Questions tagged [bug]
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Running a BAT file and accidentally finding obscure Chinese poem
Accidentally found obscure Chinese poem (BAT file)
Something really weird just happened. I ran this in a batch file:
wmic timezone get caption>>tmp_ist.bak
time/date>>tmp_ist.bak
This was by accident, the time/date was a note to myself for…
LDAsh
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Why can't I move or resize any window Kali Linux? Everything is stuck on topbar
I've logged into my account and suddenly, all windows and terminals have no taskbar anymore.
So I'm not able to move any windows. Can't even resize it.
Also, when I open Firefox from the terminal and if I try to type in an address in the addressbar,…
BoringGuy
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CMD closes immediately on Windows 11
For a couple of months, I could not open the command terminal. It closes immediately (I see only a frame for a short time). I'm on Windows 11. I see there are background processes that use cmd.
I can do this in Powershell:
PS D:\> cmd
Microsoft…
Tamas
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(Windows 10) All windows move after waking up monitor
OS: Windows 10
GPU: AMD Radeon 6800 XT (Radeon software driver version: 2.12.1)
I have two display port monitors plugged into my GPU. Display Port 1 is set as my main monitor.
Everything was working (mostly fine). The only problem I had was after I…
Ran Shorowitz
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Recurring "Pick an app" prompt for a file/directory that doesn't exist
I'm using a PC running on Windows 11.
For weeks now, this same prompt has been popping up (with no observable pattern or trigger) every few hours or so: Select an app to open 'Learning', letting me choose from a bunch of applications, including…
Colawithice
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Why is the OOBEKEYBOARD / OOBEREGION bug fixed (or worked around) by enabling the default administrator account?
MS has some (nonworking) advice for working around this issue here. In my experience, you can click "try again" until you're blue in the face, it will never work.
The real workaround that worked for me is found elsewhere, which is to enable the…
activate the bedet
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Checkboxes not working in Excel online
I made a spreadsheet to share with a colleague, featuring some checkboxes, and they complained that the checkboxes weren't working. But they were working fine for me. I figured out that I was using desktop Excel, and they were accessing the sheet…
benshepherd
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No operating system found specifically on reboot
I've got a HP EliteBook 8460p running Linux, and when I reboot the system, during boot it throws error No OS found; however, if I shut it down, then start it manually by button, everything works as it should.
This is not an error specific to a…
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Faded windows 10 cursor
It's hard to explain, basically I noticed that my cursor, compared to other cursors I see online, is almost all white with no black borders to highlight the cursor. I searched if anyone was having the same problem as me, but no one has this…
ItzValeh_
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Fonts are suddenly bolder in Firefox 109.0
Over the last few days I've noticed that the fonts rendered by Firefox are bolder than usual. This affects me both as a user, as the fonts are jarring and noticeably harder to read, and as a web developer who does most of his development in Firefox,…
Hashim Aziz
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My OBS is hanging on Stopping Recording
My OBS is hanging on Stopping Recording... after I tried to save and end the session.
I'm recording to MVK, which I read was a "safe" format for this very situation.
I'm still waiting on the program to resolve the save, but I'm scared that it's…
ptrcao
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`Calculate total row count` (icon of two green circled arrows) in DBeaver throws "Error executing error count", but manual choice of >200 rows works
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') FROM MY_TABLE1 ...' at line 1
And in the details:
Error executing row count
SQL Error [1064] [42000]: You…
questionto42
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How can I restart the Windows 10 emoji panel process?
Windows 10 emoji panel sometimes glitches out and opens empty for me. All hits (keyboard or mouse) register just fine but the window itself is never drawn on screen, just the chrome around it.
Which process can I restart in an attempt to fix this…
Cetin Sert
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Password bug in macOS 15.2
I have recently discovered a bug in my Mac regarding passwords and would like to know
a) if I should be concerned in any way
b) why it occurred and general curiosity regarding this
I updated my Mac today to macOS 15.2. Then I setup screen time and…
Boson
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How to unfreeze the audio menu in Windows 11 without restarting the computer?
One of the common issues that I've seen on multiple machines in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 is that when an audio device is disconnected, or when an application tries to change Bluetooth mode between "Headphones" and "Headset", the menu for sound…
Tomáš Zato
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