Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Viewing change history to questions on superuser.com
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As a regular user (i.e. not the OP or subsequent editor), is it possible to see what changes were made to a question (or one of its answers) on https://superuser.com?
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In a search for ...
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Chrome flagged superuser.com as "dangerous"
I don't know if this is from some global blacklist or if it's unique to my machine, but Chrome just popped up this annoying warning when attempting to visit superuser.com:
Not sure if it matters to ...
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How to verify my email address on Stack Exchange sites (e,g. Super User) or check its verification status?
On Super User I changed my email address under Email Settings. It sent me a verification link:
"Confirm your email address - Super User".
When I click the button [Confirm your email ...
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Change default MATH font in MS Word for Mac? [migrated]
I downloaded a math font that I was able to set as default in MS Word Windows via the Equation Options settings. However, this settings box doesn't seem to exist in the Mac version of Word.
Can ...
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What do the different colours of the comment flag mean?
Why do the comment flags have different colours in the screenshot below? what do they mean/indicate? and why do they change colours when the page is reloaded?
The answer is not obvious to me, because ...
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How can I improve my first question?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to create a PXEboot for tails OS?
I'm new to this site I find very helpful and of very good quality.
How can I improve my first posted question?
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Are “evolving answers” supported on Super User?
Preface: I believe that this question is somewhat in line with this other Meta question about troubleshooting questions in 2023.
While calling out another user who chronically posts “answers” (such ...
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My post was unfairly closed
I asked a question about my internet abnormality.
Bad internet connections running my program but most speed test results are normal except for one
I explained
How I discovered the problem.
How I ...
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Could someone review my post regarding product data?
I have a question about my Super User post: How does the WD_BLACK SN770 2TB connected to PCI 3.0 NVMe 1.3 compare to the Samsung EVO 970 Plus 2TB SSD? Heat, power at idle, speed at 80% full?
I'm not ...
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2023 stand about "troubleshooting"
Tl;Dr What is the current SU stand about troubleshooting questions?
I'm a long time computer user used to do my best to solve "simple" problems, long time lurker on multiple forums ...
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Why does community bot keep reviving over decade old topics?
Example: Folders visible on flash drive, but no files
Over decade old. I'm sure OP doesn't care anymore, will not answer anymore etc.. what's the use of the community bot 'modifying' the topic?
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VBA syntax highlighting
I recently posted two answers that contained VBA code. In one of them, the syntax is highlighted and in the other one, it isn't.
Can anybody tell me why that is? I'd like it to be highlighted in both.
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Question about "discharging" yourself before building a PC
I have a question about pc build and avoiding any damage to components while I build it. We don't have any earthing/grounding in our home (so does many others here). So basically whether you have 2 ...
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Why is a question about AWS Slow Query logs offtopic on Super User? Where would it be on topic?
I posted a question about a problem with AWS logs.
The close reason was:
This question does not appear to be about computer software or
computer hardware within the scope defined in the help center.
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I'd like to know whether my post is well written or not
I have a question about my Super User post: I can't map a network share from PXE - WinPE
I have written a question yesterday and I'd like, if someone can help, to know whether my question is well-...
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Please revert migration
Regarding my question:
How to download all videos with yt-dlp from a youtube channel after the redesign?
To summarize, I think it was a erroneous migration. I flagged it to try to get it back and it ...
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Answer for a closed question; how?
I think the question https://superuser.com/q/1750696/964771 should not be closed. After some investigation I found the solution (cause of the problem). However with the question being closed I cannot ...
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help with "opinion based" closing
My question, "SSL error 14090086 "certificate verify failed" in browser and in curl: how to troubleshoot? [closed]" was closed as "opinion based".
Would anyone be ...
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Make less visible or completely hide ignore tagged questions [closed]
It seems a new change was made to SuperUser, where questions with tags on my ignore list are now almost as visible as regular questions. Only the title has a slightly different color.
This completely ...
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The Responses tab is not working
Since the last big user-interface overhaul of all Stack Overflow sites a few months ago,
the Responses tab stopped working.
The Responses tab can be reached directly through the URL of
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Please clean up diskpart.com spam by user Metaphor
User Metaphor (1692216) is spamming diskpart ads. Can someone clean that up please?
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Why did my flag get revised?
My flag got revised; not declined just revised meaning I got 11 flags instead of 10 today.
It was on this question for it being about software recommendations; I reflagged it.
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How come you can ask an unqualified "how do I do $x?"
This is in response to this question
Why can't I ask if hardware exists that does something, or fits a need?
I'm going to try one more way to address this. How come you can't ask,
Does $x exist?...
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Question about spam site incorrectly deleted as spam
This question (deleted: link requires 10k+ reputation) was deleted as spam.
However, it's a question about spam. It contains some unfortunate language around this, but could surely be edited into ...
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How to look at deleted answers on my question?
I would like to know how to view the deleted answers on my question. How do I do that?
I don't need to view deleted answers on other peoples' questions—just my own.
