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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Clarification of question's acceptability in advance
How can I check a question's correct place, acceptability and plausibility before posting it on Super User?
Is it possible to check the correctness of a question in advance here on Meta Super User? Or ...
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Please, delete my question regarding svchost.exe
I have a question about my Super User post: How to force svchost.exe to run as a single process (Windows 10)
I want to delete my question, but I'm unable to delete it because someone wrote an "...
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Clarification regarding Question Closure as Off Topic
I have a question about my Super User post: dnSpy: What do included reference assemblies affect?
This question was closed as off topic, it was asked in reference to dnSpy and how it recompiles DLLs. ...
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How is my question about the Windows Registry off-topic?
I've got the question
https://superuser.com/questions/1651185/does-windows-have-any-protection-against-programs-that-refuse-to-uninstall (deleted automatically by Community, only for 10K+ users)
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Someone else's legit question deleted
(Edited to be a generic question; see old version if you're curious about specifics)
I googled a question (Q) I had and the only hit was to a deleted (but cached) Q here and it (the Google-cached copy)...
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How do you deal with edits that strip personal details of the author from a question, ultimately graveyarding the question?
I posted on Super User about a rather particular issue about Windows 10 behaving very awkwardly to the point where I'd call the issue a bug, since traditional methods of how you would normally fix ...
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Where should one ask and answer a question where the Q is more a Super User topic, and the A is more a Server Fault topic?
My answer involves networking-related infrastructure administration, specifically DNS. The question is more about being a power browser user.
I guess the particulars - that is, the Q and A belong in a ...
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My answer keeps getting suggested edits from spambots
I have been noticing a trend that my this answer, always gets edited by some spammer (may be a bot). It's only that answer and no other answer in any of the other SE network.
Finding subdirectories ...
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How to handle a suspected troll?
Consider the question What are file systems? - there is no indication of what research the querent has done, and punching the title into Google generates a bunch of links to sites (including Wikipedia)...
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How are there two *exact* duplicate questions? (Title, answers, author, date, comments, migration)
While viewing related questions on Meta Super User, I noticed two questions with the same title.
Initially I assumed this was a strange coincidence or a bug in the system. But then I realized the two ...
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How can I request a question be reopened if I have less than 3k reputation?
A few months ago I rewrote How can I blur an image in Windows? so it would meet the site guidelines. (See Can any software recommendation question be made on-topic by simply asking "how"?)
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Duplicate post has been deleted
The post Install programs from command line on windows has been closed and marked as a dupe. If you click on the dupe you'll see the post has been deleted.
Not sure if you'd consider it a bug, but ...
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Is my question still too broad? If yes, why?
Some time ago I posted this question that was put on hold as too broad. A few hours later I edited it, hoping to make it more suitable for the site.
Is my question still too broad? If yes, can ...
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Do I need to post more details in this question?
I posted this question a day ago but it has not received many views and I haven't received any feedback for it.
What can I do to attract more attention towards this question? How can I improve it?
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Want to contribute useful answer to old question, but has low quality lock despite only 3 answers
Recently, I've developed a solution for bulk searching excel spreadsheets for keywords, after doing research on various sites, including superuser, and finding there was no real universal solution, I ...
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How to make question not "too broad"?
Recently I posted a question that was soon closed for being "too broad", without any comments. I would really like an answer to my question, but there's not much more details I can add. Is there any ...
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Why close a straightforward question about master and slave drives?
This is regarding a question about master and slave drives. By the time Gareth completed an edit, the question was rather straightforward.
Being familiar with the technology, I found the question ...
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Why was my network synchronization question closed as offtopic?
I have a question about my Super User post: Real-Time Sync Utility
My question got recently closed as off-topic. While my actual question (what I wanted to know) was on topic in the first place, I ...
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How do you lose -5 rep?
Not that this really matters to me, but the reason isn't obvious, so I'm curious.
In the "Achievements" tool in the page header it shows -5 for yesterday on a 10 month old answer.
Viewing my profile ...
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Perfect reason for ban to ask more query?
Yesterday, I have asked a question Difference between `Tracert` and `Traceroute` that was treading.
But, I am unable to ask more queries since "You have reached your question limit", before my above ...
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What more can I do to my question to get help?
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 Jumplist pinned server items lag?
I'm quite disappointed that I have had very little response to this question. This is an issue which I am ...
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How to cast attention to your question?
I have a question which is two months old, viewed 19 times, and no answer or comment on it. Thus, I asked people I know "IRL" to help me, and no one could.
I thought I could "up" it, like on forums, ...
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How is this question off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/1028107/fatal-error-when-running-the-game-war-thunder
The purpose of Super User is for asking for help on the topic of hardware issues or software issues. Last I ...
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Please reconsider “Mac OS spell checking” question for reopening
The question How to Improve Mac OS Spell Checking?1
was downvoted and (rightfully) closed as a product request.
It was then edited to make it a solution request rather than a product request.
