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Minidumps not generated after a bluescreen in Win8.1
Lenovo Flex 2-14, windows 8.1 64bit, 4GB RAM, 8SSD-500HDD. All software setup from factory.
The laptop freezes randomly without any pattern and BSOD.
The bluescreen says kernel_data_inpage_error ...
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Excel: Copy all cell values from an entire sheet to a new sheet, sort and deduplicate into a single list of unique values
The data (all text values) I have is scattered across the sheet (multiple rows and columns with gaps inbetween) and it is all calculated using formulas
now I would like to make sure that I know what ...
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How to mount an SMB share on Linux as normal user on the commandline nowadays?
This is basically the issue I mentioned in my answer to User space application for CIFS reformulated as question as I currently don't know a real solution.
In the past there was a tool called ...
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Access a USB device on both host and guest with VirtualBox
I have an OSX host with an OSX guest using VirtualBox and have multiple mobile phone devices attached, shared to the guest. When they are shared to the guest using VirtualBox USB filters I cannot ...
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adding and counting numbers and texts in Excel 2013
I need to add the following numbers including the X”s and the M”s, which will have the assigned value of 10 and 0, respectively. That is, in C6 to L6 and the result should be in M6. But also need to ...
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Generate pdf from markdown with appropriate formatting
How to export README.md file from bitbucket.org to .pdf file with the same formatting as they use on the bitbucket.org website? I tried a few convertors of .md to .pdf but output was horrible ...
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Is there a TeamViewer for the Linux console?
I have several Raspberry Pi's running DietPi (debian based) distributed in different locations. My clients are companies and everyone has a different network infrastructure.
I need to have access to ...
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Access ODBC connection made on another PC?
I have made an ODBC connection on a Windows XP machine.
I have another Windows 8 machine on the same network. I want to access that ODBC connection on XP from the Windows 8 machine without having to ...
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Refilling Epson printer cartridge with genuine Epson inks
Epson's latest printer inkjet series finally replaced cartridges with external ink tanks that users can refill with their ink. This is great, as it pushes ink prices as low as possible while ...
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Can't connect my monitor with DVI
My monitor has always been connected with VGA. I wanted to connect it with a DVI cable. I turned off the computer, connected the DVI and turn on the computer.
I received nothing on the screen, ...
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how to copy a sheet from a workbook to another workbook
Sub copySheets()
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
'Dim wkb As Workbook
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim wkb, wkb1 As Workbook
Set wkb = ThisWorkbook
Dim fd As ...
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Windows service is disabling Cortana - Windows 10 (ver 1511)
After updating to Windows 10 ver 1511 (build 10586.29) the following issues arose:
There is a two second delay from clicking the start menu to it appearing.
Search functionality within the start menu ...
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OS doesn't auto-detect usb stick(Kingston dt rubber 3.0 32GB) [duplicate]
I had an USB pendrive plugged in the laptop when the laptop froze. After that time I can't access my USB pendrive. It doesn't work on other computers either.
I checked disk management and it says "...
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Irregular Run-Time Errors in VBA using Copy Paste of a Shape
I'm curious about 2 VBA runtime errors. The curious thing is: 9 out of 10 times the code works perfectly fine. But from time to time one of the 2 following runtime errors appears:
Run-Time error '...
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Unix vs Excel sort
I have the following list of files sorted according to Excel:
a1.txt
a10.txt
a11.txt
a12.txt
a2.txt
If I use sort on Unix/Linux, I get the following order:
a10.txt
a11.txt
a12.txt
a1.txt
a2.txt
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On Windows, is mouse responsiveness affected by CPU load or disk I/O?
On my Windows machine, I've recently switched over from a wired USB mouse to a wireless RF mouse. The RF mouse uses a USB "dongle" to connect to my computer.
I've started noticing that at times when ...
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Block rename files with wrongly encoded filenames in Windows
I have a large number of files that (due to some multi-stage transport) have wrong filenames. For example a file that should be named
Τεχνικός Di 04.02.2014 23_43.msg
is currently named
+ñ+Á¤...
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VirtualBox guest OS internet access over host's configured proxy
I have a Xubuntu 14.10 guest running within VirtualBox on a Windows 10 host. The host is connected to a wired network which requires a proxy to access the outside world. The host is also connected to ...
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Use a SSD on linux to speed up the access to the data files on the HDD without wasting space and wearing it out?
I've bought a brand new 250GB Samsung 850 EVO for my laptop using Ubuntu that I want to use as primary storage device, together with the old, but still pretty functioning, 250GB 7500 RPM HDD that I ...
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Always coloring output of grep command
I almost exclusively use grep with -nr options and --color
Can I set something in my linux environment to use it by default?
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Windows 10 in VirtualBox keeps changing resolution
I'm running Windows 10 in a VirtualBox on a Windows 10 host. I installed the guest drivers provided by Oracle and indeed Windows dynamically changes the resolution of the screen to match the size of ...
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generating certificate keys for OpenVPN in Windows
I was looking into setting up OpenVPN on Windows... I've never done this before and was reading through their documentation and installation tutorials..
As in the newest realease, easy-rsa is not ...
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How can I calculate what sector of the partition an offset resides in?
I have an offset (1519748) and I want to calculate which sector of the partion (1) that the offset resides in. How would I calculate this?
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Not Able to Convert text to required dd-mm-yyyy in Excel
Having a headache trying to resolve below excel problem:
I am using Excel 2003 :
Import thousand of data from text.txt below format & trying to split
dd-mm-yyyy
-> 6022015 (7 Number)
->...
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Which features should I consider, other than encryption and data security, when choosing to buy a VPN service for longer period?
