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How do file associations work in Windows 8.1?
Windows 8 added metro apps. Since Metro apps are not run the same way as other programs, the file association seems to be different from other programs. How are files associated in Windows?
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Visual Studio not able to start
My windows crashed and I had to reboot it. When I rebooted back into Windows I was not able to start my Visual Studio. I get following error:
And in my ActivityLog.xml I have the following:
<...
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Error opening PDF files and change the size when copying from one PC to another
I have a very strange problem.
In the office I save the PDF file to the desktop (at work I have a license of Adobe Acrobat X Pro). With the file everything is OK, no problems.
Then connect from ...
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Exporting a contact folder doesn't export all contacts Outlook 2010
I'm having a weird problem. I have copied a public folder full of contact groups to my mailbox, then have exported it from there to a .csv file. The .csv file has 18 lines in it, one is a unique ...
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How can I test my mouse wheel click with windows 7
My mouse wheel click seems to be behaving intermittently with my Firefox browser. But I would like to test it to verify it is a hardware issue and not a software one. How can I test my mouse wheel ...
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Searching for a GPO's Name in a Windows 7 Event Log?
Is there a way to search for a particular string (a GPO) in a Windows Event Log Message? Instead of searching for an Event ID or filtering by event type?
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iptables problem in Evil Twin
I've been looking into the Evil Twin method and I found this steps:
Creating AP
airmon-ng start wlan0
airbase-ng -e PrivateWIFI -c 9 -v mon0
at0 Configuration
ifconfig at0 up
ifconfig at0 192.168....
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Access denied for C drive
I am using Windows 7 Home Basic.
By mistake, while showing a student demonstration, I went to C drive security and permissions and denied all the permissions. I was logged on as an administrator.
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Safe to delete Google's Update folder?
I am on Windows 7. This folder is located in C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google. WinDirStat tells me that it is currently 3.1GB in size! Is this some sort of temporary update folder that I can delete ...
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Is there a quick way to delete all shortcuts in Visual Studio 10?
VS10 is chock-full of shortcuts, most of which I find useless and sometimes even annoying. I would like to clear all of them, and then just set up the handful of shortcuts I actually want / use. ...
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inotify script stops after first change
Inspired by this superuser answer I have written the following copy_library.sh script, saved in the same folder as a file called library.bib:
#!/bin/sh
while inotifywait -e close_write library.bib; ...
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Linux cp command is not silent
I know with a -f cp should be silent but it's not!
I do
cp -rf Functional Functionalssssssss
and if Functional does not exist, it says
cannot stat 'Functional'...
but I just don't want to see the ...
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SubInACL using accent in usergroup name returns error 1337
I'm trying to reset my registry permissions to default because something modified it and causing some problems.
But when I replace the "Administrators" usergroup name with the translated one which ...
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Terminal error messages are not in English [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 15.04 installed on my machine. Currently terminal error messages are not in English (actually they are in Russian).
For example,
$ mmmm
mmmm: команда не найдена
I want to see
$ mmmm
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What is necessary for a virtualbox machine to be used with different hosts (linux and windows)?
One big advantage of Virtual Machines is the fact that they are somewhat independent of the underlying hardware.
My goal is to have a Virtualbox image on an external USB-drive that I can use with ...
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Router behind router
To extend my wireless upstairs I salvaged a second router and have been trying to set it up so that:
SSID matches with primary router
Password matches with primary router
Secondary router: Dlink DIR-...
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netstat -o timer value "probe"
A bit of background on the scenario.
I have a distributed application running on RH6.5 that uses JMS (OpenMQ 4.5.2) to send messages between hosts.
One host (Host A) receives information from network ...
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While Installing Ubuntu 15.04 need to know compatibility
I am trying to install Ubuntu 15.04. For that i downloaded Ubuntu 15.04 for Intel x86 version. Is that version suitable for my 64 bit Intel i7 processor. Also i would like to know if it is a stable ...
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mongod start failed (monogdb 3.0.2, database storageEngine-wiredTiger)
I was using mongodb for a month yesterday morning after unusual shutdown my mongodb is failing to start. Here I am using wiredTiger Storage Engine, I think the wiredTiger.wt file got corrupted but I ...
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How filter Ack or SYN packets
I am trying to create a traffic shaping by tc filters.
In this traffic shaping , I have two class's . one of them is to control user's traffic and other which has more bandwidth rate is to Ack or ...
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Can i use android processor like folding@Home to boost an old laptop?
Android devices are so powerful today you can virtually use it as a stand-alone desktop. I have an old Acer 5515 laptop with a single core AMD processor and I also have a quad-code android and i want ...
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Share OSX Yosemite updates over a network
We have about 7 networked Macs running Yosemite in an area with very poor broadband. When running the app store updates for just system applications all machine are trying to download them and ...
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Can Windows 8 and 7 be installed on the same UEFI computer?
My system has UEFI, and I want to install both Windows 7 and 8 on a large drive formatted for GPT (I want to also install a few other operating systems, and I need more than 7 partitions).
After ...
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How to auto-generate filename of PDF in wkhtmltopdf based on the page title?
I'm using the following syntax to generate PDF from URL:
wkhtmltopdf http://example.com/ example.pdf
Is there any way to generate filename automatically based on its page title?
So I'm expecting to ...
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Visual Studio 2013 sticks on splash screen for half an hour
I have Visual Studio 2010, 2012 and 2013. All of them take ages loading up and when they do are very slow. The used to work find but became incredibly slow after I installed a version of Power Tools. ...
