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My external hard drive has a 360 GB system file

I have a 2 TB external hard drive. Inside the Windows hidden folder "Systeme Volume Information", there is a 360 GB system file. What can it be ? I also noticed the other day when I tried to back up ...
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Unable to mount windows hard drive on linux live usb

I am fully shutting down windows with "shutdown /s /t 0". I also tried "shutdown /s /f /t 0" I then insert my linux live usb and boot from it. Everything works fine, but when I try to access my ...
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Restore Windows bootloader on Virtual Machine [duplicate]

I recently p2v'ed my old Computer into a virtual machine. Since it had a dual-boot and I only copied the Windows partition this broke GRUB. I can still boot Windows with Rescatux though. So my ...
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Expanding wireless coverage: What are the differences between LAN to LAN and LAN to WAN when it comes to connecting two wireless routers?

I'm trying to link two wireless routers with an Ethernet cable in order to expand my wireless network. Both routers need to provide wired and wireless Internet access. I'd like to know the ...
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PuTTY working, Terminal SSH is not (with Private Key)

Setup a new server (on Rackspace), got it working in PuTTY/KiTTY. When I run from terminal (Cmder), it asks me to enter a passphrase (which PuTTY doesn't), I hit "enter" (there is no passphrase), ...
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How to tar a file whose name starts with -

I want to tar a file whose name id : -i_jkhv34 but I am getting an error : tar: invalid option -- '_' is there any way to do so?
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Adding non-executable (Tex/text) files to my PATH?

I have two files that I would like to call from any one of multiple working directories on my computer, so I added them to a folder of resources that I've added to my path (and then sourced my ....
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What is adcjavas?

Recently, a strange file came up during one of my regular DISMs, adcjavas.inc. The only place I can seem to find it is in my C:\Windows\WinSxS\ directory, but that doesn't really give me too many ...
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Lotus Notes won't open link in embedded browser

We are developing an application that will send email notifications to users in our company's network. There's two ways for a user to access to their account email: through the Lotus Notes desktop ...
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Save Microsoft Word 2010 document as PDF and preserving inter-document bookmarks

Using Microsoft Word 2010, on Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, without any PDF-generation COM add-ins/add-ons installed: Is it possible to save documents that have hyperlinks pointing to bookmarks in ...
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Trouble deleting registry using CMD

I am trying to delete the following registry key via CMD but am getting "ACCESS DENIED" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Pastel The above registry cannot be deleted manually as it ...
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Login prompt remains after deleting user

I delete a user using deluser. I can't find any file related to it on the system, no entry in /etc/passwd, but on login screen it still remains, prompting for login. Why so?
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How can I instruct curl to reuse credentials after it followed a redirect?

I know that curl can follow redirects (the -L argument), and I know that I can provide credentials to a request (-u username:password), but I want to use both all the way down the redirect chain. How ...
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How do I add a Bluetooth COM port in the Win8 Device Manager?

I am trying to set up terminal communication across two Windows 8.1 bluetooth devices - my workstation and an HP Stream 7 Tablet. The devices see each other, pair, and can transmit files, however the ...
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Failiure to update Windows defender virus & spyware definition - 0x8024402c

An error with error code 0x8024402c is thrown each time while trying to update Windows Defender's virus & spyware definition. Checked the following for diagnosis, and found no problem with these;...
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In Excel, how can I check and output the list which are different between two columns?

Eg. I have List A and List B. List A includes (1,2,3,4,5) List B includes (6,2,3,4,0) I want the output which are not in the list A: 6,0 Without returning error like in vlookup. Thanks in advance!
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Can I activate a different version of Windows using an OEM key?

I wanted to reinstall Windows on my laptop, which came with Windows 8.1 Pro. I accidentally reinstalled it using a non-Pro install medium. Now Windows won't activate with the key from my initial ...
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SFTP with Google Authenticator for 2FA

For my servers I'm currently using Google Authenticator for 2-Factor Authentication over SSH and it works as it should. One issue that I have is that trying to connecting to my servers over SFTP using ...
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system interrupts using 25% cpu?

System interrupts seems to be jumping to 25% cpu and then back down when I'm running OBS and have my Blue Yeti Pro plugged in. Not sure as to why this is happening, and I can't find any information ...
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IE 11 Operating System is not Supported

Am trying to install IE 11 in windows 7 professional 32 bit OS but it showing error. please find the attachment you get know..please help me out this issue... Error Like, "operating system is not ...
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Domain email is on Google Apps, but want one account on Office 360

I've got a domain on Google Apps with almost all the accounts happily using Google's web interface for their email and calendar. However if one user needs to use Outlook (hosted Exchange) is there a ...
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Ubuntu server as DHCP server for dual stack

I currently have an Ubuntu server on VirtualBox set up to give hosts on my GNS3 topology IPv4 addresses, and it is working without issues. However, I would like to have that same DHCP server give out ...
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Why an OS has same name on different achitectures?

