Unanswered Questions
27,956 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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locked Ubuntu screen - apps do not detect locked status
I use Ubuntu 12.10 (happens also in 14.04) but I did not really like Unity GUI because of performance issues and total inability to easily customize launcher. So I switched to Xubuntu, which is much ...
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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 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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Windows Update gives 0x80070643 error on fresh Windows 10 install
I just did a clean install of Windows 10 22H2 onto a freshly wiped hard disk. (If it matters, I installed from a USB drive that I prepared with the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool yesterday.) When it ...
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Disable Windows Notification Suggestions
This thing is a relatively recent addition (less than a year), if my memory is correct:
This message shows up somewhat rarely, but is it possible to make that a never?
PS: Searching online gives me ...
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Win11: Task manager's cpu usage discrepancy
The discrepency is between the two views:
The 'Details' view shows a process as taking 11%.
System idle is 80%.
The 'Processes' view shows the same process as taking 70%.
Total cpu usage is 80%.
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How can I forbid the installation of WPS office on my company computers?
WPS office has some dark patterns now. When a client sends a file to one of our employees, if they have WPS office on their phone (default on Huawei and Xiaomi phones and nobody ever changes defaults) ...
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In Windows, what's the purpose of the crossed checkbox
I was looking at the images found in aero.msstyles when I found that the checkbox has a (supposedly unused) variant of the checkbox with a cross instead of a checkmark. I quickly confirmed that this ...
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Docker Desktop 3.1.0 for Windows 10 Installation Failed
I have Windows 10 Pro version 1903 (build 18362.836). Hyper-V is enabled. Docker Desktop 3.1.0 failed to install with the following error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Component ...
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Can I safely delete all inside the C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp folder only?
I have reviewed the Similar questions suggested after creating my post Title and none are direct or helpful just for my needs.
In Windows 10 Pro, v1909, build 18363.1316 clean installed in Nov. 2019 I ...
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Telnet connect to localhost failed on windows subsystem WSL2 Ubuntu
I'm using Windows Subsystem (WSL2) Ubuntu 20.04, trying to run command telnet localhost 2181, but only got error message saying
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
Tried the ...
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How to debug tick_sched_timer high power usage?
My tick_sched_timer is using a lot of power, this is the output of powertop:
The battery reports a discharge rate of 24.7 W
The power consumed was 516 J
The estimated remaining time is 3 ...
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