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Stupid uBlock Origin question: how do wildcards work? e.g. the banner at the bottom of this page has the address: code:! 2020-09-16 https://forums.somethingawful.com ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/f/0/$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/1/f/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/2/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/1/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/f/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/f/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/*.gif$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/1/f/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/2/d/*$image ||fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/f/0/*$image
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Sep 17, 2020 08:18
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Moo the cow posted:Stupid uBlock Origin question: how do wildcards work? It seems to be like most wildcards where * matches anything from that character forward. I don't think $image is needed, try just * from that point forward. You can do fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/* or at a subdirectory below that. It worked for me with preview after trying the element picker and deleting the image name and replacing it with *.
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Sep 17, 2020 08:27
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Rexxed posted:It seems to be like most wildcards where * matches anything from that character forward. I don't think $image is needed, try just * from that point forward. You can do fi.somethingawful.com/safs/goonbas/* or at a subdirectory below that. It worked for me with preview after trying the element picker and deleting the image name and replacing it with *. That's what I thought would work, but it's still not working for me:  code:
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Sep 17, 2020 08:44
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Moo the cow posted:That's what I thought would work, but it's still not working for me: Well that's a puzzler. The exact same thing works for me. I use the element picker to click the ad, change the url to add the wildcard after goonbas/ just like you showed, and it goes away in preview. If I hit create it does show up in my filters as: code:Maybe try a reload of the browser?
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Sep 17, 2020 10:57
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Rexxed posted:Maybe try a reload of the browser? You're a very clever person, you know? Many thanks for the help, much appreciated!
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Sep 17, 2020 12:06
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Gromit posted:This must come up regularly, but what's the latest recommendation for a free tool that lets me edit or complete PDF forms? I don't want something cloud-based. When you say you don't want something cloud-based, what do you mean? Despite the "Document Cloud" bit in the name, Acrobat Reader DC is locally installed and works with local documents. Why backtrack eight years to Reader XI?
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Sep 17, 2020 12:28
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I'm trying to remember the name of a free .pst viewer that had a great search facility - I seem to remember the GUI had red menus. You could plug offline .psts into it and it indexed them - so searches were instant. Ringing any bells? It looked like pro software, not freeware.
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Sep 17, 2020 18:23
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Question: I'm selling a Windows laptop. With Microsoft's Windows 10 system, how do I wipe the laptop but keep the license valid for the buyer? And can I install LibreOffice for the buyer after wiping without logging into my own MS account?
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Sep 17, 2020 20:19
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Toast Museum posted:When you say you don't want something cloud-based, what do you mean? Despite the "Document Cloud" bit in the name, Acrobat Reader DC is locally installed and works with local documents. Why backtrack eight years to Reader XI? Ah, ok. The name made me believe it required cloud connection and an account etc. I'll give it a go, then. I didn't want something online-only, which a lot of pdf programs seem to be. That is, I don't want to be uploading my documents to the cloud in order to edit them. Gromit fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sep 17, 2020 22:20
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Annath posted:Question: Win10 does a hardware ID for the system that is saved on MS servers, so the activation / license should stay with the machine unless you have done something otherwise. The reset option in settings (update & security -> recovery -> reset this pc) has "Remove Everything" which is pretty much the same as a clean install, removes all data, software, and user accounts. At some point they also added "and clean the drive" as an extra option, which also overwrites the drive with zeros. That should make your data pretty much unrecoverable, though it isn't the best method of doing so for a SSD*. *Nor is it 100% effective at securely erasing all data on SSDs, but it's good enough for most purposes. Writing zeros to a SSD may leave some traces of data, but only for low-level tools and not generic consumer data recovery software. If you want full data security the best method with SSDs is to use a secure erase utility -- which will wipe the entire drive -- and then reinstall from scratch. If you have a HDD you can ignore this, as a single pass of zeros is nearly 100% effective on modern drives.
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Sep 17, 2020 22:38
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Klyith posted:The reset option in settings (update & security -> recovery -> reset this pc) has "Remove Everything" which is pretty much the same as a clean install, removes all data, software, and user accounts.