I wanted to know about features that makes a VPN worth buying. My main purpose of using a VPN is privacy and online security, but I want to get suggestions about other features that different service ...
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How to install Ubuntu in VMware workstation?
I want to install Ubuntu in my VMware workstation.
My laptop has Windows 7 32 bit. Can I install Ubuntu 64 bit in the VMware workstation or can I install a 32 bit version only?
Sometimes while ...
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Unable to start editing from the last point of edit in Word 2013
Word 2013 has introduced a nice feature to display a balloon, when opening a document and to allow user to scroll down to the point of last edit in that document.
This balloon is displayed in my Word ...
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Weird Laptop Power Connector
I just received a laptop without a power cord. I decided to go out and buy a power cord, but This type of DC jack is completely foreign to me. Does anybody know the name of it, or where I might be ...
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Find | grep doesn't work in Cygwin
I have cygwin installed and when I search for the source code with this command nothing show up, even that I have that string in a file
$ echo foo > bar
$ find . -name '*' | grep foo
Nothing ...
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Remove Chocolatey registration without uninstalling application
I want to be able to use choco upgrade all -y to update almost all of my Chocolatey packages.
Some packages represent applications that I want to have installed, but I no longer want them to be ...
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VirtualBox add virtual hard drive to an existing Debian
I use debian system in VirtualBox. I would like to add to this system, a new virtual hard disk. I went through the wizard, but the system can not see it. How to connect the new drive and format it?
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Microsoft Word 2013 - Hyperlink issues with figure captions inside text boxes
In my document I created a list of figures. When I add captions to the figures, some of them are "captioned" with plain text and in some images (mostly those that are through text) the ...
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Logrotate won't rotate log while saying it does
I have a logrotate config that worked normally, until all of a sudden it stopped doing so. I guess that it stopped rotating my log after I deleted and recreated the log folder while updating my ...
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How to batch "find-n-replace"in doc-files?
I have multiple .doc files with the following structure:
[useless text #1]
[useful text]
[useless text #2]
Blocks of useless text are the same across files.
How do I batch-delete these useless ...
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Unix find -size -1G ignore files which were returned by find -size -900M? [duplicate]
I need to tar-gzip files below a certain size in a directory. I tried the command suggested from this post and it works, but when I changed the argument for find -size to -1G, it ignores some files ...
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Can not connect to internet after changing locally administered address
I am following this tutorial to change MAC adresses.
It works when I do this with windows 10 pro on real hardware.
However when I use Windows 10 Pro in a virtual box VM I run into probles. After ...
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Is there a way to quickly delete/disable ALL scheduled Tasks?
Windows 7 (and newer versions) come with a large amount of pre-configured scheduled Tasks. Additionally various software sometimes adds more scheduled Tasks in the system.
Is there a way to disable ...
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PC RAM unusable and flatlining. As is CPU. Movies failing to play
I have an old PC I turned into a media server. It has a dedicated graphics card, and should by all accounts do what I want.
I'm struggling with transcoding via Plex (I can perhaps understand that), ...
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Use a mergefield as data for a displaybarcode-field
I am trying to use a mergefield in Word to populate the dataportion of a displaybarcode. In this case I am trying to set the employee-id as the data in a QR-code.
How I thought it should be done
{ ...
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Using TRRS headset as a microphone through Mic In?
Say I have a pair of headphones (headphones only, TRS) and a headset (sound and mic, TRRS).
Can I plug the headset into the Mic In 3.5mm port and use it as a microphone, while using the other pair ...
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pnmtopng on large file
I am running pnmtopng on a 101M, 3000x4000 pixel PNM file. I get the error pnmtopng: ASCII decimal integer in file is too large to be processed. every time I run it. I looked through the source and it ...
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Excel: Choose Minimum value providing correspondiong cell >20
My spreadsheet contains in column A a list of items and in column B the quantity of each item:
Column A Column B
110 30
220 30
380 60
I would like to display in a new ...
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Record a time-lapse screen-capture directly in ffmpeg
Can I use ffmpeg to record my Xorg desktop (without audio) at one frame a second into a video file that will play back the frames at 30 frames per second without requiring a conversion process?
The ...
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Is there a regedit or something to force my bootcamp Windows 10 to recognize my 2014 MacBook Pro touchpad as a Precision Touchpad?
Is there a regedit or something to force my bootcamp Windows 10 to recognize my 2014 MacBook Pro touchpad as a Precision Touchpad?
I realized it may be a driver thing, but it seems like there should ...
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How do I store RSA keypair in Windows?
I'm trying to write a simple Encryption-Decryption program using Openssl-RSA. When a data is encrypted, a keypair is generated. If I want to decrypt the data, I need the exact keypair that was ...
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Add program to startup linux server
Hello,
I have a Ubuntu Linux server (14.04) and i'd like to add NzbGet to the startup programs.
NzbGet Wiki tells me this :
Starting on boot
NZBGet can run in background as daemon (service)....
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How do I make a formula that updates when I enter a new value?
This question is hard to explain, but here I go. So I have this column of numbers, and I have another cell that I want to put a formula in. I want the formula to subtract the latest value in the ...
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Registration and grading: OneNote vs Google Drive for classroom management [closed]
Original question:
I wonder if the two services are comparable? If you are familiar with both, how do you compare and contrast their capabilities as far as classroom management is concerned? My ...
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Chrome seems to bypass local DNS server occasionally
I run my own caching bind server on my local network with a properly configured zone for my local domain 'local.lan'. This bind server happens to be running on an ESXI host inside an Ubuntu 14.04 ...
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Windows: How change the view icons on the window lower right corner
How I can change, say Details View icon to List View icon and Large Icons View icon to Tiles View icon ?
I've searched everywhere and found nothing about it.