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can't kill installer made with innosetup
For years I have been making installers with innosetup, on Windows XP SP3.
I have just installed the latest innosetup, 5.5.6 (u) (for Unicode) on Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit. I made a new installer,...
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find command outputs nothing
Recently, find command behavior is strange.
[root@luna ~]# find / -name \*.sh -print
[root@luna ~]# find / -name \*.sh -print
/home/data/tools/rd/RDService/scripts/createZipArchive.sh
/home/data/...
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Starting Illustrator causes panels on second monitor to be scaled down to thumbnail size
I have an iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) running El Capitan with an extra monitor.
I set Illustrator's Workspace in a way that my main screen opens in the main iMac monitor and all the panels open in the ...
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Gradle build takes a long time to complete in Android Studio
I'm facing an issue in the android studio, whenever I create a new project the Gradle Build or Sync takes hours to get completed. I'll be using both emulator and device to run the app.
My system ...
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Bash script: change to a directory with special chars
I have a bash script that goes through my music collection and downloads missing covers. The problem I have is that I can't cd to some directories which has '&' '(' and other characters.
The ...
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LXC containers not accessible using .lxc dns domain on Ubuntu 14.4
I have carried out the expected configuration and had this functionality working in the past.
The changes I made that had this working previously were:
Uncommenting the LXC_DOMAIN="lxc" line in /etc/...
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Deploy WIndows 7 over network
I want to deploy Windows 7 over the network with pre-installed software to 140 computers. I've read up on it, but I am not sure the exact process. Isn't there a fairly easy way to do this?
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Windows OS takes exclusive control of audio
So when I start up I hear the two sounds when loading and then after that I get no sounds, I do get the logoff sound if I power off or reboot (hence be thinking it is system sounds hijacking the ...
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cp -r is copying over files that don't exist
I'm trying to copy the contents of one directory to another using:
cp -r ~/dev/testing/app/ ~/dev/app/
It works, but it's copying over files that don't exist (at least visually).
For instance ...
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Routing Apple TV to hotel wifi using Internet Sharing on Macbook Pro -- something's wrong
Here's the idea:
"AppleTV" --ethernet-- --Thunderbolt ethernet adapter-- "Macbook Pro" --wifi adapter-- "Hotel wifi service"
I have the wifi service working properly on the macbook (it requires a ...
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VLC Player wont display sub or srt subtitles
I cant have VLC display .sub or .srt subtitles. Neither by naming video and subtitles files the same nor loading the subtitles manually will work. Only if I convert them into ASS or SSA they display ...
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Windows XP device not showing up in network
I've maintained a closed home network in my home which comprises of-
D-Link Router DSL-2750u [only LAN, not WAN]
Windows XP PC
iPad / Nexus 7 / Android Phones x 3 / Android TV
Also I made some ...
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Maintain duplicate files with same/ different names on a Windows NTFS drive? Use junctions, symbolic or hard links?
Maintain duplicate files with same/ different names on a Windows NTFS drive? Use junctions, symbolic or hard links?
I've read junctions, symbolic links and hard links, but its unclear how the ...
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How efficient the power usage using dedicated graphic card on laptop?
I am looking for a laptop with >= 13 inches full HD resolution screen, integrated graphic card and at least 4GB RAM (or upgradable). I hardly found one without dedicated graphic card. I have no ...
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HDMI Audio device no longer appears as playback device
After a windows update connectiong my television to my notebook with an HDMI cable does not reproduce sounds as it was always doing. The sounds now come only from the notebook speakers.
Looking into ...
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What is the difference between working on a machine and doing the same task over ssh?
I have been working at University on a local machine which is on a server that I have access to.
I have some c code and am able to carry out parallel runs of the code as expected.
However when I ...
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iTerm2 color scheme not working
I have trouble setting up colors for iTerm2. I have already checked this answer and done everything it says:
Color scheme not applied in iTerm2
But iTerm2 does not show any colour, besides white ...
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NAS causing Internet Time Outs on other computers
Yesterday I installed a new Synology DS715 NAS server. Since then the internet connection on all other LAN connected PCs encounter disconnects. This is most noticable when playing online games, which ...
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How to disable/enable usb port without software?
My PC got crashed 2 times due to friends USBs . I want to disable the USB port so that they can't connect their USBs to my PC.I did found some softwares but I want to do it without software.
If there ...
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LG E1942C-BN monitor refuses to enable white balance
I got this monitor the other day, and it refuses to enable "white balance" in the settings. If I try to toggle it from 'no' to 'yes', it just reverts back to 'no' a second later. Why does this happen?
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Windows bootable install media hangs with faulty drive
So, this laptop does not have a battery and the power was cut accidentally, when it was turned on again it just could not boot, I tried to mount the filesystem in read-only mode using a linux live USB ...
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ClamAV continous scan
I want ClamAV to continuously scan some folder in my computer; i was thinking something like extremely low priority scan of all files (background scan), and some high priority scan over created/...
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Hibernate Entities generated using IntelliJ have no Foreign Keys generated
I have a normalized SQL Server database with 20+ tables on it that created using SQL Server Management Studio 2014. I am able to connect to this database in IntelliJ and follow along with the steps ...
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pip hangs after upgrade to 7.1.2 on Windows x64
I am using the Anaconda distribution for my programming needs in python (Python 2.7.10 :: Anaconda 2.3.0 (64-bit)) - running under Windows 10. After upgrading the pip package manager to the latest ...
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How to fix a messy GRUB config with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15?
This is my set up - I have an SSD with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15 dual booted, and an additional HDD which I use for extra data.
Every so often I will get this error when selecting Windows 10 from the ...
