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Videos flicker during play back 2 GPUs Multi-Monitor setup

I have a multi-screen desktop. I have 4 screens in total. Three of them are in NVIDIA Surround setup. My issue is when playing any video on my right most screen the video will blink (only the video ...
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Computer wakes from sleep instantly. No lastwake information

My parents' computer wakes instantly when put to sleep. It spins down and then starts a second later. There are no devices set to wake, lastwake gives no information, eventvwr is empty, and the power ...
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Google Chrome completely unresponsive

Pages load indefinitely and most of the time I get this error: Pressing 'wait' or 'kill pages' does nothing, I have to close the error window from the upper right button. What I mean by 'completely ...
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Windows 7 HOSTS files keeps reverting it's permission back to READ-ONLY

As a full-time Web Developer I am constantly adding fake domains to my Windows 7 HOSTS file to point a domain to my localhost web server that I develop on. I have even built a nice little PHP script ...
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How can I remove a keyboard layout that isn't listed in the control panel?

Here's an interesting oddity: My work computer comes with a corporate disk image preloaded, and it is preconfigured with the German "QWERTZ" keyboard layout. Using the control panel, I added my ...
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How to minimize Windows Media Player to system tray?

Is there a workaround for this? I try a Google search and find one called wmptrayplugin.zip could not find link that worked.
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Group windows so that they minimize and restore together?

Suppose I arrange four windows on two monitors, two on each, so that all 4 are visible. Then I go to other windows, or view the desktop. Normally, if I switch to one of the original four windows from ...
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Even though FireFox portable is set as default browser, it doesn't launch when I press the keyboard key to launch web browser

I want to use Firefox portable as my main browser. I noticed when I use the shortcut key built into the keyboard to launch the web browser, something strange happens. A version of Firefox opens up but ...
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Possible to see the "z-ordering" of windows?

In Windows 7, is there a way to see/show the "z-order" of all open windows in some kind of centralized table or list form (other than a merely visual/manual correlation of which window is on top of ...
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Programmatically installing a system driver on Windows 7 x64

I am experimenting with the WinDDK and trying to install a system driver on a Windows 7 (x64)virtual box. I have an .inf file: ; testdriver.inf - install information file [Version] Signature = "$...
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How can I search and sort history in IE, or really any browser

I find this so frustrating. I read many technical articles in a day, none really that significant. Then a day or two later I realize something in that article is now relevant. I use the search ...
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How to stop recording after x minutes of silence in Audacity?

I am using Audacity to record sound from webinar recordings.  There could be a few minutes of silence during the webinar. I want to set up Audacity to stop recording the best would be after, let's ...
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DNS server keeps changing from Auto to Manual

A friend at a company I know has a fairly new Windows 7 laptop. She was complaining that the "internet doesn't work". After looking at it the first time, in Wireless > Status > Properties > ...
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Mapped network drive is behind a VPN; How do I stop Windows from auto-connecting at startup?

(After about 15 minutes of searching S.U. I haven't found any relevant questions, so excuse me if I got the wrong search terms, and this is a dupe.) I'm running Windows 7 at work, and have a couple ...
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Simulate high screen resolution Windows

I'm looking for a way to simulate a higher resolution on a Windows server than supported by the graphics card or screen. A good illustration would be a Linux server that you configure with TigerVNC ...
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Why is a video card needed to put my system in sleep mode?

I'm using Windows 7 and some time ago my video card broke down. I can use the computer as I did, except I can't watch movies or play games, but that's okay with me. I'm not interested in putting any ...
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Stop windows-7 explorer taskbar icon changing for different locations

If I open an instance of Windows Explorer, a button appears on the taskbar; its icon matches the icon of current location in Explorer. E.g. If I've clicked on a drive (e.g. C:) then the taskbar icon ...
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Clarification On Write-Caching Policy, Its Underlying Options And How It Applies To Hard Drives And Solid-State Drives

In last week after doing more research on subject matter, I have been wondering about what I have been neglecting all those years to understand write-caching policy, always leaving it on default ...
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Bluetooth not detecting any devices in Windows 7

My Lenovo ThinkPad E320 Laptop running Windows 7 64bit has recently been refusing to detect any Bluetooth devices. I have tried to connect, using 'Add devices' under 'devices and printers' to two ...
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"Source file could not be read" error when downloading a file with Firefox

I am attempting to download a file with Firefox and I see this error: C:\Users\Lynda\Desktop\Sample.psd.zip.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or ...
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Chrome on Windows 7 is not respecting ClearType

I've noticed that my fonts seemed jagged on Chrome, but not Firefox, it seemed strange so I decided to configure ClearType again. It was already turned on, but I re-ran the config anyway. What I've ...
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Win7 VirtualBox Server with TeamCity keeps BSODing

I'm testing out TeamCity with a small project (one checkin per day or so, small code base) on a Windows 7 VM in VirtualBox. I've had many successful VMs on this host, some of which were also Windows ...
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How do I change the Windows Phone reserved space and other content?

I have bought a Windows Phone and I love it. It reserves some space for other content. When I saw it the first time. It was just a few hundred MB. And it was for documents and other stuffs. Now it's ...
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Built-in webcam on Asus laptop missing under imaging devices in Windows 7

My built-in webcam for U43JC Asus laptop (Windows 7 32 bit) did not work, saying The camera is being used by another program. I searched on the net to solve the problem and the solution that ...
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Reset to default language in Outlook 2010 on Windows 7

In Outlook 2010, if I accidently, hit left Ctrl-Shift, my language changes. I keep hitting it and get a new language, but I can't get back to English. How do I reset back to my default language? ...
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Outlook desktop alerts don't work while in a full screen RDP window

I have a user running Windows 7 64-bit who's started to use Remote Desktop a lot to remote into our servers. The user is quite important, but he isn't getting his desktop notifications while remoted ...
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Windows 7 SSD unexpected behavior / frequent write activity

My PC had an auxiliary issue which caused the hard drive light to stay on. While investigating this (seems to be related to a HDD which likes to drop off the bus at random times) I noticed my SSD ...
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How to disable brightness intensity switching by power plans and AC/battery modes?

