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Posts tagged windows

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Use for general questions about operating systems developed by Microsoft belonging to one of the Microsoft Windows families. Whenever possible, use a more specific tag like `windows-10` or `windows-11`.

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Q&A Linux distro and documentation for a Windows power user wanting to become a Linux power user without spending a lifetime in the process?

I'm a very-long-time Windows user that has lots of experience with that OS and its predecessor (MS-DOS). I can't call myself exactly a Windows system programmer, although I know some of the APIs a...

4 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A net::ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR for a single user when using an Angular + ASP.NET Core application

Note: I am posting this here because I think this is more related to some configuration issue rather than a programming problem I have deployed an Angular (SPA) + ASP.NET Core application in a k8s...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How to get rid of the ugly search icon rolled out in today's Windows 10/11 update?

Just updated Windows (2022-06-17, version Windows 10 Pro 21H2) and now there's an eye-catching, ugly icon in the taskbar, which graphics suggests that Windows' intended target audience is children ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Camera USB device in file explorer - why so slow?

I have been using my 10-year-old small Samsung compact camera until recently. Whenever I plug that one into a Windows laptop, it shows up as a regular mass storage device just providing files, no-...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by CanisSomnolentus‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

Whenever I click on an URL in Skype, Windows opens up Google Chrome straightaway with the webpage. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype? I like to click and open URL's — tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question windows skype
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Q&A Can a Windows 7 installation be restored by simply restoring all its files?

I'm looking for a reliable and easy backup and restore system for the OS on a Windows 7 laptop (more details below). If I were to boot it to an external drive and back up all the files on the hard...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Pastychomper‭

Question windows backup
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Q&A How to stop all automatic Windows Update restarts on a Windows 10 Pro machine?

I have Octoprint on a Windows 10 computer to print to an Ender 5, it's fairly often that prints will go overnight and around 15-16 hours. If Windows Updates plus a restart were to happen during th...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Chris Henry‭

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Q&A How do I start diagnosing why a Windows Server turns itself off?

We have a Windows Server, running Microsoft 2019 Essentials that is supposed to be on all of the time, but after a couple of days it will turn itself off, and then we have to manually turn it back ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How to fully verify a Windows computer so that I can use Remote Desktop without having to type the password every time?

There are a bunch of Windows Servers that I use Remote Desktop to connect to, all but one allow the saving of passwords. When I try to connect to that particular server I get an error message that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Preventing Cura from connecting to a 3D printer?

I have Cura on a Windows Computer and an Ender 5 that I print to with Octoprint connected via USB. The problem I am currently running into is that if I open Cura before I start Octoprint, Cura will...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

Question windows cura
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Q&A How to setup Octoprint as a Windows Service?

I have Octoprint on a dedicated Windows 10 computer for monitoring a Ender 5, the only thing is that if the computer shuts down I currently have to open a command line and manually restart Octoprin...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

Question windows Octoprint
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Q&A Is it wise to delete C: (containing Program Files) on an old hard drive, to create space to backup more files?

I'm asking just for Windows. My old laptop died, and I removed its hard drive ("HD"). Now I'm using this as a backup HD. I partitioned it into C and D, because C contains all the "Program Files" an...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Vorgon Spacecadet‭

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Q&A Why does my second LCD monitor overflow, when I try to maximize windows?

My Display 2 is an old LCD monitor, Samsung SyncMaster 913V. This website lists its "Native Resolution" as 1280 x 1024. It fails to maximize programs perfectly. You can see below this problem with ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Grub rescue error

I was using Linux mint and Windows 10 together (in different partitions). Few months I was using it freely. Today I got a message in Windows 10 (new updates available or shutdown and update) then, ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

Question windows linux grub boot