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I have an answer for my "too broad" keyboard question that was closed yesterday - shall we re-open it, or forget it?
So my question What could have caused the * key on my numeric keypad to stop working in Windows 7? got deleted yesterday as too broad. I just voted to undelete it today, because I figured out the ...
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Is this general printer refill question appropriate?
I asked a general question regarding refilling toner in laser printers. Is this question appropriate?
When refilling toner, why only to half capacity?
SuperUser is appropriate for computer support ...
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*One* answer gets incomplete "flag" menu — cannot flag as VLQ
I was going to flag this answer as “not an answer”
(it’s little more than a bunch of links) when I noticed
that the “flagging” dialog box didn’t include the “very low quality” option:
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What should I do about a question I posted that is not answered?
This question I asked ("How to deleting user data in Windows 7 on shutdown or start up”) is not being answered. What should I do?
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Please undelete this answer that was converted to a comment
In the question How do I stop Windows 10 from updating my graphics driver? The correct answer is pretty much "Run this tool from Microsoft" however Random deleted that answer and converted it to a ...
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Why was “What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default?” closed?
Why was What programming languages can I assume on a random Linux server by default? closed?
The close reason is too broad, but I don't understand what makes it too broad. I'm confident that my four-...
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How to improve my tumbleweeded question
I haven't gotten much of a response on my question Folder structure for GUID named files, and got in fact the Tumbleweed badge for it.
However I would like for it to be answered, so could you guide ...
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Request for bounty on this question about common MS Outlook 2013 problem?
I apologise if this request offends or wounds anyone. For the past several months, I've failed to find an answer or resolution to this Outlook 2013 problem: How to exclude notifications for all junk ...
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Need insight on down-voted question
I recently posted this question on Java and Linux:
Need latest Java in Linux environment.
It was downvoted, which often doesn't mean much, but I took another look at it because I thought it was a ...
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Why wasn't this question deleted automatically?
Here's the link: https://superuser.com/questions/614234/errorunable-to-acsess-jarfile
As it's downvoted and old, it is supposed to be deleted automatically, but that doesn't happen.
Looks like that'...
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Is there something wrong with my question regarding Outlook?
I asked a question Outlook 2013 gives Windows Security warning when adding live account on the website and only got a downvote. I am not sure why.
Can anyone explain whether my question has some ...
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What is up with this user?
There is a particular user who seems to be posting really weird, unrelated "answers" to a particular question. The answers seem to contain HTML code that is supposed to generate spam, in my opinion. ...
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change question
I have asked How to connect multiple bluetooth A2DP/HFP-compatible phones to one bluetooth headset? hoping to find if "is there a product that does X"; however with strict "product recommendation ...
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Why was question 690388 (workstation video card pricing) closed as "too broad", and how can it be improved?
Question 690388, "Why do workstation graphics cards cost far more than equivalent consumer graphics cards?", was closed by a moderator as too broad.
I can't quite see how the scope of this question ...
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Question is getting downvotes and a close request
https://superuser.com/questions/655201/how-to-mobilize-all-links-with-http-www-google-com-gwt-xu
Why is that happening? And what can I do to it to ask it again in a more acceptable way?
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Why this question is closed as off-topic?
I know the what questions are on topic, but I fail to understand, why asking about pdf-viewing has fallen out? I did not ask about shopping recommendation.
I express disappointment that 5 people did ...
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Reopen question 439470: "What is the difference between Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT?"
What is the difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT?
How is this question not constructive? I mean, I don't see how this would be a subjective question, let alone "bad subjective"! This ...
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Why was this question plus answer closed?
IE10 unexpectedly sends a HEAD request for PDF. What has changed?
I had a genuine problem. I am not the only one. While I researched the question, which was not obvious, I came upon the solution. I ...
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How to clean low-quality content?
I agree that I posted low quality content but I did it to solve real technical problems which all are solved now. Now I don't have actual technical problems but I wanted to ask about MIPS processors ...
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Why was 555489 closed?
Why was this question: https://superuser.com/q/555489/101850 closed as duplicate of Disable ClearType (blurry fonts) in Internet Explorer 10 on windows 7? I have an exactly opposite problem and the ...
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Reopen or still a duplicate?
Using onboard and dedicated graphics cards simultaneously for mixed performance
This question was closed as a duplicate assuming the OP wanted to use multiple monitors, and it was edited to clarify ...
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Plugging cord into laptop or wall question closed as NARQ
I asked if it matters which side of the power cord you plug in first but it got closed. The reason, "not a real question".
I don't know how it was "unclear".
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How can I get a question reopened?
I asked a question and it quickly got closed for not being constructive (because people seemed to think I was asking for opinions, even if I wasn't.)
So I edited it to make it more clear what I was ...
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Why is my question considered to be "off topic"?
I asked this question: Automatically reclaim my IRC nickname (without underscores) globally?
Without any comments it was "closed as off topic". I don't understand why. The box informing me about the ...
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