I try to log in with PuTTY as root, but when I type in the password it says access denied. Can someone please help me fix this?

I have a smb share set up (the link smb://a.b.c.d/sharename) that I am attempting to connect to from Windows. I'd like to either connect directly usi...

I bought a brand new WD Passport off Newegg. I couldn't copy anything to it (copy operations hung indefinitely then ended with IO error), so I tried ...

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Trying this: Change the importance level for a message In the mail message window, on the Message tab, in the Options group, click High Importance or Low ...

We have an application for network traffic monitoring and are trying to figure out what traffic should be allowed or blocked. One of the entries is deskto...

Using ffmpeg I'd like to have some directions/parameters to: encode any audio file to a poor bitrate strip artwork from file optimize for speed optim...

I need to send a approximately 50 MB ZIP file. My email provider will not allow me to send attachments that big. Is there a free service out there that I ...

I need to use the new xfade option of FFmpeg which was added about a week ago. My FFmpeg installation on the server ( Ubuntu 18.04.2 ) was about 2 months ...

I have seen the term 'Toast' used in the Windows 8 context. I have also seen them referred to as 'Toast Notifications'. What exactly a...