Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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How to reopen a question?
If a question is closed but then later the edited, how do you go about re-opening it?
I came across Unable to open Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 in one of the review queues. Originally, the question was ...
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Why the Post appears which is already reviewed?
Whenever I go to review First Posts.
It shows the Posts that are already reviewed or edited by the Moderators or other 2K+ users?
Then why does it shows those Post that are already reviewed?
Any ...
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Why am I being warned about being blocked from asking questions?
I just went to post a new question, and at the top of the form I see a message saying:
Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and
you're in danger of being blocked from ...
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How to correct some spelling mistakes while there's a limitation: said edits must be at least 6 characters
How to correct some spelling mistakes while there's a limitation that said
Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improve in this post?
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Suggested edits on meta - something weird
Normally, on a per-site meta, the suggested edit button is grayed out with a message that says that suggested edits are not permitted on meta sites:
However, when manually typing the URL to suggest ...
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Cannot edit posts when reviewing first and late Q&A
Sometimes when I am reviewing the late and new posts queue I am unable to edit the post currently being reviewed. First I thought this might be because someone else has made an edit waiting for ...
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Merge most of the IDE-to-AHCI questions
As it stands, we have at least six questions dealing with enabling AHCI support on an IDE mode Windows installation:
How to get AHCI support on an IDE Windows 7 installation? (~150 views, asked July ...
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Why doesn't Super User have a "top percentage" link in the user profile like Stack Overflow?
On Stack Overflow it is sometimes fun to look at stats and see how close I am to catching Jon. I can just go to my profile and click the "top percentage" link to see how I rank. The same link does ...
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Self answer incorrectly deleted?
I've looked at it a few times now and not sure what I'm missing - why was this user's self answer deleted?
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Better about page example questions/answers/comments
I recently posted on Meta.SO about the example questions, answers, and comments found on various site's about pages, and was told that although some sites have auto-system-picked examples, the mods of ...
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Re-open or merge request
I'd like to request that this question is reviewed. I don't feel that the question marked as such is in fact an exact duplicate, as this question was created to discover the rather hidden official way ...
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Asking the same as existing question, but for a different platform/OS [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should the original intent of a question be broadened to make the answers more canonical?
Sometimes there's an existing question on a topic you want answers to, but the ...
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Merge [multi-user] into [multiple-users] [closed]
Merge the tag mutli-user into multiple-users. They refer to the same concept and the term multiple users is a little more clear than multi user.
And to convince you, I have dragged up the relic that ...
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Who gets to post to the blog? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are the requirements and how to submit a SU blog?
What is required for a person to be permitted to post to the blog?
Do they have to be a Moderator?
Do they have to be a ...
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Request to reopen question 385613
The question https://superuser.com/questions/385613/do-consumer-routers-with-deep-packet-inspection-for-http-traffic-exist has been updated to no longer be a shopping question. I have a solution to ...
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Vote to re-open 2 year old question?
I just edited this question, then noticed it was two years old (Community User put it back in a queue).
I need help! PopUp with only OK button
Looks like a perfectly valid question to me. It could ...
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Retag cmd, cli, terminal, and terminal.app into command-line
command-line probably is/should be the canonical tag, with 782 questions. cmd is more Windows-oriented, but is still command-line. cli is about half-and-half, with half on Windows and half on Linux. ...
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Is there any way to deter this determined guy?
This guy, https://superuser.com/users/937962/adam-c, has only been on SE for 11 days, and earning of 5 points, is already start poking at my well asked question.
It is understandable, for new people ...
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Can other users edit my posts without my approval?
Is it possible for other users to edit StackExchange posts without the approval of the post's original author? I'm concerned that some of my posts (and those of other users) may be altered in ways ...
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Could new users get "Beta" badge?
Today I was looking over the badges page for the badges that I could (maybe one day) get. I noticed that "Beta" badge (that is acquired by users that participated on the beta phase of superuser) could ...
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What's the best way to ask a similar question, but targeting a new OS?
I'm interested in asking a question specifically targeting Windows 11. I was able to find a Super User question focusing on basically the same topic from over a decade ago, before Windows 11 existed.
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why is my question closed?
Why was this question closed: https://superuser.com/questions/223366/can-ping-ip-address-and-nslookup-hostname-but-cannot-ping-hostname-closed ? Please reopen it since it hasn't been fixed yet.
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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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Why deleted Questions are permanently deleted while answers are not?
Deleted questions are permanently deleted when we go to that page it says 'Page not found'. while in case of deleted answer it shows that answer deleted but that is still available there. they should ...
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Why was I banned?
I have asked one question on this site that received one answer. The question was marked as a possible dupe (I don't dispute that).
The question: force programs and connections to use a proxy server ...
