User Cam Jackson - Super User

Cam Jackson

Member for 13 years
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20 Questions

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54 votes

6 answers

226k views

Pinging a machine on my local network gets an 'unreachable' response from my own IP address?

asked Jul 26, 2012 at 14:42

27 votes

2 answers

2k views

How does Windows detect battery issues?

asked Jul 15, 2013 at 10:43

27 votes

3 answers

29k views

What is cmd's equivalent to Bash's & (ampersand) for running a command without waiting for it to terminate?

asked Oct 12, 2011 at 6:10

26 votes

3 answers

11k views

If I typo my username when ssh-ing, is there a way to go back and change it?

asked May 6, 2011 at 3:14

17 votes

3 answers

2k views

Why would an incorrect password attempt take a lot longer to process than a correct one?

asked Oct 28, 2011 at 1:01

7 votes

1 answer

2k views

Directory invisible until I cd into it

asked May 18, 2011 at 6:58

6 votes

2 answers

7k views

Is there a way to add or remove programs to/from my Ninite installer?

asked Sep 3, 2012 at 5:14

6 votes

3 answers

22k views

When editing a presentation in powerpoint, is there any way to scroll continuously between the slides?

asked Nov 8, 2012 at 7:02

4 votes

4 answers

5k views

I want to dual boot Windows 8 on a Macbook Pro that doesn't already have Windows. Do I have to buy Windows twice?

asked Nov 8, 2012 at 10:34

3 votes

1 answer

204 views

Why does ~username/ change to /home/username if tab-completing a path with a space in it?

asked Jul 6, 2011 at 3:58

3 votes

1 answer

158 views

What is it about certain graphics card driver updates that make them 'recommended' for certain games?

asked Oct 26, 2011 at 23:03

3 votes

2 answers

8k views

How can I create a mandatory, non-identifying relationship between two entities?

asked May 17, 2012 at 4:57

2 votes

2 answers

7k views

Windows 8's File History tells me to "Reconnect your drive" when I try to clean up old backup data?

asked Sep 22, 2013 at 0:35

2 votes

3 answers

137 views

What are some good techniques to make your Windows installation something you can throw away and rebuild quickly and easily? [closed]

asked Oct 3, 2014 at 11:32

2 votes

1 answer

314 views

Is there a way to change what Windows XP considers to be a 'protected operating system file'?

asked Apr 1, 2011 at 1:57

2 votes

1 answer

163 views

Could I run Visual Studio and check code into SVN, installed on Ubuntu, on the same machine?

asked May 30, 2011 at 6:37

2 votes

3 answers

797 views

Is there a way to know what the Windows Disk Cleanup utility will delete?

asked Jun 27, 2013 at 6:18

1 vote

3 answers

392 views

Will I be able to update Windows 8 Release Preview from Dreamspark to the final released version?

asked Sep 1, 2012 at 5:22

1 vote

2 answers

21k views

How can I restore my laptop from Windows 7 to its original Windows Vista recovery partition?

asked Mar 14, 2012 at 10:18

0 votes

1 answer

147 views

Does a Windows 8 boot partition have to be at the start of a drive?

asked Jul 19, 2013 at 4:45