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How can I make scroll bar mouse areas go all the way to edge of the screen on Windows 11?
Windows 11 shows scrollbars with a margin between them and the edge of the screen. This makes it hard to grab, especially for people with mobility issues.
A simple fix would be to allow grabbing the ...
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Best way to discard all snapshots at once
I have a VirtualBox VM (with Windows Server 2012 as both host and guest). I created several snapshots while configuring some difficult stuff:
Before installing OS
\____ Before installing software A
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FFMPEG: Why MKV video converted to MP4 only plays on VLC Media Player?
I have a video in MKV format that I wanted to convert to MP4, so I used ffmpeg to convert it. The command I used was pretty simple:
ffmpeg -i <path_and_name_of_file>.mkv <...
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Get rid of "Restore pages" after killing Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
Whenever I shut my computer down, without closing all my programs manually, Microsoft Edge (Chromium) pop up with this the next time I launch it:
Any idea how I can get it to stop doing this?
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How would you turn a tablet into a keyboard + easy-to-reach touchscreen (mirror the desktop) (not a touchpad) for a desktop PC?
How would you turn a tablet into a keyboard + easy-to-reach touchscreen (mirror the desktop) (not a touchpad) for a desktop PC?
Numerous remote touchpads on Android
I asked a question on askubuntu....
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iptables port REDIRECT works locally but not from outside
I have a server that can only listen to port 23006. I want to access it from outside and on port 443.
I have systemctl setup:
$ sudo sysctl --system
* Applying /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf ...
* ...
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Remove Meta Ray-Ban add on Instagram Post
Is there a quick way to remove the note on my instagram posts that shows that the photo was created using Ray-Ban meta?
The photo shows "Mit Ray-Ban | Meta erstellt" which is German for &...
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How to turn Draw.io Diagrams.net image into a shape
I am working with Draw.io/Diagrams.net tool and I notice that when I search for object two types are returned. Some seem to be SHAPES and other are IMAGES. I can drag and drop these onto a canvas.
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Bluetooth earbuds not playing any sound after a while while video calling on my macbook
I am using a 2017 MacBook air. I can watch videos with the same earbuds without any issue at all for however long. But, when video calling or attending meetings in WhatsApp and MS Teams (haven't tried ...
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my drive shows size on disk very smaller than its actual size
I have check there is no compression check on ntfs settings but still also 1 TB file shows 60 GB on disk.
How is this possible ?
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Excel Filter function compare 2 arrays
Im trying to make a Filter function that compares values between selected columns and then returns the row.
If i add one colums it works fine like M23 but once i make it M23:M24 or anything else it ...
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How to get rid of lag/delay when unlocking Windows 10
With Windows 7 (and XP) I could walk up to a locked PC (without Ctrl-Alt-Del requirement) and start typing my password, even with the screen off, and the keypresses would all be sent to the password ...
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Word: White highlight behind text on coloured background
I can't get rid of the white shading on a title in Word. The background is a picture, so I need to remove it. The rest of the text also had it, but selecting character per character, I could turn it ...
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Cannot share wslg stuff in skype
When in a skype conversation, I have a wslg window open (with emacs running there) and want to share it. When I invoke screen sharing I am presented with a choice of buttons corresponding to sharing ...
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How to run Python script in VS Code with an extension Code Runner?
I installed Code Runner extension in VS Code. In my settings.json I have set "python.pythonPath": "python" option and python is in my Win10 PATH variable.
In code-runner.executorMap option in ...
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Does google chrome has a download option 'Open with' (like firefox and IE)?
I have used IE and Firefox which has the download option open with which can be used when you don't want to save the file to HDD but simply want to view it. Does google chrome have this option? Chrome ...
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FFMPEG : Error parsing filterchain subtitles
I have built ffmpeg from source to allow GPU usage on Google Colab, with this code:
!apt install nvidia-driver-525
!apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit
!mkdir ~/nvidia/
%cd ~/nvidia/
!git clone https://...
