Unanswered Questions
16,130 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Accessing IPv6 addresses through an SSH tunnel
I have a remote Arch Linux server which has IPv6 enabled (through Tunnelbroker, I am able to do ping6 ipv6.google.com successfully) and I want to know if it's possible to use PuTTY on my Windows 7 ...
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How do I get Explorer to default to Folder Path instead of Folder when I search?
Whenever I run a search in Explorer on Windows 7, the first thing I do is remove the Folder column and then add the Folder Path column. Is there a way to save this configuration so that this becomes ...
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Reducing volume of an audio device on windows 7
I have a USB headset with a very loud amplifier, but low granularity in its gain control. In order to get comfortable audio, I have to reduce the individual application levels in the mixer to '1', and ...
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How to prefer ipv6 over ipv4 only for specific websites?
I only have ipv6 connectivity via a HE tunnel on my router, so normally I want to prefer ipv4 over ipv6. For some websites however, I would like to prefer ipv6.
Right now I have just set ...
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Windows Explorer freezes for 30 seconds when I click on (or even mouse over) a disconnected network drive
I have a network drive mapped in My Computer and displayed on the task bar beside my other drives.
Sometimes the server which hosts the network drive is physically powered off.
When the server is ...
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Why is Task Manager using my USB drive?
After using the answers to this question: Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive?, I found from Event Viewer that Task Manager was using the drive:
The application \Device\HarddiskVolume5\...
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Show Optional or CC Field in Outlook Meeting Request
I would like to quickly add Optional meeting attendees to a new Outlook meeting.
I am trying to create a meeting with Alice and Bob as required attendees, but Steve is optional. There is no field to ...
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Google Drive (googlesyncdrive) preventing PC from shutting down or hibernating
Everytime I try to shutdown or hibernate the PC I have this nag screen that comes up telling me that Google Drive is shutting down and the system is waiting for it. The problem is that the system can ...
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USBProber replacement in El Capitan
There used to be a useful utility called USBProber for OS X, but I can no longer locate it. I am assuming it has been replaced by another utility, but I am not sure what Apple replaced it with or ...
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Auto Shutdown / Suspend Vagrant upon shutdown on Windows Host
I use vagrant in my development workflow on a Windows machine. Sometimes, I forget to do a vagrant halt or suspend before restarting or shutting windows down. I read that this could possibly break ...
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Display remaining time in playlist in VLC
Is there any way to display the remaining time in the current playlist in VLC? Right now I can see the total time of the playlist:
and the remaining time for the current video:
but I didn't find the ...
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Running fsck from cygwin shell?
I need to be able to check / fix file system errors on SD cards from a win7 box. I had hoped to use e2fsck from cygwin but am having some issues getting this to work. (SD cards are used to boot ...
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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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How can I tell whether my USB C cable is a USB 3.1 cable, a passive Thunderbolt 3 cable, or an active Thunderbolt 3 cable?
I have two Thunderbolt 3 devices that each came with their own Thunderbolt 3 cable, plus another USB-C cable that I'm not sure what its capabilities are.
Is there any way I can determine whether the ...
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Ways to Recover Lost/Closed "Pinned" Tabs in Chrome?
I know this was TECHNICALLY an already-answered issue awhile back - and then was subsequently brought to life again briefly - but I have been experiencing this issue (only twice, but I had about 15 ...
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