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Using TP-Link Archer VR400 as Access Point with a shared USB storage
I bought and set up a Archer VR400 as an access point (Connected LAN to LAN with the main modem-router, DHCP was disabled).
Everything looked like it is working.
The VR400 served one Lan client and ...
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How to prevent Bootcamp Windows 10 from 'auto hibernating'
I installed Bootcamp Windows 10 on a Mid-2012 Non-Retina MacBook Pro. It is pretty good except for one problem. While in Windows, if I close the lid for too long (overnight), it will hibernate itself. ...
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Using sed to edit filepath variable
I am trying to use the sed command to edit a value in the .git/config file. When running the remote origin command, the config file creates the line of text like this":
url = https://github.com/...
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Setting up an emulated windows 98 machine for old scientific measurement instrument?
We have an old Powder X-Ray Diffractometer that was built way back when, which operates using a software called "XRD Commander". This program only runs on Windows 98 and we are still months ...
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SCP connection only works one way
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I have a docker container which is Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS running on remote server. I connect to it through SSH.
Everything works fine when I connect to it and I can SCP from my PC (windows11) to ...
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How to open ms-settings: links from Firefox?
When I browse to How to uninstall a Windows update in Firefox and click on the View update history settings button, it opens the ms-settings:windowsupdate-history?activationSource=SMC-Article-12415 ...
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Disabling Windows 11 Presence sense
Some of the laptops under my care have hardware for Windows Presence / Proximity detection to see if someone is physically standing in front of the laptop.
We don't use the feature, and on at least ...
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PowerShell manipulation of `for` results
A welcome-to-PowerShell guide has the PowerShell equivalents of the commands pwd, cd, ls, find, cp, rm, mkdir, touch, cat, tail, grep, uname, mkfs, ping, man, and cut:
https://mathieubuisson.github.io/...
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How can I remove the xmas tree effects from my keyboard
I just purchased a new Logitech G915. On my previous mechanical Logitech, I was able to change the colour to a constant one of the intensity of my choosing. I expected the new one to build on ...
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windows 11 taskbar wasted space
I really dislike that Microsoft will force me to upgrade Win10 to Win11, but I already have it on my work laptop. I tried to make it look as I like it - for example disable the silly grouping of app ...
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Why are UTF-8 paths (differently) escaped in outputs across core CLI utilities?
Let's say that I'm a psychopath who names my files like:
[-] `{title: "Non-Metadata", id: "s4a4ji"}`{.JSON5}.dir
That's my best attempt at making the most hideous plausible ...
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wireguard installation: modprobe wireguard fails
I installed wireguard on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and all is fine.
On another older machine running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, I have problems in wireguard installation. When I execute
sudo ip link add dev wg0 type ...
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How to access a static IP assigned to a device by LAN connection
My device has a static IP assigned (192.168.1.2). I have this device (DVR) plugged into a PC via LAN Ethernet. When I first bought the system I was able to access the device "server" locally by ...
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Open source software to merge and rotate pdfs on windows [closed]
How to rotate and merge pdf pages the simplest way on windows?
it can be CLI method
please help
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How to permanently disable Windows 11 upgrade nag screen?
I occasionally get full screen ads about my computer being eligible for a Windows 11 upgrade, which looks something like this
Hardwarewise the computer probably is capable of running Windows 11. ...
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Mounting ext4 drive with specified user permission
I want to mount a supplementary ext4 data disk drive with specified rwx permission for a certain user. The mount point is inside the home of such a user and it's owned by the user. I added the new ...
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MS Access ODBC 64 drivers
I had to reinstall Windows 10 Pro and this went well. When I started using my program, there were some driver related problems with respect to my application connecting to an MS Access database. I am ...
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VirtualAlloc error 1314
On two seemingly similar Windows 10 22H2 machines, an application acts differently: on one it works and reports that it is able to use VirtualAlloc() to allocate large pages, on the other it throws ...
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Windows 10 Only Boots In UEFI Mode
I have a problem that seems to be the inverse of most others on the internet. I can boot Windows 10 in UEFI mode, but if I disable Secure Boot and enable CSM, I cannot boot Windows 10.
Ordinarily, I ...
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How to change date and time of a remote computer
How to change date and time of a remote computer that runs windows XP on a 2008 domain?
because that client failed to log on local or from remote desktop with below message:
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How to resolve the password prompting issue when setting up lftp connection with sftp and ssh-key in centos?
I have a centos server s1 and client c1 and I wanted to do a lftp connection with sftp and ssh-key without the password been prompted. Currently when I run the below command the password is prompted ...
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Executable should automatically start with realtime priority on Windows
On an Windows 7 PC (used for legacy music software), I notice that enabling Windows Task Manager > Right click on process > Set priority > Realtime on a particular audio software improves ...
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GRUB LENOVO TK SFF INTEL [closed]
In the LENOVO TK SFF INTEL i7-12700 with a 500GB SSD I installed Windows 11.Pe a 1000 GB external SSD I installed Linux Mint.
I read on this forum, but also from other sources, how to delete GRUB.
Nu ...
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How to set up routing and firewall to achieve the desired result in this specific scenario (selective routing through wg tunnel)?
I have 2 linux computers connected via wireguard over the internet.
Their wg configuration is as follows.
Computer1:
[Interface]
PrivateKey = <computer1-private-key>
Address = 10.6.0.2/24
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How to resolve NFS Mount 'Error 1222' under Windows 10 Pro
I'm running the latest version of 64-bit Windows 10 Pro on my desktop box, which I'll call the Client box. I have another box running the same OS (the Server box) which I use to share six full HDs ...
