Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
DO NOT USE. Burnination [status-planned] (go to tag info / Meta for details) Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving that uses logical, systematic steps to solve the problem.
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How to use profiles with Tor Browser?
Firefox allows for the ability to use multiple profiles by starting the browser from the command line as such:
firefox --ProfileManager
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firefox --CreateProfile
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Arch Linux - dhcpcd messages at login screen
I have a fresh installation of Arch Linux, and I've enabled dhcpcd on eth0. However, the message output for dhcpcd startup appears after the OS is booted up and is at the login screen, so I get this:
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explorer.exe randomly hogging my CPU; any insight into this ProcessMonitor log?
My computer occasionally becomes terribly unresponsive. Opening Process Explorer reveals that it's explorer.exe hogging 100% of the CPU. I poked around until I found the thread id which was doing it,...
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How do you troubleshoot Family Safety reports
I have set up Microsoft Family Safety in Windows 8 for my daughter's account.
At first I got meaningful reports via e-mail each week. But then the e-mails started reporting no activity, even though ...
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Fixing a broken NTVDM
Problem:
About a week ago, the NTVDM on an XP installation broke.
Symptoms:
The first symptom was that a 16-bit executable that is run during an auto-run batch file would hang and peg the CPU at ...
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Windows XP - Blue Screen
I have a Dell Latitude D810 I found in our IT storage in basement (computer graveyard) that I was going to use for parts, specifically the keyboard. When I found it, it had a note on it "Blue Screen, ...
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When remote copy is overwritten with local copy, file size differs?
When I overwrite a remote file with a local copy, FileZilla successfully transfers and overwrites the file, but I notice that the new remote copy size is few KB lesser than the actual local copy. Why ...
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How to stop the Windows Update process when Windows refuses to stop it?
Many websites, including SuperUser, recommend restarting the Windows Update service in order to fix the common problem of Windows Update getting stuck at 0% downloading.
When I try to stop the ...
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Computer is dying--what should I be looking for?
Okay, I'm a bit knowledgeable with pooters and such, but i'm confused. My computer is dying slowly, and I'm not sure what part is causing this.
Computer details: Vista, dell machine, intel Q6600, ...
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PC runs very slowly for no apparent reason
I have a Dell Latitude D820 that I've owned for about 2.5 years. It is a Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz, with 2 GB of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive and an NVidia Quadro 120M video card.
The computer was ...
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How to troubleshoot a hardware problem on linux?
Just to note I am not having a problem at the moment, but have had previously so it sparked my curiosity...
When a computer locks up suddenly to so caps lock flashes incessantly and the only ...
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Low quality connection: is it my internet provider or my router?
I recently changed to a different internet provider, and at the same time I installed a wireless router at home, so now my machine connects to the wifi instead of a cable.
Since then I've been ...
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Computer turns on for a split second and then shut down
I searched all over Google for the answers for this and most of them read that the PSU is at fault, but I did the paper clip test where you connect the green wire to one of the black wires (ref: http:/...
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Why does CPU Time for the System Idle Process increase *faster* than the wall clock?
My computer has been up for 30 min but task manager shows that CPU Time for System Idle Process at 1:30 plus. Every second it advances another 3 or sometimes 4 seconds.
The machine is also running, ...
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memtest86+ error explosion, and then nothing
Over the last two weeks my desktop has seemingly all of a sudden become noticeably less stable: frequent BSODs (all with different error messages but all of which were related to memory), difficulties ...
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Computer powers on automatically and beeps, but no display
I have a problem with my computer turning on automatically. The power switch lights up and the fan keeps running. After a while, a single beep will be heard every minute or so but nothing will ...
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Is someone stealing my bandwidth?
I have a lot of internet problems (very slow connection, randomly not working).
I've tried a tracert:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [7
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <...
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Lots of BluetoothHeadsetProxy.exe processes
I have a weird problem with my Win7 Pro 64: after booting it keeps spawning new BluetoothHeadsetProxy processes. I have 400 of them now and it keeps counting of course slowing down the system ...
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What is causing the atrocious performance of my Macbook pro?
I have a Macbook pro, both of which are evincing awful performance for day to day tasks. I'd like to know what is causing it, or failing that, how to diagnose this performance issue more effectively. ...
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Empty menus in emacs
I am using emacs-snapshot on Ubuntu 11.04.
In some of the emacs modes, like Auctex and ESS, the menus have no contents, i.e. in Auctex when I click on the Preview, Latex, or Command menus, a small ...
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Windows 7's start menu's search "see more results" is broken
After searching in my start menu and clicking to "see more results", I got an error dialog:
It "seems" that it should be search-ms:query=document an not search:query=document but where can I fix this?...
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Certain CD-R's not working in car..sometimes
I have an old Honda with a stock CD player. Certain CD's that I've burned only work sometimes. They typically fail in the morning or when it is raining/wet. I'd rather not go through the bother and ...
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How can I diagnose if a DVD drive is defective?
I am asking because I know Dell is going to give me a problem.
How do I know if my DVD drive in my laptop is broken? I burned 4 DL discs and they ALL failed, I called Dell and they suggested using ...
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Windows 7 logon takes 2 minutes -- how to troubleshoot?
I got myself a brand new laptop with Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit.
I used it no problems for a couple of months, and then a strange thing began to happen:
I press the On button.
In 20 seconds or less,...
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Why does my computer only sometimes recognize my hard disk drive?
Whenever I turn on my computer it is a crap shoot whether or not the BIOS message says that my SATA 320 Gb seagate drive has been recognised. I have jiggled the wires around and I don't think it is a ...