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Is there a way to use Linux-like symlinks on a Windows computer, referring to a location on another computer?
My application is writing logs to a directory, which is hardcoded "Logs" and is present under the runtime directory of my application.
Today, a customer asked me if it was possible to have ...
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error installing freeipa-server
I am trying to install freeipa-server using the ipa-server-install command. When installing freeipa-server in debian from the experimental repository, an error occurs related to not_valid_after_it's ...
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How To Add Ip Address manually in debian 12
I have two scripts that I can use to add block ip addresses to iptables. So for a list of let's say 10,000 or more it takes forever. Can I just copy and paste this block of ip address manually? If ...
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Bicycle module in veins 5.2 [migrated]
From the Veins documentation: Link
I see that there are other modules other than Car, such as bike, bicycle, train...
In veins, however, I cannot find these other modules.
In fact, in the directory /...
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iptables not dropping udp port for exact ip address
My iptables rules are as follows, defined ip and ports are examples:
-P INPUT ACCEPT
-P FORWARD ACCEPT
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT
-N f2b
-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 -j f2b
-A INPUT -d 8.8.8.8/...
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Windows netsh TCP portproxy fails to forward packets through loopback, solutions?
Here is the situation, running Win 7 Pro SP1 (Version 6.1.7601), Windows firewall is completely disabled (even added rules to allow anything through just in case somehow it's still going), no programs ...
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What is the Shared Secret Key when connecting to a VPN and where can I find/make it
I am hosting a VPN server on my windows computer. However when I try to connect to it, I cannot figure out what the "Shared Secret Key" that it wants is and where I can find it. I have tried searching ...
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convert serveral image files to a single djvu file
Suppose I have serveral BMP image file, say 001.bmp, 002.bmp,..., 100.bmp.
I want to convert these files to a single djvu file, whose first page is the content of 001.bmp, the second page is the ...
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Is it possible to rotate every page of a djvu file and save a copy
I was wondering how to rotate every page of a djvu file and save a copy?
My OS is Ubuntu and command line or GUI solutions are both fine.
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Bash, how to globally fix ^H and ^? backspace problems
I'd like to fix this frequent problem where the shell on a remote server thinks my terminal's backspace key is ^? and sometimes it thinks it is ^H, and happens to be incorrect and outputs the wrong ...
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Why does my printer Epson printer frequently appear offline?
I've asked about this before My Wireless Epson printer appears offline often, but the problem is bigger than I thought. It appears that my Epson WF-3540 printer always appears offline whenever we ...
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How to Run Powershell commands Sequentially
I have some commands which can only be ran when prefixed with &.
As a result they all run in parallel.
Example script:
& 'C:\Program Files\SomeApp\SomeAppUninstall.exe'/silent
& 'C:\Users\...
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Updating a SharePoint List via Excel
From following Microsoft's documentation, I've been able to import an Excel spreadsheet into SharePoint Online as a List and also export a SharePoint List to an Excel spreadsheet. What I haven't been ...
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Gstreamer rtsp error
I want to get ip camera video stream by gstreamer:
gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location=rtsp://user:[email protected]:554/live/ch00_0 ! rtph264depay ! autovideosink
but get this error
Установка ...
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Mobile GCN 1 AMD GPU and DPM Bug
First of all, have a nice day. So, I have a laptop with these specs:
i3-6006U CPU & Intel HD 520 iGPU + AMD Radeon R5 M330 dGPU & 8 GB Dual Channel RAM & 500 GB SATA3 SSD & Fedora ...
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How can I get rid of a given keyboard layout [duplicate]
After I've installed Windows 11, I have configured two keyboard layouts: US-english and CH-German with the following Powershell commands:
$preferredLanguages = new-winUserLanguageList 'en-US'
$...
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How to exclude node_modules directory from OneDrive synchronization?
