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Is there a way to extract domains from a dll file?

I'm trying to extract domains from tracking browsers such as Opera or Maxthon so I can block them in my hosts file, like this guy did with edge. I tried to do the same using this but didn't see any ...
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Windows 11 turns screen off instead of going into hibernate

Problem description I've just freshly built a new PC and installed a fresh Windows 11. However I've the problem that when I want it to go into hibernate, it instead keeps everything on (fans, pump, ...
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Can I restore a Windows 95 MBR using a Windows XP installation disk?

If I have Windows 95 installed on a temporary, secondary, FAT32 drive (which needs to go back into its original machine), can I repair its MBR using a Windows XP installation CD ROM?
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Why is Facebook consuming a lot of computer's resources?

I have a problem when using the web version of Facebook. My specs are: CPU: Intel Core i7-11800H RAM: 12GB DDR4 GPU: RTX 3050 Laptop 4GB (No MUX Switch) All drives are SSDs An image of task manager ...
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How can I trick Windows into thinking I have a second monitor? [duplicate]

I used to use two monitors on Windows 11. When I did a webinar or something, I could use "Presenter View" with PowerPoint. This is where it shows the actual full-screen slide on Monitor A ...
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In Windows, is there a way to get the free space on a drive mounted as a NTFS folder?(Without letter assigned to it)

I have some drives that are mounted in NTFS Folders, because I run out of drive letters. How can I easy check the free space in this drives? I google it to no avail.
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Keyboard Malfunctions

I hope you're doing well. I recently purchased a new laptop, but I've been experiencing some unusual keyboard errors that I could really use some help with. Here are the issues I've encountered: The ...
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Windows `ping IP` (not `ping domain`) uses wrong IP address

I have this network setup: When I execute arp -d on the laptop to clear the routing table and then ping 10.0.0.30 to ping embedded device 1, it should go "I don't know how to get from here to 10....
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How can I delete a file that can't be found and doesn't exist at all?

I found this strange file on my desktop the other day, its file name is "Image Catalog". I didn't think much of it at first, but then I decided it wasn't working and I wanted to delete it. ...
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Outlook (new) broken notifications

Recently I've had to switch to the "Outlook (new)" app. I only want to use this as a calendar, like I used to be able to with the built in "Calendar" app. I have added the relevant ...
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public key passwordless ssh from linux to Windows 10 works for domain account fails for local user

Linux box is Fedora 39, latest ssh/openssl libraries. Remote box is Windows 10 LTSC build 17763, OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0, sshd.exe claims 7.7.0. Linux user1 tries to connect as ruser1@windows, where ...
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How to install windows 11 without recovery partition blocking the way

I wanna fresh install windows 11 and then dualboot it with linux, but when i install windows 11 there's recovery partition automaticaly created and blocking the way of extending volume for linux. How ...
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touchscreen goes to sleep after idle

Recently i bought a new lenovo flex 5 with windows 11 preinstalled. I noticed that the touchscreen goes to sleep after a few seconds of leaving it idle. When i use it continuously, it works flawlessly....
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Why is windows 11 sending conventional DNS requests after enabling DNS-over-Https?

I enabled DOH on my Wi-Fi. It works. But using Wireshark, I still see explicit DNS requests and see the DNS server refusing the requests. Why is this happening, and what's the meaning of DOH to ...
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Restore huge file from shadow copy without copying

I have a volume with a shadow copy. The shadow copy contains a very big file (let's say 100 GB). The shadow copy is on the same disk as the volume it is shadowing. The "original" file got ...
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How to limit Internet surfing to Chrome in Windows 11?

How can I make Chrome the only allowed browser on my Windows 11 Home Edition PC? -Simply uninstalling other browsers or blocking their download would not be enough because a simple browser could ...
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Change windows 11 desktop wallpaper in response to calendar events

I want to find a way to make my desktop background respond to calendar events by changing colours (eg. work - blue background, study - grey, bedtime - black) just as a subtle reminder of what I'm ...
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Windows disk partiton: Cannot shrink a volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located

As you can see from the title, im not able to shrink my C drive NTFS partition (My Windows 11) partition. Here are something i tried to solve it: Disable hibernation through powercfg/h off Disable ...
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How does programs like Nimi Visuals, WindowFx work? [closed]

I have seen these interesting videos of window minimize maximize animations using some software, any guesses how does it work? Is it through desktop compositing or something completely different? ...
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Windows Remote Desktop Client fails to connect with error code 0x4 on only one of my computers

I encountered this error message while attempting to connect to a remote host on one of my PCs. I have two computers on the same LAN, and I can easily connect to the remote host using the Windows ...
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network errors in windows

i am desperately trying to fix this for weeks, when doing anything that requires internet with anaconda on windows it gives this error: Retrieving notices: ...working... Retrying (Retry(total=2, ...
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How open a .log file in Notepad with Python without the file continuing to be linked to Python execution? [migrated]

When I open the Windows file explorer and double-click the test_errors.log file, it opens in Notepad and I can edit it by directly saving the edits with Control + S. But I want to do this with Python, ...
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How quickly would TRIM make any data unrecoverable after you reset your PC?

If you reset your PC, with an SSD using TRIM, how long would it take for all data to be unrecoverable? Talking about a simple ‘reset this pc’ not a secure erase.
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When you factory reset Windows, does it clear the Pagefile?