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Black Screen On XP Guest
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I'm running Windows XP as guest on VMware Player 6.0.1, but I'm getting a black screen. The VM starts up, I
see the XP logo screen as it loads, but then the welcome screen never ...
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Asus P5Q doesn't POST at all
I had a very strange incident this evening. I was watching TV on the computer and suddenly the sound stuttered. Some seconds later, the screen went black. First I thought ok some error, don't worry. ...
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Troubleshooting painfully slow Windows XP boot
When I reboot my machine, it takes around 10-15 minutes to boot. Tried removing unused programs, disk defragmentation, check disk, but I'm not able to identify the issue.
Any ideas to troubleshoot to ...
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Why won't Firefox recognize application keyboard shortcuts created in Mac OS X System Preferences?
I go into System Preferences, open the Keyboard & Mouse pane, and create keyboard shortcuts for various Firefox menu items in the application keyboard shortcuts section. When I load Firefox, the ...
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Windows 7 and 8.0 bug: Network icon is marked as "no internet access"
When does windows mark network connection icon as having no internet access?
I have internet access, but the icon says I don't. If I run troubleshooter, it finds no any problems. But the icon still ...
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How does a process "pick" which core to run on?
How does a program "choose" which core to run on? It was my understanding that the operating system determines which program gets processed on which core.
APPLICABLE EXAMPLE
Firefox has suddenly and ...
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How to find what is causing Windows 7 Desktop pause
Windows 7 64 bit.
Been in use approx 2 years since last rebuild. Recently, system is misbehaving. Specifically, on bootup, I get the login screen. I login, I get my desktop wallpapers (2 monitors)....
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Building My First Computer And Suprise It Isn't Working
I've had many years of experience working on and around computers, but this was my first foray into building one completely from scratch. So far that foray has been a disaster.
My rig is completely ...
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Images disappear on a website
All images have disappeared on a website i like. Its very weird. I disable ALL my FF plugins and it doesnt show up. I tried accessing the site on my VM linux and it shows up. I visit the page and ...
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How to revive an inkjet printer -- partially clogged/dried up?
How can I fix an inkjet printer where one of the colors isn't printing well anymore?
My Canon PIXMA iP3000 has served me well for a few years, and I print color and B&W material on a regular ...
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What does pressing the power button on a laptop with no power do?
Today, on my laptop (Lenovo G510) running Windows 8.1, my Wi-Fi and ethernet capabilities both decided to go kaput with no warning and no obvious way to fix the problem. With the ethernet cord plugged ...
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Windows Update showed "Downloading updates 95%" for hours
I was using Windows 10 Home, version 1607 (OS build 14393.693).
The computer was a bit slow earlier today. Task Manager indicated that "Service Host: Local System" was making very heavy use of the ...
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Blue Screen with no crash dump generated (0xF4)
I'm getting frequent Blue Screens (every hour or two), with a STOP 0xF4 code. The really fun thing about these is that no crash dump is ever generated. As shown in the screen shot below, it says ...
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Can I set up a local network from my computer that I could then connect to with my Wii?
Due to the odd way my college's network is set up, I can't use their network with my Wii (it's a long story, and not exactly relevant to the question). However, my computer can connect perfectly fine, ...
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Intermittent freeze of Windows 7 SP1 x64 since last week
It's a self build Core2Duo 8 GB workstation used as a 24/7/365 server, started in 2007. Installed Windows 7 on February 2010, running flawless till last week. Nothing specials happened / installed ...
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Blank white desktop icons on new Windows 7 install
I just did a fresh install of Windows 7 professional on my father's Toshiba Satellite laptop and everything went smoothly except for the fact that certain desktop shortcuts appear as a blank white ...
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Running Application Does Not Show Up In Dock
I notice that my running applications on Mac OS X (10.5) do not show up in Dock?
Even when I have icon for the application in the Dock, it does not show the 'blue highlight' when I click the ...
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How do I enable WSL in pycharm interpreter settings?
Currently, I have Ubuntu installed on Windows 10 as a WSL where I installed python and want to use that as an interpreter in Pycharm on Windows 10. I go to the add interpreter settings and expect to ...
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Switches shut down when connecting my PC on a PoE port: help me find the failing part
A few months ago, we built a PC and ran into the following issue: when we plugged it into a PoE port on switch, the switch shut off. When using non-PoE ports, ethernet still didn’t seem to function, ...
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The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck
My Windows 8 computer frequently locks up when you try to wake it up from sleep. The power light appears on, but the monitor shows no connection and it won't 'wake up'. I have to hold the power button ...
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How do programs "decide" which network adapter to use?
In Windows, how do programs "decide" which network adapter/connection to use?
I have dual ethernet ports on my motherboard. I usually only have one enabled, but recently, I've wanted to enable the ...
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Why has my computer started to make noises when I turn it on after I put it into sleep mode for the first time a week ago?
I would usually have my pc on all day and fully shut it down at night time before I went to bed. I decided to put it into sleep mode instead the other day and everything was fine but when I woke it ...
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Transcend External hard disk: continuous beeping
I have a 500GB Transcend StoreJet external HDD. The problem is it beeps for long time. When it beeps I can not access the drive. Even sometime I can, I dont see full file listing or empty folder!
It ...
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Modem doesn't seem to pass internet connection to router
I was supplied a Cisco DPC3825 modem by my ISP and use a Cisco E4200 as my main router.
Today the Internet just stopped working, just out of the blue, I can't think of anything that would have ...
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How to restore jump list for Windows Explorer pinned taskbar icon?
I pinned Windows Explorer's icon to my taskbar months ago, and all worked fine, including jump lists. Note: I changed the default Explorer's folder using the usual trick of changing the GUID in the ...
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