I’m a front-end developer, and I keep my front-end projects in OneDrive. Due to how Node.js organizes dependencies, each project has a node_modules directory with tens of megabytes of tiny files which ...
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Strange performance differences in read/write from/to USB flash drive
When copying files from my 8GB USB 2.0 flash drive with Windows 7 to a traditional hard drive, the average speed is between 25 and 30 MB/s. When doing the reverse, copying to the USB drive, the speed ...
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SSD to USB is far faster than HDD to USB
I have the following setup:
1x SSD disk
2x HDD disk in RAID 1
Win10, 8GB RAM
When I copy 1GB file from HDD to USB, the speed is 8MB/s
The same file from HDD to SSD, the speed is 20MB/s
The same file ...
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Windows 10 doesn't accept my password during system recovery
I made a system image of my laptop. I want to restore my system to the state of that image. I followed the procedure described online on many places (i.e. advanced restart --> trouble shoot --> ...
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Display scp progress in zenity window
I would like to graphically display the scp transfer progress of several files from a remote server to the local machine.
I thought using Zenity for example. Browsing the net I found the command pv ...
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Firefox's stopped playing only whatsapp voice msgs. All other audio-video msgs play ok
When I play any voice msg in Firefox's whatsapp-web tab, it doesn't give any sound, even when the sound of all videos in the same Whatsapp tab plays ok. The same voice msg plays ok in mobile or chrome'...
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Go back to previous directory in shell
Is there a way to go back to previous directory we were in using bash,tcsh without using pushd/popd ?
I'd like to type something like "back" and got returned to the previous directory I was in.
Edit:
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Information Retrieval: no merge/ immediate merge strategies in incremental/semi-static indexes
I wonder if someone knows what no merge and immediate merge strategies are when used in incremental (supports only inserts), semi-static (supports only inserts + deletions) or dynamic indexes (...
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How to capture a snapshot in MPC-HC without the black lines?
How to capture a snapshot in MPC-HC without the black lines at the top and at the bottom?
Here is the example, attached.
The video has the black lines at the top and at the bottom.
I want to capture ...
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How to undo custom keyboard mapping in registry
To make my Windows 10 system act more like the macOS behavior that I'm accustomed to, I remapped my keyboard following the instructions of Orwellophile
when they answered the question of how to Switch ...
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How to disable "Prevent the computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off" in MacBook Pro (M1) running macOS Ventura 13.0
In the past, I enabled this in System Settings:
“Prevent the computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off.”
Then I have updated macOS on the MacBook Pro (M1) to Ventura 13.0 and ...
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How to determine and correct the source of a WHEA-Logger error?
Over the last few days, my computer has been unwell. I've narrowed the problem down to my HDD, which, at 9 years old, is finally kicking the bucket. After pulling the data off and removing it, the ...
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Command prompt to search for Task Name
how can we find / detect on what ever application is running and can be seen from the Windows Task Manager ?
Example, im opening 2 firefox, so under the Task Manager > Process, it will be 2 firefox....
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How to run as admin from windows cmd while giving password as argument
I have a really annoying setup (which is out of my power), where I have a restricted user account, and an 'a' account, or an administrator account. Every time I run as admin (a lot), I have to put in ...
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Search and replace doesn't work with sed busybox. getting sed: unmatched '/' error
I am trying to search a particular string and replace all occurrences within a file.
sed -i -e "s/$search_string/$replace_string/g" $filePath
I keep getting sed: unmatched '/'error on ...
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Why is installation of MySQL on my mac is always halted
I've been trying to install MySQL on my mac and an issue kept happening. I downloaded macOS 14 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive. Everything seemed fine until the final step. It says "the software was ...
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Unable to uninstall Trellix ENS - One or more products are dependent on this product
I'm unable to uninstall Trellix ENS as I get the error message:
One or more products are dependent on this product"
but actually there's no other module.
Trellix ENS:
Uninstall error message:
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