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SCHTASKS - How to Create Scheduled Task With Max Run Time (Without Interval)
Using the Windows SCHTASKS command I'd like to create a Scheduled Task to run on Sunday at midnight (12:00 AM). However, I'd like this to run a maximum of 1 hour.
Running the following creates the ...
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Where do diskmgmt or diskpart store the state of dynamic disks?
I have physically equivalent machines that are near exact clones of each other. Their C: drive gets replicated from a master machine using rsync under Linux, with a few files and registry entries that ...
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Windows command line to run as the currently logged in user after starting command/batch script as another user within the same script?
I have a Windows batch script which is auto run at login as a particular admin user (not the same user that is logged in) for all standard users.
Within the same script, I need to run a check on ...
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How can I Miracast wirelessly to a smart TV without a screen to make the initial connection (select options, etc)?
I have a computer keyboard that has a Windows 10 computer built-in. However it does not have a screen. It does have Miracast, but how can I use it if I can't select it? I want to wirelessly Miracast ...
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Find the value of my “screennumber” in “hostname:displaynumber.screennumber”
How would I find the value of "screennumber" Y (e.g. host:X.Y) on a Windows machine if I started an X Server program (Reflections X)? Is there a utility to find the value of "Y"? The DISPLAY variable ...
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Is just me or we are in much extents, powerless when debugging/diagnosing Windows?
Is there a vast logging system? Like what we see in /var/log on Linux? Is there some place where I can search for "error IDs" or things like this and somewhere that documents so I can study it?
Many ...
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windows 7 audio and HDMI
I am running windows 7 home and running a radeon hd5700 series garaphics card with HDMI out.
I have always been able to change audio to "out" and watch vids/films etc on the tv with sound. I recently ...
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How to setup a sessions where users can log in to any PC connected to the domain to carry on a session from where they left off their PC [on hold]
How to setup session where users can log in to any PC connected to the domain and carry on their session from where they left off on their PC.
USING WINDOWS SERVER 2012
are there any good tutorials ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 + Kali
On my computer I have two operating systems installed, Windows 10 and Kali Linux. The problem is that they are on separate bootloaders and on separate hard drives. I want to be able to add one of the ...
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Why Does Windows 10 Forget my Taskbar Preferences During Upgrade
Pretty simple question - Why, every time my machine does a Windows 10 feature upgrade, does it lose all my taskbar preferences and what I can do to resolve?
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Hyper-V IP Address Not Visible
I have a Hyper-V VM running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. For some reason this VM is not displaying its IP address in the Hyper-V Manager:
The integration servers enabled on this VM are as shown ...
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Folders renamed through Windows Explorer keep the original name
I have a directory tree with nothing special (no network, no symlinks, no weird permissions...) except that certain folders are Subversion working copies managed with TortoiseSVN. I've been using it ...
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Google Chrome kiosk mode - disable select and copy contextmenu
I need to display an information website. The user should only be able to press buttons and use scrollbars through a touch screen.
The kiosk mode of Google Chrome fits this requirements pretty well.
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Network traffic (data usage) monitor for Windows 10
I want to see and analyze which processes (and and if possible, browser tabs) has used what amount of traffic.
I am on Windows 10 and have the Network Meter gadget installed (relic of Windows 7), and ...
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Batch – Delete Characters in a String
For example, I have the following path:
"C:\Windows\Example\001 Example\005 Example"
I must extract the "005 Example" from this string.
I've tried it with "set path=%path:~0,11%", but the path can ...
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Windows Clicking Issue
I'm at my wits end with this thing. I'm on Windows 10 64 bit, and when I left click things, it sometimes registers as two clicks when I only clicked once, and sometimes when I try to drag things, it ...
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Remove the 'view screen'?
The attached is a picture of my monitor (Windows 10 PC) of what I will call a rectangular view screen.
I have tried to remove this from view with various Settings - Personalization, Magnification, ...
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vifm: Windows-formatted filename from %c macro
I'm trying to set up a mapping to open a file with the OS-default application. I don't want to use the filetype command in my vifmrc, as explained here, because I want l and Enter to still open the ...
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Run some programs through hide.me, but other programs without VPN
Basically when using a VPN, it seems like there should be an easy way to route certain network traffic on the local machine through the VPN, while not routing other traffic. A more advanced or custom ...
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Input Signal Out Of Range
I'm gonna start out by saying I'v been baffled by this and there is probably a very simple answer but I can't seem to figure it out.
So I have 2 monitors, 1 Is my main one / gaming one, and my other ...
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Unable to merge partitions in Windows 10
I had a hackintosh dual booted with Windows 10 and I decided to get rid of the hackintosh by deleting the partition. I now have unallocated space on my HDD which I want to merge back into my Windows ...
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How can I disable network search only when a specific program is running?
[Windows 10] Let's say I have a shortcut for a steam a game, CS:GO and two command lines written in Notepad, executable as a Batch file.
1. netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="Wi-Fi"
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Any program to change BIOS settings from Windows? [on hold]
Is there any application to modify the PC BIOS settings from Windows?
Of course I mean without rebooting to access the BIOS.
I know there are some tools to modify some parameters of the memory or ...
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Installing Windows 7 from DVD on iMAC without ISO
I have:
iMAC (Retina 5K, 27-inch Late 2015)
Processor: 4GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk: Macintosh HD
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB
OS: macOS ...
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Windows XP Installation from USB giving a EULA error
I have a old HP Pavilion dv6000 with Windows Vista on it.
I formatted the HDD and trying to install Windows XP with a 14 GB usb using Rufus.
The installation loads but when i hit Enter to continue it ...
