Unanswered Questions
13,314 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Windows 10 - how to force monitor to be recognised as NON PNP
This might be a strange question, but I'm looking for a way to force Windows 10 to recognise a plug-n-play display as a non PNP display...?
It's a long tale, but the TL;DR is I'm working on upgrading ...
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Downloading from the arXiv site and uncompressing
When I want to download a math-paper I put out on the arXiv server, I get a file with filename "arXiv-xxxx.xxxx.tar.gz" and I'm having trouble "uncompressing" this file to get the ...
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A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage
I am getting "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart" after power outage during Gparted (resize/move) process of C partition.
I was trying to resize and move my C ...
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How to solve blue screen issue coming even after using a USB media?
I have an HP-i3-7th bought in 2018. I had dual booted it 4 years ago with Win default and Ubuntu secondary. A year ago it started malfunctioning because the boot would not work properly. If Ubuntu is ...
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Process of automated replacement of existing windows installation with debian
i have a bunch of PCs with windows installed (same Partitions and disk size) and want to switch to debian.
The problem is that all of the PC are not at the same place and can only be accessed via ...
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I am trying to download pictures from an older phone. I have paired it to my laptop via Bluetooth but cannot get the pictures out
WP8990 flip phone. The options to send pictures from the phone is by picture message or to online album. The phone is no longer useable as a phone. The album no longer exists. It is obsolete and ...
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Can't access HDD External
So I have 2 HDD external that can't be accessed
Both showing at devices and printer
But doesn't show at computer
In devices and printer it says BUP portable and expansion but I can't access both
Light ...
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14GB 100% free Healthy (Primary Parition) after Windows 7 install
I recently bought a new SSD to put in a really old laptop and installed Windows 7 on it. It's just for some very old software and hardware that I still want to use that are not supported in Windows 10 ...
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Changing screen brightness after disabling GPU from Device Manager
I am in a scenario where I need to disable my GPU to work on something. I want to be able to change screen brightness after disabling the GPU from device manager. Though, after disabling the GPU, I ...
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Windows 7 - Block Wallpaper Change BUT allow Selected Slideshow Wallpapers
System: Windows 7 Pro with SP2
Please can you help me find a solution to Allow Wallpaper Slideshow using a preselected folder BUT block anyone from changing the wallpaper.
The issue I am coming up ...
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How can I change the desktop background on Windows using a script?
On X Windows I had a cool 'silent-alarm" reminder script that would change my root window (background) color to solid red, just for a few seconds a few moments before changing it back. Is there a ...
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Can't load Nobara installed alongside Windows and Ububtu
I had windows and Ubuntu installed and tried to install Nobara. After installation I restarted the device and couldn't see Nobara in dual load window. These are the only options:
Ubuntu
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I need serious help this Windows 7 computer: How do I get to advanced boot options?
I need to go to 'advanced boot options' because I have a problem with my Windows 7 computer that doesn't let me log into my computer.
I saw a video how to fix it, and I have to go to advanced boot ...
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Dell Optiplex 980 Mini-Form Factor will not boot to Windows 7
I'm getting CMOS battery errors so I replaced the CMOS battery twice with new ones, loaded the BIOS defaults, cleared CMOS using the jumper (explained in the user manual) and put the hard drive into ...
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Batch file running in one account but not another
I wrote a batch file to run a schtasks for a Windows 7 Home machine. When I tested it in my account (standard user), the script runs correctly, but when I migrated the script to the account (also ...