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I want to look back at questions/answers for reference
There are a few questions and answers on superuser that I've noticed that have been very beneficial to me figuring out problems with my computer. I didn't ask these questions nor provide an answer. I ...
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If I don't mention any brand, am I allowed to contrast two laptops with just specs?
Basically, I want to ask whether it's worth it to get 200MHz less lock speed and 1MB less cache and 180 pixels less vertical resolution if it means to get the most reliable SSD in the market instead ...
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Possible to "protest" the transfer of a question to another forum?
I just asked my first question on Super User, and found it to be the most appropriate category among the Stack Exchange sites.
However, it was immediately migrated to "Web Applications", an unrelated ...
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Should I downvote a question because I think it is beckoning trouble?
Question 1: On Superuser, someone had asked how to disable his/her page file in order to free more disk space! Naturally, I (and any technically aware person) know that this is very unwise. A computer ...
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Will all my Stack Exchange accounts be inaccessible when MyOpenID shuts down>
I use OpenID to log in to all my Stack Exchange accounts. If my OpenID provider ever shuts down, will my profiles be inaccessible? Will I have to register new accounts, thus losing all my reputation, ...
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I have answered one question but now I'm banned from answering. Can I please have the ban lifted?
The answer that I gave received one up vote, so I can't understand that it is unhelpful - if it was down voted or ignored then maybe. How can I now get unbanned - I have only one answer which I must ...
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When does the day start on superuser?
I'm in the Eastern Time zone, and I've noticed in the past few days that a new day starts around 8 PM for me.
For example, when I go into my account summary around 8:15 or so, I can see that I've ...
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What happened to my ability to retag?
I recently noticed that the option to retag posts is missing:
The privileges page still lists it as a privilege, and I earned the necessary rep a long time ago.
So what happened? Has the ability to ...
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Are abusive or offensive words allowed here?
Some users are putting abusive/offensive words for their name like this. Is this type of thing allowed on such a good site?
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Where do the "user123456" names come from?
I'm new to Super User / Stack Exchange and I like it so far. I've noticed a strange trend. There seem to be a lot of new users in the format of "user132456" the numbers being random. Are new users ...
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Tags problem for Superuser
Uservoice was discontinued, so I come here with this.
The concept behind superuser is somewhat different than that of Stackoverflow and Serverfault.
Questions about software are often limited to a ...
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Flag was declined but the question was deleted all the same
I flagged this question about DD-WRT SysLog timestamps for moderation intervention as a cross-posted question.
But the flag was declined by a moderator. Then the question was deleted "for reasons of ...
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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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How do moderator elections work?
Are moderation elections held on a regular basis, or just when the need of more people arises?
And, related to this, the moderator status is held for a set limited timeframe or forever?
Just for ...
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Tags like 'Windows' should be more general in its filtering
There are a few windows tags which includes
windows
windows-xp
windows-vista
windows-7
etc
Now, I don't use Linux / Mac / Unix etc, I'm 100% Windows. So when I select the windows tag (under ...
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How can a question about personal computer hardware be closed as "off-topic" without explanation?
I asked a detailed, definite question about how to go about upgrading a video display adapter (which is personal computer hardware) inside a Dell Vostro (which is personal computer hardware), when ...
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Where can I ask the question about only for mobile?
I need some software for my mobile and I know I can't ask it on SU because it's not related with PCs in some way.
So for mobiles, where can I ask questions? Does the Stack Exchange Network have any ...
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Why is my question being voted to close right now?
I do not know what's wrong with this:
https://superuser.com/questions/260317/comprehensive-online-product-database-with-decent-search-function
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Electrostatic Discharge got deleted and reputation from the answers disappeared
A question about electrostatic discharge that I had answered was removed today, and with it I lost 592 reputation. The question is available via cache. I don't agree with the rationale for closing it ...
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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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Confused where to ask question!
There are A LOT OF forums for asking our questions about computers! Sometimes I really get confused where to ask to get the best answer in the shortest time.
For example, I have a question about ...
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Why is question 480733 off topic?
https://superuser.com/questions/480733/communication-software-wanted-email-sms-im-phone-calls
Would you please explain, why this question is off topic?
I think I am a power user making high ...
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Rep history shows +25 points today, but total only incremented by 10
Today I received an upvote and best answer for an answer I posted 3 days ago. (link) However, my rep was only incremented by 10 points (from 1376 to 1386). Here's my rep history with the two ...
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Display questions which have not chosen an answer on user profile
How to see all questions which have not chosen an answer on user profile ?
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Why not allowing people to delete their own question?
Sometimes I posts questions I thought it good and still do now, but it has been down voted very badly, for example How slow can DDR4 RAM be?
I don't understand why is this a bad question since I ...
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