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finalizing PC setup, compatibility issues
I've started to buy PC parts to build my first PC, and I would love some help.
First of all, here are my specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
GPU: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 ...
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Memory Management BSOD, memtest shows no errors
My Windows 10 (updated regular) started to drop BSOD on me in the last week - 3 on Saturday 3rd and 2 today (also Saturday 10th, derp). 4 of them were MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and one ...
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How to split a string (of arguments) in fish?
I want to split "-r --run" into "-r" and "--run"
for
string split " " "-r --run"
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string split: -r --run: unknown option` as an error
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Why are "Copy link to highlight" links not implemented in Firefox yet? [closed]
The Copy link to highlight Google Chrome feature generates links that look like this:
https://example.com/#:~:text=Example
so that when a user clicks on the link above, the page opens, scrolls forward ...
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How to edit marker data in an AIFF file?
I have an AIFF file with incorrect marker data. The file was duplicated by sox, which doesn't handle the metadata properly resulting in truncated marker information.
I would like to replace the marker ...
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exe file does not open after extracting from an archive
I came across a very strange situation for me.
I transferred all of the files uploaded on a disk with medical scans (CAT scan) to my flash drive and then from the flash drive to my PC.
These are the ...
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How to boot bootable ISO with PXE?
I have DHCP/TFTP/Syslinux installed on my computer in the LAN. With it I can boot any images on any other LAN computers, including diskless, for example, Memtest86+ and it works.
Also I have some ...
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Windows 8.1 upgrade error 0xC1900101 - 0x20007
Trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 from my 64 bit windows 8 pro system.
My System config is as below:
Processor: AMD a6 - 3400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 1.40 Ghz | 64-bit, x64 based processor
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connect 2 router remotely on differnet isps and locals
In my scenario (as shown in the picture), a router is located in a country or city that passes through the ISP filter to access a specific domain, and therefore it has limited access to the internet.
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ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme | No Splash Screen | No Display Output
I am facing the issue where I do not get any display output on my machine. The problem originated in that I was not seeing the splash screen upon start. I tried resetting the CMOS by removing the ...
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Is there any disadvantage on using desktop ssd for raid server storage?
I know that it's necessary to use enterprise SSD for Raid server storage, but the company I work for cannot afford that kind of SSD, (even the recommended SAS HDD is too expensive). This limits my ...
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VS Code does not expand variables in its settings
Is it the expected behaviour that VS Code does not expand variables in its settings?
My example: I need to configure Remote.SSH: Config File to point to a file relative to my home directory. Verbatim ...
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Find & du to calculate total size vs xargs
Can someone confirm that the following one liner will produce the total human readable size of all the directories which FIND locates as having log in the name?
find -type d -name *log* | du -hcs
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Apps pinned to taskbar don't start anymore
There doesn't seem to be any problems with windows store apps, but for regular apps (e.g. File Explorer, Firefox), pinning them to the taskbar creates the shortcut (.lnk file) in %AppData%\Microsoft\...
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Visual Studio Code false errors at random
I have had issues with Visual Studio code creating errors and then not removing them, even when I comment out the code. Or , not creating errors when there should be errors. This happens on both my ...
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Sometimes when booting computer hangs on BIOS splash screen
I have a desktop computer with an Asus P8Z68-V LE motherboard. It has a Wester Digital 1 TB hard drive, Samsung SSD, DVD/CD drive, an external hard drive that is always connected to a USB 3 port and ...
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Why does windows keep accessing a harddisk irrelevant to the task at hand?
This is more about curiosity rather than practical advice. I have an old dying SATA HDD, has some bad clusters and can't be fixed. I plugged it into my computer to copy some data off it, all went well,...
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Disable volume control Win 10
I work at a hospital and one of the nurse managers over a department is wanting the volume set to a specific level and to prevent users from adjusting it. It's a Windows 10 computer. Is there a way to ...
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Is it possible for every app to have a different IP address
I'm on Windows 10 22H2 and I want a different VPN (or proxy?) for every program on my computer. I've seen ForceBindIP mentioned: is that a viable solution? I would want this to be scalable, so 10-15 ...
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open with menu does not open the application ( vs code ) after renaming account name in windows 11
OS windows 11:
Recently I have changed my account profile name from Users to Keshav and also rename the account folder name under C:/Users
done all the changes like change in registry --> ...
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How to shrink img images (resize to actually used space) on windows
I created an ISO image of a bootable USB stick with a size of 32 GB. Only approximatly 4 GB of the 32 GB were used.
The created iso size seems to use the full 32 GB not only the 4 GB.
Is there a ...
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How to create a line break in Anki when importing from a csv file?
While creating a deck for Anki using the import functionality from csv, I've run into an issue getting the line breaks to function properly.
Here is the situation:
This is for the front card
It is ...
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wpa_supplicant disconnects with reason=3 on connection
I am using a raspberry pi 4 to connect to my college network (so using WPA-Enterprise using PEAP) using wpa_supplicant
when I run the command,
sudo wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant....
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How to get access to the WEB-INF/views/some.jsp? spring mvc
I successfully deployed my webapp to the Tomcat localhost. My app has 2 pages: localhost:8080/spring-mvc and localhost:8080/home. The first page has a link to the second. When I start my app, it ...
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Setting up Linux Samba server (general problems): No permission
For my setup I would like to create a Samba server that only allows access from certain MAC addresses.
I used this configuration - you might notice I am a bit overwhelmed by the options and used keys ...
