Unanswered Questions
15,259 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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High I/O system hanging
I have a Fedora 20 box that i'm trying to import a massive amount of data in to postgres on (billions of rows). System spec:
16GB RAM, 6 core 3.2 ghz, 500GB RAID0 PCIe SSD
Everytime I/O load gets ...
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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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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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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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Simulate high screen resolution Windows
I'm looking for a way to simulate a higher resolution on a Windows server than supported by the graphics card or screen.
A good illustration would be a Linux server that you configure with TigerVNC ...
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Why is a video card needed to put my system in sleep mode?
I'm using Windows 7 and some time ago my video card broke down. I can use the computer as I did, except I can't watch movies or play games, but that's okay with me. I'm not interested in putting any ...
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Stop windows-7 explorer taskbar icon changing for different locations
If I open an instance of Windows Explorer, a button appears on the taskbar; its icon matches the icon of current location in Explorer. E.g. If I've clicked on a drive (e.g. C:) then the taskbar icon ...
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Clarification On Write-Caching Policy, Its Underlying Options And How It Applies To Hard Drives And Solid-State Drives
In last week after doing more research on subject matter, I have been wondering about what I have been neglecting all those years to understand write-caching policy, always leaving it on default ...
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Is TRIM disabled even with Windows Soft RAID 1 (Windows Dynamic Disks)
I am looking to build a Windows 2008 Server and wanted to use a RAID SSD array, either via SATAIII or PCIe.
Everything I've seen that RAID does not allow TRIM commands to be passed to the SSD, ...
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