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How and why does ~ vs its substituted form in path affect behavior of which / type?
If my PATH contains say ~/.local/bin, the file in that location won't be discovered by which, but it will be discovered by type, and the file will be hashed. If I update PATH to /home/me/.local/bin, (...
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How to start afresh with One Drive with the same live.com account but with a new Laptop?
I had OneDrive on my older Laptop where a lot of stuff was backed up. Now I moved to a new Laptop - I didn't want the same directory structure as the old Laptop, so I manually downloaded stuff from ...
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omen gaming hub gpu temperature display error
In omen gaming hub application, my graphics card temperature appears as "--"
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Why does sudoers.d ignore filenames with dots in them?
by default sudo parse config files in /etc/sudoers.d/* whose filename does not contain . and ~ , meaning user.conf is ignored and user_conf is parsed.
Why does /etc/sudoers.d ignore files with dots in ...
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Batch and Powershell convert REG_EXPAND_SZ [closed]
Hi i wanted to do conversion from batch reg to powershell.
Here is original command:
Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\1\PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Bitmap" /v "FriendlyTypeName" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /...
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Firefox forces to install updates on older version
I have decided to use an older version (78.0) of Firefox ESR for testing but whenever I try to install the Firefox, it quickly starts to auto-update before I disable it. I rebooted Firefox and I got ...
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how to remove holes in sparse file on Linux?
How do I remove all holes in a spare file on Linux? On Windows, I believe the procedure is
fsutil sparse setflag <file> 0
What is the Linux equivalent?
(I know cp <file> <file>.cp; ...
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Apache load balancer unable to distinguish between different subdomains
I am trying to configure an Apache load balancer to route requests to a number of backend servers but for some reason it seems that the main domain's content is always being loaded, regardless of the ...
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Keycloak stuck on loading screen
i am running keycloak in linux system in bare metal. When i run it in dev mode everything seems to be working fine. i generated the certificates and ran it in production mode, now its stuck in the ...
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Simultaneous Recording and Real-Time Display Using ffmpeg with DeckLink
I am currently working with a DeckLink Duo card, specifically utilizing port 2. My objective is to use FFmpeg to ingest RAW HD SDI, save it as an MP4 file, and concurrently display the incoming SDI ...
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I added a Windows feature and now I can't boot into Windows, how can I remove the feature now?
I have a Minisforum HM80 mini PC (may be relevant) running Windows 11 that serves as an in-kitchen PC for simple tasks, from web browsing, to watching videos, and playing light games. I saw a tutorial ...
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I enabled the diagnostic boot in msconfig and am now stuck at login screen
I've searched across multiple forums, found people with the same issue but none of them had a working answer, when I open notepad in the winre cmd and save the file, the C drive doesn't show up and I'...
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Lubuntu 16.04 - Windows 10 doesn't show up in my GRUB menu
Today I install Lubuntu 16.04 to dualboot with my windows 10, I selected the “Install Lubuntu alongside Windows 10” option in the installation menu.
But after rebooting, Windows 10 doesn’t appear in ...
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How to quickly turn a set of pictures taken by a phone camera into a combined PDF? [closed]
For example, I take a set of photos of a document. Each document will be a JPG. I want it to be turned into a combined PDF.
Here's what I do:
I send these photos through a messager device, i.e., ...
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Mounting a Windows 10 Base Filesystem as Read-Only?
I'm trying to create a Windows volume where the base image is mounted as read-only to prevent corruption after a sudden power loss.
Here is what I've attempted so far:
I've created a VHD file from the ...
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No, Really: What is the relative impact of DRAM frequency and timing specifications? [closed]
Note: since composing this post, I spent quite some time drilling ChatGPT about it. And I'm pretty sure it is also confused and contradicting itself.
At one point I got the 200MB/sec/byte suggested, ...
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Do I need to take ownership to be able to delete/move files?
I run bittorrent-nox on my little seed box and since I switched from NTFS to ext4 now sometimes the files will not let me edit them over SAMBA file share - it tells me I need to be the bittorrent nox ...
