Windows 10 USB only working if device plugged in during boot
I got a PC with a ASUS B85M-G motherboard and the following problem. None of my USB ports (neither at the back, nor at the front, neither USB 3.0, nor USB 2.0) work. Actually, they don't work for devices plugged in to them after Windows has booted. A device that is already plugged in during boot (mo...
How can I perform regex searches over secured PDFs?
I want to do regex searches over the Air Canada Timetable PDF file (available here). Unfortunately, the file is secured, and that seems to prevent many of the usual ways of doing regex searches over PDF files from working. For example, Agent Ransack can't search such files. I tried a couple of ways ...
Outlook recipient receiving winmail.dat file
I am sending mail to a recipient that is using Outlook. Normally Outlook opens winmail.dat files automatically. However, this is not happening. Instead he is receiving the winmail.dat file as an attachment. This is probably happening because the email was sent encrypted. How can he open the ATTACHED...
copying files on windows with enumeration file extention
I am not sure if superuser is the right place for this question, but I read on http://area51.stackexchange.com/ that this is a place where many windows related questions are asked because there is no default windowspart in the StackExchange world. On Win7 I used a default copy handler called TeraCop...
DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION on Windows 8.1
I get a DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error sometimes (not every time) when I start a PC on which Windows 8.1 has been newly installed. I've got some minidump files and I think there could be found some information about what caused the crash, but I don't know how to read them. I've shared the minidump fil...
Where does Apple store apple ID within an app
I had to switch Apple IDs, and some of my previous apps original downloaded from the Apple Store aren't updating anymore (Apple asks me to login to my previous account, which I ca ot do now). Is there any way of changing or removing my old Apple ID from an app? Where are these IDs locatedd within th...
Convert excel table into one column
Please, can someone help me to save a couple of hours work?! This is an easy example of a more complex task I have to perform. The table I have to use is not in a logical order as this one. I don't want to lose hours on copying and pasting, but how? Kindest regards This entry passed through the Full...
Windows 7 Power Button Turn off Display
In the define power Buttons and tu on password protection page in the Windows 7 Control panel, the user has the option to have the power button do the following: Nothing Sleep Hibe ate Shutdown Is it possible to have the power button tu off the display but not sleep the computer? The end goal of thi...
Different dpi per monitor windows 7?
I have Lenovo thinkpad 15.6″ display with resolution: 1920x1080 and an extended display: ThinkVision: 19″ display with resolution: 1440x900. I need to set different dpi for both the monitors. Is this possible, if yes then how?
Plugging in ethernet cable slows down wireless
I have a D2200D DSL router provided by Frontier. The router co ection has been failing with the DSL link light solid green, Inte et link light blue. Failures show up as computer wired and wireless adapters showing "No Inte et" and browsers failing with DNS failures. Failures occur every 10 min to ab...
Need to start each threads with delay [on hold]
I have multiple threads ru ing. I want them to start with delay timer of 5 seconds. For ex: Thread1 starts with t seconds, Thread2 starts with t+5 seconds, Tread3 starts with t+10 seconds and so on. How can I do this, by changing the code below ... from threading import Thread import time def Device...
GPO not applied to Windows 7 and higher
There are two domain controllers. The primary works on the Windows Server 2008 R2 and the secondary on Windows Server 2012. When I create a GPO on the primary controller, it is immediately copied to the secondary domain controller with all files and scripts. In the GPO in the User Configuration sect...
Hide or Remove icons from Context Menu in Windows 10
I find a load of topics on how to remove or edit items from the context menu in Windows, but nothing on how to hide or remove icons from the context menu to make it tidier and more compact looking. to go from something like this W10 Context Menu to something more like this W10 Context Menu is there ...