This is a "feature" in Windows 7, but I can't see how it is useful; it just annoys me. Every power plan and the AC/battery mode has its own setting for brightness intensity. So, if I switch power ...
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How can I disable automatic Windows 7/8/10 audio ducking?

Windows, apparently, has a built-in audio ducking feature which is very annoying (to me at least). When two or more audio sources are playing and the maximum audio volume exceeds 100% the OS applies a ...
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How to share a folder as NFS mount in windows 7 professional edition?

I need to share a folder as NFS mount for an application to pick the files up. My system is running in windows 7 professional edition. Is it possible to share a particular folder as NFS mount? If yes ...
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"Your Credentials Did Not Work" on connect, but remoting into another machine first works

I'm trying to remote desktop into a win7 pro desktop across VPN. When I try to connect I get an error saying Your credentials did not work. The credentials that were used to connect to [computer] did ...
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Command prompt uses 4x6 font for non-1 sessions, 8x12 unavailable

I have a proble with Windows 8. If the current user session isn’t the first session started after a cold boot (basically meaning a restart in Windows 8), the console windows use very tiny 4x6 terminal ...
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Remote Desktop via Ad-Hoc on Windows 7

Is there a way to connect two PCs running Windows 7 via a wifi ad-hoc network and then use Remote Desktop from one of the PCs to the other? In addition to this the Remote Desktop host PC should still ...
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How to add files to specified folder in archive with 7zip command line

I have folders and files on my disk C:\builds\main.exe D:\components\a\testa.exe D:\components\b\testb.exe D:\components\c\testc.exe D:\dependencies\abc.dll Can I create an archive with 7z command ...
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How do I enable UPnP support in Windows 7?

Is there a checklist for enabling UPnP in Windows 7? I am on a home network with Network Discovery enabled in Network and Sharing Center, UPnP is enabled on my router, SSDP Discovery and UPnP Device ...
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Random GPU output glitches, possible dying GPU?

On random occasion, the image on my screen will become extremely distorted for no reason- and in some cases these glitches can be reversed simply via changing the monitor configuration from 2 monitors ...
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Command to see what version of HDMI

Is there a windows command to determine which version of HDMI specification is available/implemented on a given video adapter or other HDMI information? Software utilities are also welcome. Similar ...
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Tabbing to first Google result

I'm using Chrome 16.0.912.77 on Windows 7, with the Vimium plugin for Chrome. I prefer to navigate my browser with the keyboard as much as possible. A really useful feature of Chrome was that I could ...
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Is there any way to change a specific window's colors?

I'd like to find a way to manipulate window colors: invert, tint, change brightness and contrast of specific windows in Windows 7 (although I'm interested in solutions for 8 and 10 as well). Among ...
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Windows 7 x64. Some 32 bit applications refuse to install.

I have been having problems lately when trying to install older games onto my PC. It is only with 32 bit applications. A few games that will not install are: Drakan: Order Of The Flame TA Kingdoms (...
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How to Disable Hovering Selection Block in File Browser?

I am changing from Windows XP to Windows 7. One thing I cannot stand about Windows 7 is that whenever you mouse over files in Explorer (or other file-browser), it highlights the files with a semi-...
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Opening a specific MS Office program causes every executable in the desktop and below to be run simultaneously

I'm having a strange issue with MS Visio 2016 which when I open it, either directly (i.e. double-clicking Visio's executable from the Office's folder) or by a shortcut, it runs every executable (.exe) ...
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How to start a task when there is no keyboard or mouse input on Windows?

I'm using Windows 7, and I want to start a task via task scheduler when there is no keyboard or mouse input. I know how to start a task when computer is idle, for example, the following command setup ...
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How to prevent program from displaying in "recent opened programs" in Start menu?

In Windows 7 64Bit everytime I open a program it will be added to list in start menu as "recent opened programs" if not existed. if I open the same program again, its shortuct order in "recent opened ...
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How does Windows identify the network name via Ethernet?

Recent versions of Windows (7 and newer, i think) seem to be able to identify the network, that they are connected to via Ethernet automatically. The name "tbspace Networks" is the WiFi-SSID of the ...
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WMI-Activity Event ID5858, ResultCode = 0x80041032 & DCOM Event 10010 timeout errors

I've been trying to eliminate two types of errors for about a month now. First are WMI Event 5858 result code: 0x80041032 and the Second are DCOM Event 10010 server timeout errors. Read 100s of ...
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Batch execution error "not recognised as an internal or external command"

D:\temp\copyTXT.bat is a simple script containing: XCOPY /v D:\temp\MyFile.txt D:\Documents\ Executing the script fails, flashing a window for ~100ms, then does nothing (no copy at all), but if I ...
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How to change windows console font with nerd or powerline?

First, this question is not duplicate of How to change the Windows XP console font?, and How to change the cmd.exe font? I want to change console font from to powerline font: (can show vim-theme, ...
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Windows 7 DNSSEC client not working

I try to use the built-in DNSSEC resolver in Windows 7, but it does not work properly. Background: I'm currently in a bad country, the ISP and government always poison/hijack DNS answers, I won't ...
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Sticky corners in Windows 7?

I couldn't google anything about it. Afaik, Windows 8+ has a sticky corners feature where, while using multiple monitors, if the user moves the mouse from one monitor to another at the top or bottom ...
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