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How to set default user for manually installed WSL distro?
I have cloned a WSL distro using wsl --export and wsl --import, but now, running wsl newdistro always logs me in as root. I understand that the lxrun command is deprecated and want to avoid it. The ...
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Batch convert encoding in files
How can I batch-convert files in a directory for their encoding (e.g. ANSI → UTF-8) with a command or tool?
For single files, an editor helps, but how can I do the mass files job?
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How to access a BitLocker-encrypted drive in Linux?
I have a laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate. I have encrypted my drives using BitLocker. Now I have also installed Lubuntu along with Windows. But my encrypted drives are not visible in Linux. How ...
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Time wrong when dual-booting Windows and Linux
Ever since I started using Linux in dualboot with Windows I noticed that when I rebooted the machine, the time on the other OS was wrong, e.g. it was 12:00 on Linux, then I rebooted and on Windows it ...
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Is there any way to execute something when closing the laptop's lid?
I'm wondering if there is any way to execute a program, run some command or anything else when closing the laptop's lid.
My question aims to be generic, both for Windows and Linux. Something useful ...
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How can I get access to EXT2, EX3 and EXT4 partitions on Windows 7?
I tried all programs recommended to mount Linux partitions like EXT2 or EXT3 or even EXT4 but no one can do well on Windows 7 32 bit.
I want to access read-write, is there a program that can do this?
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Corrupted NTFS files (no such file or directory); can I fix them under Linux?
I am trying to copy files to my external hard drive using PartedMagic. My computer won't boot, so we are sending it in to get repaired. I've tried EVERYTHING but can't get it to boot into any desktop ...
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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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Filesystem to use for external hard drive to be used with Mac, Linux and Windows machines [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cross-platform file system
I have a rather large USB drive that I'd like to be able to use across the different machines I own. I'm having a hard time figuring out what would ...
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Serve up PC hard drive as USB mass storage
Is there a software package available that can serve up a hard-drive internal to a PC and make it available over USB to other USB Master nodes as mass storage?
Ex: take your C: or /dev/hda drive on a ...
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Can the Windows 7 system reserved partition be deleted without problems?
Ok, I recently got this netbook that came with Windows 7 and wanted to install Linux on it as well for a dual-boot. It came with four primary partitions on a 250 GB HDD, those being:
15 GB recovery ...
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What is the equivalent of Linux's "~" (tilde) in Windows?
In Linux, we can go to the user home by entering the tilde (~) character after cd:
cd ~
How to do the same in Windows?
Each time, I need to type:
cd C:\Document and Settings\freewind
That's too ...
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What do I have to take care of when hibernating both Ubuntu and Windows (dual-boot environment)
I've got both Windows 7 and Ubuntu (finally) installed on my laptop.
For the sake of comfort, I usually hibernate Windows instead of shutting it down. And I think when using Ubuntu regularly, there ...
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Convert video into format which is most likely playable on a windows system
I have some flv and mp4 videos, which I need to convert to a format which is playable on an a Windows Vista system (for a presentation). The problem is, that I cannot test the videos on the system on ...
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How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver?
Some laptops have a special USB port that can deliver more power than the other ones. However it is not always easy to identify which one is the good one, nor how much power it can deliver.
So is ...
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