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F5 key behaving as FN + F5
All of my laptop—a Samsung Expert running Windows 10—f[number] keys are behaving now as if I press Fn+f[number] shortcut.
For example, Fn+f5 normally disables touchpad. Then, when I press f5 key to ...
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How can I wake my laptop after using psshutdown64.exe -d -t 0?
I have a small WSL script which checks if a (another) script has finished and then puts my laptop to sleep using psshutdown64.exe -d -t 0. This is on Win 10 and hibernate is disabled.
On my old Huawei ...
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How can I stop my keyboard's Power button from shutting down my PC without disabling my laptop's Power button?
I've got a Logitech K270 keyboard which, as shown in the image below, has a little "power" button on top of the row of F keys (the next-to-last key to the right on the top row). This is part ...
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How can i download a file from virustotal for free? [closed]
I want to download a file from virustotal.com
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/655bde7f3c270b7b06e6c3dbba5c041727aec5389339f71b3ca73f80316212f9/analysis/
http://processchecker.com/file/LidLock.exe....
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I have 4 GB RAM in both of the available slots; can I upgrade one of them to 8 GB?
Does having unequal size RAM affect performance?
I want to make this upgrade because I run out of RAM while playing games and doing other resource-intensive stuff. My PC is a Dell 7577.
Will it run ...
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How can I use headphone via Type-C port instead of jack in Laptop?
I have Lenovo V330-15IKB laptop and its headphone jack on the right side that I do not like. On the other hand, there are 2 Type-C USB ports on the left side of the laptop and I would like to use one ...
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Prevent windows 10 from sleeping for next lid closing only
Sometimes I let my computer (Lenovo laptop under Windows 10) do stuff that takes a while (e.g. scientific computation). When it does that, I would like to be able to close its lid without it going to ...
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Swap function keys at OS runtime
I have an Alienware R2 anw17-7493slv and I can't figure out how to change FN keys to multimedia keys at runtime. I know there is a option in BIOS to do this, but I want to do this at runtime.
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Windows incompletely shuts down after heavy use
My HP Pavilion 15 Laptop (came with Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1 and now on Insider Preview) has a Shutdown problem.
It'll shutdown completely without any issue if it used for a short while. But ...
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Laptop goes to sleep at random times ever since I upgraded it to Windows 10
My gs's laptop goes to sleep at random times when she leaves it idle for as short time as 1 minute.
I've checked the power configuration, and it should NOT be going to sleep at any given time, it's on ...
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Clean install windows 10 keeping the original key
So, I have a few questions about a pretty straightforward scenario: I purchased a new laptop - namely, Dell's XPS 15 9550 - which came with Windows 10 Home (x64), and also, as usual, with a lot of ...
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Win10/Win11 can't run any program soon after login
Intro: I'm a repair tech, and I have encountered a very weird problem with two Windows laptops in under a week, something I have never experienced before. One with Windows 10, another with Windows 11, ...
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Can I set my windows laptop brightness to ZERO or ALMOST zero?
I need this because I want to turn my laptop on at home and control it remotely outside, but I don't want the screen to be seen to others. I found this feature in ubuntu, or in some laptop with custom ...
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How to extend Laptop screen with a monitor?
I am using a laptop and I tried to extend laptop screen with a monitor using HDMI cable. However, when I extend the monitor via Display Settings, the mouse can only be active one of the screen; laptop ...
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Windows doesn't stop playing music after bluetooth neackband gets disconnected
I have Oppo enco M31, and laptop.
Device Details:
Device name Lordofcodes
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.00 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (6.90 GB usable)
Device ID ...
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