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How to remove Ubuntu entry from EFI and/or reinstall OpenBSD boot loader?
I have a ThinkPad E15 gen 2 AMD laptop. It has the stock Toshiba NVMe SSD and an Intel Optane NVMe SSD. NVMe0 is a spare drive and NVMe1 is the OpenBSD drive.
I had to do something with a disk ...
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Can I copy paste 200GB+ from one disk to another in Windows?
I'm trying to make a backup of my 1TB SSD (80%) to a 1TB HDD, which is empty.
To do so, I'm trying to move 200GB from one to another, so I can format / recover (I don’t know yet), installing Ubuntu ...
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How can I use dynamic shell+tmux configuration files?
I would like to generate a bashrc configuration file each time I start a particular tmux session, and I want to use my user's default tmux configuration file ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/tmux/tmux.conf as well. ...
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"'Windows To Go' can only be installed on a GPT partitioned drive if it has the FIXED attribute set" when flashing Windows To Go on drive with Rufus
When I try to flash Windows 11 To Go (technically it's not actually Windows To Go, it's like a pseudo-Windows 11 To Go) on my newly ordered 64 GB SanDisk Cruzer Glide using Rufus, it throws this error ...
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What would cause CrystalDiskMark to show different test results for front USB port compared to rear?
My motherboard is the Asus B450-i and my case front IO USB ports are plugged into the USB 3.1 Gen 1 header on the motherboard using the cable supplied with the case. I'm using Windows 11 as my OS.
On ...
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How to differentiate between directories created manually and directories created by installed programs?
On my Ubuntu laptop, I want to differentiate between directories I created manually and directories created by programs that I install for coding purposes (in Python).
I have searched a lot, but it ...
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Dell Latitude not charging over USB-C PD 3.1 when powered on. It can charge, but only when I power it off
I have a somewhat weird problem where my Latitude 7300 won't charge over USB-C port when powered on with a specific non-Dell charger; I can charge the Latitude, but only when I power it off. The ...
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GPU detected, but not being used, programs crash if set to use it
I bought an HP Victus 15" laptop which came with an NVIDIA RTX 3050 (6 GB dedicated RAM) installed. But it also shipped with Windows 11 which I absolutely refuse to use, so I took out the SSD and ...
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PATH environment variable broke - Windows 11 21h2
i develop software, particularly in java, so i find myself using command line software through Path quite a lot (things like "java Main")
however, about 2 days ago, my Path environment ...
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FFMpeg series thumbnails created less than expected
I have the following ffmpeg command to create a 576p video, and series thumbnails at an interval of every 2 seconds.
ffmpeg -hwaccel cuvid -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i input_video.mp4 \
-vf "...
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Brother DCP-L2530DW - problems with duplex printing
I am the owner of a DCP-L2530DW printer and I use the duplex function.
If I select the "Long Edge (right side)" option in the "Duplex Print Settings" (in portrait orientation), ...
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OpenWRT: routing lan client with static IP to custom VPN interface
On a OpenWRT router (OpenWrt 22.03.5) I've created a custom interface to connect with my Wireguard external server (WG0). It seems to work fine according to regular handshakes. There is a device ...
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Prevent users of the operating system from closing an active program in the background [duplicate]
I have a public computer Windows 11 is installed.
On it I have an active program on the computer that I want users to be unable to log out of.
When I say exit, I mean normal exit, through the window ...
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Why did chkdsk delete all the files and how can I recover them? [duplicate]
I used chkdsk as you can see below (Spanish text):
C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk /f D:
El tipo del sistema de archivos es exFAT.
El número de serie del volumen es 6440-DECD
Windows está comprobando ...
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VLC Streams at Higher Sample Rate But Transcodes and Saves to Lower
I am trying to transcode an mpeg4audio stream from a radio station and save the file. I have a headless server I am trying to use cvlc with in order to transcode and save the Stream to a file. Here is ...
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Draw border arround active window AHK V2?
need conversion from v1 to v2 AHK
I've convert this V1 to V2 , The V1 works well but V2 doesn't.
