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Cannot delete VirtualBox snapshot due to "insufficient space"
My disk is full because my VirtualBox snapshots are consuming a large amount of space. But, I cannot delete the snapshots because there's insufficient space.
I would rather have my snapshots stored ...
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Properly Restore Data Backup from Windows 7 in Linux (Mint)
I recently installed Linux Mint on my computer, dual booting with Windows 7. However, in the process I managed to corrupt my hard drive (trying to convert a "dynamic" Windows disk back to a "basic" ...
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making an video a screensaver on windows 7
So I'd like to make a video a screensaver on Windows 7 and am having some difficulty doing so.
So I converted my clip to a WMV and installed Photo Gallery and put the video - and just that video - in ...
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How do I make the tab row background of Chrome be *not* transparent?
The background behind my Chrome tabs is now transparent. I can't click the close [x] and I often see other Chrome Window's tabs behind it which is very confusing.
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Shortcut keys in Google Sheet don't work?
Background:
I have version 45.0.2454.85 m of Chrome (the latest when writing this question). I have a Swedish version of Logitech MX 5500 physical wireless Bluetooth keyboard.
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My problem is ...
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How can I enable smooth scrolling in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC?
I just updated to the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, and since then, the scrolling in the pdf documents is very poor, it is like lines are jumping on the screen.
This problem wasn't in the previous ...
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Unable to set permissions using Cygwin on Windows 7
I have Cygwin 1.7.34(0.285/5/3) installed on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine and I've found that I'm unable to control the permissions of files/directories on my computer with it (through chmod). Most ...
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Password required when trying to ssh into a server using Cygwin on Windows 7
I'm trying to set up a server at our company, and one of the things I'd like to be able to do is host public Git repositories on it which I can access over ssh. Both the server and the workstation I'm ...
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How do I stop Windows from flooding smartcard with APDUs
Whenever I put a smartcard in/on my smartcard reader Windows (7 Prof, x64) immediately starts flooding it with APDUs possibly trying to identify the type of the card (SELECT and READ_DATA commands).
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Linux access to Windows 7 dynamic volumes (striped or mirrored)
I'm considering setting up a dual-boot system for the first time for many years. My plan for the system is to set it up as follows:
SSD for both system partitions
2 identical hard disks, split into ...
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How to get a better contrast on Windows taskbar buttons?
I have two problems with the Windows taskbar buttons in Windows 7 (the taskbar is aligned to the left side of the screen):
1) There is almost no contrast between the focused window and other windows
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Can't delete a read-only file on a VirtualBox (Vagrant) shared folder between Ubuntu (guest) and Win7 (host)
I have Vagrant running Ubuntu as a guest OS, on top of a Windows 7 host. When working on the shared folder between guest and host, if a file is read-only it can't be deleted. For example:
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How to Schedule Tasks according to several Timezones
I need to use Windows Scheduler or any other app for setting jobs at a concrete time depending on destination country.
That means scheduling a job at 7 am (UK Timezone), another at 7 am (US Timezone),...
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Would a longer PATH environment variable slow down a system?
In Windows 7, will a long system PATH environment variable slow down the system in any noticeable/tangible way?
My system PATH variable is 45-entries deep. I have an i7 930 @ 4.2GHz, but out of ...
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Windows 7 - window dragging vertically when panning on overscroll - can it be disabled?
I have a Windows 7 touch screen computer. I noticed that when I have windowed applications which are vertically scrollable, for example Windows Task manager, and I scroll (with touch) to the bottom ...
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