Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance from community, moderators, or staff with one of the site's features
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please review hold on my blocker question
https://superuser.com/questions/1057348/blocker-setup-to-protect-non-technical-users has been rewritten with objective criteria.
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Did I do something wrong with my question?
I just got a question removed, without any comment or explaination.
I'd like some opinions to know whether I did something actually wrong, or if my question might have just been hastly judged, due to ...
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Is there any chance to return ability to make question or should i open a new account
My account is blocked , so I can't make any question anymore.
Is there any chance to be unblocked or I just should open a new account ?
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Question was removed before I could provide clarification
My Inbox today had an alert to a comment on a question, where it seems some clarification was being asked for in order to make the question more useful. However, when trying to view the comment, I ...
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Full Screen Width not used [closed]
Superuser does not use full width of my screen in browser.
My questions are small in the middle, need to be scrolled while there is much border left and right.
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I asked a question that is a month old, is it okay to delete?
I asked a question about Windows 10 and its start menu here. It's one month old, has no answers, and only one comment I forgot to respond to. Should I delete it and ask it again, or should I respond ...
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Can I ask questions in another language on Super User? [duplicate]
I'm new to Super User. I'm reading rules but there is one big question in my mind: can a user ask a question in another language like French or Spanish?
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Why was my question on vlc deleted?
It's very clear what I'm asking, why was this questioned deleted?
https://superuser.com/questions/1038369/what-is-the-command-line-syntax-to-use-chromecast-in-vlc-3-0
What is the command line ...
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Feature Request- adding "date tags"
There are many questions that have never been answered as they have been stomped on by newer questions. There are also questions where the user has got an answer but it didn't work for him.
My ...
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Is it policy to move Apple/Mac OS questions to Ask Different? [duplicate]
If a question is clearly Mac only, not even Terminal/nix-related, is it best to simply move it to Ask Different?
Apologies if this was asked before, a search didn't find it.
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Why was this question about Alexa off-topic (and how can I write it better)?
I deleted this question, after it was downvoted and closed as off-topic***.
That's totally fine, I respect the wisdom of those who are smarter and more experienced with this SE site ( @keltari , @...
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Need tag synonym created for microsoft-word-mac2011
I created a new microsoft-word-mac2011 but now see it is the same as microsoft-word-2011 and should be a synonym of that tag. I think we should have both because I mistakenly thought the existing one ...
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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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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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Why is "reputation" required to add the tag 'windows-10' to a question?
I wasn't allowed to add the "Windows 10" tag to my question, which was specific to Windows 10. What is the purpose of prohibiting people from asking questions specific to Windows 10?
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My "answer" was deleted, why?
I have a question about my Super User post: wget.exe in batch script, save result to variable
One of my answers was deleted, but an answer was the only option to post back ALL the code, including THE ...
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Poster lost reputation when post migrated to SO
I encountered a puzzling chain of events on this post :
User posted a bounty on SU for all his reputation
I answered and was awarded the bounty
The post was migrated to SO. The bounty was deducted ...
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My questions were closed as duplicates. How come?
I was going to reinstall Windows on my computer, but I wanted to clarify first some questions I had. So I started searching through superuser.com. I've found answers to my questions but they were ...
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Why did I get question banned today?
I've been a user for like 3 months. I have 3 questions that have a score of -1 and I have at least 2 questions that have a score of +2 or higher.
What went wrong? And before you think it's a "noob" ...
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Why was the question about the difference between an Intel i7 and Xeon processor closed?
Are there noticeable differences in Intel i7 and Xeon 5400 chipset family? [closed]
Initially, I may have phrased the question incorrectly but was essentially getting to the primary question of the ...
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How do I get my question reopened?
My question was closed because it was not worded properly.
The helper box prompted me to edit my question but it is still closed.
I'm unable to find instructions on what to do next to get it reopened.
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First ever Contribution deleted?
First time post and provided what I thought was a very much valid and relevant answer to a question. I then took the time to register and validated my email address in the hope that I could become a ...
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Question 540289 re-open request
The question https://superuser.com/questions/540289/online-backup-services-that-cannot-access-your-data is not my question and was closed by a moderator but I feel that the question is useful enough ...