What happens to the contents of the Pagefile when someone resets their PC? Looking for windows related answers.
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Rog Ally - Ryzen Z1 Processor for programming? [closed]

Is it possible to use the ROG Ally wich has Ryzen Z1 processor for programming - compiling like on a desktop pc? It comes with Windows so I had the idea to put it with a monitor and use it. will there ...
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How to delete domain from laptop through cmd prompt

Hi I just brought a latitude 5330 laptop and when I charged it up and turned it on it is locked to a domain. I have the login details for the local account but there is no where to log in to it on log ...
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Microsoft Teams login problems after moving client to different computer

I have a client that is having login problems with her Microsoft apps after moving her to a newer computer. It is mainly problems with Teams. It will give errors such as "cant connect to ...
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tar on Windows does not handle paths with special characters

On a Windows 10 command line, creating a tar archive with "special" characters (e.g. extended latin) in the path of the archive itself results in errors. To be slightly more exact, a quick ...
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Cant boot from ubuntu install media

I have a Surface Pro 7, currently running Windows 11 and want to install Ubuntu as a second OS. I can not get the install media, which I created using rufus on Windows 11, to boot. With the same ...
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How to make windows .exe executables in Linux [No Duplicate- Extended Version]

Let me describe what I want to do. I want to make a software/application that I can run on both Linux and Windows. It could be any language for example: cpp,java,python.I need to know what is the ...
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Increasing keyboard repeat rate beyond control panel limit in Windows 11 [duplicate]

I've been trying to increase my keyboard repeat rate when a key is held down beyond the control panel limit in Windows 11. I found this post which explains how to edit the registry values with filter ...
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Bluetooth connectivity issues when connected to Wi-Fi, issues disappear when Wi-Fi is turned off or 5 Ghz Band is disabled

I have a Mini PC equipped with a soldered Realtek 8852BE network interface card (NIC), which supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. However, I'm encountering a peculiar issue where enabling the Wi-Fi ...
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Black Display on Alienware M17 and very slight/soft clicking sound

I have an Alienware M17 laptop that I have had for several years. I was trying to plug an external monitor early today and when I did so, I noticed the monitor was flickering. So I tried an ...
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Make WSL register GPU as the correct GPU and not a microsoft driver

I am trying to run a cuda (qubic.li - Client) program on linux using WSL. I have two main problems. my GPU is AMD (I get around this using ZLUDA) WSL does not register my GPU as AMD meaning that ...
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Windows: How do I measure network traffic per process?

I am developing a benchmarking tool on Windows that measures startup performance of a process. I have been recording total network traffic using Get-AdapterStatistics | ConvertTo-JSON powershell ...
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Make volume slider adjust only current program volume

Can I make The main Windows volume slider (or even a third party one if necessary) adjust only the current programs volume? I currently use Eartrumpet but that sadly doesn't have that functionality.
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VPN app based split tunnel with dedicated ip [closed]

I have a dedicated ip with ivacy vpn and have a standard windows vpn set up with it. However I want to set up app based split tunneling (or at least dns based split tunneling, as I need it to connect ...
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How to play stereo stream as stereo on Windows 10

I stream stereo FLAC from Ubuntu 22.04 with command: ffmpeg -f pulse -i "remote.monitor" -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 48000 -f s16le -ac 2 "udp://192.168.1.99:18181" and play this stereo ...
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How to hide and unhide Windows 11 taskbar Quick Launch while keeping the positions of the shortcuts?

I wanted to hide the QuickLaunch area in Windows 11 taskbar because I didn't want to show it in a meeting where I am sharing my desktop. So I right-click in an empty area in the taskbar, select ...
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Can I delete the $WinREAgent folder?

Can I delete the $WinREAgent folder? Or the "scratch" folder under it?
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Windows Security History - Where did Windows' security holes begin? [closed]

I'm interested in learning more about Windows security, specifically vs. most closed systems like Linux, and it struck me in my research that 'Windows' has been around as the technology around it has ...
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Can I use a bootable drive partition to install OS on another partition on the same SSD?

I realize this is a little out of the box question so I wanted to reach out to the experts on the matter. I have a 256GB SSD. I have 2 partitions on it. Partition 1 is 20GB, another one is the rest of ...
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How do I pin Thunderbird / Thunderbird Portable (and other stubbornly unpinnable programs) to my Windows 10 taskbar?

For most apps this is straightforward, as long as the app is running and showing on the taskbar, you simply right-click on the icon in the taskbar and a pin/unpin menu entry shows up. However, lately, ...
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Install window y700i windows back up image in on lenova y50 70

ABOUT ME - I have done a few fresh install, i'm not an engineer or comp sci graduate, i understand a little technical stuff. I would love answers that would be understood by a 7 year old - I often do ...
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Compatibility Administrator tool (MS-ACT): how to add parameters to launching program?

Does anyone know how to force a parameter to be added to a program at startup using Compatibility Administrator (from MS-ACT: Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit)? The "RedirectEXE" ...
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shortcut to change main display while in extended mode

I'm using a tablet as my second/extended monitor, I want to find a way to map a single hot key combination to one of my buttons, so whenever I toggle it, it changes my main display to the other ...
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Windows pipe curl output to cmd

can anyone help me out here: curl -sSL https://pastebin.com/raw/CHCq9VQt | bash I know this command will retrieve the raw text from pastebin(just python --version) and run that in bash(linux) I need ...
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Right parameters for defrag on Windows Server 2012 R2

In Windows Server 2012 R2 I used the standard dfrgui.exe to turn the scheduled optimization on. After several months I looked at the Defrag UI again and noticed that drives were never optimized since ...
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Move files to network share, local space is not freed up

I have seen this many times, over multiple days and many reboots: I have 0.5GB free locally I move a 2GB folder from local to network share It is gone locally Local drive still shows 0.5GB free To ...
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What App Is Sucking Disk Space? [duplicate]

Win11, Dell XPS laptop. Reboot: 21GB free After some hours, 200MB free, and app start crashing Reboot: 21GB free ad nauseum I use windirstat to see what consumes space, but this is static, when I need ...
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