Questions tagged [windows]
Software to run on the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems.
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10 Station Gaming Server
The task I am trying to accomplish is creating a gaming server to handle 10 game sessions simultaneously. Currently, my requirements are as followed:
The computers are located in one room so distance ...
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Why don't I see the option to make voice / video calls on WhatsApp Web Application on laptop? [migrated]
I use WhatsApp Web version 2.2310.5 which I downloaded from the web (which is why Modify option is blacked out). I can access it from settings, and view it from my Taskbar.
I used to get the option ...
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Is there an application that will track profits on reselling
I am looking for an application that will allow me to track profits from reselling.
The basics are simple, buy something for one price and sell it for a different price.
Profit = Sell Price - Purchase ...
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Any recommendation for Image comparison tool?
Basically I compresss images to reduce sizes, but for JPEG this will lead to quality loss.
For now, I open Windows photo viewer twice, one for original images and one for compressed one, maximize the ...
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Virus Scanner that does nothing
I have many virtual machines which I use seldomly. On these machines I started disabling Windows Defender, because it will use a lot of resources when I turn on a VM after a month or two.
When I do ...
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How can I display a HDMI signal plugged into my computers graphics card on my computers monitor
I have a game console (PS2) connected to my computer's graphics card via SCART>SCART2HDMI and a monitor connected via HDMI on a neighbouring input on the graphics card. My question is, is it ...
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'Knockout Tournament' Software to Pick Best Image?
Is there a program available with the following features:
Load a folder of images
Randomly select 2 images from said folder and present them side by side for comparison
Allow me to choose the best ...
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Is there program that would let me alter the colors and brightness levels of my screen in depth?
While I do have simple settings that enable me to change overall saturation, contrast, brightness, and gamma, I'm wondering if there are programs that allow me to change them in depth.
I just feel ...
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Free or open-source lightweight Install Monitor
Dear Software Recommendation Community,
Could you please advise on a name of free or open-source lightweight tool for tracing every single CHANGE of Windows file-system and registry (meaning, to ...
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Software that auto adjusts volume of Laptop as set in its Settings
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When browsing any social media app (specifically Twitter) either on Laptop (Windows 11) or phone (Android) there are videos that have little to no volume and I have to turn speakers/...
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Looking for an extension for Visual Studio Code that provides an interactive live view for html which is connected to the code
In Adobe Dreamweaver, there is a code, design and live view when designing (html) websites. The design view renders the html but keeps it linked with the code. So you can click on an element you want ...
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Measure FPS of an arbitrary window
I would like to measure the refresh rate of an arbitrary window. I am not sure, if there is a generic way to do this, but on the other hand, some FPS measuring tools exist:
XBox Game Bar, however, ...
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Software to track the CPU usage of individual processese and generate alert
I'm looking for a software tool, preferably free , that can monitor CPU and memory usage for individual processes, specifically for SQL, for 10-second intervals. The tool should generate an alert, ...
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How to translate Facebook pages (including posts)? Chrome's built-in feature does not work
Is there a way to translate Facebook pages on Chrome/any other browser?
I'm not talking about the Facebook built-in Bing translation on individual posts, but the entire page. Things I tried that didn'...
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Visual Studio Plugin to check the C++ Rule of 0 / Rule of 5
I am looking for a Visual Studio (2019 and/or 2022) extension that identifies classes for me that do not adhere to the Rule of 0 or Rule of 5.
The extension may be a Resharper extension, since I own a ...
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Looking for a bridge between the HTML5 Gamepad API and Xinput
I have a Bluetooth gamepad controller, that Windows can see, but has no specific drivers. In the past I've been able to use tools like the x360ce Controller Emulator to map such controls to an Xinput ...
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Image/Face Morph application that uses reference points
I'm looking for an image morphing application that uses points and (presumably) automatic triangulation to morph an image into another. Reason is stuff like Photoshop's mesh grid or liquify require ...
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Minimalistic lightweight SMTP application to send e-mails from external software running on Windows
We've got this accounting SW called "Money S4" and the users want a quite simple thing - to send e-mails directly from the app. Unfortunatelly, when you try to do so the standard way:
You ...
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Is there a non-legacy application for Windows to read Xdebug profiling files ("cachegrind")?
I've installed Xdebug with PHP on Windows 10. It produces a bunch of files named things like: cachegrind.out.2693358
The Xdebug website links to an old software called QCacheGrind (KCacheGrind) ...
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Is there a Python library to run Bash commands in a non-Linux OS
Is there a Python library to run Bash commands in a non-Linux OS? I want to run Bash commands in Windows using Python. Is there a Python library for that? Please help.
PS- should have an easy syntax. ...
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Looking for free Windows software that's the most compatible with Microsoft Office and its formats/features
I'm searching for something gratis on Windows that can handle Microsoft Office documents with very high compatibility. Especially Word documents and it should be able to interpret all page layout ...
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Is there a to-do list that has a TUI for Windows?
I simply want a TUI to-do list written for Windows.
Features
TUI (must be clickable)
Lightweight
Should be able to open it from the terminal using to-do-app-name
I searched the internet, but I only ...
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Window wobbling in Windows
I simply want an app that could make the app window "wobble". This is what I mean by that:. I'm using Windows 11. I do not want the app to be very heavy. Should be lightweight.
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Linking phones to computer for photos
I work in an industry where the employees are continually taking photos of vehicles (25+ photos per vehicle) every day.
We currently use a memory card system where we remove the memory card out of the ...
