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How to autocomplete filenames with "wordwise" camelcase matching in bash?

While programming using QtCreator, I got used to its camelcase-aware completion, e.g. typing MC<ctrl-space> would offer MyClass as a completion option. Now I am basically annoyed about that ...
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How do I set up Anonymous FTP user in Ubuntu?

I wish to set up a single FTP user which has access to just one directory and its sub-directories. I got halfway down this road a few months back and now have completely lost my way as to what I have ...
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How do I make a single adapter act as multiple Wi-Fi access points?

My Wi-Fi router acts as FOUR different access points. These are respectively 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 2.4GHz guest, and 5GHz guest. I am wondering how this can be implemented on my laptop. If my Wi-Fi adapter ...
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How to run a program normally with admin privilleges not as a background process using Task Scheduler?

I have looked through other questions in superuser and online and they all seem to suggest using Task Scheduler for what I want to do. Simply, I want to run my program at STARTUP or Boot with admin ...
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No internet on VM (server 2008) hosted by a machine with internet access

Not a network expert - I have VM with VM Workstation 8. The host machine has internet but I can't get internet on the VM. Any hints? Put the network setting of the machine on "Bridged" \ "replicate ...
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Restore default user data in Google Chome

I normally used Chrome without signing in. Today, I decided to sign in to sync my bookmarks with my Google account. Then I decided to sign out to use Chrome without a Google account but discovered ...
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Router dropping connections

my router keeps dropping connection when more than 10-15 devices are connected..this is a big problem as I would regularly have that many and more devices connected. I currently use a 3347WG router ...
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MacBook cannot reach the router after a few minutes

I have one Windows PC, three Macs and some iPhone and Android phone devices. However, only one MacBook Pro starts to have Wi-Fi problems after few minutes of connectivity. The Wi-Fi symbol in menu ...
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What does "share selection" do in Firefox

By default, Firefox has a Share Selection contextual menu (right-click) item. Between the Search Provider for "..." and the View Selection Source options when highlighting text. Searching about this ...
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Emails sending with the wrong name on Outlook 2011 Mac

Our client has 6 Macs. We recently set up Outlook 2011 with an exchange account for all of the users. On one of the Macs, I had setup the profile for another user (Person B), before removing it and ...
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Iterating through dozens of Excel Sheets while summing up a specific cell or similiar stuff?

I have dozens of Excel files named very similar. For instance: "I_XXX_YY_ZZZ Surname, Name" the only constant is the I, it doesn't ever change. Every single one of these excel file is made according ...
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Manually entered field code not working, but visually equivalent gui-entered one is working

I am using Office 2011 (Norwegian version) for Mac, and I am trying to enter field codes. Every manually input field code so far is failing, whereas the ones I enter using Insert->Field->... is ...
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Cant boot from USB in Vaio laptop

Vaio E Series VPCEG18FA Model PCG-61911W BIOS Version R022028 The laptop says 'Operating System Not Found' . Here is the list of things I have tried : Thought hard disk died ---> But BIOS shows ...
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Add application (Sublime Text) to PATH in ZShell

My config: MacBook pro 2014 OSX Yosemite ZShell I'd like to be able to type: EdChigliak $: sublime "filename.txt" and have my file opened in Sublime Text. I suppose I need to add Sublime Text to ...
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"Run as administrator" failing without message on Windows8.1, but "Run as different user" and consecutive "Run as administrator" working

Run as administrator now is broken the second time for me again after recreating user account locally. Neither on the command line nor via the context menu I can run as programs as an administrator ...
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Windows failing to start after upgrading RAM sticks

I have recently upgraded the RAM in my desktop machine and now Windows is stuck on the Starting Windows screen. I cannot even start it in Safe Mode. But when I run Ubuntu 15.04 Linux it boots and ...
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access raspi ssh from internet

This is my setting: A modem/router provided by my ISP (external static IP) My own router with all my network that is connected to the modem/router I can ssh to the raspi locally. My approach: open ...
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ASUS monitor turns off, replacing the power cord works for a while then it happens again

My ASUS monitor is turning off a couple of times a day and is unable to be turned back on. I discovered that replacing the power cord allows it to turn on again, and in fact if I just plug in another ...
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Start VLC command line but not successful stream

Hi i used this code worked with my old tv-tuner (it connected direct with my PC and i used tv digital for streaming. Start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc" dvb-t://frequency=522000000:...
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Getting a MBP to hibernate/standby after some specific time spent in sleep even when plugged in

I'm aiming to produce the following behavior on both battery and AC power: Computer goes to sleep as usual upon closing lid or being idle for a few minutes. Computer hibernates if left asleep for 5 ...
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Why "ls" command highlights some folders?

Why LS highlights folder PyFac ? How disable this highlighting? IMG My .profile: if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion fi export CLICOLOR=1 ...
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Why is my Windows "System.currentTimeMillis()" system time exactly 8 seconds behind all the other computers?

I am writing a real time networking program running on multiple computers and I decided to synchronize events using the OS system time. The problem is that one of my computers is 8000 ms behind the ...
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Windows machine sounds not playing (Beep() etc)

So this has been an issue for a while now, and it's starting to annoy me. Some sounds just does not work, and I have no idea why. Sound overall works. I can listen to music etu (youtube, spotify ...
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hostname lookup with ping -a randomly doesn't work

on my network I'm trying to find the hostnames for all my machines to have a better chance of physically finding the machines in question, and I'm having a puzzling issue. When I ping -a the IP ...
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partition drive not appearing in explorer

I originally had a 2 terabyte hard drive partitioned as a 256GB OSX partition, and a 1600~ Dynamic disc (shows up as two blocks on disc management) After i went on disc utility to delete my ...
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Excel - Truncating a pasted formula with multiple decimal places to two decimal places

We need to change a formula result that was pasted into a cell to a number with 2 decimal places. For example, formula number that was pasted was 3817.984138. We want it to paste as 3817.98. Can this ...
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SQL 2014 adds null transaction log entries every time a custom service wakes up to look at the database.

