Questions tagged [default-settings]
Settings or values automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention.
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Firefox 27.0.1 Ubuntu, headers in Google Search much too big
Since Firefox 27.0.1, the Google search headers looks too big (but didn't see any changes on other websites).
Look the difference to Opera (normal):
[UPDATE]
It looks even normal in Chrome:
Firefox,...
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Set default tab in Outlook
Default tab in Outlook is 0.5 and it makes bulleted lists look bad.
I can change tab size per each and every paragraph in each and every email each and every time I make a list but that's ...
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Make style changes in notepad++ permanent
When I select a theme and make changes to the font name and font size, they always default back to original settings whenever I reopen notepad++. Is there a way of making font name and size changes to ...
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Windows 7 how to display proper icons
I am running windows 7. I have the default program for .py files set to the python.exe. If I double click a .py file it will launch correctly with python.
But in the windows explorer the icon next ...
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New tab button on Firefox toolbar?
I recently had my Firefox profile corrupted and I had to restore default settings with this procedure.
Previously I had a "new tab" button on my toolbar, and now it doesn't seem to be available ...
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DHCP fallback based on /etc/hosts lookup of your hostname
I have a Kubuntu box (12.04) which usually gets its IP via DHCP. However, it also has a hosts file with some entries in case the DHCP+DNS server fails. Now, if there is no DHCP available, I want the ...
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Getting rid / Moving of pre-set folders in the User folder
So we all know how Windows sets up a user folder, with a few default directories.
I am very happy to leave some of them (pictures, Videos etc.) but some are just bothersome and/or useless. I realise ...
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How do I restore original configuration file that's in the home directory?
I'm asking in general but also because I'd like to know how to restore a configuration file of the Transmission bittorrent client (apt package is named transmission-gtk). I'm on Ubuntu 13.10, and it ...
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Add Google as Default Search Provider for Windows 8.1 IE 11
I have been trying with no luck to use Google as the default search provider for IE11 on Windows 8.1
Currently I can only add Google Australia as an "Accelerator" however this does not provide the ...
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how to change the default open-with program to a program on the second disk
I have a 250GB HDD for my system and a 60GB SSD using a SATA port.
I installed most of my applications on the SSD.
There's a strange thing though. I can not change the default open-with program to a ...
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How to configure TortoiseHg workbench to show latest changes by default?
When I start the TortoiseHg Workbench,
nearly always I want to see what changed since the last commit.
So I wait for it to start up, then
double-click the repository in the far left "repository ...
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Gvim 7.4: how to save the default font setting? Any improvements from gvim 7.3?
As the following post demonstrates:
How to change the default font of gVim
on Windows 7 it is impossible to save the default Gvim font from the Gvim program.
Closing Gvim will cause it to completely ...
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Why don't I have a "Make Google Chrome the default browser" button in my Chrome settings?
My Chrome settings says "Google Chrome is not currently your default browser." But there's no button that allows me to set Chrome as the default browser:
Running Windows 7 x64. Absolutely baffled. ...
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Why isn't ZFS the default for fresh installs of FreeBSD?
(By the title, I'm sure this looks like an opinion question, but I'm actually looking for specific facts and materially, information to help me sort through some of the heavily in-favor-of-zfs ...
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Reset behaviour for connected device
When connecting my phone to my computer, the modern UI app for phones (Windows 8) automatically starts. It's probably my fault for checking this option by mistake, but I want to get rid of it. I want ...
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