What is the similarity in running a same OS (like Linux) on different architectures? I mean, we cannot run Linux x86 apps on Linux ARM. And even the OS itself is constructed differently for different ...
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Is it possible to fake Internet traffic? [closed]

I'm looking for a way to fake my Internet traffic so that any connections made to other websites on the Internet will look like a static connection. (i.e when i'm downloading files or visiting pages ...
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Laptop started to crash on low memory conditions

I have a Lenovo T420s that has recently been freezing and then crashing with a blue screen (Windows 7). It has 8GB RAM and a SSD hard disk. I frequently max out memory so hitting the pagefile a lot. ...
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Changing existing Excel data

I have a list of telephone numbers already in Excel. None of them have a 0 in front of them .I need to out a zero in front of them for my touch dialling phone system. Is it possible to create a rule ...
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How to make a local tar file of a remote directory

This link describes how to copy tarred files to minimise the amount of date sent over the network. I am trying to do something slightly different. I have a number of remote files on different ...
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can not update ubuntu, failed to download files

I'm trying : sudo apt-get update and get : ravit@ubuntu:/$ sudo apt-get update Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease ...
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I am trying to run a cronjob but it is not executing correctly

I have the following line in my crontab */1 * * * * /usr/bin/screen -S lftp /bin/bash /media/c419d280-9833-4432-b5a5-520f040b87ec/NASDataDisk1/Other/autolftp-sftp.sh >> /media/c419d280-9833-...
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What is MASQUERADE made for?

A simple redirection is used on my server, with iptables rules : $ iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 13.37.42.1:80 $ iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j ...
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Remote desktop (windows) log on previous user

When I RDC into a windows machine and then close the remote desktop connection the remote pc is left on the login user screen. How can I have the PC switch back to the original user when I log off ...
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How to install Windows after installing and deleting Linux

After installing Linux Mint I formatted my HDD (using the bootable usb linux mint's partition manager Gparted) (ntfs formatted). The reason was that I want to install windows. I have my bootable ...
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expose Btrfs snapshots with samba4 and vfs_shadow2

I'm trying to implement the vfs_shadow2 module with samba 4.2 running on Fedora 22 to get windows explorer feature "previous versions" on clients to work. The shared "folder" is an Btrfs subvolume in ...
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Keeping data separate from OS

Is there a simple way to configure windows/linux/mac so that the OS is installed on a separate HDD/SSD to all the user data which is stored on one or more drives?My motivations are: Quick and easy ...
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Windows: Stop users from deleting files NTFS

I've changed the NTFS permissions on a folder called share1 that means users from group 'nodelete' do not have permissions 'delete' or 'delete subfolders and files' This seemed to work OK, except one ...
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My Laptop is not allowing me to install new windows. I just forgot the BIOS password. Is there any assembly code or solution for the same?

I have set BIOS password few years ago. Now I forgot the password. While installing new Windows or formatting, it asks for the password. I don't know how to reset it. Is there any backdoor password ...
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Apache drops connection after 20 seconds

Hi i have an apache server. Our client sometimes make slow requests, it makes the connection and takes over 20secs to send data. Somehow there is any timout which drops this connections after 20 ...
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Concat string with variable after a 'grep'

Here is the structure of my file: g-4.n.g.fr 10.147.243.63 g-4.n.g.fr-w1 Here is my script: #! /bin/sh ip=10.147.243.63 worker=$(grep -e $ip $1 | awk '{ print $3; }') echo "[Hostname: ]" echo $...
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Part 2: How to open console2 (or any other exe) through the explorer location bar

I'd like to open Consolez from the address bar in explorer, which is easy enough, but the problem is, it's pointless to do it if want ConsoleZ to start in explorer's current directory. I've tried some ...
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Viewing extensions' proxy settings in chrome

How do I view proxy settings of a Chrome extension? When I go to Settings - Network, it says: Your network proxy settings are being managed by an extension. Please let me know if the question is ...
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Why rdp local drives don't work until I view the settings and reconnect?

I have some users that use remote desktop connection and recently they cannot access their local network drives within the remote session. When I view the settings under local resources and click on ...
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How may multiple LAN connected users control a single Windows instance (or run multiple Windows instances) simultaneously?

I am thinking of something like the combination of Synergy and TeamViewer but where multiple mouse pointers and keyboard inputs can work in parallel. Does anything exist to achieve this? Some ...
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Intel RST driver - magic performance boost (only) up till version 11.2.0?

what's the magic behind the massive write speed performance boost by intel RST drivers up till and including version 11.2.0? i have done some performance measurements of my application that is extreme ...
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Setting the profile level for libx265 using ffmpeg

I'm trying to set the profile level of libx265 to mainstillpicture using ffmpeg. But I can't seem to do so. I'm basically trying to encode every frame as intra frame (only spatial encoding) with no ...
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Function excel for split a cell, vlookup into a column and concatena

I've one range with the value in column 1 and I want to look for the cells in Column 2 if they are in the range of col 1. When they are in the range I want the function to give me the value is col 2 ...
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Is mounting a filesystem as read-only enough to prevent FS/data corruption in case of power loss?

I have a home-made HTPC setup. I often plug and unplug USB drives on it (be it HDD/SSD or USB memory stick). I was wondering whether just unplugging these drives without umounting them first would be ...
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Unresolvable broken dependencies, none of 'apt-get' commands works

Before I explain the problem, I should say that I have tried all other answers to similar questions and troubleshootings around the Internet, and none of them works. To be more specific all apt-get ...
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Disable DNS proxy in Internet Connection Sharing

I have BIND installed and ICS enabled. When computer starts, ICS binds 53 port before BIND. I tried to set ICS dependency from BIND, but looks like named need some time before port binding, and ICS ...
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Is there a way to stop terminal from saving commands?

Well, the thing I'm tired of clearing my terminal history again and again. So I was wondering if there's a way that the terminal doesn't record your history or the commands you've used. If not, is ...
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How to disable sticky corners in Windows 10? [duplicate]

My question is the same as this one : How to disable sticky corners in Windows 8? But I didn't find the values to change in the registry. Any idea how to fix this on Windows 10 ? edit : I tried this ...
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