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Why was my question marked as offtopic?
I have a question about my Super User post: DOS (MS-DOS, FreeDOS, DR DOS) equivalent to UNIX "time" command?
I wonder why my question was marked as offtopic.
I followed these rules:
https://...
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Question closed as unclear but an answer was already posted
This question.
The reason why the question was closed is "This question needs details or clarity". Let's follow the link.
Needs details or clarity - Sometimes we need more information in ...
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Request to reopen question 1736397
My question has been closed immediately after I asked it. The closed message dialog links to another question: How do I ask a question that may require recommending software?. The accepted answer with ...
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Who accepts the question in case the the creator deleted the account?
I have this current situation on the question How change the IP address of the computer on Windows 10?
It seems that the creator has deleted their account. Who will be able to accept the answer? Will ...
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How the heck did “Community” user/bot close this dupe question? [duplicate]
This question is a question I voted to close because the solution was a hunch I suggested in the comments. The original poster confirmed my hunch and I then voted to close as dupe as a result.
Okay, ...
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When I try to vote to close this question as a duplicate, the site tells me it doesn't have an upvoted answer, but it does. Is this a bug?
See these two questions:
whenever I start my windows laptop, after laptop is opened terminal is automatically opened and inside terminal its written -, and
On windows startup terminal opens ...
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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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Tag score calculation
I can list all my answers for a certain tag. The list includes the votes, and negative votes already subtracted to my knowledge (in this specific case it's the tag networking). But the score doesn't ...
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Tag synonym request: diskonkey -> usb-flash-drive
Can someone with tag synonym rights in usb-flash-drive consider implementing diskonkey as a synonym? There was a new question in the tag a few minutes ago, and I had to look up what a "Disk on ...
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Why is a specific question with a certain answer marked as opinion-based?
Can someone explain to me why the question Can the use of OPKG on ZyXEL Keenetic Ultra II cause damage to the firmware or its incorrect operation? is opinion-based?
I really don't understand people ...
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Why did I get 2 reputation for upvoting a post and accepting an answer?
I'm relatively new to Stack Overflow as a whole; why do I get reputation for telling others that my post is good?
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Improvements in the reopening system needed? [closed]
When a question gets closed, it can be asked for reopening, but in my experience that is very hard to happen.
Even if after editing it shows again in the main page, the tag "[closed]" acts ...
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Please re-consider the suspension of my review previlege
It was this answer that I reviewed as 'Looks OK' but was judged as incorrectly handled.
https://superuser.com/review/first-answers/1113523
The comment pointed out that the answer was covered in the ...
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Can a badge be removed after being awarded?
Out of curiosity (not a real problem): I have a question with 99 votes, now I'm waiting patiently for the 100th vote ;). With the 100th vote a badge will be awarded and I was wondering what happens if ...
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Is it possible to create custom filter to search for a tag on a few / selected sites?
At this moment I'm mostly looking for the questions and answers connected to ffmpeg tag.
Most of them are here, on superuser.com, but I can also see them on the other sites like video.stackexchange....
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Why was this question deleted and locked because it was “marked as spam or rude or abusive” by community bot within seconds of adding inline images?
Haven’t see the community bot do this before: A question was posted that, I will admit, seemed a bit like a troll over here: “What happens if you plug in a USB-USB cable into a wireless mouse's USB ...
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Is a request for specific information about software error messages really off topic?
I asked for a comprehensive list of error and informational messages produced by Robocopy. I described my problem (a huge log file), my efforts to resolve it (numerous web searches and reading ...
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I think my question has been closed unfairly
My question was:
"Is it true that using different sized RAM's will not lead to a better performance in 2020 laptops"
I've edited the question, but there seems to be some type of bot which ...
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Is this question in-topic?
Would it be in-topic to ask if, given the current shortage of MacBooks, I should buy a MacBook Pro 14'' with M1 Pro, or wait until the M2 comes out? I'm not interested in gaming, but I want to train ...
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Gray Line To Migrate Questions About Similar Topic
I asked the question below:
Latest Windows 10 Will Not Deploy Printers Per Computer
Users are telling me it should be on ServerFault but on Serverfault I found a similar question that they migrated it ...
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A proper question got closed down
I posted a question with a lot of details
How do I prevent an exe and Powershell on Windows / PC to stop running altogether?
But it got closed with the reason "not enough details provided"....
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Is my redacting potentially harmful links the "right" action?
I've redacted the links in this question, because
they did not link directly to content, but to a website from which to download the content
the website in question opened advertisement popups with ...
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My question got closed (as a duplicate)
My question got closed as a duplicate (I think by a single mod, not by the community)... the question it linked to, did not contain the answer I specified in my question. I already added comments as ...
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Can I award a bounty to somebody who solved my problem but did not answer my question?
I asked a question a week ago, asking what I thought was a bizarre problem (but turns out it's not). Two days and no answer so far, I decided to start a 50 rep bounty in hope of seeking answer, as I ...
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