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netsh wlan show profiles name="name" key=clear"
I wrote in cmd with administrator rights this "netsh wlan show profiles name="name" key=clear" but I dont see the password of the wifi, only "key content: available". Anybody know whats happend? ...
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Wine not being given proper permissions?
After updating to Ubuntu 22.04 wine stopped working. I noticed some other things I did not like about Ubuntu so I went over to Debian 12. Wine still did not work. I asked in the wine forums but no one ...
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What are the restrictions to ssh StrictHostKeyChecking=no?
When running ssh with StrictHostKeyChecking=no, it should always accept CHANGED keys.
However it does not in my case. This is documented in the man page (ssh-config):
StrictHostKeyChecking
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Choice of filesystem for GNU/Linux on an SD card
I have am embedded ARM-based system running on an SD card. It's currently Debian GNU/Linux using ext3 as filesystem. As I'm about to reinstall the system, I started wondering about changing to a more ...
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How can I set up Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 to run PHP?
I'm trying to set up Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 on Profiserver, so it's able to serve files with PHP contents.
However following many tutorials still doesn't bring me the answer as index.php file is served,...
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Setting up multiple HDMI Monitors on Linux
So I currently have like 3+ monitors in my house that are all using HDMI connections. On my computer I have USB 3/ USB 2 and and HDMI connection. Is there any type of device i can use that can extend ...
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How to Properly Import .ovf and .vmdk from VMware into VirtualBox
The .ovf and .vmdk don't seem to work with VirtualBox, giving me an error saying that the .vmdk has not been created yet, even when I point the program to the file in the .ovf import screen. It doesn'...
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Can I reinstall Chrome without losing data?
In this and this tutorials, they tell how to completely uninstall Chrome, and that you'll lose all data
My question is that if I already enabled sync-ing, will I be able to get data back from sync ...
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Is there a fast way to get the timestamp of a keyframe near an offset?
I've found many solutions to find the location of keyframes in videos using ffprobe, but all of them are slow, like roughly 0.1x real time on an 8k video.
While this is fine for finding a keyframe ...
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Can't enable reagentc whatever I do
While trying to enable secure boot in order to upgrade my PC to Windows 11, I used the mbr2gpt tool to convert my disk to gpt, since without doing this, upon enabling secure boot my PC would boot ...
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The proper way to limit framerate when recording screen on macOS
macOS 14.5, FFmpeg 7.0.1. To record the screen, if I use the code from Wiki, that is,
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i 1 output.mp4
the frame rate seems to be so high that when I press q to stop recording, ...
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SCP through an ssh tunnel to the "same" remove machine, but reusing proxy authentication
I have a remote machine. The way we access to that machine is through a token (obtained by using "One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords") of the kind vaultaddress=someip@token=...
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firefox returns odd results for file:/// or file:///tmp
Not long ago (a few months at most), Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04 was able to open files in /tmp, using a file:///tmp/xxx link. Now these links show the files as unavailable.
When I try to use a file:/// ...
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Office365 error for bad SPF config but i already added
I am setting up a mail server but encountering issues with emails sent from Outlook. When I send an email from a Gmail account to my custom address (e.g., [email protected]), it works without any errors. ...
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DockOvpn: TLS key negotiation timeout
I am running alekslitvinenk/openvpn (aka "DockOvpn") with the following docker-compose.yaml:
version: '3'
volumes:
dockovpn:
networks:
frontend:
services:
dockovpn:
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How to copy unsupported data streams with ffmpeg?
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I have some .wmv files (actually, my full batch file deals with multiple filetypes) with weird data streams that are needed for an external program to recognize them.
I'm trying to remove ...
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Opening Microsoft Office 365 gives blank menus and blank popups
I have recently installed Microsoft Office 365 (shows up as Office 2013) but when I open any of the applications (Word, Excel, etc.) I am presented with a popup which is nearly blank and the ribbon ...
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Equiv of `ssh a -tt ssh b` or how to use remote ControlMaster
I have two servers, A and B. Login to B requires 2FA every time, so I use a ControlMaster to persist the authentication status.
However, I'm using a laptop, which sometimes sleeps and stops all TCP ...
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Can’t get past blue screen loops
I can’t even reinstall windows from usb, even though it’s selected in bios. Everytime I restart the system, the “Mag” msi logo will pop up, it will buffer shortly and throw up different blue screens ...
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Why different behaviour on two PCs, connected to the same Wifi?
On my personal PC, I'm connected to the internet with my Wifi modem.
On my work PC, when being connected to the same Wifi modem, I see "No internet, secured".
How can I have different ...
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Initializing database using mysql-operator
I have a rather complex application, with several applicative components and a MySQL database. I am using kubernetes and Helm manage it. I would like to clusterize the database using mysql-operator, ...
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External HDD only shows on clean startup of Windows
my Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 does this weird thing:
If I connect my external USB 3 hard drive to my USB 3 port and the computer is not completly turned off, the disc won't show up in Windows. ...
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Static Routing - Send all unresolved traffic to another IP
I'm not 100% when it comes to configuring switches and I have a requirement to send any requests for things outside of the network onto a specific IP address. I know how to add static routes I just ...
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Logitech Keyboard on MacBook Pro - right Ctrl key not mapping correctly
I have a MacBook Pro, and plugged in a wireless mouse/keyboard combo. Mouse works fine. Because of my PC familiarity I go to:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys
And switch the ...
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Huawei HG8245T Router - not connecting to another router
I just got a fiber optic connection installed at home and due to the build of the house, it's mostly cement/bricks, the wireless connection isn't received throughout the house. Previously, to combat ...
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