Copying frozen. How can I continue coping remaing data?
I started copying files onto an exte al HD. An Error apeard saying that a file could not be copied. I pressed skip, however the process stopped at 55%. I was copying about 750 gb of data. any ideas how I can continue from where the copying stopped? Can anyone recomend a file transfer manager of some...
Changed my hard disk to an SSD but not detected
I removed my old hard disk and put in a SSD in my laptop (Acer E-5 771). However on booting the EFI informed me that there was no bootable drive. Booting into Ubuntu on a USB, I couldn't see the SSD listed at all in the Disks app. This suggests that the disk can't be found at all, not just that it i...
Kindle Fire Incorrect Password Resulting In A Factory Reset
NOTICE These instructions may vary between device generations Please leave a comment with your device version (Fire HD 6, Fire HDX, Fire 7, ect.) It seems as though that not even amazon provides a solution to disable this on any of their devices. However you can disable the system lock screen and in...
Windows 7 moving hundreds of files
I have ~600 files each in a folder (alone), in a folder (alone), in a folder (alone),(repeat x8),... joint parent folder. Is there a way to get rid of this absurd structure of useless sub-directories that won't take 3 hours? I'm on Windows 7.
Finding email addresses in Thunderbird
often I find myself wanting to send an email from Thunderbird to someone I don't have the address. But I do have emails where this person's email is in the cc. So if I use the search bar in Thunderbird with the name of the person, I find all the emails where this person was involved. What I can't fi...
Activate Windows 10 upgrade free
I upgrade windows10 pro free from windows8.1 . After upgrade, in my screen there're some words " activate windows, windows isn't activated ". I go to setting and they ask me for product key to active. But hey, I got it for free, so, where I can get that shit key? LOL. Wait, seriously, I need that ke...
Sharepoint non-site setting to always show ribbon?
Our office is slowly shifting sites to 2013 from 2010. It seems they're setting the site settings such that the ribbon is hidden, but expandable, by default. Is there a way I can tell Sharepoint I would like to always see the ribbon? In other words, I'm curious if there is a setting associated to my...
Non-stop voice-to-text translation
There are a lot of great voice-to-text translation apps out, including Google Translate, Microsoft / Skype Translate, and various smaller names like Speechlogger and iTranslate Voice. I work in an office where I'm the only non-Chinese speaker. I am surrounded by Chinese language conversations all da...
Parsing the output of Windows commands on non-English versions
For a project I'm doing I need to run some Windows commands and then parse their outputs. In particular, the commands I'm interested in are: netstat netsh ipconfig arp I've built my little system and everything works great. Now I'm conce ed about what happens if people try to use my system on a non-...
Rotate one monitor using Intel Collage
I recently got a very cheap offer for 1,5 monitors (2 identical old 1280x1024 monitors and one incompatible stand) that I built together into dual monitor setup. Problem was that in order to fit stand's mounting screws, monitors had to be in portrait position, while one is rotated 180 degrees compar...
What is superuser community for?
I have accounts in stackoverflow and askubuntu and they cover almost all my doubts. I just joined superuser community, I want to know which topics are supported and which types of questions are asked in superuser community?