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How is a WSD printer different from a non-WSD printer?
I installed my printer today (Epson Expression Photo XP-750) and I saw that Windows 7 was asking me to choose between two different printing devices, even thou they both belong to the same physical ...
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Do faulty 100mb half-duplex connections flood a subnet with collision traffic?
I'm on a subnet where a lot of machines are falsely getting set to 100 megabit half-duplex connections. Could this potentially slow down other machines on the network that have proper full-duplex ...
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MS Word custom style displays white separator lines
I am trying to setup a custom style within MS Word 2013 that would display code snippets. So far everything is alright, except there are white separator lines on every 2nd line. I have searched quite ...
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iMessage blocked by VPN's proxy
When I'm connected to a certain VPN I have to use a proxy configuration file to access the internet. I think that iMessage uses a port that is blocked by the proxy (5223). Is there a way to direct ...
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PowerPoint not embedding whole music clip
I'm creating a PowerPoint presentation in which I must include a 30 second sound file.
It's not important whether or not the file is embedded or linked, as the presentation will be local, but no ...
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What does this iptables rule mean: tcp flags:0x06/0x02 TCPMSS clamp to PMTU?
What does this iptables rule mean: tcp flags:0x06/0x02 TCPMSS clamp to PMTU?
Doing iptables -vnL on my DD-WRT router shows the following rule in the FORWARD chain: TCPMSS tcp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/...
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How to direct connection local lan + WIFI internet?
I am running 2 computers.
Each have a WIFI connection to the router (other location in the house) which provides internet.
I would like now to directly connect those 2 computers via their Gigabit ...
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How to stop Windows 8 from caching large files?
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The video files I talk about were unrelated to LoL (game). They were separate files that I personally downloaded. Of the 8GB that was used then the game crashed, the game was using less than ...
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Getting connection timeout when using sendmail
I’m using CentOS (basically):
$ uname -a
Linux sandbox.my-domain.com 3.4.76-65.111.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 14 21:06:49 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and trying to send email using ...
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Batch Launcher With Variables
This batch launcher was created so that batch files won't launch a command prompt window... Now that i'm adding more variables to it, it's not working...
I'm launching the VBScript like so;
wscript ...
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How do I get secondary monitor to display separate video feed in Windows 7?
I need to have a rather unusual setup where the primary monitor must be isolated from the secondary monitor. The mouse pointer must stay in the primary monitor at all times while the secondary monitor ...
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Send Esc key in KDE 4?
I am trying to set up a custom shortcut to map Esc to Esc:Esc, i.e. simulate a double press on Esc key, and so far have had no luck.
(systemsettings -> gestures and shortcuts -> custom shortcuts)
I ...
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quotes around filenames confuse bash script
I am writing a script that applies a command to loads of files. The way I automate this boils down to
#!/bin bash
for in_file in ${PWD}/*/*/*.txt; do
out_file="${in_file//in/out}"
CM="/usr/...
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How do I delete the “Apps” bookmark in my bookmark bar on linux?
The bookmark is can be easily removed on windows. User can right click on it to remove it. How do I remove it on linux?
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Is there a tool that could help me use my Linux scripts in Windows? [duplicate]
I am new here. I would like to know if there is a tool that would help me use my Linux scripts in Windows? I am more comfortable with Linux commands than Windows. I also tried to download a software ...
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Connect to virtual machine on ESXi host from the Internet
I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 server with ESXi 5.5 installed on it. Server is connected to switch, switch is connected to router, router has internet access. On ESXi I have one virtual machine, Windows ...
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Minimum standalone graphics card requirements for dual monitor display
I am researching on hardware requirements for my new PC. One of my requirements is to have dual monitor display to use while programming. I understand that most integrated graphics cards do not ...
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Why can't I always ask for re-authorisation in Pidgin?
In Pidgin I sometimes have the problem, that I am not authorized to a friends account, so I cannot see his online status.
In the beginning, there is the option to "(re)-ask for authentification", but ...
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Elantech touchpad recognized as PS/2 mouse Ubuntu 13.10
My Elantech touchpad won't work correctly in Ubuntu 13.10 (I had the same problem with 13.04).
I can move the cursor and left/right click, but the sensitivity is too high, no scrolling, and no ...
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Get git-repository commit into different git-repository branch
Consider the following setup: One Repository1 sits on Bitbucket. A local working copy is situated on my machine. I change files locally, commit and push to Repository1.
Changes in Repository1 (on ...
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Accessing an old, populated hard drive with a NAS?
Trying to brush up on my general understanding of hard drives and partitions...
I have an old SATA hard drive with a load of stuff on it. As far as I'm aware it wasn't the OS's boot drive before I ...
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Dell Latitude e6420 128GB SDXC Card
I am using a Dell Latitude e6420 at work with a 120GB SSD which is running out of space due to many VirtualBox drives for testing various browsers.
I am looking at a couple of options for expanding ...
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x32 and x64 architecture difference in operating with numbers
For example in Java programming language we can use int (32 bit) or long (64 bit) values.
As I understood 32 bit cpu can operate with 32 bit numbers in one cycle.
There is 32-bit and 64-bit cpu's. So ...
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Can I use Nand flash as a swap memory in Embedded Linux?
I have 128 MB of Ram in one of my products, which was sufficient when we released first version of the product.
But now we added some extra features in it, So this much Ram may cause a problem of OOM.