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Is there a Windows equivalent to Secretive?
I am looking for a Windows-compatible SSH agent that would utilise the TPM for key management and require Windows Hello confirmation to use a key.
In the Mac world, there is a great SSH agent called ...
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software to share files between android and windows
is there any airdrop alternative that can work with android and windows? I want a software that exactly works like airdrop that uses bluetooth for connection and wifi to share files wirelessly without ...
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Any software to prevent an executable from closing others executables?
I'm in search of a windows application that would prevent another application to close all instances of a third application (steam/discord/epic games) : It automatically closes the application I ask ...
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Is there an alternative to grc (CLI output colorizer) for Windows?
I'm wondering if there's any Windows CLI tool that can easily colorize popular command output, such as log file contents and some commonly used CLI commands like ping. I'm looking for something that's ...
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Two-pane outliner / note-taking application, WYSIWYG, Windows, gratis or open source
I'm looking for an outliner / note-taking application, which is actively supported.
I'd like to find features as:
Two-pane view, with an outline tree and the document
Documents as WYSIWYG, with the ...
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LIghtweight C++ IDE with simple UI tool, based on GCC, no dependencies such as .NET or other DLLs
Wen I started programming with C++ about 20 years ago Visual Studio was a really great tool to create GUI based C++ applications. As a student I had access to professional version which is still ...
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What is a simple folder music player for Windows?
I am looking for a free and simple music player for windows that has the following features:
It is either GUI or command line interface
I can select a folder with music files that the player is ...
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Simple commercially free alarm clock for Windows
I need a simple alarm clock for Windows 10 which should be free for commercial use.
I searched on alternativeto.net and the first choice was "free alarm clock"[https://alternativeto.net/...
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Software to diagnose security breaches and protect account access
In the past few days, several of my accounts on different apps/websites (first Twitter, then Discord) have gotten hacked, posting messages and sending spam messages to my contacts without my knowledge....
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Browser that can bypass HSTS
I am looking for a browser that can bypass HSTS, since I've always had trouble with it blocking websites I'm visiting. I know of Pale Moon and I've modified my firefox so that HSTS is broken, but I'm ...
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Which software can turn on a light if a UI notification is received?
Requirement
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If I get an operating system UI notification message, then turn on a light.
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If I get a message in a message in slack, teams, or outlook, then turn on a light.
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MKV analytical tool to batch-process home movies library
I'd like to batch-process my home movies library (99% MKV files) and extract following data out of MKV metadata:
List of all languages supported via subtitles for each image
List of audio streams (...
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PDF Editing software similart to Bluebeam Revu [closed]
I'm looking for software that is similar to or better than Bluebeam Revu (a PDF editing software). It should have all or at least a majority of the function that Bluebeam Revu has. If you know such ...
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Remove the password on several RAR files at once
I have several RAR files with the same password. I am looking for a gratis program that can remove the password on all these RAR files at once. I use Windows 10.
In WinRAR, I can use:
Tools > ...
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Stylizing images / style transfer between images
It seems like the technology of stylizing images is quite mature now. Websites like this take two images as input, one image for the contents that you want to be shown and one image that defines the ...
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Similar to coLinux/Wine to run Linux apps on Windows 64-bit, without bloated and slowly VM?
I would like to be able to run Linux programs (CLI, maybe GUI) in Windows 10 64-bit, and bonus would be nice to work in the Linux system itself (create files and folders, shell scripts). I used to do ...
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Software for clearing out notifications
I'm looking for some software setting or utility that can clear windows notifications after a set amount of time (or maybe some other rules if that's possible)
I have a problem where notifications ...
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Which free program(s) for Windows can show how much time you spent today on each application?
I don't think there's any native solution for that on Windows and I hope there's a free solution out there.
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Alternatives to Notepad++ with restoring previous session feature
I've been using Notepad++ for a long time as a quick note taking app. The "feature" I most use is the ability to have multiple tabs opened with text that I typed and the ability to close the ...
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A Ressource-Monitor that saves Ressources usage of 1 program over a long time and displays it
What I need:
A Graph Display like you'd see in the Task Manager, not just Data as Text.
A Software or full script, not a half-baked solution (a way to do it with perfmon would be fine).
Only Info on ...
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Looking for TTS (Text To Speech) offline software with both Windows/Linux support
I am looking for freeware TTS (Text To Speech) software for Windows or Paid Software (no subscription), which has also Linux support,
as I will switch to Linux later! I just need something which will ...
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Alternative to CharMap
The Windows Character Map allows me to scroll through all the characters that exist in a particular font, either sorted strictly by codepoint number or grouped by Unicode Subrange name, and select one ...
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Tool for inspection of code pages like ASCII table
If you have a problem with ASCII codes, you do a quick search on the Internet and find the ASCII table. Luckily, there's not much discussion about the 7-bit ASCII character set and there's only one ...
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Tool for suggesting C++ precompiled headers
I am working on 5 legacy C++ code bases with ~1M lines of code each. Build times are about 30 minutes per project. The projects are already configured to use precompiled headers, but the pch.h file is ...
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Screen share for remote assistance for Windows environment
I'm looking for some free software that can help to connect remote computer and let user use the keyboard and mouse, I'm looking for something like AnyDesk or Teamviewer but not like RDP where users ...
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Frequency Generator App
Is there a Windows application, or web application that allows to generate noise frequencies at a certain rate in a certain range, for example, 2 hertz per second in an interval from 100 to 1100 Hz?
