Unable to upgrade Windows 10 edition from Home to Pro
I have a Lenovo laptop which upgraded from Windows 8.1 Home to Windows 10 Home.I have a (legitimate) Windows 10 Pro key which I ran through the "Change Product Key" wizard.After a reboot I get an error...
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update added an extra Language and I cannot remove it
I have just updated to Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803 / 17134.1)I had my laptop configured completely as UK with only a UK keyboard layoutSince the update, a US keyboard has been added so I now see...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for Extract the first line of text from cells
If the delimiter is a Line Feed, you can use the CHAR function=LEFT(A1, SEARCH(CHAR(10), A1)-1)Alternatively, try CHAR(13) which is Carriage ReturnSource
View ArticleSVN / Tortoise SVN - Cannot checkout, Access is denied
We are having a strange problem with our SVN repositoryOne particular project is failing to check out on some dev's workstations.The error is:svn: E720005: Can't open...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for Why can't I enable virtualization
Those are the virtualization options.VTX and VTD are 2 parts of Intel's virtualization tech - CPU and chipset components respectively.Previously codenamed "Vanderpool", VT-x represents Intel's...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for How to change Skype ringtone on Windows 10 in 2018
There is no way to set different sounds per contact in Skype 8. This functionality, along with others, has been removed.Source: How-To Geek
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for How to modify timestamp in a dll or exe?
3 utilities to do this are listed here:http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-change-the-last-modified-date-creation-date-and-last-accessed-date-for-files-and-folders/FileDate ChangerThis...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for How do you change a TTF font name?
FontForge may be of use:FontForge -- An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit...
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Firefox - How to reduce spacing between icons on the Navigation Bar
I am using Firefox 24.0 on Windows 8.1 64-bit (RTM from MSDN) and have a few extensions installed which add buttons to the navigation bar.For some reason there is a large amount of wasted space between...
View ArticleHow can I securely format a solid-state drive?
When selling / throwing away / giving away HDDs I always use DBAN to do a DoD wipe first.Is this still a valid thing to do on an SSD?Will it have an adverse effect on the SSD's lifespan?
View ArticleOverseas proxy makes Google Chrome think I am in Germany or Netherlands
I am in the UK and my firm has an outsourced webscanning service which routes our traffic through either Germany or The Netherlands.Whenever I do a search using Chrome's Address Bar I get either the...
View ArticleFloating or vertical results pane in SQL Server Management Studio
I have a multi monitor configuration and would like to be able to have my query editor on one monitor and the results pane on another.Can this be achieved? Either by having the results pane vertically...
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Answer by Shevek for How to select non contiguous lines of code in Notepad++?
from the help:If a stream area is selected, it is possible to add another, disjointarea by Ctrl-clicking its start point and moving the mouse to the endpoint. More than one extra selection can be added...
View ArticleCan I install Windows 8 onto a Storage Spaces Pool
I am going to perform a clean installation of Windows 8 Pro onto my computer.Due to upgrades over time I currently have 2 x 120 GB SSD drives.Is it possible to create a Storage Space Pool using both...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for Hard-wired Linksys Velop Mesh Bridge Nodes Out Of Range
I tried taking the child nodes out one by one, eventually paring it back to just the parent node connected to my router and nothing elseIt was still flashing red!Ended up factory resetting the whole...
View ArticleAnswer by Shevek for regedit to run in script, not in background
You can use REG.EXEREG.EXE does almost everythingRegedt32 can do, but it allows you todo it from a command line. This can beuseful when you want to quickly make achange without opening Regedt32, andit...
View ArticleMultiple background instances of notepad.exe running
I just opened Task Manager to kill a process and noticed that I have 39 notepad.exe processes running - I do not use Notepad!They appear to be background processes as in the Details tab there is no...
View ArticleJIRA Search by multiple previous Issue Keys
If you move an issue from one Project to another in Jira it is given a new Key in the new Project.It stores the previous Key somehow because you can put the old Key in the Quick Search box and it will...
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