Can someone help me to get the right conversion to V2 or any other scrip that Draws border arround ...
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FFmpeg bug RTMPS Facebook live and all RTMPS [closed]
I run live streaming with RTMPS not working in FFmpeg.
FFmpeg has a bug for pushing to RTMPS, when it starts streaming it doesn't work, after 10 seconds an error appears. This doesn't just happen on ...
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Does an extra SSID on a UniFi AP interfere with exiting ones?
I have a UniFi access point on which I have historically created a few SSIDs. I now would like to add a new one and I was wondering to which point such numerous SSIDs can be a problem (from an ...
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Buying more Gmail storage? [closed]
So, I am trying to purchase more storage via Gmail, but for some reason do not see the option plans?
Whenever I click on puchage storage, it takes me to this page.
It also says storage is managed by ...
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Prevent users from exiting software [closed]
I put a computer in public service.
I want users to be unable to exit a certain software
Do you know any software or another way to do this for me?
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What user-mode and kernel mode driver does Windows using WDDM drivers load for DirectDraw HAL?
I started using Process Explorer to look at the DLLs referred by the programs.
Surprisingly, applications utilising only DirectDraw HAL don't seem to call any graphics related library/driver. It is ...
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Cut and paste function changes formulas in spreadsheet
I'm trying to sum the total number of hours within a set of rows. I've created formulas that calculate the total number of hours based on a weighted probability. At times, totals within cells will ...
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Synology DSM 7.2 cannot add iptables LOG rule
When trying to add a LOG rule to iptables on Synology DSM 7.2 the following error is thrown:
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.
Verified that LOG module is loaded, rule is valid, chain is ...
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If I open minecraft server port 25565 through openvpn I can not connect to other mc servers running on port 25565 [closed]
I have an OpenVPN server and I have run this command on the server to open port 25565 for the VPN client:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 25565 -j DNAT --to 10.8.0.2
I can not connect ...
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Kafka like queue system for local and low latency system
I have a problem where Kafka queues looks a good fit (high performance low latency single produces/multi consumer queue).
However I don’t need the modules using this topics to be persistent, fault ...
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Is there a quicker way to toggle Windows sticky keys?
I am looking for a quicker way to toggle sticky keys than having to press the shift key 5 times each time.
Maybe some setting somewhere that allows defining a different activation hotkey?
Or perhaps ...
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Will plugging a USB device into a higher standard port improve data transfer rates if the max rate of the original port wasn't being reached?
I have an external USB 3.2 gen 2 SSD that I plug into a front USB 3.0 port on my PC. Let's say that when copying files I get an average transfer speed of less than 200 MB/s.
(lower than both the ...
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How can I fit this long equation inside MS Word content window?
I am trying to write a very long equation in MS Word and for some reason my equation is going outside content window. (clicking ENTER, increasing paragraph spacing and linear mode not helping)
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Can reach VPN peer only after ping from this peer
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I have two linux PCs connected to a local network and to a WireGuard VPN network. (let's say VPN subnet = 10.66.66.0/24 and PC A=10.66.66.9 and PC B=10.66.66.10).
The problem is that I can't ...
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Windows Server Storage Migration Service Error 5 - Access Denied [migrated]
I want to use the Storage Migration Service built-in in Windows Server for migrating our data and shares (around 6TB). I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 as a source and WS2022 as destination and have ...
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gpg command line: no public key
Trying to use command line to encrypt a file:
>gpg --list-keys
pub ...
uid [ultimate] john12345
sub ...
>gpg -r john12345 -e foo.txt
gpg: john12345: skipped: No public key
gpg: ...
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Windows 11, not reacting to user input
all of a sudden, I see this behaviour on a Windows 11 machine:
About 20 or 30 seconds after a fresh restart, I can not start new software: When I click on an Icon in the tray, the software does not ...
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Run OpenThread Border Router in Docker container on custom network
I'm trying to setup an OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) on my Raspberry Pi. When running OTBR in a docker container as suggested in the official guide apps like Google Home or other cannot connect to ...
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