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gpg: signing failed: No pinentry

Im trying to setup my gnupg configuration on MAC OS 11.2.1 So far I have setup my SSH, I have generated my GPG key and added it into GPG agent. Now, if I run this command: echo "test" | gpg --clearsign I am getting this result: -----BEGIN PGP…
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How to remove 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' from fresh Windows Server installation?

I just installed Windows Server 2016 in a development virtual machine and strangely there is an 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' listed in my language / input list (in the task bar) and it doesn't show up anywhere in the 'Clock, Language and Region' and…
anon
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Chrome address bar no longer shows protocol or www subdomain

A couple of days ago I noticed that for all websites, chrome omits from the address bar the protocol and the subdomain if it is www. My co-workers report that they are not seeing this. Chrome version is 67.0.3396.87. For example, if I type into the…
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Bluetooth Headphones sound terrible on Mac OS X?

I got a pair of Plantronics bluetooth headphones. Work great with my iPhone. Sounds terrible with my Mac, cuts out, sounds choppy, sounds mono to me. A co-worker tells me he has the same problem. BTW, I'm on Leopard, patched up. So question is:…
phil swenson
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Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar

Having to hit the X to close out that bar over and over is such a pain. When a download completes, I want to have the bar clear itself and leave the bottom of the screen, similar to the way Download Statusbar for Firefox does. How do I do this?
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run powershell command from cmd

how i can run this command from cmd : powershell.exe "(get-process | ? {$_.Description -eq "Sysinter Process Explorer"}) | select processname | out-file $env:APPDATA\example.txt" i still get this error : You must provide a value expression on…
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How to delete address bar suggestions

You know when you type something into the address bar, and it comes up with suggestions and sites you have visited, is there any way to delete those?
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Equivalent of chmod to change file permissions in Windows

Is there any Windows equivalent of Linux's chmod to change the permissions of a file?
sunmoon
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Option to Turn Bluetooth on or off is Missing

I want to disable Bluetooth on my laptop running Windows 10 Pro x64, but I have a problem: the option to do so is missing even though I know that it was previously available. Here is the Bluetooth settings pages should look like on Windows 10: Here…
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Are IP addresses with and without leading zeroes the same?

I have a security system and the network setting only allows a three-digit IP address. I can't set it to 192.168.2.100, instead I have to use 192.168.002.100. Are these two IP addresses different? Do I need to set my router's LAN to be all…
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Disadvantages of partitioning an SSD?

A wise guy who goes by the name of NickN maintains a lenghty forum post on his views about building a powerful computer (directed towards playing Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, a very demanding piece of software). He sums up points about SSD drives…
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Reduce background noise and optimize the speech from an audio clip using FFmpeg

I extract audio clips from a video file for speech recognition. These videos come from mobile/other handmade devices and hence contain a lot of noise. I want to reduce the background noise of the audio so that the speech that I relay to my speech…
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Mouse clicks suddenly stopped working in Ubuntu

This is a weird one. For some reason, last night my mouse partially stopped working. Movement is fine, but the mouse buttons don't work. Mainly it's the left button, but occasionally the right click and scroll-wheel fail too. Initially I thought it…
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How to get VirtualBox VMs to use host's DNS?

I use VirtualBox for my VMs. My office network setup is wireless, i.e. I connect to my company's WiFi network, which has a local DNS to resolve local names (such as something.mycompany.com going to 123.45.67.89). When I build a new VM, it can…
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How do I delete a user profile on a Windows 7 machine that is part of a domain?

How can I delete the local user profile on a Windows 7 machine that is connected to a Windows Server 2008 domain? DelProf doesn't seem to exist on Windows 7.
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