the "msg.exe" windows services witch is sending messages to other computers, title of dialog box ?
normally it displays "Message from [USERNAME] [DATE] [TIME]"
is there any ...
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why does adding a video card disable on board video?
My understanding is that if I add a video card to a PC system that onboard (motherboard) video becomes unusable.
Why is that?
Is there a way to use both?
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Trying to set up AD on windows server 2012
I think i managed to get the domain controller role to function as i was able to join the domain from another computer on another network. However i had to change the preferred dns to the ip address ...
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VirtualBox delete the virtual machine after I saved the state of VM and restarted
I save the machine state and then restarted the VirtualBox on windows machine. My guest OS in LUnuntu and my host in Windows 7. I saved the state of my VM yesterday and when I started the VM today it ...
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Transfer files to flash drive when connected
I have about 1,000 flash drives that I need to move a set of files onto. I'm looking for a way to reduce the amount of time this will take.
Thoughts: Attach task to the event of connecting flash ...
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Windows 7 Professional wallpaper keeps disappearing
I have a legal and activated copy of windows 7 professional. However for some reason my wallpaper keeps disappearing and defaulting to black?
I have no idea why, please help.
I have already tried ...
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History of CPU usage for all processes
Is there any tool allowing to view historical CPU usage for all processes?
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Software that returns reunion, exclusion or intersection between list files?
Say I have 2 list files:
file1.txt content:
line a
line b
line c
line d
file2.txt content:
line a
line c
line e
Is there any software that would do line comparison and be able to export a ...
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How to reset the Command Prompt in Windows?
I have made several customizations to how the Command Prompt window looks in Windows and now I want to reset it to its original state.
How can I do that? I just want it to look that way it does after ...
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On Windows 7 BSOD, hangs and minidump file is never created
The last few weeks I began having occasional incidents of blue screen of death (BSOD). Here is a photograph of the one that occurred on June 12, 2013:
As you can see, it says it's "Initializing ...
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using wireless (3G) and lan at the same time in windows 7
I am working on customer's site and here i have a very restricted lan (no gmail, no corporate mail) but i need the lan for som services (intranet, svn, jira...).
My laptop has a built in SIM with 3g. ...
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Restore windows file extension to default
I had a file that Windows did not recognize . It was called abc.per . This is the correct extension for the file . The file does not open in any known Windows programs either ( This is also not a ...
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How to have multiple ip on windows
I need to set multiples IP's on a computer running windows 7, so my computer is in the networks 192.168.0.x and 192.168.1.x
I only have one network interface, and i know this can be easily done with ...
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AHK script to toggle hidden folders in Windows 8? [closed]
I need an .ahk script that Will allow me to toggle hidden folders/files via Super + H
Unfortunately I don't know how to script/program.
Can anyone cook up a script for me that will do so?
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Do integrity levels only apply to executable files?
Does the "Integrity level" property of an NTFS file only have an effect for files which are executable and executed? Or can changing the integrity level (e.g. via icacls) on a "data" file have an ...
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How do you move a Windows window (Excel) that is off-screen but will *not* respond to [Alt]+[Space]?
I usually have my laptop hooked up to 2 monitors, so when I wake it without those monitors, there is a good chance some windows will be off-screen.
I can usually do the
Select the program in ...
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How to install the win32com python library
I am trying to install the win32com module. I know I should download the Python for Windows extension, but it does not work.
After I have installed Python for Windows and try import win32com.client, ...
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restoring wim files from external drive to hard drive on computer
how do I restore wim files to my hard drive? I saved filed after computer crashed, to an external drive. Now I need to restore those files to my hard drive. Thanks
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How do I consolidate a multi-level Windows boot menu?
Well I seem to be having problems loading operating systems that I have recently installed on three partitions.
I had installed Windows XP first, then Windows Server 2003 Standard and finally Windows ...
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“The requested operation requires elevation” when using Admin login
To start things off I am using a PC on a network with my own Active Directory login, but when I say Admin Account I mean I'm using the network's AD Administrator account.
I'm trying to edit my Hosts ...
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Installing MT4 Server
I installed Meta Trader 4 service to my development machine for testinmg purposes, opened task manager's Services tab and tried to start mtsrv. But the sevice didn't started succesfully. In the logs ...
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Why is there “Load Driver” during Windows installation?
When installing windows, there's a link to "Load Driver" as shown:
From what I know, drivers can always be installed after the OS is installed, so it seems odd that there's a "Load Driver" link ...
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Limited task manager?
I know it seems counter-productive, but I was looking for a task manager that it's more limited than the one that comes with Window.
The reason is that some servers that I use (but not manage) have ...
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Force MS-CHAPv2 VPN connection from Mac
If you're trying to connect from a Mac to a Windows Server's VPN (PPTP), accepting only MS-CHAPv2, the client fails with the following error:
18/6/13 9:06:08.672 AM pppd[10247]: MS-CHAP ...