SQL2014 on Server2012 (12.0.2000) versus SQL2008R2 (10.50.6000) on Server 2008R2. In SQL2014 but not in SQL2008 .... Both examples add the noted entries to the transaction log once a second (every ...
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Can't connect to host on computers (wifi/lan) but works in Android Phone via wifi

So, I'm trying to connect to www.toshiba.pt, from Brasil. I've tested two computers and major browsers (Chrome, Firefox and IE), but I can't connect to it. When I try using my Samsung Galaxy S4 I ...
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Get Windows 10 icon on the taskbar without NX support?

I have an old Pentium 4 PC running Windows 7. The CPU doesn't support NX. I have seen some methods for disabling the NX check given a Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 Technical Preview ISO. But I want to get ...
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Keep multiple IP address settings for one ethernet controller (Windows 7)

I have a laptop that often gets access to internet in two places: For one place, I need to obtain the IP address automatically but for the other place, a static IP address and DNS server should be ...
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can't ssh to linux machine from mac

I have 2 Amazon machines: A(Centos) and B(Ubuntu). I can access B only from A. When I try to connect from my Mac machine to A and then to B, I get the following error: [alexarsh@A ~]$ ssh alexarsh@B ...
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Windows Backup VHD file format

I created a backup using the Windows "Backup and Restore" in Windows 7. The harddrive was encrypted using DiskCryptor. The windows image consists of 2 vhd files where one of them is the main ...
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Remove fortunes-husse package only

I'd like to remove only the fortunes-husse package on linux mint. Is there a way to remove this that won't remove all parent packages?
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Windows Update setting won't save

first time post. Ever since I refreshed my windows 8 laptop, Windows Update setting won't save. Background: On my laptop I had upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1. Eventually I set Windows Update to "...
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I am unable to open any files in a directory as they all say they are corrupt

All files in a subdirectory of OneDrive are unable to be opened and the programs report that they are corrupt or file type is not recognized. When I look at them using a raw editor, I see the ...
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How to send a PDF as fax from windows command line

How can I send a PDF file from command line in Windows to a windows fax? Of course the receiving faxno should be entered from command line. I'm looking for something like: c:\>FaxPdf test.pdf ...
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Unicode and MS DOS sessions

Considering UTF-8 + Windows CMD nightmare... After reading this question, are these solutions only partial ? Is there a way to set globally the character set/encoding in a cmd environment? It seems ...
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Is it better to have 2x 48 port switches or 4x 24 port switches in a network?

Short questions Is it better to run a large local network through either : A) run all cables back to 2x connected 48 port ethernet switches (with STP (required by Sonos)). or B) Run 4 x 24 port ...
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Vmware Player 7.2.1 unable to find update server

I installed a copy of VMware player 7.2.1. Installation went fine, no errors. Creating a VM also proceeds with no errors, however when I attempt to install VMWare tools I get a message: Could not ...
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Focus window after changing workspace

After i switch workspaces in xmonad with e.g. Alt+3 no window in workspace 3 has focus. I'd like xmonad to automatically give focus to the top window in the workspace i'm switching to. Update: this ...
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PsExec: batch file cannot create a file in remote server

I'm facing on a crazy problem. Using PsExec to run batch file remotely on server. When I use the same command argument in command line, all is fine. Here is my batch file: @ECHO OFF ECHO %USER% >...
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Cron file in cron.d isn't running at all, why?

I am unable to run my cron file stored at /etc/cron.d but it wouldn't run for unknown reasons :/ can someone please help? Content of my cron file is as follows: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/...
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Boot timeout countdown not working

I use Macrium Reflect v6 on my Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit machine which offers a Boot Recovery Menu to choose to boot from Win 8.1 or Macrium Reflect recovery environment. Normally there is a 'Windows will ...
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How can I get my two VM's in virtual box to ping each other?

Although each of the adapters are set to "internal network", I keep getting, network is unreachable.. Help Please .. Please make it simple
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Is there a logging tool to find the process(es) that use resources in Windows 7

I have got the following scenario: On Windows 7 64 bit, my programs collect data from external sources and store them to the computer's second hard disk (not the boot disk). The amount of data is so ...
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Openchange and Samba4

I am looking for a mail solution to be run on my debian home server that seamlessly integrates into our Android devices (contacts + calendar). It seems that Exchange is the only out-of-the-box option ...
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How to eliminate background network activity on Windows 8.1

I am running Windows 8.1 . I want to configure my machine so that the only network activity that happens on my machine is the activity that I explicitly trigger (e.g. web requests made with a browser)...
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Oracle Linux mailx configuration of carbon copy of root user - where?

We have an Oracle Linux box running kernel 2.6.39. We like to send mail on command line with this Linux box using root user. When we tried CC_LIST="[email protected],[email protected]" cat a.txt | mail -s "Test" ...
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Excel formula for organizing data

I would like a formula that could organize data by: deleting or ignoring the #N/A. give me the cells that have a numerical value and are in order by week number. For example: WK25 ...
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Attempted to format MicroSD card, card became inaccessible, is the card trashed?

I attempted to format a brand new Class 4 8 GB Unirex MicroSD card using a USB adapter to my Windows computer using SDFormatter v4.0. I set the format settings to be Quick format type with Format ...
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