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Edit Post #291151 Initial revision 4 days ago
Answer A: My hard drive is screeching, now what?
In case of a classic magnetic disc drive starts to make new strange sounds and you can tell it isn't coming from one of the many fans in the computer, turn it off immediately and remove the power plug. Assuming a tower chassis PC, you can safely open up the chassis and listen - there will be a fa...
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4 days ago
Comment Post #291141 Might want to clarify this. Because if the SSD is making noises, that's peculiar.
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4 days ago
Edit Post #289729 Initial revision 6 months ago
Answer A: Are non power users questions welcome in Power Users?
I think the knowledge requirement is roughly: - The poster should have some experience working with the technology the question is about. - The poster should have some experience working computers in general. Which is probably a prerequisite to finding/using Codidact in the first place. If th...
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6 months ago
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7 months ago
Edit Post #289388 Initial revision 8 months ago
Answer A: Ought I clone my C Windows drive, from my old SSD to new SSD in new computer?
Over time, the Windows folder keeps gathering crap and grow. Therefore, a fresh installation of Windows is bliss - it is the only 100% working way to get rid of all waste files that it picks up over the years. This is one of the reasons why it is recommended to install Windows on a HD of its own and ...
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8 months ago
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #286599 @#8049 Done, though it probably affects all Win 10/11 versions.
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almost 2 years ago
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Edit Post #286600 Initial revision almost 2 years ago
Answer A: How to get rid of the ugly search icon rolled out in today's Windows 10/11 update?
- Right click on the task bar/the ugly icon - Pick "Search" - Uncheck "Show search highlights"
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almost 2 years ago
Edit Post #286599 Initial revision almost 2 years ago
Question 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 and/or designers of congratulations cards: Image alt text Hoovering with the mouse suggests that "...
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almost 2 years ago
Edit Post #286586 Initial revision almost 2 years ago
Answer A: Should I now delete backup files already stored on my SSD C Drive? Should I use free space on SSD C Drive?
Generally, PC these days are almost always built with 2 hard drives: one for the OS and related programs, one for applications and user data. There is nothing directly harmful with storing a lot of user data on the C:\ drive, obviously it can be used to store files just fine. But what will happ...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #286242 I had pretty much the same problems as the OP describes on my previous PC. Some aspect of what graphic programs you had running caused a certain part of the GFX card to go live, which in turn caused coil whine inside the PSU. And this _was_ a Corsair gaming PSU, after which I wouldn't recommend that ...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #286214 Since the people reading this are likely complete laymen to electronics, you should probably add the following: 1) Do not poke at the large capacitors inside the PSU with your fingers! This is dangerous even though the power has been removed. 2) In case you aim to poke at components on a circuit boar...
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almost 2 years ago
Comment Post #285834 @#36377 The overlap with Linux is obvious, but there doesn't need to be one with Software Development. Basically all questions about _using_ version control tools could be posted on Software Development and all questions about installing, troubleshooting servers etc could be posted here.
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about 2 years ago
Comment Post #285834 There's already plenty of version control questions on Software Development, where this would be perfectly on-topic. I think questions like this are more suited for that site. Or maybe we have a scope overlap between the sites?
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about 2 years ago
Comment Post #285726 The issue here is that if you violate licensing of other sites by posting copyright material here without attribution, the post is strictly speaking illegal and Codidact is the responsible publisher. It seems that the moderator was needlessly tolerant with this waiting a whole day, such posts should ...
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about 2 years ago
Comment Post #285265 @#36363 If it's a brand new game (or well re-make in this case), then Nvidia might have released optimizations for that particular game. But usually such optimizations are rather minor. Also if it's a new game it could simply be poorly optimized, and if you are lucky future patches will increase perf...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #285265 Why exactly do you think it's your computer/gfx card? Will the game launch? Is the screen lagging or showing weird graphics? If it's just lag then if you are lucky there's one particular setting you can tweak that makes a big difference. If it won't launch at all, then the problem could be anything. ...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #285241 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: How would you feel about a merger with Linux Systems?
