Unanswered Questions
15,466 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Computer wakes from sleep instantly. No lastwake information
My parents' computer wakes instantly when put to sleep. It spins down and then starts a second later.
There are no devices set to wake, lastwake gives no information, eventvwr is empty, and the power ...
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Google Chrome completely unresponsive
Pages load indefinitely and most of the time I get this error:
Pressing 'wait' or 'kill pages' does nothing, I have to close the error window from the upper right button.
What I mean by 'completely ...
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Windows 7 HOSTS files keeps reverting it's permission back to READ-ONLY
As a full-time Web Developer I am constantly adding fake domains to my Windows 7 HOSTS file to point a domain to my localhost web server that I develop on.
I have even built a nice little PHP script ...
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How can I remove a keyboard layout that isn't listed in the control panel?
Here's an interesting oddity:
My work computer comes with a corporate disk image preloaded, and it is preconfigured with the German "QWERTZ" keyboard layout.
Using the control panel, I added my ...
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How to minimize Windows Media Player to system tray?
Is there a workaround for this? I try a Google search and find one called wmptrayplugin.zip could not find link that worked.
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Group windows so that they minimize and restore together?
Suppose I arrange four windows on two monitors, two on each, so that all 4 are visible. Then I go to other windows, or view the desktop. Normally, if I switch to one of the original four windows from ...
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Even though FireFox portable is set as default browser, it doesn't launch when I press the keyboard key to launch web browser
I want to use Firefox portable as my main browser. I noticed when I use the shortcut key built into the keyboard to launch the web browser, something strange happens. A version of Firefox opens up but ...
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Possible to see the "z-ordering" of windows?
In Windows 7, is there a way to see/show the "z-order" of all open windows in some kind of centralized table or list form (other than a merely visual/manual correlation of which window is on top of ...
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Where can I get Windows XP drivers for MacBook Pro hardware without using Boot Camp?
I have an Intel-based MacBook Pro whose hard disk was formatted before I received it. It had no OS installed, and I have no Mac OS X installation disks.
I’m trying to get the machine to run some ...
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Programmatically installing a system driver on Windows 7 x64
I am experimenting with the WinDDK and trying to install a system driver on a Windows 7 (x64)virtual box. I have an .inf file:
; testdriver.inf - install information file
[Version]
Signature = "$...
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How can I search and sort history in IE, or really any browser
I find this so frustrating. I read many technical articles in a day, none really that significant. Then a day or two later I realize something in that article is now relevant.
I use the search ...
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nvidia driver conflict with another display adapter
I have a laptop equipped with GT540M. Drivers are fine, games are running properly. But then, when I install my tablet driver (Yiynova DP10HD, just like a cheap replacement of Wacom Cintiq) which is ...
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How to stop recording after x minutes of silence in Audacity?
I am using Audacity to record sound from webinar recordings.
There could be a few minutes of silence during the webinar.
I want to set up Audacity to stop recording
the best would be after, let's ...
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DNS server keeps changing from Auto to Manual
A friend at a company I know has a fairly new Windows 7 laptop. She was complaining that the "internet doesn't work".
After looking at it the first time, in Wireless > Status > Properties > ...
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Mapped network drive is behind a VPN; How do I stop Windows from auto-connecting at startup?
(After about 15 minutes of searching S.U. I haven't found any relevant questions, so excuse me if I got the wrong search terms, and this is a dupe.)
I'm running Windows 7 at work, and have a couple ...
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