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Windows 8.1 ASUS notebook touchpad doesn't work properly

First, my configuration: ASUS N750JV Intel Core i7 4700HQ (2,40-3,20 GHz) 16GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Samsung 840 Basic 250GB SSD 1TB HDD No touchscreen, only touchpad (quite important in this ...
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"muxserver_listen bind(): No such file or directory" using todo.txt over ssh on Haiku OS

I'm getting this error after entering a password when connecting via ssh from a Terminal window, ever since I followed these directions to reuse ssh connections: "...consider appending the following ...
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How to attach a virtual hard drive to occupy /dev/sdb?

I want to insert a virtual hard drive (or anything) to occupy the system block /dev/sdb, how could I do that in Linux (Ubuntu and Debian)?
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Windows XP and Windows Server OS [duplicate]

Suppose you have the following scenario: You have Windows XP installed on partition C:, then you have installed Windows Server on partition D:, now at computer start-up we should see two options to ...
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Consistency during Windows 7 system image creation

On Windows 7 I am creating a system image of the system drive (C: in my case) onto an external USB harddisk. The process is taking long (has been running for an hour now). My question: I am taking ...
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Remove padding from table cells in Microsoft Word 2013

I am working on a Word document written by someone else and am trying to remove some padding from table cells. I right click on the table and go to 'Table Properties'. In the 'Row' table, I ...
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How to install Remote Desktop Virtualization Host role service in Hyper-V 2012 R2

I am using the free Hyper-V 2012 R2. I am trying to add RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter to one of my VMs. I have installed a dedicated GPU for this. However when I go to "add hardware" I get the error: "...
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Truecrypt file containers suddenly empty

I have multiple truecrypt file containers on my Google Drive. They all contain lots of files and folders that has worked well over the last 18 months. Today I reinstalled my PC and went from Windows ...
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3 TB vs 4 TB disk

I have an iomega storcenter ix2-200. According to the documentation, it supports up to a 3 TB disk. My question is, what makes it support a 3 TB disk but not a 4 TB disk. I don't want to return the ...
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Does Paypal warn before charging another month of subscription? [closed]

I do not have experience with Paypal subscriptions. I have just bought a service which will charge me monthly via Paypal subscription system. Will Paypal warn me before it charges me the next month? ...
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Windows XP Scheduled task running under wrong profile

I have a scheduled task on Windows XP SP3 that among other things launches a headless Virtual Box machine. The task is configured to use the administrator account The VirtualBox config file is ...
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1-2 controller cards in system: How to initialize onboard controller first?

I have an older mobo in my system whose Promise PDC20376 onboard controller sometimes causes minor problems when other external cards (bus is good ol' PCI) are present and the onboard one gets ...
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Bluetooth audio control window on Windows 7 - Make it always visible?

I have my smartphone paired to my Windows 7 PC with bluetooth, to play audio (music) from the phone on the PC's speakers. While this pairing is active, I have a system tray / notification area icon ...
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Which leads to faster browsing, an ad blocker or an edited hosts file?

I recently came across the MVPS hosts file and became fascinated with the concept of blocking ads upstream from your browser. I don't know much about how quickly adblockers work, nor how quickly the ...
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Relocating Double OS to New Disk

I have a 256GB SSD which is my OS disk. I have 2 OSes in it, Debian and Windows. I want to move to a larger SSD Disk, probably 1TB (again SSD) or 512 GB (SSD). I just have a really nice working two ...
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Count of hyphenated words and their unhyphenated counterparts in latex files

I have a thesis of approximately 100,000 words, typeset in latex. I have rather inconsistently hyphenated some of the words, for example "spider-fear" and "spider fear". I would like to get a list ...
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How do I know If my traffic is getting logged in VPN

My corporate uses Juniper VPN connection. How could I know if they are tracking all my network activities. If I use vpn I can asses almost all sites, unlike in office. Thanks a lot.
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Disconnect from bluetooth speakers on sleep, reconnect on wake

I have bluetooth harman kardon soundsticks. They're great but they stay connected to my macbook air during sleep. This means I can't pair my iPhone with them when my MacBook's sleeping. Is there any ...
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How can I keep my file copy speed consistent?

I sometimes have big files (like the Bitcoin blockchain or a virtual machine disk image) that I want to copy to a flash drive so that I can move it to another computer. My flash drive is a SanDisk ...
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Convert a VirtualBox VM into main OS

I have an old Vostro 1500 which has a rare wifi card, so it isn't included in the default firmware, and a broken Ethernet port and I want to install Arch Linux on it. That of course is practically ...
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Add cell data to new column at the end of each row in excel?

I have a spreadsheet and I need to combine the information in three cells and add the combined information to a new cell on the same row. For example, I have columns A through M and rows 1 through 10. ...
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Can't setup Nginx with PHP on Arch linux

I have tried to set up a LEMP server (Nginx, PHP, MySQL) on Arch Linux for a while, and have tried a few different online tutorials. Most recently I tried: http://www.adminempire.com/how-to-insta … ...
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Unable to update Flash

I think this issue has been going on for over a month now. I boot my PC and the Adobe Updater tells me to download a new version of Flash. It sends me to https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/update/...
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How to analyze the space usage within pdf document?

I have this 7mb pdf that I made from 65 scanned B/W images. After OCR, the document becomes 32mb. I have never seen text taking up so much space. (in theory 25mb should give me 25 million letters ...
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How to prevent people with limited user accounts from accessing my computer [duplicate]

How can I stop limited user of my computer from using the F2 or F12 keys to access my computer while I'm away? They will use them to start it in safe mode and while they are in there it bypasses my ...
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How do I block Gmail with the Self-Control App?