Since Power Users is essentially a super set of the Linux site, if a merger is to happen, it becomes natural to merge Linux into this site. I don't think anyone at Power Users would mind, nix questions are already on-topic here. So it ought to be more important to let the Linux community decide if th...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284938 If this is a classical HD based on magnetic discs and a reader head and this is a _new noise_ you haven't heard before, then I'd say it's about to break. If it always sounded like this, it's unlikely a problem. If it's a modern flash-based HD it shouldn't be making any sounds at all.
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284384 So basically it can't be used. Well, yikes. I'm hesitant to use products by Google for anything sensitive like bank access. I did use Opera on PC back in the days, it was super fast and super buggy. Stopped using it because I could't trust it not to explode during money transactions etc. Admittedly t...
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over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284384 @#54212 I'll add details with an edit.
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #284385 @#36363 No I mean programmers using the OS programming interface, the so-called API (Application Programmer's Interface).
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over 2 years ago
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #284385 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: What is the formal terminology to describe the hierarchy from a screen to a window?
There exists to my knowledge no formal terminology. I have no idea where you got those terms from or why you think they are correct. Also, the answer likely depends on whom you ask: an electronics designer making screens, the OS designers, the application programmers, the front end GUI designer or th...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #284384 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Question Why is Firefox performing so poorly on my Android?
Firefox is my preferred browser when using a PC. I've also always found it to be one of the faster no matter computer. However, whenever I try to use Firefox on my Android phone (Samsung S8), it gets ridiculously slow, to the point where it is literally useless. Just now I tried to give it a hones...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #283590 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: For the HP LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdn printer, is ProRes 1200 higher quality than FastRes 1200?
"ProRes" and "FastRes" are HP terms and not general terms. Nobody but HP knows what's involved in one or the other. Print quality is a very subjective area - things like paper quality and cleaning matter a lot. Some printing methods are more suitable for certain paper types than others. LPI stands...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #283243 Initial revision over 2 years ago
Answer A: How do I start diagnosing why a Windows Server turns itself off?
I don't know much about the server versions, but for Windows in general, you'll want to peek in the Event Viewer. It contains all the logs, floods of information, most of it irrelevant and uninteresting stuff. The "Administrative Events" and "System" logs are the relevant ones for tracking down u...
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #283153 Some months back I helped my mom to update her ~7 years old Samsung to latest Android version. Worked just fine. So I'm guessing it's manufacturer-specific - you can update for as long as the manufacturer is still providing support to the phone model.
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over 2 years ago
Comment Post #282961 "How can I plug my in-line stand-alone mic, into my Lenovo IdeaPad without audio jacks?" You can't do that. Period. The sane solution here is to buy a headset. That's what's supposed to go into the port on your picture - hence the picture of a headset next to it. You can get cheap ones for nothing. A...
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over 2 years ago
Edit Post #282296 Post edited:
Tags edited for clarification. This is about "ports" as specified by TCP. Not to be confused with physical ports, which can also be used to connect computers.
almost 3 years ago
Suggested Edit Post #282296 Suggested edit:
Tags edited for clarification. This is about "ports" as specified by TCP. Not to be confused with physical ports, which can also be used to connect computers.
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helpful almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #282278 "A lot of questions were asked (and closed) on Software Dev before this community existed." Not many of them were closed. A lot of them are borderline on-topic and there was no better place for them. I think it is most fair to have those questions migrated here - the majority of them were self-answe...
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281905 I agree that HTML questions should be posted on software.codidact, not sure about Latex. Something can be on-topic on several sites at once.
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #282122 You can tell it to prompt for it and set a time or schedule when the update will happen. But I don't think it is possible to stop the update train. Also if you aren't around to tell it when you want it to do an update, it will eventually do the update anyway. The only solution I know of is to switch ...
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almost 3 years ago
Comment Post #281905 Markup language questions aren't necessarily off-topic here. This might be an area with overlapping scopes between the two sites.
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almost 3 years ago