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Harmonizing two different monitor setups in Windows 10
There is no relevant setting in Outlook to control which monitor it opens automatically. However, you can set it in Windows to tick the primary monitor and then Outlook will open on the specific ...
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Harmonizing two different monitor setups in Windows 10
I set the laptop screen as the "Main Display" in Windows. Now Outlook opens there. That's one less thing I have to move every time.
Possibly the issue we had in the past of the docking ...
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How to connect a headphones output to a laptop microphone input
I was searching the same topic and encountered this YouTube tutorial. He explains how he does the conversion for headphone Output/STEREO MIX to MIC Input. I hope it helps
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How can I tell if my numlock etc. buttons are active if I don't have a light?
On LINUX, You can try getting info with xset:
xset q | grep Caps
Result:
00: Caps Lock: off 01: Num Lock: on 02: Scroll Lock: off
For more options, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/...
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Is it ok to use laptop on pull-out desk?
As far back as the late 2000s laptops have had systems designed to help them deal with vibrations and drops.
Consider a laptop that's on say a train or plane - an environment of constant vibrations. ...
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Is it ok to use laptop on pull-out desk?
It should be fine, however there is something worth considering -
If the laptop has an HDD that will spin, and the vibration could - over time - reduce its lifespan. If it has an SSD - which is a lot ...
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Is there a way to increment/decrement Windows 11 brightness in steps of 5 rather than the default 10
On Windows 11 I had to use keyboard shortcuts and powershell:
Install "Microsoft PowerToys" from the Store
Use the "Keyboard Manager" and the "Remap a shortcut" function ...
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Set refresh rate to 60Hz - Before Windows boots up
There is nothing in Windows operating system (OS), whether in the Registry or elsewhere, that affects what one sees in BIOS/UEFI setup. At that time, the OS is not even selected, much less started.
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How to turn laptop display ON and OFF with a certain key?
The power button is not any key, and I do not know of a key that will turn the monitor off. In general, it is very unlikely you could do this.
Also, monitors on various laptops are different.
So I use ...
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How to turn laptop display ON and OFF with a certain key?
Use the free nircmd.
You may create two .bat files on the desktop and assign them shortcut
keys. You would use the following commands:
\path\nircmd.exe monitor off
\path\nircmd.exe monitor on
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External monitor USB-C with DisplayPort to HDMI works initially and then stops
'USB 2.0 BILLBOARD' is an informational device for providing information to the host and also ensuring backwards compatibility. Most likely, in your case it was intended to provide specifications for ...
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How to physically disable a soldered on wifi card to air-gap a Surface Laptop 4?
Disconnecting the antenna only reduces the cards range somewhat, but does not prevent nearby connections (e.g., a laptop nearby).
One could find the power lead to the WiFi card and carefully cut the ...
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Can two computers have the same default name?
When you install windows, depending on the information specified in the install media, a computername is generated.
Microsoft listed these here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/...
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The monitor on my Lenovo Thinkpad suddenly started going black, displaying normally, back and forth (3 cycles avg) when plug in or unplug from charger
I seem to have found the answer on my own. Looking through settings and display and remembered that this laptop has an option to use HDR for anything I run or view that supports it. I had enabled it ...
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Laptop monitor not detected, only external monitor works
Assuming your monitor is working (you verified with a separate test), then:
I suggest doing a complete backup, and then reinstall Windows.
This is likely your best choice in the circumstances.
If you ...
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confusion on clock speed of ram ddr2 6400, is it 400 MHZ or 800 MHZ ?,I found both answers on web
The DDR2 Wikipedia page will give you a direct answer. I have highlighted one of the lines in the table below.
What you are missing in your calculations is that DDR makes two transfers per clock. ...
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Why has my hard disk started dying all of a sudden?
What could be the cause of this issue to spur up out of nowhere. This
hard drive was working just fine.
Due to its mechanical nature, HDDs are always in the process of dying, and when they are ...
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Dell 3140 - Closing Lid does not put laptop Win 11 in Sleep Mode despite correct setting
After further troubleshooting I have finally solved this issue. Since most of the Software & OS troubleshooting did not help, I decided to look into the Firmware (BIOS/UEFI whatever you call it).
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Power button does not wake when connected to docking station
I have recently faced the same issue, on lenovo x1c laptop and wavlink thunderbolt dock.
I have tried all the solutions listed here and these alone didn't do the trick. When the laptop was off and I ...
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Does a power button of USB-C dock brand X work on laptop of brand Y?
My understanding is that there is no standard protocol for the power button on USB-C docks. Other than @LPChip assumed, the power button on HP docks is actually able to turn on a laptop or put it to ...
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Fix Bluetooth for Dell Precision M6700
The number of issues with this computer indicate to me there are multiple deteriorating components inside it. Power connections are a good place to start.
If the internal Bluetooth chip is actually ...
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Is M.2 NVMe SSD supported by Lenovo Thinkpad L490
It seems to be compatible.
The Crucial site has
SSD upgrades
that include PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSDs that go up to 4 TB in capacity.
There are other manufacturers that have similar offers, but Crucial
is ...
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Is there software to turn a laptop touchpad into a drawing pad in Windows?
I wrote a little C program for a Windows Precision Touchpad that does this in any drawing app where you can draw with a mouse.
Download and run finger-draw.exe. Then when you want to draw in some app (...
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How to reset power settings on Windows 11?
On my company Lenovo L13 (i5-1145G7 2.60GHz, 16GB), the fan never stops, even when CPU temperature is just at 41C.
Usually these are under contract so your company needs to get a Lenovo tech to ...
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