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What is the easiest way to keep an offline copy of a webdav share? [closed]
I have a webdav share configured for my small group of users. This is great for sharing files, like Dropbox. But it lacks Dropbox's functionality of keeping the files locally when the computer is ...
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What is technically wrong with fast OS switching?
An application (fast switcher) stays resident before the OS starts, and will be activated using a key combination (for example: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Esc). After detecting the key combination, the ...
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Completely remove user account and create another with same name in Windows 7
Here's my question simply and then the details in case they help to get me an appropriate answer.
Question: How can I completely and permanently delete a user account in Windows 7 so that I can ...
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Windows XP shortcut key to focus a particular window
Say I've got several apps open and I want to keyboard shortcut to focus, or bring to the front, a particular window. Of course I know about alt+tab to cycle through windows, but it would be great to ...
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SSH to Cygwin is slow to respond
I have a Cygwin machine that runs sshd.
When I try to login the machine with SSH, it takes a while to get a response.
With the command ssh -v user@cygwin, I see that there are two commands that ...
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cp command not working with wildcards on Mac OS X
I am using the following command on a Mac OS X machine:
cp "/Users/username/Desktop/silverlock-dev/silverlock/../3rdparty/botan-build-desktop/src/libBotan*" "/Users/username/Desktop/silverlock-dev/...
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Using Different Mappings for Uppercase and Lowercase of the Same Key
I'm trying use AutoHotkey to map some key combinations in a way that respects upper and lowercase, but I cannot get it to work. For example: I want:
AppsKey + L types "a"
AppsKey + Shift + L types "...
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Use LAN to interface Synergy while having WiFi connected to internet
Similar question and solution
I have LAN and WiFi connection, with the WiFi connected to internet and the LAN is simply connected via an Ethernet cable between two computers. I need to get Synergy ...
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Disable On Screen Keyboard in Windows 7
I run Windows Embedded Standard 7 with a multi touch screen (running on the UPDD driver 4.01.10). The system is running an application in kiosk mode with no need for any other input device.
The On ...
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Installing Windows 7 (dual-boot) after having installed Windows 8
I have installed Windows 8 Pro x64 over my previous Windows 7 installation. However, I need to re-install Windows 7 on a second partition, in other words, with dual-boot functioning.
When I boot the ...
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Windows restarting certain applications after a Windows Update
So I've come across this strange function in Windows where after a Windows Update and the reboot it tries to restore your session prior to restarting.
This though only works with Microsoft's own ...
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How to let full-screen be on specific monitor?
I have two displays, they're arranged as:
+----------+
| |
+--------+ B |
| A | |
+--------+----------+
With an application, say Adobe Reader, I can ...
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Can I use a USB monitor (like Mimo) as a primary monitor?
I have an old PC in the den without Video Card (I have to remove it after it start failing). I access it through Remote Desktop.
I don't want to invest in a new video card since the PC is old.
If I ...
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How is OS X Disk Utility's secure erase mode in comparison to other commerical secure delete methods/apps?
Within OS X, the utility Disk Utility has a secure erase for hard drive formatting. It has 1,7, and 33 pass options, which to my knowledge are very good writting random data to the drive. What does ...
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Multiple Copies of Windows Calculator
Just did a clean install of Win7 x64. I have a Microsoft Ergo Keyboard 4000 and use the calculator key a lot.
Previously, in Windows XP, I could hit it and get multiple copies of calculator to popup. ...
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if one doesn't care about protecting a gpg secret key, is it still as secure as using gpg --symmetric?
Each of Alice and Bob is using gpg just to protect his/her own personal files and not using it as a way to send encrypted text to others. Alice has generated a key (gpg --gen-key) that she uses to ...
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In Excel, how to fill down consecutive integers following a pattern 1, 1, 2, 2,
In Excel, I know how to use the "fill down" feature to populate a column of sequential numbers.
I would like to do this but following a pattern like:
1
1
2
2
3
3
Does anyone know how to do this? I ...
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Distortion on human voices but not music [duplicate]
I bought a Dell Inspiron N4110, the sound plays fine from the speaker, but when I plug my earphone (which has the 4-segment TRRS jack, i.e. stereo+mic) then human speech gets distorted although ...
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Can I use the same OEM windows 7 key on two computers in my house
Will I be able to, and what is the worst that can happen to my laptop with the original OEM key. Will Microsoft invalid my key on both computers or not. And my brother did this for the other computer
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windows 8 screen shutting off too soon
I went to the power options and changed the settings to make it wait ten minutes before shutting off the screen, but the screen still shuts off after a minute,
I've tried setting different time ...
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How can you disable the auto startup of iTunes when connecting an iPhone?
My iPhone is synced with my home PC which is all working fine. What I want to do is plug my iPhone into my work mac and have it charge but not do any syncing.
The problem is that when I plug the ...
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Is it possible to delete `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft` folder without breaking programs?
I have a large hard drive, but over the course of time, I find that I now only have 5 GB of space. While manually looking through my hard drive, I noticed that the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft ...
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What happened to my "Predefined rules" in Windows Firewall? How can I get them back?
Windows Firewall Advanced Settings in Windows 7 , has predefined rule sets.
When I click the "Add Rule..." button in my Windows 7 Ultimate install, it looks like this:
But, on a machine I have ...
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How can I print Excel spreadsheet files automatically?
My company has computer-generated reports that come out as Excel spreadsheets which are emailed to the Billing Department. They would like these reports to be automatically printed as they are ...
