Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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Why does the community have such vague rules that any administrator can adjust almost any question to fit them?
I wrote a question about computer hardware. A smartphone (tablet) is a computer these days. However, this question is "off-topic".
Let's admit. However, why then there are topics like this: ...
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Can I use same Raspbian Arm v7 installation on Intel Q7450 CPU? [migrated]
I have a B3+ PI running Raspbian Buster x32 on a armv7 cpu. I have made extensive customizations on this installations and I am wondering if I can use the same installation on a different x86 machine ...
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Where does this question belong?
I asked a question about Whatsapp. It wasn't about the mobile version. It's a general question that is relevant to the desktop app as well as the browser version or the mobile app.
But someone thought ...
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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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I have flagged a question as a duplicate. The flag was marked as “helpful”. But the question still hasn't closed
Yesterday (6/9/21), a question was asked: How to remove the new weather info from the taskbar?.
I have flagged this question as an exact duplicate of: How can I disable the “News and Interests” Widget ...
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Factual correction edits and comments being removed. What's going on?
I edited https://superuser.com/a/1652392/197867 for factual accuracy - specifically that motherboards are the limiting factor behind VT-d and AMD-Vi support nowadays, not processors.
As far as I can ...
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Ban reinstated when I asked a new question after the existing one, but is not lifted by an upvote and +10 points in reputation?
I got banned without warning whatsoever who knows when (since Stack Exchange does not let you see the ban issuance date and time), and waited patiently until some days ago when it was lifted to ask a ...
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Recent Win10 v20H2 update made comment's italicized monospaced content a cursive-like font?
Anyone else experiencing this and how do I change it, as modifying the font settings in Chromium-based Edge has no effect and the same output occurs in FireFox? I'm unsure what update could have ...
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How can I post an answer to this question on SuperUser?
I viewed a topic on this site which hasn't really been answered for 4 years:
“How to go to the next/previous picture using the Windows 10 default photo viewer?”
On reading the responses, it gave me ...
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Incorrect migration of post (to Android Enthusiasts)
I have a question about my Super User post: Issues in communicating via IPSec (StrongSwan) between an Android client and its gateway (IKEv2)
The day I had posted my question, the moderator David ...
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Tag rename request for spelling of TrueType
There is a standard for fonts named TrueType. There is no space, no hyphen, the same as with, say, JavaScript.
However, there is a tag true-type-fonts instead of truetype-fonts.
Please could the tag ...
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A question I submitted as a guest was removed. How can I recover the question, and why was it removed without any feedback?
I submitted this question as a guest, while logged out.
For reasons unknown the post was removed. Perhaps it was deemed unsuitable for Superuser or whatever, but in any case I would like to recover ...
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question body doesn't meet quality standards - how to solve?
I try to ask below question, however however I rephrase it I keep getting "doesn't meet our quality standards" error. How I can resolve it?
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voting correction
I got a voting correction "out of the blue". It's not much so I don't care about the rep change very much. But I was wondering where (which answers/questions) and why it was applied. I haven'...
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My question incorrectly marked as duplicate
recently I asked a question here WiFi keeps reconnecting when ICS is active on Windows 10 and its been marked as a dupe by mistake
cause even though it has a lot of similarity to USB WiFi Adapter ...
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Questionably bad answer used for audit
This answer to the question "How does one Install a Brother HL-2270DW Laser Printer on Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi 4B?". It's deleted and used as an audit question.
For users who can't ...
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Microsoft-Forms tag needed
While researching a problem, I was looking for a tag for Microsoft Forms, I didn't find one; there is a [forms] generic tag, with 778 topics. If I search without any tag term, for
https://superuser....
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Question ban: Which questions to improve how
Apparently I have a question ban on superuser.com. This help page says that I should improve my existing questions in order to get out of the question ban.
Which of my questions have a chance of ...
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What reputation is required for tag edits without approval?
I thought tag edits can be done with 5000 reputation. Am I mistaken? My edit is still waiting for an approval.
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I would like to ask for a revision whether this question could be reopened
I have asked a question recently, which got closed as duplicate:
Extra wear of multicore processor when only a single core is used. Is there such a thing?
I believe that the post that was suggested to ...
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How to share posts if no one is interested and not enough rep for bounties?
So I have this question still lying around with only a single comment showing some special keys, but I'm hoping for an answer that very well suits the aspect of the question.
It has been there for ...
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Suggested edits proposed by an anonymous user?
Recently I started reviewing suggested edits, and while reviewing I found lots of suggested edits were "proposed x hour ago by an anonymous user", this piqued my curiosity, I wonder who this ...
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This question was closed on both hardware sites?
I am really confused why.... this happened.
There, the information for the close of the question on hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com was:
Technical support request — Questions asking about ...
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The picture on superuser “page not found” webpage, what is its origin?
This picture:
from here: https://superuser.com/404
What is the origin of this picture? I am just curious, I tried Bing Visual Search it and failed to find information relevant to its origin.
Its name ...