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Mint opening wrong login screen sometimes
I've created my own login screen editing the code of Zukitwo-Circle. It works perfectly, but sometimes, instead of opening it, Mint simply opens GTK, the pure GTK, with no theme. Sometimes that ...
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Partition size from “df -h ” vs “fdsisk -l”
Partition size using "df-h"
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 19G 17G 516M 98% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev ...
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Installing a Windows O.S from another Windows System
I'm looking for a way to install a Windows O.S from a live running copy of Windows 7 (without rebotting, etc in a different drive) it's even possible? As far I searched there's only entrances to do as ...
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I can't press right click and icons disappeared on RHEL6
I'm only left with the desktop. When I right click, I get no response. Another problem is that there's no menus or icons.
When I try to open Nautilus it doesn't start.
When I tried to open it from ...
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EAS sync in OS X?
I am using an email provider (Zoho currently, but the problem seems to apply to multiple provider) that only supports EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) for proper sync (IMAP supports mail only, no contacts ...
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Batch File XCOPY Invalid number of parameters
I'm trying to create a backup batch file, it's been a number of years since I last did one and I'm having a bit of trouble.
I am creating a folder in one location with the date and time in the folder ...
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Virtualbox VMmanage cpuidset - access denied
hello I'm trying to install OS X Yosemite on my machine. Running a intel core i5-4210u CPU with Windows 8.1 and Virtualbox 4.3.26. however the installation freezes around 40-50% and doesn't progress ...
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cron expression for every hour starting from specific time
Every one hour (starting from "now") I am able to schedule using this cron expression (expression) using nodejs cron-job.
But I need to set cron every one hour starting from a specific time. For ...
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Determining root cause of strange colors in VLC
Recently I am getting strange colors when playing a video file in VLC. This does not occur all the time, but at random intervals. When I restart VLC the same video file plays fine.
Screen of VLC:
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Error installing SQL Server
Yesterday I installed SQL Server 2014 onto a Win2012 server that has already SQL Express 2014 installed. I uninstalled/reinstalled it three times, but to no avail: The server wouldn't start after ...
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How do I take a screenshot from a YouTube video? [duplicate]
My Prt Sc button is on the same button as my Home button. The Prt Sc is circled and under the word Home. I assume that you push Shift+Home to get Prt Sc to work. That is how it has worked in past ...
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Shut down and restart computer from search
In Windows 8.1, is it possible to shut down or restart the computer using only the keyboard?
When you click the Windows key on the keyboard, on the overlay you get a nice search box. Typing in "...
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YUMI multiboot usb path issue
I was create multiboot usb with YUMI software.
My bootable usb dir;
/bootwin7
/bootwin8
/multiboot
in bootwin7 folder;
/boot
/efi
/sources
/bootmgr
/bootmgr.efi
in menu.lst;
#start Win7SP1
title ...
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PC doesn't turn on on first try on the power button
Every morning when I try to turn on my computer, it doesn't boot.
It will only boot after several tries on pushing the power button. The PSU is alright as it powers the other fans immediately.
When ...
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How do I download Chromium dev build for OSX?
I'd like to try process monitor, and it requires the dev build, pointing you to this page. The same page also appears if I search for it on google.
However, that page includes a link for the "OSX dev ...
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Dropbox - soft link from external hard drive doesn't get recognized by Dropbox on OS X
I store some super large compilation of files on my external hard drive because there isn't enough space on my Macbook Pro. I would like to have them in my Dropbox as well. In this question Uploading ...
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Can not connect to Kubuntu GUI via remote desktop
I do not know what happened but I can not start my Kubuntu GUI via remote desktop. When I connect to machine I see terminal. I tried to do sudo startx and I've got following output:
What else do I ...
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Can the USB ports on a Lenovo Yoga 3 laptop stay powered when Ubuntu 15.04 suspends?
I can't find a BIOS setting to keep the USB ports powered on suspend. Wondering if Ubuntu can keep them alive? I just want them powered so some devices (phone) attached to the ports can carry on ...
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How to force Skype for Business as a front-end?
I use (as an end-user) Lync 2013 with a Lync 2013 Server infrastructure.
A recent Windows update brought Skype for Business as a replacement/alternative for the Lync 2013 client front-end. I ...
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How to "set up as new" in Windows 8.1 installation?
I am re-installing windows 8.1 on my laptop. I had logged in using my Microsoft account in the previous installation. After re-installing the OS, while setting up the user, I logged in using the same ...
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Acer Aspire E3-111 LCD flickers when connected to external monitor
I have an Acer Aspire E3-111 which is an Intel based laptop. It uses Celeron N2830 with Intel HD Graphics.
The laptop has HDMI port. My only problem is that the LCD flickers when I connect to a ...
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Restrict drive access on Windows Server 2003
I have a 2 TB Data drive. How can I deny access to it for specific users in my domain after 4 PM?
Is there any group policy that can do this?
Best Regards
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How to set Notepad++ GUI text to a bigger font?
I can't seem to find anything about this topic anywhere on the net, so I am asking here.
Is there any way to increase visual font styles of the interface's text of Npp?
I am not talking about the ...
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withdraw MAC address assignment
Is it possible to un-claim ownership of a MAC address via special kinds of gratuitous ARP or possibly by sending ARP packets with special addresses (e.g. 00:00:00:00:00:00) to invalidate cache table ...
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SSH config ignoring User parameter on OSX
My personal ~/.ssh/config:
Host officenet
User m.orlandin
Hostname versioning.officenet.prv
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/office_rsa
PreferredAuthentications publickey
actually my system username is my ...
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