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How to re-enable aero effects in Windows 7 after it has crashed?

Ocassionally aero effects crash. Is there a way to re-enable the effects in Windows 7 after a crash happens? i.e. restarting a service or terminatating a process and letting it restart automaticially or manually loading it? Problem symptoms; in…
Nick Josevski
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How to Select Hyperlink Text in Google Chrome?

I am running Google Chrome 5. How can I select hyper link text using the mouse with, for example, CTRL or ALT keys?
mmonem
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Directory vs. Folder

Are both names synonyms or should one prefer one name over the other on different platforms?
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How to set default user for manually installed WSL distro?

I have cloned a WSL distro using wsl --export and wsl --import, but now, running wsl newdistro always logs me in as root. I understand that the lxrun command is deprecated and want to avoid it. The docs recommend using distroname.exe config, but…
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Turn off Microsoft apps 'Microsoft AutoUpdate' app on a Mac

Microsoft used to just do a system notification you could easily disable. Now they launch the Microsoft AutoUpdate program process once per day. This interrupts whatever you are doing to put the focus on the auto update app – watching a show?…
Mike Riess
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For x=3 in Excel, why does = - x^2 + x result in 12 instead of -6?

Suppose my cell A1 in an Excel spreadsheet holds the number 3. If I enter the formula = - A1^2 + A1 in A2, then A2 shows the number 12, when it should show -6 (or -9+3) Why is that? How can I prevent this misleading behaviour?
Rodolfo Oviedo
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Chrome address bar no longer shows protocol or www subdomain

A couple of days ago I noticed that for all websites, chrome omits from the address bar the protocol and the subdomain if it is www. My co-workers report that they are not seeing this. Chrome version is 67.0.3396.87. For example, if I type into the…
Jeffrey Simon
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Why do WiFi routers do such a bad job of channel selection?

Wi-Fi congestion, especially in the 2.4GHz range, is a serious problem in some areas. It is widespread enough that there are many guides to choosing a less congested channel. E.g.…
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What's the difference between stereo and hands free?

Every time I connect a bluetooth headset it shows up as 2 things on sound playback devices. I can choose bluedio stereo or bluedio hands free. What is that? What's the difference? I often see the stereo part to be unstable though.
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Can a 7 days full 100% CPU load "burn-in" / "stress test" damage a modern notebook?

When I buy new computers, I usually do a "burn-in" with 100% CPU load for, say, seven days, in a well ventilated place. This is to find out if the computer has problems before I invest time into setting it up for me let it "steam out" some of the…
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Mouse clicks suddenly stopped working in Ubuntu

This is a weird one. For some reason, last night my mouse partially stopped working. Movement is fine, but the mouse buttons don't work. Mainly it's the left button, but occasionally the right click and scroll-wheel fail too. Initially I thought it…
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How can I remove multiple segments from a video using FFmpeg?

I am trying to delete a few sections of a video using FFmpeg. For example, imagine if you recorded a show on television and wanted to cut out the commercials. This is simple with a GUI video-editor; you just mark the beginning and ending of each…
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How do I configure custom URL handlers on OS X?

I've been reading a lot online about custom URL handlers / custom protocol handlers such as: Launching External Applications using Custom Protocols under OSX OS X URL handler to open links to local files I get that you can tell the system that a…
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What's the difference between 'C' and 'CE' functions on Windows calculator?

I have always seen the C and CE buttons on physical calculators just as they are displayed on the Windows Calculator, but I never really understood what the abbreviations mean and what exactly is the difference between them: So, what do the…
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How can I change the input keyboard layout while in the console?

I need to change the layout of the keyboard while working in the console on Linux. I need to set up English layout as the default for the console. How can I do it?
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