Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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How do I close an off-topic question I posted earlier ?
Some days ago I posted this question. Now I would like it to be closed since I understand it doesn't belong here.
I have posted it in SU which I think is the right place.
Can someone help me in ...
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http link not working correctly
Attempting to use the hyperlink button does not work in certain circumstances.
THIS IS MY HYPERLINK
The above text is actually a hyperlink, but does not appear as a hyperlink. It points to: http://...
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I've just noticed a bunch of questions tagged with [2008]
If you check out https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/2008 there are about 10 or so.
There were more, but I retagged the obvious ones (the ones tagged [windows] [server] [2008]).
There are also ...
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Merge 64 bit tags
I've just noticed there are currently 128 64-bit tags and 89 x64 tags. While that's a fair few of each I really think they should be merged before it gets much messier.
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Chrome issuing malware warning when visiting SF question
When I visit this SF question, Chrome warns me of malware because of several (perfectly innocent) images from imgurl.Filetac.com a user embedded in it:
I assume this is sorted now that it's no longer ...
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Can we just get rid of vgv8?
It's been clear for a while that he/she is posting solely for the purpose of trolling, so instead of just a suspension, why not delete the account altogether?
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Tag Merge Request - Mac related tags
macosxserver -> mac-osx-server
osx-server -> mac-osx-server
osx -> mac-osx
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Tag merge request for bigip
Please merge tags "bigip" and "f5-big-ip". I can't imagine a situation where they would refer to disparate topics.
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Tag merge request for mysql
The mysqld and mysqladministrator tags are entirely superfluous. Unfortunately, there's 14 and 25 tags respectively. I would like to request that they be merged with the mysql tag.
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Please merge SQL Server Profiler related tags and add synonyms for them
I had edited in a couple of these before this post was migrated from Meta SO to Meta SF, but now there's an additional tag representing the same thing.
Here are the tags involved:
[sqlprofiler] (2)
[...
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Moderators abusing rules [closed]
What were the reasons of my ban from SU, MSU (for a period of 1 month)? and extension of ban in SO from 7 days to a month without any warning and notification?
"A Day in Penalty Box" tells:
If ...
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Mass retag: windows home server
It was pointed out that we have three tags for this particular product, whs (26), windows-home-server (8), and windowshomeserver (40). Considering how all the other Windows products are tagged, ...
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What is the process of suspending SF user?
What is needed
votes, how many?
by whom?
how does it depnd on scores?
etc,
for suspending a participant in SF?
Why is it being done anonymously, without any notification and reasons given?
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Is the voting queued for later application to the rate currently being 1?
Is the the votes queued for later application to the rate with current score equal to 1?
Are the new/coming votes accumulated for future accruing to suspended user?
If the score is 1, is further ...
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"participant" is not clickable. Why?
What does it mean that the author Summon's glyph/ID in question
Windows Server 2008 - Connecting to 127.0.0.1
is not clickable as of the other participants?
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Does participation here mean expropriation of author moral, i.e. unalienable, rights? [closed]
First, to @all-sending-me-to-FAQ,
Where do FAQ tell that:
that contributions are downvoted on the basis of their formatting merits (mostly because the author had not finalized his discussion, ...
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no notifications, revisions, responses for some of my threads
Why don't I have any Email notifications from some of threads, for ex.,
Windows Server 2008 - Connecting to 127.0.0.1
as well as entries in revisions or responses or activities lists either for "...
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request to reopen questions
Can ask to reopen some of my questions which were closed by unclear reasons:
1) https://serverfault.com/questions/168183/open-source-alternatives-to-ms-ad-features-but-installable-on-ms-windows-close
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Why did this question get deleted?
I got back from vacation and saw I had a Teacher badge for this question, but when I went to look at the question it had disappeared. Can some 10k please tell me why this question was deleted? I'm a ...
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There are 189 questions tagged [belongs-on-superuser] on Server Fault
Update 7th June 2010
These are all gone on Stack Overflow and Super User. ServerFault is a different story:
https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser - 189 questions
https://...
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I appear to have got two serverfault accounts, how do I get them merged?
https://serverfault.com/users/1468/rob and https://serverfault.com/users/49805/rob are both me, I'm not sure what's happened to result in me having multiple identities.
Does anyone know how/if I can ...
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You migrated my question from Serverfault to SuperUser.com. How do I read it?
I asked a question here this morning and got about 5 good responses right away. I just came back to check in on it and it's marked Closed, Migrated to SuperUser.com.
There's even a link, but it just ...
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Why was my question about a MySQL Server Instance configuration moved to Super User?
The question, as it was on ServerFault can be found here and the SuperUser version can be found here. It's clearly server related - I'm trying to establish a local database server for use in ...
