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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adding RAM diminishes my hard disk space
I have Two Dell Precision 7810 towers, I just upgraded the first one to 256 Gb ram (dual procesor) and all went as expected running windows 10 pro 64 bit.
Now I did the same with the second but I had ...
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Libre Office writer: How to NOT print comments?
A couple of months ago I started using comments in some documents, and it was useful to create PDFs of these pages with these comments in the margins.
However, for some reason now LibreOffice takes '...
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How to change LibreOffice settings without GUI
Is there a way to change Libre Office settings through command line or some configuration file?
We would want to change the measurement units from imperial to metric while converting to HTML in ...
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Windows 10 Default Start Menu Layout Add Folder Icons
So I have worked out how to customize the windows 10 start menu and then use powershell to import it so default users or new users start menu is set using the following commands and editing ...
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Visio 2016 : change effective default font?
I found a MS doc page for Visio 2007 that precisely expresses my problem:
When I change the font, Visio doesn't use the new font in my shapes
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When you change the font in the Text dialog box ...
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Where does Windows store CPU affinity settings?
I’m experiencing a strange issue in Windows XP. On bootup, any processes spawned by the system (services, autorun programs, etc.) are set to use both of the CPU’s threads. Explorer however, and any ...
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How do I get Windows 11 to ask which app to use to open a file type or a link type every time, once a default is set? (Or how to reset a default app?)
When opening a specific file (or clicking on a link in a program) Windows will use the default app, set under Setting > Apps > Default apps.
I would like to remove the default such that Windows ...
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Is there a way to set different default browser for different URLs in win 10
I would like to know if different URLs can be opened on different default browsers.
Ex: https://abcd/xyz, https://abcd/qwert should all be opened in IE and the rest of the URLs in chrome
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Internet Explorer doesn't keep default printer settings
I have a pc with two printers, one hp that I use to print A4 sheet and a Zebra GK420t.
Users use Zebra to print labels from a web application.
The problem is that internet explorer (version 7 but I ...
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Restore deleted default folders
I was tinkering with my new laptop and, on purpose, deleted those default folders in my "home" directory: "My Music", "Links", "Favorites". This, because, i decided i wanted all my data on another ...
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Windows 10 file selector: How do I specify details view as the default?
Whenever the user needs to select a file - for loading into a program, or saving, or any other reason - the file selector dialog ensues. In Windows 10, it is like a miniature Windows Explorer (or File ...
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Win 10 search bar ignores default browser
I am trying to change the browser that opens when performing Internet searches through the Win 10 search bar. I tried:
changing default browser in "default apps" https://puu.sh/DrfB8/c6e6d98816.png ...
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How can I reset default programs in Windows 7?
By mistake I had changed default program with other files and now all of my files and programs seem to have been changed to word documents, and they do not open. I cannot even open the internet any ...
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Reset Windows Settings
I want to use a method to reset all windows settings.
Install Windows
Install all the softwares I need
Backup registry
After some time I like, Restore the registry backup to reset windows settings.
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Set the Windows 10 default mailto handler to a program not listed
When I go into the System settings in Windows 10 and look at the "Default apps", the Email option provides Google Chrome, Mail, Microsoft Outlook, and "Look for an app in the Store" as my only options....
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