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Hibernate PC after it has been woken up by a scheduled Task
I have some scheduled tasks that may wake my PC when they are scheduled to run.
Because I am usually not using my PC at that time, I want them to put my PC to sleep again.
How can I make scheduled ...
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PDF File could not be opened and possibly corrupted
I am using windows server. This server has pdf files. Couldn't open one of those pdf files. I tried to open it using adobe acrobat reader. That is when the error occurred:
"Adobe acrobat reader ...
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how to open external hard disk files , already encrypted?
Im encrypted my toshiba external hard disk with bit locker. after im decrypted,now that all folders cant open. anyone else tell me solution.
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How can I disable Performance Counters in Task Manager?
How can I disable performance counters for disk drives as well as others such as (I/O, Network etc). On Windows Server 2016 Disk performance counter is not avaliable yet on LTSB 2016 it is.
The ...
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Best way to hide and secure files on a laptop [on hold]
Security & privacy are my primary concerns.
I want to hide & secure some of my files on my laptop(Windows 10). Such that, If PC lost, files being hidden shouldn't be visible or accessible by ...
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Storage drive is making a semi-regular clicking noise after upgrading to Windows 10
I have a large storage volume which is composed of 4 x 3.5" Seagate SATA hard drives which are spanned into a single drive via Windows disk manager.
Previously I was running Windows 7 but I recently ...
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Looking for command for run dialog/prompt to open current user's directory
From command prompt, if I type the command start . then it simply opens the current user's directory C:\Users\<current user name> in windows 7. But this command doesn't work from windows run ...
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Can I put an executable in the user's PATH without admin-level privileges?
I'd like to add Windows support to a language version manager I use.
In its current macOS-and-Linux-only form, the manager downloads a few key language binaries/executables (compiler, linter, etc) ...
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Possible to use a symlink, junction, or similar to make one folder mirrored to multiple locations on Windows?
I have surveillance camera software that saves to a particular directory on a PC. I'd like to be able to somehow make any files saved to this folder simultaneously save to both the original folder, ...
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Filesystem check on mp3-player?
Sometimes depending on how the files were copied to the device, it stops to play, randomly on a part of the memory.
On linux/debian I tried to use carefully:
"lsblk" or "sudo fdisk -l"
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How to make msysgit 'find' higher-priority than Windows 'find'?
With Git for Windows installed, I have two "find" programs on my computer:
λ where find
C:\Windows\System32\find.exe
C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\find.exe
How do I make the Git's find being the ...
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Determine ID of windows session created by autologon at boot time
Later after boot, when there are few more sessions created and someone could connect to 'original' session by RDP, is it possible determine which session was created at boot time? Tasklist report RDP-...
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Can I delete this “diag” flagged partition without losing any Windows data?
I bought a Lenovo laptop around 2.5 years back. It had nothing installed in it. I also bought a Windows 8.1 (Single Language Home Edition) DVD to install it on my Laptop. I made only one partition and ...
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High network usage by update service/s in windows 10
System Specs:
Device: Dell Inspiron 5558 (core i5, 8GB RAM)
OS: Windows 10 - 1607 - 14393.447
Network Bandwidth - 1 Mbps
Problem: I'm getting high network usage by the following services at regular ...
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Suspicious traffic from my PC, want to investigate more
I've been having issues with my IP getting blocked from certain websites by some CDN provider. I tried calling the website provider, my ISP and the CDN provider, with little luck, they kept saying it'...
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PC wakes itself immediately after being turned off or put to sleep
My Windows 8.1 computer wakes up immediately after being put to sleep (either of the sleep options in the start menu.) So I spent some time trying to understand the problem, read multiple posts here ...
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Mirror computer screen (like camera) [duplicate]
First of all I don't want to mirror it on external screen. Some camera have a mirror feature. I want the same with windows. Is it possible to do it somehow?
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Changing a folder name in a Windows 10 profile, but access it using the old name
I have the following folders in "%USERPROFILE%/Documents/" : Folder1, Folder2, Folder3 and so on. I want the user to be able to change its name, but still being able to access it using "%USERPROFILE%/...
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My Windows console lacks the default font size
For some reason, my Windows 7 x64 (7601) console font changed to some small unreadable size, and when I try to set it back (in Default or Properties), the default font size, i.e. 8x12, is not present ...
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How to disable only some Windows 10 global shortuts to use them in third-party applications?
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I want to disable only some Windows 10 default global hotkeys, to use this hotkeys for run Sublime Text commands.
2. Detail
I have Windows 32-bit 10.0.14393. In Windows 10 we have many ...
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Changing Windows file properties programmatically
I have a lot of mp3 files in the following format...
How to - Juno.mp3
I then want everything before the - to be the "Title" property of the mp3 file and every thing after the - to be the "Album" ...
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NFS sharing Windows and linux
So i have to export a folder from windows server to linux using NFS sharing. I have already created the NFS on the windows side with no problems what so ever, this is how i created it:
nfsshare ...
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Startup Repair - How to emulate it without running it
Curious question, may sound odd or foolish.
Im making the assumption that startup repair uses some sort of cmd commands. I am curious as to what they are.
Most of the time, if I have a boot/...
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How to keep Alt+Shift from inadvertently opening the menu bar of the current app on Windows (or how to make ALT purely a modifier key) [duplicate]
I'm a long-time Linux user, and a non-native speaker. Just like in Windows, Linux supports the Alt+Shift keyboard combination to switch between input languages. However, its behavior is more forgiving ...
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can't create file which was previously quarantined by free Avira
I wanted to download the game "steep" with steam and got a false positive virus alert by avira on the file "shadercontainer_engine_win64_f.dll". avira quarantined it - so I set exclusion rules for the ...