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Sep 17, 2020 22:48
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i certainly would never trust the “reset” function to work as well as or better than the ol’ usb wipe and reinstall. could just be an old-fashioned habit i guess
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Sep 17, 2020 22:52
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I have VEGAS Pro 14 installed and every time I boot my PC, I get a popup to upgrade. How do I get rid of this? I don't see anything related in the startup options. And I don't VEGAS boots anything on startup. I hardly ever use the program, I only got it cause it was super cheap and is useful to occasionally trim a video file.
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Sep 19, 2020 18:26
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Uthor posted:I have VEGAS Pro 14 installed and every time I boot my PC, I get a popup to upgrade. How do I get rid of this? I don't see anything related in the startup options. And I don't VEGAS boots anything on startup. I hardly ever use the program, I only got it cause it was super cheap and is useful to occasionally trim a video file. evidently it's some secondary program called Magix Connect https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-to-prevent-popups-for-upgrade-to-vegas-pro-16--115519/ which you may or may not be able to uninstall separately from the rest of Vegas. If you can nerd out on the command line, ffmpeg can do simple trims of most video files without re-encoding.
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Sep 19, 2020 18:55
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Uthor posted:I have VEGAS Pro 14 installed and every time I boot my PC, I get a popup to upgrade. How do I get rid of this? I don't see anything related in the startup options. And I don't VEGAS boots anything on startup. I hardly ever use the program, I only got it cause it was super cheap and is useful to occasionally trim a video file. Did you get that from Humble Bundle? I had a similar thing but can't remember which version from the bundle I got and it annoyed me so much I uninstalled it.
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Sep 19, 2020 19:16
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Yes, Humble Bundle. I tried looking for Magix, but didn't see it. I rarely reboot, so I can live with it. Just every time I do, I remember again and look for a solution.
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Sep 19, 2020 19:20
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Uthor posted:Yes, Humble Bundle. I tried looking for Magix, but didn't see it. Get Autoruns: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
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Sep 19, 2020 19:42
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Weedle posted:i certainly would never trust the “reset” function to work as well as or better than the ol’ usb wipe and reinstall. could just be an old-fashioned habit i guess Secure erase followed by clean install with deleting all partitions is the way to go. Especially if it's an older install. During the lifetime Microsoft has increased the size of recovery partition and enabled Reserved Storage by default for new installs.
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Sep 20, 2020 08:24
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Can anyone recommend a full-disk backup software to an external hard drive? VVV thanks! ~Coxy fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Sep 21, 2020 02:17
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~Coxy posted:Can anyone recommend a full-disk backup software to an external hard drive? Macrium reflect VVV edit: yeah the free version, it does clones and images just fine. you don't need the paid unless you want to use it for differential / incremental backup. Klyith fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Sep 21, 2020 04:32
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Klyith posted:Macrium reflect Or Macrium Reflect Free.
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Sep 21, 2020 10:51
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MikusR posted:Or Macrium Reflect Free. This should be in the title IMO. Its very good.
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Sep 21, 2020 11:19
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Advice re sorting .pst archives? I've got a few years of emails stuffed into a 3.5Gb .pst - I created it by running the archive function of Outlook and trying to sort each year into a different subfolder. I realise that it's a bit of a mess - some emails are present in more than one subfolder due to the archive function being a bit iffy. I want to sort them out. Any thoughts on how to do it? I suppose I could run custom searches and manually drag them into the appropriate folders, but I suspect I may end up with lots of duplicates. E: finally figured out Advanced Search for a date range search, then move them into a yearly folder, then using Outlook's Duplicate Remover to clear up - less painful than I imagined! Moo the cow fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Sep 21, 2020 14:09
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I have a question on moving Windows. I finished my new build a week or so ago and I have a few questions. I have windows installed on a 2TB NVMe and because I’m a bad person who hates money, I am buying a second, faster 1TB NVMe to move everything to. What’s the fastest way these days to move everything from the old NVMe to the new one? My PC has two M.2 slots, the first being PCI-E 4.0 and the second being 3.0. Ideally the faster drive will be in the 4.0 slot (Where the slower one currently is) but I can swap them whenever is easiest/more convenient. Normally I’d just reinstall windows, but I finally got everything set up the way I want it and would rather just transfer everything, which is currently sitting at 175gb of data in total.
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Sep 21, 2020 23:06
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DarkestLite posted:I have a question on moving Windows. Macrium Reflect Free You can do the clone from inside windows. MarcusSA posted:This should be in the title IMO.
