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Can some software physically damage hardware?

I know a question similar to this one has been asked before however it was about installing a 32bit OS on a 64bit laptop. My question is more about damaging the hardware. I was wondering if there was a way of interfacing with hardware from the OS or…
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How can I dim my computer screen beyond the minimum?

I usually just use Fn + Left or Fn + Right to adjust my screen's brightness but the minimum settings are still too bright for me (especially when I'm working at night). I tried going through the Power Options in the Control Panel (plan brightness…
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PuTTY Network Error: Software caused connection abort

I have a strange problem: When I'm using PuTTY with SSH connecting to a Linux server hosted in VMware on my local Windows 7, I often get the error saying "Network error: Software caused connection abort" and then the PuTTY SSH window is inactive.…
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How can I change the timestamp on a file?

Possible Duplicate: How to modify timestamp in a dll or exe? Windows equivalent of the Linux command 'touch'? How can I set the timestamp for a file via the command-line to a specific date? My specific situation is Windows 7.
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Give write permissions to multiple users on a folder in Ubuntu

There is a folder that is owned by user tomcat6: drwxr-xr-x 2 tomcat6 tomcat6 69632 2011-05-06 03:43 document I want to allow another user (ruser) write permissions on document folder. The two users (tomcat6 and ruser) does not belong to same…
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Why does Windows only show about 3.5 GB of my 4 GB of RAM?

I recently upgraded my computer's RAM to 4 GB. My 32-bit Windows installation shows only 3574 MB of the memory. How can I make Windows use the full amount of RAM?
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How do I make Notepad++ delete lines like Eclipse does?

Eclipse has a keyboard shortcut which deletes either the current line (if nothing is selected) or all lines which are part of the currently selected text: Ctrl+D. Is there a way to make Ctrl+D do the same thing in Notepad++? The best I could do is…
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How do I mount a network drive to a folder?

Does anyone know of a third party (or even windows native) solution to this simple problem? I want to map an internal network share on our windows server to a folder on each of the client machines in the network. I don't want to to use drive…
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Are there solutions that can limit the CPU usage of a process?

I am using an old laptop and doing heavy processing that needs high CPU usage for a long time (~30mins - 2hours). When the process puts heavy load on CPU for a long time, CPU overheats and computer shuts down. I don't want to use a cooler/stand…
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How to start GUI linux programs from the command line, but separate from the command line?

I've searched for this before, but have never been able to find an answer. In Windows, if I have a console window open, type winmine, and press enter, Minesweeper will appear, completely separate from the cmd program. The Minesweeper instance is not…
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How does Firefox know my ISP login page?

To access the Internet, I have to log in at my ISP-provided login page which is a private IPv4 address (192.168.xx.xx). If I open Firefox without logging in to that account, Firefox shows this notification saying "You must log in to this…
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Remote desktop connection error after updating Windows 2018/05/08 - CredSSP updates for CVE-2018-0886

After Windows Update, I get this error when trying to connect to a server using Remote Desktop Connection. When read the link provided by error message, it seems because of an update at 2018/05/08: May 8, 2018 An update to change the default…
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Is there a unicode character for the Windows key?

I'm trying to communicate over text the Windows keyboard shortcuts. For the ones that use the Windows key, I don't want to type "Windows key +" each time. Is there a unicode character for the Windows key?
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How can I view results of my cron jobs?

I see so many guides on how to run crontab, but what I need right now is to learn how to Find log files about cron jobs Configure what gets logged
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How do I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in VirtualBox?

I'm running VirtualBox with Windows Vista as host OS and Windows Server 2008 as guest OS. To login to Windows Server I have to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but my host OS reacts on that so I can not send it to VirtualBox. How can I do it?
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