Issues not specific to a single version of Windows, otherwise tag appropriately
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Chrome is not on the list of allowed programs on Windows Firewall but works fine?
I check my Firewall's list of allowed program and Google Chrome is not one of them but it still works, it can still connect to the internet.
I'm really confused. I don't know how this Firewall ...
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Windows 8: Simultaneously use Wifi and Wireless Broadband - routing
I have the following situation in Win 8: Internet-Connection is provided by a USB stick.
But while having this connection, I would also like to use a WIFI connection (to an apple airport express in ...
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How do I delete folders from the Windows 7 DriverStore?
I am having a problem getting a specific device to work, and I am trying to start from square one by making sure there are absolutely no leftover files from driver installs on my system. Specifically ...
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SQL Completion Tutorial on vim
I'm attempting(!) to start the sql completion tutorial on vim:
I've created the empty file tutorial.sql
I enter insert mode ok (press i).
Then I need to hit <C-C>s which I assume is ...
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Windows command to copy file forcefully when that file is used by another process
I am copy a file using copy command. But its throwing some error.
copy /y ..\BuildLog.htm .
Error is : The process cannot access the file because its used by another process
XCOPY /Y is also ...
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Apache package in cygwin does not seem to work. Error logs are also empty
I installed cygwin in a Windows pc. All ok.
Then I tried to install apache package. I selected all relevant packages and installed them as well.
The problem: In /usr/sbin I can see apachectl2 and ...
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Should I buy more RAM? [closed]
Working hardly on my PC for a long time, I'm getting such workloads
and things are painfully slow.
Nevertheless, 1.5 GB is constantly available, no matter what. Moreover, Mark Russinovich is very ...
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Play MIDI via virtual device?
I have a program that plays MIDI files and allows me to select from installed MIDI devices on machine.
Right now I only have the standard MIDI that comes with windows.
My question is if it's possible ...
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What causes windows 7 activation requests?
The statement: "You must activate windows within 3 days to continue using all windows features." often pops up in my notifification area on Windows 7.
My windows are legal and I have activated them ...
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How can I configure Windows to use the correct resolution for a standard definition TV (SDTV)?
Introduction
I know someone who has a laptop and wants it to output video to a TV. I bought a cheap cable to connect its VGA output to one of the TV's composite video inputs.
The seller of the cable ...
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What is the best filesystem for an external USB drive - 2 - 3 TB shared between OSX/Windows/Linux? [duplicate]
I have been using NTFS, but I recently took a drive which is normally attached to a Mac mini running Lion (using Paragon NTFS) and attached it to Windows 7 because the drive was disconnecting ...
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When an operating system is being deleted from a compter, what is doing the deleting and what is left after?
I read an ehow article about deleting the windows by going into safe mode and opening a cmd prompt, cd to C:// and typing DEL WINDOWS
When this happens, what is doing the deleting and what is left ...
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Windows 8 partitions - Create and Delete [duplicate]
I'm less than a beginner in this. I want to make a partition so I can dual boot my Windows 8 (pre-installed with my laptop) with a Linux distro.
I don't know how to make a partition, but what worries ...
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NERDTreeToggle opens in Windows/system32
I've added the following useful settign to _vimrc:
map <F2> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
If I open gvim and then press F2 NERDTree will open but in the directory Windows/system32 which takes a ...
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http ping to restart service
This tool checks if a website is offline or not.
http://www.coretechnologies.com/products/http-ping/
I'm trying to create an automated process to run that file and check domain.com, if pinging fails ...
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Is my apache installation in windows ok?
I am trying to use Apache2 in Vista. I downloaded it and installed it. I did not install it as a service though.
I see in the Start a Start Apache in console new button that seems to work. I.e. when I ...
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Suddenly, I notice Windows 7 window manager behaves strangely
Windows 7 window manager has recently started to behave strangely.
Firefox and Steam are running simultaneously. I am looking at the window of Firefox.
Now, I click on the Steam icon in the ...
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Windows management instrumentation for dummies?
Please can someone explain Windows Management Instrumentation in simple terms?
Why it is important?
What you can do with it?
I've read the wikipedia page and am none the wiser :)
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How can I get an amule daemon to follow an ed2k link?
I'm running amule headless, as a daemon, on some machine. I use the amule client-GUI version of it on my (Windows) machine to connect to the daemon. Now, I can't figure out how I'm supposed to add ...
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Mass updating/install on Windows [closed]
I currently use LogMeIn to remotely manage a bunch of computers around the country. However, I am curious as if there is a way to make updating on them automatic and install and make system changes on ...
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How to set boot disk flag with diskpart
My Windows Server 2008 R2 won't start and stops with Stop 7B, so I start the recovery console and use diskpart to check the disk. There are to partitions one of Type 17 and one of type 07, the detail ...
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file type is not a valid win32 application
I have searched many related questions on various sites but found no solution for this variation of the problem.
I have a filetype (.vlm) located on a network drive, and the program I use to open it ...
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Occasional display issues
I'm currently experiencing some issues that seem to happen randomly.
When I boot up I can see the boot screen right until the windows logon, and both my monitors go in sleep mode. One's connected via ...
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limitations of Apache2 mod_mono
I run a small web application development shop. On a very limited basis, we do on occasion host some of our customers' apps and sites (I am not really set up for hosting, from a hardware stance). I am ...
