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Does Windows 10 support UTC as BIOS time?

EDIT 2015-SEP-30: Seems I actually ended up with localtime enabled in Linux somehow, probably as a consequence of a reinstall some time ago. I switched Linux to UTC and now my configuration seems to be working fine. Related to Does Windows 7…
Dylan
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Can't copy and paste in Remote Desktop Connection session

Is it possible to copy and paste inside a Remote Desktop Connection session?
leora
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How do I do comments at a Windows command prompt?

What's the equivalent of # for Windows cmd console sessions, to create a comment? The operating system is Windows XP.
Andrew Grimm
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What is the difference between NTFS hard links and directory junctions?

The title says it all... what's the difference? When do I use one and when do I use the other? Added: Note that Junction points, Hard links and Symbolic (soft) links are three separate things on NTFS.
Vilx-
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How to change the text direction in LibreOffice?

I need "right to left" text direction to write in Persian.
Ali
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My fingers are cold when using my computer - solutions?

I am a programmer and sit at a computer ten hours a day - and even though the rest of me is nice and warm, my fingers are as cold as ice. Are there any gadgets or tricks to keep your fingers warm while typing/mousing? Gloves do not seem like a good…
Kjensen
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How to obtain maximum compression with .tar.gz?

The way i understand the use of tar + gzip is that tar is normally used to consolidate a grouping of files into a single file, then gzip is used to compress that file. I recently learned that tar can also compress. Because I do not fully understand…
Mario Zigliotto
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Where is the temporary directory in Linux?

Does Linux have a standard temporary directory for general use, like Windows's C:\Temp folder? If so, where is it located? I found an SO question about finding a tmp directory programmatically, but I want to set a temp location in an XML config file…
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How can I quit frozen Spotlight without rebooting my computer?

I opened up Spotlight, typed '12*' to do some multiplication and it's been frozen for the last 20 minutes. I am looking for how to restart the program/service/whatever it technically is, but it's not in the Force Quit menu, so what is the quickest…
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Extremely simple web server for Windows?

A few years ago I used a super simple free web server for Windows. The only thing you had to do was copy an exe to a dir, double-click that exe, and - voilá - that dir was now accessible over HTTP. The only problem is that I can't find that little…
Martin R-L
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I accidentally plugged my USB mouse into my eSata port... it works?

I'm on a Thinkpad T510 and I accidentally plugged my Razor USB mouse into the eSata port not realizing my error because it has been working fine this whole time. Does this seem a little odd?
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Is there any way to view Chrome browser notifications history?

I get Chrome notifications from several websites and they work when I don't even have any tabs open for those sites. But sometimes I get these Chrome notifications when I am not at my desk or looking at my laptop. As some of these notifications are…
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Previous commands wrapped with square brackets in OS X Terminal

Yesterday my terminal started surrounding commands that had been run with square brackets. I'm not sure how I've turned this on, but would like to turn it off. Example: So far, I've done: Checked that there's nothing funny in my…
Josh
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Accessing a Windows share with a different username

Is it possible to manually specify the username, in which Windows uses it when connecting to a networked share? perhaps \\username@host\... PS: Both the server and clients run Windows 7.
Kieth Parker
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Search through text files in Mac OS X

Is there a way to search through all the text files in a folder (and subfolders) for a specific string or bit of text in Mac OS X?
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