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Is the Windows kernel considered an "application"?
If it is true that all Windows files with the ".exe" file extension are considered "applications", is NTOSKRNL.exe, the Windows kernel, an "application", or is this an exception to the rule? What ...
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What does the "cyg" prefix mean?
I've seen so many cyg prefixed things like cygstart, cygpath, cygwin etc., but what exactly does this prefix mean?
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Windows PowerShell equivalent to Unix/Linux `pwd`?
In follow-up to the cmd.exe question, what is the PowerShell equivalent to echo %cd%, or Linux/Unix pwd?
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What's the difference between one-dash and two-dashes for command prompt parameters?
I was wondering why is it that some programs requires their command prompt parameters to have two dashes in front whereas some (most) only require one dash in front?
For example most programs look ...
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How to fix broken "newline" from Mac to Windows
I have been given a set of python codes (.py) which were written on Mac. Unfortunately, when I open them on windows (pycharm, notepad, even word), there are no line breaks. I asked for .txt versions ...
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Is there a Windows equivalent of the Unix "strings" command?
strings in Unix and Linux extracts printable strings from a binary file. Is there a version of this for Windows? I couldn't find one.
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What is Gnome / KDE etc?
I have been on Windows my entire life.
Without getting too technical, what are these things?
When I search on the net, I get some technical results. I simple do not understand what these things are!
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Connecting to Multiple Wifi Networks Simultaneously
There are multiple wifi networks available on campus. I have noticed that on the primary network, certain important websites (Google) have extremely long load times. This can be resolved to switching ...
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Is it possible to install OS Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, Fedora Linux?
I'm planning to have 6 operating systems in my laptop. And wanted to have more in the future.
I want to install 2 versions of desktop OS in windows (7 and 8.1) and a server OS in windows (Windows ...
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NT to UNIX group mapping in Samba 4
I want to map the NT Group Domain Users to a different UNIX group than users on my Samba 4.7.6 Active Directory Domain Controller, but when I try to do this, it fails as follows:
> net groupmap ...
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Linux/Unix in Windows
What would be the best way to get the full-blown Unix/Linux bash inside Windows?
I don't mean the Virtual Machine, but rather only the terminal with mounted NTFS drives.
This way I could use the ...
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Robocopy to copy files and folders to and fro between a location on Windows and UNIX
Using Robocopy to copy / move files and folders from one Windows server to another is pretty much a possibility. But can Robocopy be used to do the same across different OS ? i.e. transfer files from ...
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is it possible to replace a ms-dos command with another one? [duplicate]
I installed msys tools for a c++ programming more unix-like environment. the find command won't replace the native find windows command, which is pretty sad because I have to type in the full path (...
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How can I log all my command-line activity?
I just had a Heisenbug that completely disappeared on me. I'm convinced that something funny must have happened when I compiled my program several days or a week ago.
But sadly, my Windows (MINGW) ...
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what is the linux cmd to get the SID
If I want to get the SID of a particular user in windows. I would run the following cmd from a DOS windows:
cmd> wmic useraccount get name,sid
example output> kehelly S-1-5-21-3623811015-...