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How does Windows Actually Handle File Associations?
I have a problem with file associations. My C# application can set the file association for its own extension so that users double clicking the project file it uses will open my app and load the file....
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cp: reading `filename': Input/output error WHY?
I wish to know what could be the possible cases for this error:
cp: reading `filename': Input/output error
I am getting this message when I am trying to copy a big file of around 50MB.
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Why is the file copy speed over wireless so slow?
I am copying files from one powerful computer to another on my home network. The files are copying slower than what it would take to download them over the internet. If my connection is supposed to be ...
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SpeedFan cannot find my fan
My laptop (SONY VAIO VGN-CR390) is getting hot recently and the fan doesn't seem to work at high speed. I installed SpeedFan and it reads my CPU temperature @60C+ consistently. However, it cannot find ...
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Make a Windows 7 shortcut to a specific pdf page
Is there a way to make a Windows 7 shortcut to a specific pdf page?
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How to store small amounts of data in the most durable way?
I would like to store a small amount of data (< 50 MB), in a durable way. Besides printing out on paper or engraving it, what is the most durable way?
The scenario I am thinking of is storing it ...
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Is there a way to suspend individual desktop applications to disk? (primarily Linux)
Note that this question is different than, but related to, "How do I suspend my computer?" It is also different than, but related to, questions about the "session management" capability in popular ...
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How to set default file format for MS Paint [duplicate]
I'm using MS Paint on WinXP at work, for capturing simple screenshots.
Problem: MS Paint always wants to save in BMP format.
How can I set PNG to be Paint's default file-saving format?
Note: ...
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Will my RAID0 stay intact when I move it to a new computer?
My primary drive is a 250GB WD SATA drive. So, I added 2x 500GB 7,200 RPM WD SATA drives into my Windows Vista box and created a 1TB RAID0. I then formatted the the primary drive and installed Windows ...
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I don't want my DHCP to be a default gateway
I have a device which runs a DHCP server. When I connect it with USB to my computer, the PC gets an IP address and the device becomes the default gateway. I just want the device to agree on IP ...
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Document Map in MS Word 2007 going bonkers
I’m working on a large project report in Microsoft Word 2007 and have been using the document map to generate the index. I have been carefully selecting the headers that need to be added to the ...
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pen cursor in OneNote can be hard to see when using tablet peripheral
When the pen tool is selected, it happens very often that an interval after doing some inking, I cannot see where the cursor was/is, since it's just so tiny. This is difficult even if I shake the ...
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Windows 8 Start Screen Wallpaper File Location?
I was wondering if there is a specific file location for all the Windows 8 start screen backgrounds. I'm not interested in modifying the wallpapers, but I want to make an app with these wallpapers ...
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Is Windows Kinect different from Xbox Kinect?
I couldn't tell from the official site whether Windows Kinect is just an SDK, or another hardware piece that works only with Windows. What's the difference between a Windows Kinect and an Xbox Kinect?
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List SMB network shares and usernames they're authenticated under from command prompt
As noted in list network shares from command prompt, in Command Prompt (cmd.exe), I can use the following command to list available network shares:
net view \\computer
In my case, this gives ...
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"Host USB device connections disabled" in VMware?
I installed Linux, Windows XP and Chrome OS in VMware Workstation 7 and in every OS the USB host doesn't work. When I start some of the Operating Systems this message shows up:
Host USB device ...
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What is a Jump list in Windows?
In Windows 8, when I right-click the taskbar and choose Properties, I see a new second tab called Jump lists instead of Start Menu:
What are these lists and where can I access them?
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Why can I hear the cursor flashing on my screen through my headphones?
As well as just about everything else that changes on the screen, from loading a webpage, scrolling a window, typing, moving the mouse around, etc.? I have the headphones on, and I can hear it all. ...
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Can I plug my standard phone into an ethernet jack?
I just moved into a new house and it's wired for ethernet. There's a junction box that has a "Bridged Telecom Module TM-8" in it. My cable modem's phone jack is plugged into the "Line In" on that box ...
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µTorrent auto remove completed download
I am using µTorrent v2. Is it possible to remove a file from µTorrent when a download has finished automatically? I want to keep µTorrent open rather then closing it down.
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How to connect Windows 8 Mail, Calendar and People to Exchange Server?
I'm unable to connect default metro applications (Mail, Calendar and Poeple) to corporate Exchange server.
I run the app and in setting select Add account > Outlook account. I fill the email and the ...
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jVi alternative that supports .vimrc
Considering that jVi does not support .vimrc files, what alternatives do we have that do support .vimrc files? Specifically, I have many handy insert-mode mappings that I would prefer not to give up, ...
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Sublime Text 2 - insert breaks to match current wrapping?
Is there an automated way to insert line breaks at every point where the text is currently wrapping? After this operation, no lines should be wrapped, but it should look visually identical.
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Is it possible to buy Windows 8 online as a digital download?
Is it possible to buy windows 8 online as a digital download? (the full install non-upgrade version)
Similar to the way windows 8 upgrade can be bought as a digital download from windows.microsoft....
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Windows command line binary diff tools
Is there a Windows command-line diff tool that is free?
I need to compare two binary files and see if they are different or not. I'm not interested in how they are different I just need to know if ...
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How to execute a scheduled task with "schtasks" without opening a new command line window?
I have a batch file that creates a scheduled task using schtasks like this:
schtasks /create /tn my_task_name
/tr "...\my_path\my_task.bat"
/sc daily
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