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VPNs don't fully hide your identity?
Suppose I want to identify the perpetrator (call them X) of some suspicious/illegal activity online, with the help of the authorities.
X uses some legit, short-memoried VPN. But X uses some standard ...
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How to check If ssd was replaced / taked out / data restored/copied
Laptop was 5h in workshop, where was Windows reinstalled. Need to check / controll, If during this time was ssd replased / taked out / restored data / etc. How is it possible?
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How can I configure a WIFI-connected printer in a VM on a NAT connection?
I am running a Windows 10 VM in Qemu, using Virt-Manager. The network connection of the VM is NAT.
The host is MX Linux (based on Debian Bookworm).
I have a Brother MFC-L2710DW printer that is ...
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5Ghz wifi connection does not load images
When I connect my iPhone to my 5 Ghz wifi, images are not loading and videos can’t be played, especially in Twitter (X) app. However, when I switch to 2.4 Ghz, all works normally. It is the same ...
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Generating Color Shades based on contourLine elevation [migrated]
I am working on a program, that is able to generate landmasses and mountains with contour lines. I would like to distinguish each contour line with a separate shade of particular color, say:
Green 0-...
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Hotspot connection SSH / Ping
I have a singleboard computer (Rock 4 SE) with a wifi that is hotspot capable. It is running linux Debian. I want to SSH into it with my laptop using the linux machines own wifi as a hotspot for ...
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how can a cell be mirrored or flipped in excel
Let's suppose I have cells in Excel with time duration data from a website, copied and pasted in a text file. The format is (hh:mm:ss), like 00:16:30 (equivalent to 0 hours, 16 minutes, and 30 seconds)...
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How to exit from Paint Text regime and preserve the letter? Letter disappears upon exiting if I wrote the letter starting from the left of the bmp
I have 16*16 pixel BMP, and I am trying to add big capital letter A over this picture. I am trying to do this in Microsoft Paint program.
The usual and expected scenario is:
I am selecting Text ...
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Old ish motherboard not booting from nvme
I recently bought an nvme drive and attached it to my asus P8H77-I motherboard via a PCIe-NVME (or PCIe-M.2, not sure what the proper name is) adapter. I did this in an attempt to replace the HDD that ...
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Can I define and use a variable to use in systemd unit file itself?
Trying to avoid possible mistakes I'd like to define and use variables to be used withing the systemd unit file itself, i.e.: not for the command executed.
For example consider this (invalid) unit:
[...
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CIFS mount issues
I am trying to mount a network drive to my AlmaLinux box, and are running out of ideas.
I want to mount the folder "project" with:
sudo mount -t cifs --verbose -o username=$USER,uid=$USER //...
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PHPMailer E-Mails are getting Message Rejected Error
I have been using PHPMailer for several months to send email OTP verification and automated alerts from my website using a regular @gmail.com account. This setup has been working flawlessly until last ...
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Merge WAV files from different directories according to matching name
I'd like to merge a number of WAV files located in two separate directories.
The files are named identically, similar to the following example:
\DIRECTORY A
C1-05.wav
C2-05.wav
C3-05.wav
C4-05....
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Making an ASUS Express Gate installer from its source code [closed]
So I'm trying to modify Express Gate's source and there are no instructions on doing what I said in the title. How exactly do I do that?
Info:
Motherboard: ASUS P5G41C-M LX
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ISP Blocking or suppressing iptv service (strange behavior)
Curious George here… I hoping someone might have a clue for me. I have a Fiber PON connection from Telmex, and I suspect their router is blocking or suppressing my connection to the service provider. ...
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Outlook already running
This is the new mail client for Windows 11 which MS have decided to call outlook. It is not about Outlook that comes with office.
When I first start up the mail client, everything works fine. If I ...
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How can one close all non-existing files at once in Notepad++?
When closing a non-existing file in Notepad++, one gets this window:
How can one close all non-existing files at once in Notepad++? I use Windows.
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exit code segment causes Bash prompt to freak out
My Bash prompt (based on mike kasberg's) generally works fine. But when I get an error code, and then write over to the next line, no newline is generated, so the text goes back over my previous ...
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How to make apt update just one repo?
Is there a way to run apt update for just one specific repo, without deleting all the conf files in /etc/apt/sources.d?
For context, I'm writing a Dockerfile based on an image which has a lot of ...
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Microsoft Access (2007-2016) - Form Contents Can't Be Found In Current Record?
I'm currently using Microsoft Access file format "Access 2007 - 2016".
What I'm trying to do is make a form with a combo box, that when a value is selected will populate a list box with ...
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Restrict task switcher (cmd + tab) to show only the apps open on that specific monitor
When using multiple monitors, if I click on an active app on a different monitor (say Monitor #2), that app becomes the 'last used' app. When looking at Monitor #1 and hitting Cmd+tab, the focus ...
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What drive pool/RAID option is best for a home media server with uneven drive sizes?
I am building a DIY home server NAS with a DAS and Proxmox and don't need enterprise-grade redundancy. I am happy to use something other than Proxmox, I just like how easy it is to use containers and ...
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How does the router know to send packets to a VM on bridge mode?
How exactly does the router know that, to reach a VM, it needs to reach my computer first? Does VirtualBox alter the local network ARP?
Some people say that you need to set promiscuous mode for ...
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How should I configure OpenVPN from gateway server to private server?
Seeking a bit of guidance on how I should set up my OpenVPN tunnel from client -> gateway server -> home server.
Right now I'm running an Ubuntu 20.04 server on my home network. In order to
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My pendrive is not visible in any pc
I'm trying to remove BitLocker from my pendrive, when this process is going on sudden power outage occurred my system suddenly shutdown and when I open the pc again the pendrive was not detected and ...