I've been able to block Google.com, including Google Calendar, but I can't block Gmail in Firefox, no matter what I enter (mail.google.com, https://mail.google.com, the exact address of the account, ...
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pasting audio from one video file to another with a known time offset

I have two video files that also have audio tracks. I would like to copy the audio track of one file to the other with a 5000msec time offset. The only problem is that the video files does not have ...
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How can I troubleshoot wireless disconnection issues?

My college's Wi-Fi has issues where students are frequently disconnected and must reconnect, on both Mac OS X and Windows (I've heard you simply can't connect with Linux but wasn't able to verify that)...
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Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name

After restarting apache2: $ apache2ctl restart apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 20xx:48xx:78xx:xx0:ff7:xx43:xxxx:6451 for ServerName I have an ...
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Toner light on a Brother 2170W

I've got a Brother 2170W with the toner light on, supposedly meaning the toner is empty. It's not. It doesn't mind that I put in there a new unused toner, an empty toner or a refilled, the light ...
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Check if important Windows Update is available [duplicate]

When deploying any application, it could be needed, that user has computer updated to latest OS version of Windows. Windows XP/Win7/Win8. in this example, one important update is available on a ...
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Booting windows 7 on Virtual box from USB that doesn't contain iso

I have this USB key that contains windows 7 but the structure on it is like this bootmgr BOOT/ EFI/ Sources/ zRCDIMAGE/ Now when I boot from usb on my physical computer it works fine, ...
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How to set a default desktop environment at system start?

I'm a Linux and KDE user, and recently I started to use also Enlightenment as a substitute Desktop environment when I need a lighter resource consumption. I use KDM as a display manager, and I need ...
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Directly accessing Hyper-V console via RDP

I am wondering if there is a chance to directly connect to a VMs console via RDP. It seems the hyper-v manager is basicaly doing the same when connecting to a VMs console.
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How can I tell whether PFS is enabled?

I have kinda 2 questions.. first, is this setting considered "secure" ? Second, how do I tell whether perfect forward secrecy is enabled? ssl_session_timeout 5m; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 ...
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Moving text annotations in Xournal

Is it possible to move text annotations in Xournal? If so how? Seems to be a trivial task, but I don't see how to do it.
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Pendrive does not show up in Linux Mint 15

H have a Linux Mint 15 - Cinnamon edition on my computer. Today I booted up my Linux (I use dual boot) and downloaded the ISO for Mint 16. It worked. But since I logged in today, my USB, SD, and built-...
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How do I keep a window on top in Windows 8 [duplicate]

In Windows 8, how do I keep a window above other windows, like the "Always On Top" option on many Linux desktops? Related: Is it possible to get the Ubuntu 'Always on top' functionality in ...
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Excel Form Creation

I am creating a form in Excel but want for the words to end at page margin and continue to next cell. I have word wrap turned off and the cells within margins are merged. I am new to Excel and need ...
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Is it possible to pause CloneZilla?

I've been running a clone on a drive with bad sectors for 7 hours. The external is getting hot to the touch. I'd rather not fry both drives, but I also don't want to start over. Google results came up ...
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Detect USB device connection (any device, not only storage)

My question is: in Windows Server 2012, is it possible to launch an event when a device is connected to a USB port? I mean: any device, including a keyboard or a mouse, not just storage USB drives. ...
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How to boot SONY VAIO notebook from USB stick?

I have a VAIO notebook and I want to boot it from USB flash. How could that be done?
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Secure a server - Raid-5 encrypted with BitLocker? [closed]

I look after a small office, and when I say small I mean SMALL. The have a 2008R2 Windows Server running a domain and shares for about 10 people. They handle some pretty sensitive information so ...
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What mind mapping software is scalable to thousands of nodes? [closed]

I've been using XMind for about 3 years. I write down a lot of information in it, which causes the file to become quite large. After a while (>1000 nodes) everything becomes slow - loading, saving, ...
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What functions can I use to track subscriptions?

I am struggling to make a spreadsheet which will help me take control of member's subscription fees. Fees are paid per month. The spreadsheet has 12 horizontal cells, each one for a different ...
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ASUS P5K-E motherboard upgrade to USB3.0 port

Can I add a USB3.0 card via the PCI slot on my ASUS P5K-E motherboard and take advantage of the "SuperSpeed" of USB3.0? The card I'm looking to buy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=...
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Count the number of lines in a pdf file

How is it possible to count the number of lines in a pdf file? Preferably from the linux command line (bash)? The pdfs I want to analyse are generated using LaTeX, so any solution working on the tex ...
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Windows 8 requiring trailing dot in DNS name in order to resolve

I'm in the process of setting up a home network but I'm having issues on my Windows 8 machine. If I ping another host on my network, the name won't resolve. If I use nslookup, it will resolve no ...
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Can you enable Remote Desktop Connection on a new first-turned-on Windows PC via a CD/USB stick WITHOUT a monitor?

I have a specific problem. I'm trying to get a relative to setup a new PC for me. The issue is there is no monitor installed! When it arrives I want a relative to plug it in (just the basics, power ...
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how to save m3u8 stream

I want to save a m3u-stream. The content of the m3u8 files looks like this: #EXTM3U #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=756617,CODECS="avc1.77.31, mp4a.40....
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