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Why was this question closed and the one on Ask Different wasn't?
Here is the question:
https://superuser.com/questions/514427/recover-completely-erased-mac/514430#comment617124_514430
I spent 30 minutes working with the person that asked the question. This ...
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Questions from new user / non serious users
I have been actively answering "simple" questions on Excel with examples by uploading possible answers to file sharing sites (google drive).
I somehow feel that there are too many non-serious new ...
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Why was this question about sharing internet connection to a phone not closed as off topic? [closed]
These two questions:
Use PC internet on mobile phone via bluetooth
sharing internet connection to browse internet on my phone
The second question was closed as off topic, which means is not supposed ...
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Reopen request 1803702
The question is closed as a duplicate of another question. I have highlighted the difference between the associated question and my question. I have now significantly edited the question to ask how ...
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Question closed and marked as duplicate error
This question got marked as duplicate and closed.
https://superuser.com/questions/631969/install-a-soft-using-only-cmd-exe-on-windows-xp
But my question was not to know if some gnutool could do the ...
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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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Reopen this, it is not not constructive
About this question:
https://superuser.com/questions/549449/intel-i5-3rd-vs-4th-generation/549481#549481
In my opinion, this question asks a very important question about CPUs, and could help many ...
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Why were some of my questions are not well received?
Recently I asked questions about how to overclock my GPU
How do we know that bios that's avaialable on the net is compatible with my GPU
Is there a way to turn on asrock H81 Pro BTC without ...
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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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What can be done about false answers that suggest the asker to run malicious code? [duplicate]
What can be done about false answers that suggest the asker to run malicious code?
I mean, like an answer that says something along these lines:
If you have administrative privileges, the ...
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Should we, the community, be able to accept an answer on the OP's behalf? [duplicate]
Question(s)
Is there a way to FLAG an SE\SU Q&A post (any really, but perhaps only for an old one) that's in the unanswered queue\state to a moderator, etc. to indicate there is a clear and ...
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Why is my website question off-topic? Where should I ask then?
I just posted this question and readily it gets flagged as off-topic. The question is about websites that work as proxies. Super User seems to me a good place to ask, but anyway suppose that it's not ...
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White space between title of question and content of question
What is with the whitespace between a question's title and its content? I do not have this when I post on Stack Overflow:
By the way, the question above is not mine (the URL is https://superuser.com/...
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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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How to close the question that you had answer already?
I have a question about my Super User post: Windows 10 Creator Update Version 1703
I have get the answer i was expected so how can i close this question?
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Can someone get a bounty for his own answer?
I know this sounds ridiculous and most of the stack exchange websites does not allow a user to get a bounty on his on answer. I know that user cannot award himself bounty for answer on his own ...
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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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Can I embed a Twitter post in my answer?
Shortly after asking How do I enable email notifications from Discord?, I sent a tweet to Discord's official Twitter account asking for support. To my surprise, I received a fairly quick response ...
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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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Why does the Stack Exchange user profile say that this user has a different number of answers from what it says on this site's user profile?
I'm looking at the user profile page of this user (https://superuser.com/users/43131/) and it says that that user hasn't posted any answers. However, when I look at the same user's profile on Stack ...
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How is this question off-topic?
I posted this question yesterday:
Native (non-electron) git clients for Windows
I know about the off-topic clause and avoiding discussions or seeking recommendations. So I specifically worded it as a ...
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Please save this useful question
my question was migrated from stackoverflow
A Google approach to email
I think its a really good question "Does Gmail show real data or is it fake or prediction?" and it might be useful for other ...
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Bug: Vote down after voting up
If I vote up a question or answer and later decide to vote it down (if I changed my mind or it was a mistake), it votes it down by 2 points.
This means that after the upvote the votes are 1, after ...
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Appeal on my "Not an answer" flag
Yesterday, I flagged two posts as "Not answers" but the flags were declined:
Seagate Backup Plus Slim appears as read only on Mac after using in Windows
ssh keys ssh-agent bash and ssh-add
In case ...
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I do not understand why my question is unclear
I have a question about my Super User post: Need to mass download by clicking browser buttons which use SQL
I made this question
It was put on hold because "is unclear what you're asking". But that'...
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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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