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Tag merge: 'ssi' and 'server-side-includes'
Seems like a good candidate for merger. Only one question in each. Or should it be handled with a simple re-tag?
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Merge tags wol and wake-on-lan on SF
The tags [wol] and [wake-on-lan] in Server Fault should be merged. They are clearly referring to the same topic and wol is just a short form of wake-on-lan.
wake-on-lan has 15 questions whereas wol ...
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Why are there more questions when I'm logged in?
I've noticed in both ServerFault and SuperUser that when I click the "Questions" button, it shows a lower number of questions when I'm logged out. Why?
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How do I log onto my account
My question was transferred here from stackoverflow. My visible name is Pete Alvin. I tried logging in using Google Open ID and it can't find it. So how in the world to I authenticate or claim Pete ...
Pete Alvin
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Someone Spamming Serverfault with Noise
Look like there is maybe someone trying out scripts that needs to be blocked:
Leave Windows Session Logged On
Noticed it since they are responses to my question. It stuff like:
"asdasdasdasd"
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Cydeck bulk-spamming serverfault users?
I was the recipient of the following message:
My name is Angelica Tello, and I saw your information on Serverfault. I’m interested in getting feedback from tech professionals on a few questions. ...
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serverfault retag webhosting -> web-hosting
On serverfault
web-hosting has 226 questions vs. webhosting with 21 questions.
Please retag webhosting -> web-hosting.
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Is this regarded a duplicate on SF?
Just out of interest - I'm not looking to get the poor guy's question closed, just to get a feel for things on server fault - would
this question
normally be considered a duplicate of
this ...
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Is this "note to self" appropriate to post on Server Fault?
I don't know my way around Server Fault so I thought I'd ask first.
I am in the process of taking down a Windows Server, and had to back up a number of Subversion repositories (>10) from there.
To ...
Pekka
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SF Retag Request: [Exchange-Server] -> [Exchange] or the other way
There are currently around 400 questions tagged Exchange, and 16 tagged Exchange-Server. Obviously we don't need both, and I would say we get rid of Exchange-Server as there are less questions.
That ...
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Windows Server 2003 tags on ServerFault
There are probably a few others but saw these while searching for an issue I have.
win2k3 (16) -> windows-server-2003 (1580)
windows-server-2003-r2 (10) -> windows-server-2003 (1580)
windows-server-...
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Change a question from "Deleted" to "Closed - transferred"
I recently removed (deleted) one of my own questions from Stack Overflow because I re-created the question under appropriate tags on Server Fault.
However, I hadn't realized that this would "...
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When I try to log in with my OpenID, I see a weird user name
I try to log in to Server Fault with my OpenID, but it gives me this weird username: user24929.
Also, earlier, I asked a question but I was logged out so just entered my name and email and now I ...
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Retag: snowleopardserver => snow-leopard-server
Serverfault Retag Request:
snowleopardserver x6 to snow-leopard-server x13
The latter is already favored by the community and is correctly formatted.
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SF: Merge/Re-tag [windows] [xp] to [windows-xp]
ServerFault:
[windows][xp] -> [windows-xp] (24)
[xp] -> [windows-xp] (57)
There's also
[vista] (297) -> [windows-vista] (48)
so I guess [vista] should win, but this is inconsistant with [windows-...
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Who do I ask about unfair downvotes?
Possible Duplicate:
What to do with unexplained downvotes?
I have a legit question on serverfault.com. There were several good answers and no complaints. Then, I notice I have a score of -1 on ...
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When did the Server Fault public beta end?
Is Server Fault out of public beta?
If so, when did it happen? Do you have a reference?
Announcement of start of public beta.
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Is there a problem with ServerFault and MyOpenID?
My Server Fault logon seems to be broken (SO, MSO and SU are all fine). When I try to logon using my 'MyOpenID' provider I get the following error on the Server Fault logon page:
Unable to log in ...
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Can't accept answer for 'bountied' question on serverfault
I asked this question on serverfault some weeks ago and put a bounty of 50 rep on it (it got published with a bounty of 100 rep attached so I guess the system 'tops up' the bounty amount). When it ...
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Please Convert media-centre to media-center on Server Fault
The tag media-centre on ServerFault is spelled incorrectly, it should be changed to media-center.
Edit
When I made this post I did not realize that "center" was spelled "centre" outside of the US. ...
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Anyone having trouble loading pages from Serverfault?
Stack Overflow all fine, SuperUser all fine, even meta all fine, but Serverfault frequently just 'gives up' in Safari 4.
I've tried it from 2 up-to-date Mac OS X machines, in both Safari and Firefox,...
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Retag request: opensource -> open-source on ServerFault
Please change all instances on the tag [opensource] to [open-source]. This is an issue on SO, SU, and SF (on SF the open-source tag hasn't even been created!).
"Open source" is two words, so it ...
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