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Top new questions this week:

How to fix the CrowdStrike blue screen?

There is an ongoing issue where a bad CrowdStrike update has caused systems worldwide to fail to boot Windows and blue screen to WinRE after the failed boot attempts For machines affected by this, how ...

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user avatar asked by peterK88 Score of 10
user avatar answered by Journeyman Geek Score of 14

Does `chfn` provide a mobile phone parameter?

chfn --office-phone '' and chfn --home-phone '' work, yet I see no parameter for --mobile-phone or similar. Is this perhaps a strange configuration of my OS, or is this value set elsewhere? Is there ...

linux  
user avatar asked by RokeJulianLockhart Score of 5
user avatar answered by Saaransh Garg Score of 3

Is there any way to check the originality of Windows OS?

I just got an SSD installed. The tech that do my laptop also install a new Windows OS on the SSD. But, I'm wondering the originality of the Windows OS that the "tech" installed, is there any ...

windows ssd  
user avatar asked by aki Score of 4
user avatar answered by DrMoishe Pippik Score of 9

Is a LAN and landline phone on 4 wires possible?

Assuming I have 2 twisted pairs of a Cat 5e cable (the complete setup is below). Can I run a LAN and an analogue landline phone on these 4 wires? I assume that the LAN is running at 100Mbps and phone ...

networking lan cable phone interference  
user avatar asked by mfc Score of 4
user avatar answered by grawity_u1686 Score of 11

Are Windows ReFS file-level snapshots what File History should have been?

The first impression I had when coming across Windows File History was that multiple versions of a file would be saved every time said file was changed, and that those versions would be listed in the ...

windows filesystems history  
user avatar asked by endurium Score of 3
user avatar answered by Austin Hemmelgarn Score of 4

Make copilot key work as right-CTRL again under Linux

My new laptop features the new windows copilot key instead of the normal right CTRL key. How to remap this key under modern Linux/Gnome/Wayland? The key does not send one scancode but sends left-Shift ...

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user avatar asked by Tristan Score of 3

Within Microsoft Word, how do you continue a page number from a different document - not a different section within the same document

is it possible to to continue a page number from a previous document, without manually adjusting the starting page number? I also always want to make sure that the second document starts on an even ...

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user avatar asked by Chris Score of 3
user avatar answered by Charles Kenyon Score of 2

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

Copy UNC network path (not drive letter) for paths on mapped drives from Windows Explorer

I frequently want to share Windows network paths to files with other folks on my team via email or chat. We have a lot of mapped drives here, both ones we set up ourselves and ones set up by our IT ...

windows-7 windows-explorer copy-paste unc mapped-drive  
user avatar asked by Ernest Mueller Score of 119
user avatar answered by i_saw_drones Score of 63

How can I check a system's current NTP configuration?

I need to verify the current NTP configuration on some Windows systems. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do this via command line instead of navigating through configuration screens. (I'm working on ...

windows command-line batch-file date-time ntp  
user avatar asked by Iszi Score of 93
user avatar answered by Phillip R. Score of 106

macOS keeps asking my ssh passphrase since I updated to Sierra

It used to remember the passphrase, but now it's asking it to me each time. I've read that I need to regenerate the public key with this command, which I did: ssh-keygen -y -f id_rsa > id_rsa.pub ...

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user avatar asked by erwan Score of 759
user avatar answered by Jukka Suomela Score of 1453

How to reinstate a missing wireless adaptor in Windows 10

I have no Wireless adapter showing under Control Panel → Network and Internet → Network Connections. I just see Bluetooth and Ethernet. How do I reinstate the Wireless adapter in Windows so I can ...

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user avatar asked by Sean Kearon Score of 15
user avatar answered by MariusM Score of 14

Remove Enterprise Enrollment from Chrome OS

How to remove Enterprise Enrollment from a Samsung chromebook xe303C12 ? Any help would be appreciated... I have tried wiping the Chrome OS. I have also tried installing image recovery. Nothing I've ...

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user avatar asked by Thomas Little Score of 6
user avatar answered by user557092 Score of 6

How can I check the temperature of my CPU in Windows?

Does Windows provide a means to check my CPU temperature natively? If not, are there any software tools which can reveal this information?

windows cpu temperature  
user avatar asked by Chris Bye Score of 260
user avatar answered by Diogo Score of 141

Cursor has disappeared after upgrading to Windows 10?

So, I've just updated from Windows 8 to Windows 10 and my cursor has disappeared. It does show for 1 minute when rebooted, but then disappears. Very strange?? I have no idea how to fix it and I'm not ...

windows  
user avatar asked by syndico Score of 6
user avatar answered by user479790 Score of 8

Can you answer these questions?

How do update the extracted files from an AppImage?

I have a nonlinear video editing program that I want to update. The problem is that I extracted the AppImage files and now I cannot update it manually. How do I update the AppImage that I had ...

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user avatar asked by GAP Score of 1

Open link in new tab and keep back button history

I'd like to find a configuration or extension such that if I open a new tab either by right clicking and selecting 'Open Link in New Tab' or by clicking while holding Cmd then the new tab will also ...

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user avatar asked by Matias Faure Score of 1

WiFi Adapter disables as soon as connection is established while connected to ethernet domain network

I am having an issue on my laptop where the Wi-Fi connection is automatically disabled as soon as a connection is established while connected to my work ethernet LAN domain network. If I only connect ...

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user avatar asked by David_M16 Score of 1
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