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Automated file send from remote desktop
I have a main PC (running WinXP), on which Remote Desktop Connection Manager is installed. I use it to connect to a remote virtual environment (running Win 7). Currently, I am able to copy\paste text ...
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List All Users on a Windows System via Command Line
I would like a command to list all of the Users in a Windows (Vista, 7, etc.) system, in a way that I can use to iterate through them with a subsequent command.
net user would give me the data for ...
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Size of C drive
I am currently working on Windows Embedded Standard 7E on 32GB SSD.There are two partition C & D.The problem is when I check the properties of C drive it shows the space used as 3GB.But when I ...
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Changing Windows 7 PATH avriable [duplicate]
I saw this question and answer but this is not working for me.
I am following Python tutorials. There is a section that requires me to change the path variable. I used the instructions in the command ...
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Do Windows Installation ISOs only work with certain Keys [duplicate]
If I have a retail license key for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 will it work with a OEM ISO based disk or vice versa? Or are all Windows versions the same?
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How to diagnose a BSOD that prevents booting in Windows 8?
our computer recently started BSOD'ing before booting to the login screen. It then restarts, trys to fix itself, and fails. I have access to command prompt from there, along with other options like ...
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Where to download recovery disks for Windows
Where would I best go about downloading and finding Windows Recovery disks for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8?
Do they fix most problems? What are they typically designed to do?
Are they different from ...
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My laptop freezes when on battery?
So, first and foremost I have an HP2510p with 4GB ram running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (I had Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit before but the problem was there so it has nothing to do with the OSs).
I also know ...
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Import from List - Batch file
Ok here is the scenario. I am trying to figure out a way to copy users' docs and settings (Favorites, My Documents and Desktop) to a network location as a backup for decommissioned drives. My problem ...
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Windows 7 System Restore Failed
I need to restore Windows 7, because I installed some software which ruined my PC. I see the error above.
I tried running the restore tool using administrator privileges, and disabled my antivirus, ...
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Windows CMD Copy Command - PRN Files
When I copy prn files to my printer using
copy filename.prn \\PC\Printer
And check the file in the printer queue it comes as Local Downlevel Document
Is there a way to specify a proper filename
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Asus ultrabook won't turn on
I have an ASUS ZENBOOK UX31A with windows 8 installed on it, I recently tried to start the laptop, and it just doesn't do anything, it won't turn on any lights, no reaction what so ever.
If I plug in ...
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How I can install Windows 8 over network?
I have tried to use Tftpd32 but it did not work. I think because it asks for pxesomething.com which I don't have.
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Is it possible to use client certificates to identify a single workstation to a web site?
Basically, I need to uniquely identify a client PC from an intranet webserver for all users that log on. I am considering reliable methods of doing this and am currently considering using client ...
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How to extract such a compressed file?
I have been asked to extract a ZIP file having in it 3 tar files and each tar file contains around 3000 gz files.
I had to extract the main ZIP file first then extract the tar files second then ...
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dhtmlx scheduler data receiving from struts2 + hibernate server side
I'm currently working on dhtmlx scheduler product? I'm trying to connect db from scheduler.
I don't have idea how to receive data in client side.
Any one can explain how to render the to DHTMLX ...
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How can I change the text-mode keyboard layout in Windows ME?
In Windows ME GUI applications, I have my keyboard layout set to British (Shift-2 is ", etc.), but in the command-line mode, it seems to be reverting to the US keyboard layout (Shift-2 is @). How can ...
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Set task scheduler to auto play a Spotify playlist
I'm trying to get a playlist in Spotify to auto play (and end) at certain times of the day on a Windows PC. Is there a way to do this?
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Problems with RDP in WIndows XP
I have a vps that runs Windows XP. I remote desktop connect to my vps and I close it but when I reconnect again it tells me to disconnect the current user so It doesn't use the existing session. But I ...
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Opening PowerShell at the current working directory from the registry
This question is prompted by a problem I faced while writing this answer. I am invoking PowerShell like this from the registry:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -NoExit ...
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Make images copy protected? [duplicate]
I would like to know that how can we make images/videos/files burnt onto CD/DVD copy protected ?
I want that another users should not be able to copy my pictures.
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How to completely remove all the driver files associated with a USB device
I installed drivers for a USB device I was testing
The first time I connected the device to the computer, I had to insert the device's CD into the computer and Windows automatically detected the ...
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WinRT C# SVN Client
I try to connect SVN repo from Surface. And I realized that there are no apps for this. I want to write some one, but it's too complex to write my own SVN lib.
Are there some lib for WinRT ARM ...
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Is there any file check summing software which deals correctly with deep paths?
I have been looking for software which will checksum and verify/compare NTFS volumes with deep paths on Windows, and failing verification on every one I've tried. I've even tried writing my own python ...
