Unanswered Questions
31,115 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How do you use multiple monitors in MS Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7?
Using the RDMan from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=44989
Tools->Options->Full Screen-> last checkbox is 'Use multiple monitors when necessary'
however this has no ...
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How to restrict Alt-Tab to cycling windows on current monitor only?
I have two monitors, and on each of them I have several windows open. Now when I press Alt-Tab, it cycles through all the windows. I want to cycle only through the windows on my current (focused) ...
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Is it possible to record only a part of screen using Game Bar screen recording of Windows 10?
I have been trying to record a part of screen in my windows 10 machine. I found that Windows 10 offers a built in tool called Game bar (shortcut: Win + G), which can be used to capture screen or ...
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NTFS external hard drive formatted on Linux is not recognized by Windows
I fully formatted a hard drive in NTFS on Linux from a completely empty (zeroed) drive and it is not recognized by Windows 10. It is not listed in the Windows File Explorer nor with the fsutil fsinfo ...
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BitLocker recovery key required after dual-booting Ubuntu
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon with Windows 10 and a BitLocker-encrypted drive. I installed Ubuntu dual-boot recently and didn't realize I was supposed to disable BitLocker during the installation....
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Thumbnail preview for custom file extension with known format
I have a file named test.png. Windows 10 shows a thumbnail preview in file explorer just fine.
I'd like to rename it to test.abc and have the thumbnail preview still work.
Following forcing ...
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CTRL+C isn't working as interrupt in command prompt
When I run a command and I wanna to stop it via CTRL+C in CMD or PowerShell nothing happens.
If these shells are run with Administrator group CTRL+C is working fine. Yes I have UAC enabled.
On ...
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Is it risky to enable long file paths on Windows 10?
Windows 10 has an option to allow for longer file paths (background). Is it risky to enable this option?
I ask because I've heard mixed comments about how there can be bugs related to long file ...
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Windows XP installation disk for XP Mode under Windows 7?
I am running XP mode under Windows 7, for testing / troubleshooting software.
I am trying to install a third party driver(unidrv printer), and I get stuck at
Setup failed to locate required files. ...
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How do I remove all proper nouns from the Dragon Naturally Speaking dictionary?
I would like to get rid of all proper nouns, and just add the few that I actually use.
The best I have found so far is to display only words containing capitals letters as the screenshot below shows ...
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How to get a list of connected devices?
I'm experiencing a strange phenomenon. Every now and then (perhaps once per hour on average) my Win7 box emits the "Device connected" system sound (the one you get when you plug in a USB device) for ...
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How to change default view size of Windows 7 Photo Viewer
Is there a way to tweak Windows Photo Viewer so that it automatically opens images in actual size instead of fit in window?
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Middle mouse button not working in Windows 10
I recently purchased a new laptop and the middle mouse button no longer works. It is a Logitech M310 that works fine on another laptop, so I know the hardware is working. I checked the Mouse settings ...
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After plugging in a USB device, Win7 severely slows. What causes this and how could it be fixed?
This is the second PC undergoing this condition, both running Win7. On PC1 a Logitech device was connected through USB before installing it's branded driver (allowing windows to auto-install it), and ...
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How does the Windows 10 scheduler deal with Hyper Threading since Core Parking is disabled by default for Intel CPUs?
I'm running Windows 10 (1607) on an Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 CPU (Haswell, 4 physical cores, 8 logical cores).
When I first had Windows 7 installed on this machine, I could observe that four out of eight ...
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