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How can I get the Suffrage badge? The number doesn't change in accordance with the votes I have casted
How can I get the Suffrage badge? The number doesn't change in accordance with the votes I have casted.
I have casted many upvotes and downvotes today, on questions and answers of different users, but ...
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New cookie preferences - just what is that black bar, and how do I set it?
They're not asking whether you prefer chocolate or oatmeal-raisin (... we arn't judging but chocolate all the way).
SU's one of the early release sites for the new cookie preferences. Official post ...
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Bug report on user reputation leagues
This bug:
You see, in the user reputation leagues page, the user named Karu ranked 9th of this month has a +7021 change, however they only have a total reputation of 3896, how is this possible? I am ...
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Are questions about Smart TVs on-topic?
I want to ask about audio codec support of a (fairly recent) smart TV. However - this is somewhere between a "computer" and a plain-consumer-electronic device - even if it might actually be ...
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Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?
I saw this question: Video Player code (JavaScript, HTML5 etc), and I thought it might be good to give the person a way to solve the problem, even though it isn't on topic for this website. I've ...
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How can I find and list the questions that I've previously asked on superuser?
I've at least found the users link where I can enter my member name and see some summary statistics about my account, but I have not yet found a way to find and list all of the questions that I've ...
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Why was my question considered an opinion based question?
I got my question closed as an opinion based: Is it really cheaper to use a Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure than to buy a hardware with the Windows OS?.
While the question is clearly not opinion-...
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Question closed because I don't know what commands I can use on this case
I have a question about my Super User post being deleted: Need a command to find and move (and mix) subfolders (and its content) to another subfolder on the same parent folder, all matching specific ...
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Not sure why closed as “opinion based”
I have a question about my Super User post: ACPI thermal zone driver in Windows 10. Not always available
My post has factual information we have found and possibility of factual answers to the ...
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Asked valid question, was having discussion in comments, question was suddenly closed with no comment to indicate why
New user logs in through RDP on Windows System and Public\Desktop items don't show up on their desktop?
This is a problem that I'm encountering all the time in my environment.
Question was closed ...
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How to search for duplicates efficiently?
In my experience the search box in Close as duplicate dialog is almost useless.
For example we have a canonical malware removal question. Its score is 454 as I'm writing this. It has over a dozen ...
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InCopy tag creation request
My Super User question here involves Adobe InCopy. I would like to request the creation of a tag about Adobe InCopy. Could we please create such a tag? Thanks!
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Why was this question of mine closed? [duplicate]
Question edited for clarifications.
I did not ask for a software license or license recommendation, I asked about the implications. I still haven't got the answer about why the two different close ...
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Can I see which Answers/Questions count towards a badge?
Can I see which Answers/Questions count towards a badge? E.g. for the badge "Sportsmanship", can I see somewhere which votes counted towards that badge or would the only option be to ...
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I don't have a negative posting history. Why have I been banned?
I've come here a few times in the past year hoping to ask a question only to be reminded:
I dont recall deleting bad questions (and dont have the rep to see my deletions), and I've been using Stack ...
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Are my questions on-topic here, and if so, should a few new tags be created, maybe?
I have a question about my Super User post: How to mount FAT16/32 USB volume on smartos/illumos/omnios?
Are my questions about Illumos, OmniOS, SmartOS on-topic here, and if so, should a few ...
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Spam edits by same user
I had two spam edits from the same user in a short interval: on this contribution and and this one (which I rolled back). Despite his reputation he (or she) seems to be a rather difficult user (I ...
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Is this serial downvoting?
From yesterday, I am having frequent downvotes, without any kind of comments. I have received 5 down votes since last night. This never happened since I have been here for 10 months. And the posts ...
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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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Korean characters not allowed
For some reason posts or comments with some Korean characters inside aren't allowed. For example in this question it must be worked around using images How to search a Korean word made up of two or ...
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Accidental rollback - any penalties involved?
If my edit gets rolled back, will there be a (relevant) negative log associated with my account? If so can the roll back be undone if it has been applied by accident?
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Explainer/Refiner/Illuminator - how exactly does it work?
I'm trying to find out how exactly the Explainer/Refiner/Illuminator works:
Edit and answer 1/50/500 question (both actions within 12 hours, answer score > 0)
So far it seems that the edit hast ...
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Why is my question downvoted?
I would appreciate assistance to make my question acceptable to this site, but it has been downvoted twice and my comment asking for guidance was deleted. I have tried to add some background that ...
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Is it possible to accept answers in closed questions?
Out of curiosity (since I don't have any closed questions), is it possible to accept answers on closed questions?
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Bad user experience - needs looking at
The question referred to was rapidly re-opened, but this meta isn't about one specific question being closed as a dupe; it's about the user experience once that happens.
I'm a big boy now. I can ...
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“How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises” - suggestions improving the question
How to obtain a Laptop without hidden surprises was closed within minutes of posting with the stated reason:
Questions seeking for hardware shopping recommendations are off-topic because they are ...