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My Home IP address suddenly became unreachable?
I'm running a small website on my IP (IPv4) address. Suddenly, since last night, nobody could establish a new connection to my IP, they get a connection timeout. This is despite my internet seemingly ...
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reimaging win11 arm64 stuck at Starting Bootmgr
reimaging new arm64 hardware. Snapdragon X chip, surface laptop 7. I built a bootable with rufus4.5 (from exfat, NTFS is the only option in rufus), the win11 pro iso i need to use, booting with secure ...
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Uploading GoPro Files Kills My Internet
I'm a bit confused with this one. When setting an upload off on my GoPro Hero 11, my internet dies. As in, completely dies. My other devices report "Connected but no internet available". My ...
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I would like to automatically filter a large dataset for reference elsewhere based on the filters selected in a PivotTable
I would like to take this dataset and put it into a pivot table where it will be sorted into the items I want to select. I then want that to update the table with the dataset so that I can reference ...
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Is there a deterministic way to reboot Windows 10/11 from the login screen (if you can't see the screen)
I have a machine that sometimes boots up without activating the discrete Nvida GPU.
Thus I have a machine that's booted, running, at the login screen, but sending video to the wrong place. A reboot ...
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Bypassing Secure Boot without disabling it
I've tried archboot, but no luck as I was stuck due to the plymouth missing. Now I want to try to install arch or nixos alongside Win 11. The problem lies in secure boot. I don't have spare linux to ...
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How can I use up all my CPU/RAM for testing purposes?
I want to bring up my CPU and memory usage all the way up to 100% for testing purposes. How can I do this effectively?
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winget not finding OpenSSL
I want to install OpenSSL using winget and am following https://winget.run/pkg/ShiningLight/OpenSSL (installing Git is not an option, I have gone through https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50625283/...
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UEFI boot got hosed [closed]
"UEFI laptop got hosed, how do I fix?"
I have a UEFI laptop, which got hosed. The Windows' C: drive got changed so it no longer boots. It tries to find C:\Windows (which is currently C:\...
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Why can Ethernet NICs bridge to VirtualBox and most Wi-Fi NICs don't?
I saw in forums that some Wi-Fi adapters can't support bridge, but they didn't explain very well why.
So:
Why can all Ethernet NICs bridge to a VM, like VirtualBox bridge mode, and some Wi-Fi ...
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Issue with black screen in monitor
I have a dvi to dvi cable that goes from my monitor into my USB-C docking station, then I use a usb c to usb c cable to connect the docking station into my laptop.
My laptop has two graphic cards : ...
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explorer.exe freezing when right clicking desktop with 2 monitors
Since I added a second monitor to my computer, when right clicking the desktop and trying to bring the context menu, the desktop and all other explorer.exe windows will freeze for ~5 seconds before ...
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Windows 11 Device Encryption not working after dual boot
First I installed Windows, I turned on Secure Boot and checked in System Information that the PCR7 Configuration was OK and that Device Encryption Support was ready to be enabled. Then I installed ...
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Firmware interactions using C++ [closed]
I want to use C++ and a firmware library to make a program that is malware that can overwrite the CMOS with bad settings, shut down the computer, cause post fails and overwrite the flash drive to ...
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Prerender.io Docker image and strange url access
I use the Prerender.io Docker image from https://github.com/tvanro/prerender-alpine?tab=readme-ov-file, and in the Docker logs, I see tons of the following URL access:
2024-06-26T15:59:32.559Z getting ...
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VPN Strongswan traffic forwarding from local machine
I have four VPS machines linked together with permanent IPs on eth1. This is private traffic and cannot be accessed publically. One VM is my public proxy for all public access on eth0. My objective is ...
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How to scroll down in cell with a lot of text
I have a dataset with extremely long text data (and many newlines).
I've created a mock-up here:
You can see that there's a 5th Lorem Ipsum paragraph at the top, but I can't seem to get it to display ...
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What happens if you use sudo as root?
What happens if you use sudo as root? I use root by default and many tutorials have sudo and am wondering if there could be any adverse side effects from copying and pasting in sudo apt install ...
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How can I change the initial directory of apps back to the home directory?
Apps like the XFCE4 terminal and Thunar used to open in the home directory. However, recently they started to open in $HOME/.config/xfce4/panel. I want to change this back to the home directory. How ...
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Hide notification content from notification badge in windows 10
I am trying to hide the content of the notifications on my screen while using the device (not on the lock screen). I looked in the settings but couldn't find anything. I also tried editing the ...
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nftables does not catch a packet it has already seen
I setup a segmented local network, where each segment is VLAN'ed and the switch at the root of all VLANs also acts as router between all IP segments/VLAN (the switch is the Dell S4810 Running DNOS 9....
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How to find out why host is blocking Google Crawl bots
We have a server host with WHM .
This host is a vertual host with a bunch of websites.
We have recently found that Google analytics and Search Console can't seem to access website pages because the ...
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minecraft edu will keep on moving forward when w isnt even clicked in
why is it that when I try to sprint with full hunger it just glides and after 2 trys it finally works, then it just auto walks. also it happends even with sticky keys on
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Media index on DSM 7.2 runs forever
From some time now, the media index on my Synology DS1019+ keeps running forever. As I can tell, it is meant to generate photo and video thumbs but it stays at zero.
I deleted all the photos I had ...
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How to repair a corrupted partition table of a Bitlocker encrypted disk?
Assuming a disk was full-disk encrypted using Bitlocker and the partition table is corrupted or entirely missing. Is it possible in any way to recover from this, and if so how? Given that the original ...
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