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Sep 21, 2020 23:08
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Klyith posted:Macrium Reflect Free Perfect, I did glance the OP but if it was obviously there and I missed it I apologize! When it comes to M.2 slots, should I swap the drives before, after, or it doesn’t matter?
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Sep 21, 2020 23:20
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DarkestLite posted:Perfect, I did glance the OP but if it was obviously there and I missed it I apologize! I’d probably just swap them after to be on the safe side.
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Sep 22, 2020 01:03
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DarkestLite posted:Perfect, I did glance the OP but if it was obviously there and I missed it I apologize! Nah it's not in the OP, was just a joke because the same answer was a few posts up. You should be able to do the swap before the clone, which will save you steps because you won't have to open the PC up again to swap afterwards. The asterisk is that you may need to change the boot order after you swap them to boot off the original drive in the 2nd position. Not sure though.
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Sep 22, 2020 03:00
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Is there such a thing as a replacement start bar, or other app switcher? The problem is a Citrix remote desktop thing that doesn't have one. You can minimise apps but then they just go to the bottom of the screen like it's Windows 3.1.
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Sep 22, 2020 03:53
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~Coxy posted:Is there such a thing as a replacement start bar, or other app switcher? You can run just about whatever you want in place of explorer.exe, but I'm not sure I follow what's happening with your current setup.
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Sep 22, 2020 05:48
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I'm guessing Citrix is doing just that, so there's no start bar. I want a program I can run that displays a list of running programs/windows. I can put in a screenshot of my Citrix desktop but it's just going to be a big black window. Edit: I found a AHK script that builds a custom alt-tab replacement on the fly, pretty good for remote desktops and Citrix: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35971452/what-is-the-right-way-to-send-alt-tab-in-ahk I changed the bind to Alt+F1 which is not intercepted by Citrix. ~Coxy fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Sep 22, 2020 |
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Sep 22, 2020 06:15
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Kind of a weird request but is there any software to redo and override Windows' audio and bluetooth settings? I teach remotely and my day is like, a slightly stressful sequence of juggling different audio devices (headset with wired mic, bluetooth headset, a lav mic and my webcam mic in a pinch) in Teams calls and like, Captivate and other recording tools. Each time I switch poo poo around I have to like, click on Windows audio settings and adjust both inputs, and adjust both from Teams, or sometimes even open the bluetooth menu and click connect on the device because Windows can't manage bluetooth properly in 2020 somehow. So I guess I'm looking for something that can just reduce the amount of clicking. I accept that this may just not be an option since it'll only introduce another link in the chain but it would save me so many clicks.
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Sep 22, 2020 19:59
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Toast Museum posted:You can run just about whatever you want in place of explorer.exe, but I'm not sure I follow what's happening with your current setup.
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Sep 22, 2020 20:12
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tuyop posted:Kind of a weird request but is there any software to redo and override Windows' audio and bluetooth settings? I think this nirsoft tool allows you to create presets for your device levels and mute states. Don't know how much of the problem that solves.
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Sep 22, 2020 20:45
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I just moved and realized I forgot my wired keyboard. I only have Bluetooth devices that aren't paired with my Windows desktop, so I have no way to log in. Is there some way around this?
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Sep 23, 2020 00:15
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Does your mouse work? There's an on screen keyboard that should be accessible from the log in screen.
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Sep 23, 2020 00:23
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Nope, both of my mice here are Bluetooth. I do have an xbox controller though, lol.
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Sep 23, 2020 01:28
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Is there a way to tell Win 10 not to bring displays out of power save just because there are notifications? I keep coming in the morning and finding out that my monitor has been on for hours because two of my friends had a 4am chat on some Discord channel where I have notifications enabled, or someone Signalled me after I went AFK.
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Sep 23, 2020 05:13
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Yeah, I think you need to go into advanced power settings and turn off Allow Wake Timers for that.
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Sep 23, 2020 05:19
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Is there anything inherently wrong with using a .pst as an archive for email? Once a year I make a copy of my emails from the year and add them to a .pst. It's nearly 4GB now. I don't actually use this to access them very often: maybe open it in Outlook 4 times a year and I am setting up Mailstore Home which extracts everything and makes a searchable achive using its own database, so it's not like there are many opportunities to break it, but I know that people get funny looks on their faces when people mention multi-GB .psts and I was wondering if there was a generally-accepted Better Way to do this?
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Sep 23, 2020 14:03
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