I'm using a Windows 8.1 system via an account with administrator privileges that has already been set up for me---let's say the use ame is jez. To my surprise, Windows Explorer shows that C:Users does not contain a jez directory, only Public and UpdatusUser (whatever that is). To my further surprise...

I have an exercise and diet log that I fill out every other day and I want the data to move to another sheet. Sheet 1 looks like a worksheet and I want it to move (I think the best way to do this is with a button) to sheet 2. But on the first day of a new month I want it to start filling out in a ne...

I recently got a Lenovo Yoga 2 with windows 8 (now upgraded to windows 10), and apparently sound doesn't work; not through speakers, not through headphones, but only through HDMI. I have looked all over the inte et, tried all kinds of fixes, uninstalled, reinstalled, and updated drivers, tried other...

I want to delete files, which have size = 0. So I tried: find ./ -size 0 |xargs rm But it has a problem with files, which names begin with space. I found this: find ./ -size 0 -exec rm -i {} ; It works. I think my way with xargs is too sophisticated for this. What does {} ; means? Could you explain ...

i have forgotten my microsoft account name and password. How can recover my account? i tried to recover my microsoft account by gmail account and phone number which were used when i created my microsoft account but authority inform me that old password is needed. please give me a perfect solution. L...

Kaspersky creates repetitive requests appearing a oyingly on the Developer Tools > Network on any webpage I try to analyze. I'm looking for disabling Kasersky requests to appear at all. That is to keep the Network log clean and neat showing only requests made to the website I'm analyzing only. Scree...

I am using this formula to retu a value from table below: =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A2,USUB,1,FALSE)),"No Fruit Found",VLOOKUP(A2,USUB,2,FALSE)) USUB table has this data: Fruit Fruit Code FruitID Location CITY Apple APP A SEATTLE,WA SEATTLE Bananas BAN B MODESTO,CA MODESTO Cherry CHER C CHARLESTON,SC CHARLES...

We have two screen lock policies in the domain controllers GPO editor. 1 applies to 'authenticated users' so it will affect all users on the domain, as intended. It is not enforced. It sets the screen lock to 15 minutes. All working fine. 2 applies to specific users, i'e the sales team, via security...

I need to convert an mp3 to mp4 with image using ffmpeg from my OSX command line. I already installed last version of ffmpeg (3.0.2), and tried the following command as described here ./ffmpeg -loop 1 -i test.jpg -i test.mp3 -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -shortest test.mp4 but the result mp4 file is not co...

I recently tried KVM as virtualization platform. I also use VirtualBox occasionally. In every instance of deploying guest OSes, I always do one of these two: 1) set up network as NAT, guest not needed to be visible outside the virtualized environment. 2) set up network as bridged, guest needed to be...

Installed LibreOffice, but Base is not usable. Files must be downloaded, installed, then linked to Base. Need detailed instructions on how to do this.

If they've really been encrypted, you personally can't do anything to recover the encrypted data. Unless you can somehow recover the key from the RAM (which is impossible for the average person, probably even impossible for your average techie), you're pretty much out of luck. Let's block ads! (Why?...

I have done this a million times on Windows, but never on Apache/Ubuntu. I have my portforwarding in the router set-up and I have my host name assigned. But when I type the hostname in Chrome I get a message that shows The page isn't working. The page didn't send any data If from within my network I...

The / filesystem may be a particular challenge, as that needs to be supported by the boot loader. This answer doesn't specify how to accomplish the requested task, but does provide a workaround. Another option: find a sub-directory (e.g., /big/) which has lots of data. Then copy that data onto your ...

I am looking for advice to retrieve files under the PCLAw software created on XP microsoft. The company(Lexis Nexis) no longer supports the software. I am currently desperate for any or all advice. Regards C

I'm looking for away to easily show (so no need to read any text) students if a repeating ping is successful or not. Years ago I had a tool on Windows changing its window color from red to green when pings where successful (and back to red) if pings failed. Beyond the necessity that it should run un...

Yes, it is possible using a little VB. Copy this code into Notepad, and save as startmenu.vbs. [Make sure it doesn't get saved as startmenu.vbs.txt] set wShell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell") wShell.sendkeys "^{ESC}" Set WshShell = Nothing Then, you can just run it with cscript C:somefilepaths...

I know that I can launch programs from the Command Prompt, but is there any way to enter commands after opening that program? For example, if I open DOSBox from cmd, how would I enter a command in DOSBox from cmd? I have tried, but I got no solution. Let's block ads! (Why?)

I have created course timetables for groups of students. i.e. a timetable on a sheet for each day, with the students' names across the top. What I would like to do now is to combine the five days into a weekly timetable for each student. i.e search the heading for a student's name and then collect h...

I am trying to add watermark and then trim specific part and at last join these by following command: ffmpeg -y -i test_video.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v]drawtext=fontfile=Lato-light.ttf:text='test':fontcolor=white:fontsize=20:x=0:y=h-th[outv]; [outv]trim=2:5[v1];[outv]trim=7:9[v2];[v1][v2]concat=n=2:...