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Network limited in dorm but I have password [closed]
So I just moved into dorm and I received username/password for my internet connection. When I plug in ethernet cable I got Ethernet and under it Limited so I suppose I should enter username/pass ...
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How to exec two commands in one find
I would like to
find specific folders
echo their name
ls -l their contents
My problem is that I don't know how to combine an echo {} and an ls -l {} in one find command.
line for echo:
sudo find ...
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Want to Control my Internet Speed [closed]
I want to control my bandwidth. Is there any way to control my Internet speed? I just want control my net speed. Please suggest any type of software or manual setting on Windows 7. Thanks in advance.
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How to exit a batch script when a command is not found
I want the terminal to close itself if adb is not recognized.
ADB is a program this script will utilize to detect device.
Here is a bit of my script
echo My name is RomBreaker
echo.
echo And I'm ...
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Find using Grep everywthing that starts with "country=" but not "country=US"
I'm running varnishlog | grep "country=" but I want to find all traffic not originating in US.
I need something using OR and NOT .
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In associative arrays, assigning index and value at the same time
In a bash script I found the following but though it works I cannot understand its logic
REMOTESNAPS+=(["$FS"]=" $SNAP")
The statement above adds an element to the associative array REMOTESNAP by ...
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How to display the last user logged in Windows 7 PRO x64 logon
I want Windows to show the last user logged, so I only need to type my password, and I don't need to select my username. I thought it should be the default Windows behavior, but I've just installed a ...
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Are routers limited to number of devices?
I'm going to buy a new router, but, I've just realised that for nearly all routers I've looked at (Belkin, Netgear, D-Link) don't state the maximum number of devices which can connect concurrently.
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Windows 8.1 sound stutter
Since I installed Windows 8.1 I have had audio issues.
On any given system load the sound will occasionally stop for one second, and then just resume. This happens while watching videos, listening to ...
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How to run a VirtualBox VM on Windows through SSH
I have an Ubuntu server virtual machine on my Windows box, I am able to run VirtualBox on my Windows machine without problems, and then I can SSH into the newly created server. However what I am ...
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Detect if awesome is being restarted in rc.lua
I'd like to run some stuff when awesome starts, but not run it every time I restart it. Is there any way to detect this case? I'm running it under Mate, Linux Mint 16 if that helps at all.
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ZFS vs existing filesystem for SD-card
I'm thinking that micro SD-cards, because of their high storage density, are probably especially susceptible to bit rot. So I thought I might give ZFS a try. (I'm open to alternatives..) However, I ...
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USB Keyboard stopped working, but only in Windows - drivers?
When I plug in my USB Keyboard (Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000), an "Unknown device" shows up in Device Manager:
click to see the screenshot
Occassionaly the keyboard is showed correctly as "Comfort ...
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How can I make a bootable partition to run XP.iso from USB stick in Linux?
I have a 16GB USB stick, and I am on Ubuntu 13.04 OS. I want to place XP.iso into one of the partitions and then use it to install XP from within USB stick. I searched for the web but I didn't find a ...
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Excel SUMIF function
I have this Excel worksheet where I need to calculate the rates of transportation.
I have a table of rates for 2 types of lorries (big & small) to different destinations - all with different ...
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Add a pop-up reminder at specific intervals during a presentation in Powerpoint 2013
We have these long presentation in our organizations, where is becomes essential to keep track of time and speed of the presentations. We have started various measures such as displaying the the Slide ...
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How Fake raid communicates with Operating system(Linux)?
I am a programmer, I studied about software, hardware and Fake raid's and I am unable to understand how fake raid communicates with operating system (Linux)? I mean which software layer or driver ...
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Ubuntu file ownership issue
I've got a problem with my forum platform being unable to install modifications, as it complains the "Packages" directory isn't writeable. It's chmodded to 0777, so it's not a permission issue, but an ...
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SD SIM Card Adapter, would one give a MacBook Pro a mobile data connection?
Note, this is not a buying recommendation question.
My question is simply this:
An SD card SIM adapter, like this one, can I plug a SIM data card into such an adapter, plug the SD card into my ...
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How to communicate with devices that have the same IP address
I have a situation where I need to communicate via telnet to multiple devices that have the same IP address. The context is that I am writing a "final test" of devices in a manufacturing facility. ...
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Chrome - Resizing Window for Web Responsiveness Testing
I'm using Google Chrome 33 on Windows XP, both at work and home. At home I can resize the the window and see the responsive web pages working without releasing the mouse. But at work I have to release ...
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How do I run more than one Windows Explorer?
Up until this morning I could run several Windows Explorer session at the same time, but we have just had an "upgrade", and now, selecting Start->My Documents just restores focus to the existing ...
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TCP/IP minimal size
I am using a high level language on a PC to send a message via TCP/IP to a remote device which is an embedded device.
I am sending relatively small messages (< 255 bytes).
I must assume that there ...
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Where are microsoft office options stored?
Suppose I change in word the option "insert/paste pictures as" from "inline with text" to "square" (the example is taken from Word 2010, but I also need the answer for 2007).
Where is that option ...
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When to change a hdd in a raid/NAS?
When using a Network Attached Storage, when is it the best time to replace HDD (with RAID)? Upon failure, or proactively?
I have a Synology DS713+, with two HDD from Western Digital (WD Red, acquired ...
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OpenOffice (3.3) for OS X - save default as .doc/docx
I want OpenOffice to always save Writer documents as doc/docx files. I can do this in Windows, but I can't find out how (by searching or trying) to do it on OSX.
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