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Why can't I just dd the Windows 10 ISO to an USB stick?

Why can't I just use isohybrid and then dd the Windows 10 ISO to a USB stick and boot it, and call it a day? What is so special about this ISO? Most posts refer to either using a Windows machine to ...
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Robocopy loops/nests "Application Data" 29 times when copying "Application Data" folder on Windows 10

My goal here is to be able to back up my entire computer by using robocopy. My robocopy script keeps getting stuck here as you can see with the Application Data. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\...
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Prevent Windows 10 from switching the default audio device when a new one is plugged in

The scenario: This is how my audio setup looks like: A headset which I use as default audio device (input & output) An USB camera that supports audio input apart from video, which I plug in only ...
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Can I make "Always trust software from" unchecked by default?

While installing an application, I received a prompt to install a driver which had a checked checkbox next to the text "Always trust software from [company]": Since there have been instances of ...
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Windows hosts file alternative without needing admin rights?

I was inspired by DNS66, an app available to Android, which used a fake DNS server that dropped outgoing DNS requests to certain hosts. This way, it didn't need to modify the /etc/hosts file, thus not ...
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Video playback with multiple audio tracks to separate audio devices

I have an mkv file with multiple audio tracks (separate languages) that should be played simultaneously from the same device. That is the video should be played with track #1 on my mac, while audio ...
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Windows 10: Bluetooth headset's media play button doesn't work

I have a JBL E40BT Bluetooth headset. It comes with media controls on the left ear cup, a play/pause button, and a volume up and down (previous and next track is handled by three and two fast presses ...
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How can I make the mouse cursor render with software instead of hardware?

I use a program called f.lux to change the display color. However, the color does not affect the mouse: leaving it an ugly bright white. A partial fix is to set the registry value of mouse trails to -...
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Why is the free disk space on an external drive varying wildly while copying files on it?

I'm using Windows 8.1 Explorer to copy image files from my Android mounted as media device, onto an SSD connected via a USB 2.0 drive enclosure (NTFS). While the copying goes on, the free disk space ...
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Making always-on-top windows follow the same MRU order as other windows

Note: I'm using Windows 7 with the classical alt-tab style, ie the registry key AltTabSettings set to 1. I want to use MRU (most recently used) ordering of windows in the alt-tab list. However, ...
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Change the Mac notification sound on a per-application basis

By default on Mac OS X there is a system-wide notification sound that you can choose. This sound is applied to every application and played whenever the application outputs a beep (for instance, when ...
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Change Sound Settings via Registry

I often switch between using my headset and speakers on my computer depending on what I am doing and it is a bit annoying going through all the dialogs. Is it possible to write a script to simply ...
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Get current working directory of another process

I have a PID, and I am trying to determine what the current working directory of the process is. I played around with wmic process for a while, but it doesn't seem to have the cwd available. Anyone ...
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Why my command prompt is not recognizing 'netstat' as a command

I want to figure out my running ports in Windows 10, but when I write command C:\> netstat in the console, I get the following error 'netstat' is not recognized as an internal or external ...
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We can't verify who created this file

I am getting this warning We can't verify who created this file I have an exe file which I need to run on startup using GPO. I found how to either exclude the whole server where the file is or ...

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