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make environment variable available inside cmd script in windows
I am running a script like below, but the environment variable path does not contain C:\tmp inside script.cmd, how to make it available?
Os is windows.
cmd.exe /c "set path=%path%;C:\tmp && ...
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Downgrading from El Capitan to Yosemite
I need to downgrade mac os x on one computer, from El Capitan to Yosemite.
No Time Machine backups were done so i need to go with the os x bootable installer.
The problem is Yosemite does not ...
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Chrome devtools: How to change the touch emulation pointer shadow color
The devtools in Chrome/Chromium provide a device emulation for hand-held devices with touch screens. In this mode, the mouse pointer changes into a circular "shadow" to emulate a finger tip.
The ...
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Change Internet Explorer Build
I'm having a little problem on a webpage, but it occurs only on Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1, build 11.0.9600.18053. My actual installed build is the latest, which is 11.0.9600.18098
All ...
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"You need administrator permission to make changes to this file", without actually making changes to the file
It is the standard "You need administrator permission to make changes to this file" error about files on the C: drive.
Here comes the fun part:
1. I am an administrator
2. I have disabled UAC
3. I ...
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How to upmix stereo to 5.1 in VLC
I'm trying to play non-5.1 (stereo) movies on VLC (Windows version) on a 5.1 system. Unfortunately, VLC by default doesn't upmix stereo to 5.1. I've tried experimenting with different settings and ...
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How can I find out exactly what caused the wake-up of Windows 10?
I had this problem once before when I was running Windows 7. I don't remember which device was causing the insomnia but I remember running the command powercfg -lastwake which told me exactly which ...
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People content varies from Contacts
I have Outlook 2013 as one of my work installed applications.
I have two issues with my People and my Contacts list (that is available under Address Book)
The two lists have differences, even after ...
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Delete files with broken file name
I was using NodeJSPortable on a PortableApps flash drive that was plugged into a computer I didn't have administrative access to. I tried running npm install socket.io not only did it not work but it ...
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YUMI reliability problems
I'm using YUMI by Pendrivelinux to make a multiboot flash drive, but it seems to be unreliable. I have a USB 3.0 64GB flash drive and I can get it to boot, but I've had problems. Seemingly ...
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Caps lock won't turn off automatically in Office 365 after running a particular program
I am experiencing an issue with SBClient, which is an IBM Telnet client, interacting with Office 365 2016.
I upgraded a user to Office 365 2016. Before they run SBClient, when they use spell check ...
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Permanent Blank Screen after lid close? -Ubuntu 14.04
Can you guys be of assistance? Ubuntu Newbie here.
Hp M6 Envy laptop
I closed my lid to move with my laptop and by the time (10 mins) i opened it the screen was totally blank not black , blank. I ...
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MacBook Air - No internal speaker sound after boot (icon not greyed out + no red light)
I don't know when I've started having this, but with my MacBook Air 2015 13", the volume icon only shows "Headphones" as an output device option.
The icon is not greyed out, nor is there any red ...
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Outlook 2016: "Network Error" popup on attachment's Save As dialog
I have a Windows 8.1 laptop that displays a "Network Error" pop up whenever the user clicks Save As on an Outlook 2016 attachment. The path in the message is a UNC to her old laptop (which has been ...
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git asking for HTTPS username/pass even though remote is ssh
I've tried all solutions to this that I've come across but none of them appear applicable.
My remote is definitely, 100% ssh:
r ssh://ubuntu@r/home/ubuntu/r (fetch)
r ssh://ubuntu@r/...
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RDP connection unstable, although ping is fine
I use VPN (PPTP) + Remote Desktop to connect to my work machine (both running Windows 10).
The remote desktop connection is not as stable as I would like it to be: Usually, everything is fine and ...
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Excel 2010 Password Protected Book Accepts More Than One Password
I use Excel 2010 64 bit (14.0.6023.1000)
A workbook that is being protected by password "flu" and be unprotected by password "flu" OR " ab". Why is that? First of all, I thought beginning with Excel ...
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Internet explorer proxy does not follow exceptions after reboot
After a reboot any proxy exceptions are ignored by Internet explorer 11.
I can go to the list, add an ";" at the end and apply and everything will work as excpected. After a reboot the same behaviour ...
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How do I create a torrent from direct link?
I want to download a video from web but downloading directly may be interrupted. So, i am trying to find a way that I can download it through torrent, like what Burnbit.com can do.
However, I have ...
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Just want to send email from my Windows Server 2012, what simple SMTP server to use
I'm trying to configure SMTP on my window server 2012. I do the same as mention here (http://www.vsysad.com/2014/09/setup-and-configure-smtp-server-on-windows-server-2012/). I am trying to send test ...
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System diagram that users can drill down into
I am soon going to be creating some system architecture at work.
Like any large system, there are different levels from which you can view the system. Very high, down to the nitty gritty.
I was ...
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"sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified" error
I am getting "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified" error while executing command like "sshpass -p password ssh user@remote sudo ls".
Can one help me out... I tried it over few PCs. ...
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Spanning volume disk usage [duplicate]
I have two SSD disks of 256GB and I want to create a single spanning volume of 512GB. I am using Windows 10. What I want to know is how will Windows handle this under the hood.
Will the first disk ...
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Is it possible to save a dynamic path to Matlab search path or pathdef.m?
I want to add a path like
getenv('userprofile'),'\Dropbox\Matlab\example1'
to the Matlab pathdef.m file. The system variable %userprofile% will change from computer to computer.
Adding the phrase ...
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How to disable caching in windows server 2012 R2?
How to disable caching in windows server 2012 R2 ? Any way to set it to a minimal value is also fine. Also disabling caching for a particular application will also work as only 1 application is run ...
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