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How does one create nftables rule that accepts connections from the same IPv6 subnet, when the IPv6 prefix is dynamic?
For IPv4, it is easy to create a rule that only accepts connections from hosts of the same subnet, for example (assuming my computer is 192.168.42.2, and the incoming connection is 192.168.42.20):
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macOS Monterey Virtualbox VM start error
I have tried setting up a macOS virtual machine for a bit and I have ended up with:
I have followed this tutorial on YT, and used all the same settings and commands. Is there any way I can fix it?
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Can the light at the bottom of an optical mouse damage your eyes?
Because I am using one as a christmas tree decoration and people look straight into it every day.
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Does Windows have something like journald on Linux?
I have a Windows 10 installed as main OS on a machine. When I installed it fresh it would boot in like 5 seconds, but as time passed and new updates got installed, the boot times became slower and ...
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How can I make Firefox stop forcing me to restart my browser?
About every two days I'll open up a tab in Firefox and it'll say:
"You have to restart yadda yadda, here's a cute dinosaur."
It breaks my flow, and is not worth it in the least because I don't ...
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HDD temperature difference between linux and windows
On Windows 11 and Pop OS dual boot laptop (both operating systems installed on ssd and linux /home and data shared between both OS on Seagate ST1000LM048 HDD) HDD operates within 35-38 degree celcius ...
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nginx rewrite move from risky if statements to try_files. Can anybody help convert? (short)
I am trying to clean up my nginx rewrite rules for my vBulletin forum which has some modifications and additional software within the same site which causes problems. I have things working as they ...
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How to collect data about processes network activity?
Windows has Performance Monitor and Data Collector Sets feature. Apparently, it can log all system information.
I want to know, how much data, per process name, per remote IP address, was received ...
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Defragmenting partitions with Raid 0
In my current disk configuration it is 2+2 TB Raid 0. Since this 4TB of space was almost full, I installed two more disks in Raid 0. (2+2 TB) I have 8 TB of volume space in total.
But in Ubuntu, the ...
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create symbolic link in directory with no write permission
I have a directory, which I do not have write access to. I want to create a symbolic link there, overwriting my file in that directory(which i own). however, I cant delete my file to place a symbolic ...
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Can view/read a pdf content but can't extract text
I downloaded a PDF file that I can view, print, modify ... but can't do a simple text copy.
From a brief search I could not find how this was achieved.
I have tried with macOS preview app and chrome'...
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Sink file like /dev/null
I want a /dev/null directory, to wich a graphical program can write a file, and think that it actually is writing it, like redirecting stdout to /dev/null. I cant write it to /tmp, as I nearly never ...
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search PDFs with non-standard character encodings
Some PDF files produce garbage ("mojibake") when you copy text (even though they render OK). This makes it impossible to search them (whatever you search for will not match the garbage).
Does anyone ...
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How routers deal with only one external IP?
I recently discovered that all my devices connected to a WiFi router have the same external IP. Call it 20.20.20.20. The thing that I don't understand is how the router figures out which IP packet ...
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Powershell: Directly write hex values?
I am trying to create a "secret" key. My theory (was/is) to write out non-printable hex codes, (such as 0x02, 0x09, 0x1E ...) of which there are 12 such codes. These are then saved out to a '...
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LDAP Access Control: How to allow specific LDAP users to authenticate oracle linux servers?
$ sudo grep -v -E '^\s*(#|$)' /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
SASL_NOCANON on
uri ldap://ldap.local.{company}.com
base dc={company},dc=com
$ sudo grep -v -E '^\s*(#|$)' /etc/pam.d/sshd
auth ...
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Notepad++ mysteriously rolled itself back, lost preferences and unsaved documents
I opened notepad++ today to find it reset to default settings, all custom preferences are reset (which is not such a problem) and dozens of unsaved tabs with important information are gone.
I ...
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Connect to SQL Server through SSH tunnel?
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not familiar with SSH and doing this sort of stuff, so I'm really looking for a whole explanation of how to go about this. I have an idea that I might be able to ...
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Batch script to write a line in host file to block a website
Batch script to write a line in host file to block a website
I will be sending this remotely. I know how to do it on my PC manually, but I need the batch command to send remotely to block a website.
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Detecting unauthorized USB devices by power draw
How can I measure the power draw for USB devices connected to my computer?
For instance, if I wanted to detected an unauthorized or malicious USB device such as a keylogger, is there a way I can ...
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Hard drive makes a lot of crackling noises when searching through a large folder and buzzes when I am afk
I have a WD Red Pro 4TB HDD. Bought it about 3 months ago.
When I open a folder with a lot of files it starts crackling, I guess it's caused by the drive reading, but I haven't had any file misreads ...
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Windows 10 Display Won't Sleep/Turn Off (Tried Everything!)
There are many posts about the display not sleeping when idle. It will not turn off after inactivity, neither from the desktop, nor from the lock screen. I've tried everything!? This is on a PC (not ...
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Any way to encrypt Chrome's saved passwords?
It's pretty much common knowledge now that Chrome stores passwords in basically plain text, and I was wondering if there is a setting or 3rd party tool that encrypts those passwords maybe based on ...
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Prevent program installations on Windows 11 creating shortcuts on desktop
I want stop program installations automatically from creating shortcuts on the desktop on Windows 11! What if I want to allow programs which are newly installed to create shortcuts on desktop, but ...
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How to run qubes os on KVM
Is there a way to get Qubes OS working in KVM, it freezes short after into boot, I tried to boot into new kernel but result is still the same.
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