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How to Disable SSL in Windows 8 Tablet to Connect Exchange ActiveSync
Okay this is what I think would be a simple question that no-one seems to have answers for, I purchased a new Windows 8 Tablet, a Dell Latitude 10 to be exact, I've already talked to Dell and MS about ...
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Old Windows XP install stuck in loop. Cant finish install
A while ago I had a virus problem that really messed up my OS. I tried to reinstall, and that did not work. I then spent another $100 on a new disc which did not work either and would not accept the ...
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Can I create a cloned system image and deploy it on a new machine?
I am attempting to create a backup image of a system deployed on a machine now. Then I would like to deploy this image on a different computer. Despite driver incompatibilities is this ...
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Delete operating systems and start from scratch
I am on a Dell XPS 200 desktop computer. The computer originally came with Windows XP, but I upgraded it to Windows 7. I also installed Ubuntu 12.10 on here so whenever the computer starts up, you can ...
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Win7 Delete Files Record?
I use TrueCrypt to encrypt sensitive data. And then SugarSync to sync them to the cloud. Today I noticed that
- my trucrypt file was gone from my computer
- The TrueCrypt option to show my history ...
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Run a silent batch command on Windows
I have a .bat file to run some programs (Apache httpd, Tomcat, ecc.). These programs have their own window and if I just type this into the .bat file:
../apache/bin/httpd.exe
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Most suitable minimal “compter” available to drive a tv? [closed]
I have a number of TV screens around the office that I like to use to a number of things. Some of them I like to only show specific webpages (so network is needed). Some I like to use to be able to do ...
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How to install certificate into TPM using Windows 8?
What steps are needed to install a X509 certificate with the private key in TPM using Windows 8 both for the computer account and for user account?
For the completeness of the answer, would the steps ...
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Active Diectory Change Ip Range [closed]
My company needs to change from the 192.168.x.x range to a 10.10.x.x range.
We are currently on Win2K and XP clients and are using active directory.
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Sorting plaintext by line-ending content
I have a plaintext list organized in the following format:
[file pathname] [track name] [artist name] [numerical value]
e.g.:
C:\Users\Somi\Music\Shaheedi.mp3 Shaheedi [By.NagRa] [Rp] Pasla ...
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python related plugins give errors in vim
So here's an example of a vim plugin having python issues:
Error detected while processing function UltiSnipsEdit:
line 6:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ...
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Is there any way to take back up any installed software?
I know of a few programs which help you take backups of installed drivers on your system... I would like to know if there is any process or some software which helps you backup any installed software ...
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Scan formatted hard drive for ANSI txt file?
Is there any software that will allow me to undelete a text file encoded in ANSI? I know one line of the TXT file (so search would be useful). The hard drive was formatted using a quick format so the ...
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What are the things I should be looking for when Building a storage server for vmware [closed]
I am planning on getting a HP rack mountable server to install windows storage server and use that to store my vmware data.
I was thinking about sticking to 1 cpu, with 8GB ram. Will this work or do ...
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Use Firefox to run JavaScript on a local file [closed]
I want to load a file from my computer, run a javascript on it, and save it back in the same directory and with the same name. Each file is in a different directory. Does anyone know a way to do this? ...
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How does Windows schedule network traffic?
I have a scenario where multiple connections are fighting for my upstream, and any one of them capable of utilizing 100% of what is available.
I've noticed that with three concurrent uploads, one via ...
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Installing Windows onto 2nd drive then removing 1st drive
I have Windows 8 installed on a hard drive and I have just purchased an SSD drive that I'm going to slap Windows 8 onto as well, with the view to chuck the old hard drive out.
I have installed the ...
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Is it possible to duplicate/mirror screen connected to different graphic cards?
My desktop has 2 HD 6450 graphic cards, each of them has one HDMI, one DVI and one VGA port. I connected 2 of my screens to the 2 HDMI ports on 2 cards, and I'd like to duplicate my 2 screens.
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Windows 7 & 8 dual boot MBR broken
I had a dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows 8, where Windows 7 was first and on the C:\ drive, 8 on the D:\ drive. I booted up into Windows 7 and deleted Windows 8 files (I should've deleted it ...
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Why are tasklist results different when run locally vs over ssh
I have a windows box setup with cygwin and an ssh server that has been working fine, however today I came across a command I am trying to use that returns different results based on whether it is used ...
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What is Conime.exe and is it safe to delete / remove from startup?
Why am I posting this?
After googling this, the answers were very unclear, scattered and gave different answers. So, once I had worked out what this process was and what it does, I thought I'd help ...
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Proxy settings for HTTP request using libcurl
I am fairly new to HTTP Protocols involving proxies and authentication. I am working on an application that runs on Windows and uses the host network to send/receive HTTP/S requests. It also uses ...
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Simple Windows network
So my scenario: I need to set up Windows 2 computers with a shared drive so they are able to share data to run a program that manipulates the same dataset. I could do this really simply in linux but ...
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Quickly toggle between left- and right-handed mouse settings [duplicate]
I use the mouse in its left-handed setting, on Windows. However, I often have to collaborate hands-on with someone else in my computer, and I'd prefer to use the right-handed setting in those ...
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Delete a phantom directory created by Google Drive
I recently noticed that there is a file (a document) in my Google Drive that failed to sync. I didn't need it, so I deleted it.
Now, in my computers GD folder there is a directory with the name of ...
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how to make windows recognise only one USB?
I wanted to do a windows system to recognize and work only with my usb not others, is that possible?
Does any one know how to do that?
Thanks in advance.
